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Engal Aasan
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Wikipedia article
'Engal Aasan' is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action comedy drama film directed by R. K. Kalaimani. The film stars Vijayakanth in the lead role and Vikranth, Sheryl Brindo, Akshaya and Suja Varunee playing supporting roles. The film was released on 18 July 2009. The film, upon release could not release the big theatres and became a colossal flop.
Plot
Mahendran (Vijayakanth), a bank officer who is transferred to the branch of Village Nilakottai to sort out the perplexing situation of bank fraud carried on by a big shot named Ramki (Marthandan). Over there, he happens to find out that Ramki has borrowed a loan of worth Rs.250 million in the name of villagers. Kumar (Sriman) and Muthu (Ilavarasu) approach Ramki to return the money that he had illegally borrowed. When refused, he assures of arresting Ramki, and the very next day, Mahendran and his colleagues are pushed down in shock, for the entire bank is burnt down, and they are then dismissed. Now, Mahendran, together with his mates, tries to prove their innocence and reveal Ramki's true colors.
Cast
* Vijayakanth as Mahendran
* Vikranth as Vasu
* Sheryl Brindo as Jayanthi
* Akshaya as Viji
* Suja Varunee as Usha
* Senthil as 'Aanikkaal' Ramasamy
* Ganja Karuppu as Yogiyan
* Sriman as Kumar
* Ilavarasu as Muthu
* Marthandan as Ramki
* Vasu Vikram as Pachatani Narayanan
* Aarthi as Jakkamma
* Balu Anand
* Madhan Bob
* Mayilsamy
* Singamuthu
* Mahanadi Shankar
Soundtrack
The music was composed by SabeshMurali.
Reception
'thiraipadam' wrote "the old-fashioned, simplistic storyline, the poor production values and the weak comedy track ensure that the movie doesn't offer anything else to a viewer not belonging to that group".http://www.thiraipadam.com/cgi-bin/movie_review.pl?id=839&user_name=bbalaji&review_lang=english&lang=english
References
Category:2009 films
Category:2000s Tamil-language films
Category:2000s action comedy-drama films
Category:Indian action comedy-drama films
Category:2000s masala films
Category:Films directed by R. K. Kalaimani
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