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Alex Pandian
First look poster
Directed bySuraj
Written bySuraj
Produced byK. E. Gnanavelraja
StarringKarthi
Anushka Shetty
Santhanam
Milind Soman
Suman
CinematographySaravanan
Edited byPraveen K. L.
N. B. Srikanth
Music byDevi Sri Prasad
Production
company
Distributed byStudio Green
Release date
  • 11 January 2013 (2013-01-11)
Running time
162 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget₹45 crore (US$5.4 million)
Box office₹87 crore (US$10 million)

Alex Pandian (Template:Lang-ta) is a 2013 Tamil action-masala film written and directed by Suraj that features Karthi and Anushka Shetty in the lead roles, while Santhanam, Milind Soman, Suman, Prathap Pothen and Nikita Thukral among others play pivotal supporting roles. Devi Sri Prasad composed the music. Upon its release on January 11, 2013, the film was panned by critics. The film's dubbed Telugu version Bad Boy was released on March 22.The film declared below average at the box office.

Plot

The film starts with Alex Pandian (Karthi) and Divya (Anushka Shetty) jumping of a train in an attempt to escape the goons who are seeking to kill them. Three days later, Alex enters Kaalayan's (Santhanam) house with many comedy scenes. Meanwhile, Divya is receiving treatment whilst Alvin Martin (Milind Soman) and Dr. GKM (Suman) are in search for the two. Upon finding Alex and Divya, the goons chase them. Kaalayan demands to know who Divya is. It happens to be that Divya is the daughter of CM (Visu). Alex, a local thief, is asked to kidnap Divya for 3 days so that the CM would sign the papers which would allow Dr. GKM and Alvin Martin to distribute fake medicines with devastating side affects. Alex brings her and keeps her as a hostage in a forest. On the 3rd day, as Alex is driving back, Divya explains the reason for why she was asked to be kidnapped and thus requests him to take her back to her father. Alex changes his mind and decides to save Divya. The film shifts back to the present and by now, Divya has fallen in love with Alex. As fate would have it, the goons arrive at their hiding place. The film ends with Alex killing the villains and reuniting with Divya.

Cast

Production

Development

In April 2008, director Suraj announced that he had signed on with production house Studio Green to make a film with Karthi in the lead role.[1] Early reports suggested that the film would star Anushka Shetty and Priyamani and would be a remake of the successful Telugu language film, Vikramarkudu, though Suraj claimed it would be an original script.[2] However the film was placed on the backburner, with Karthi proceeding to star in a remake of Vikramarkudu under the direction of Siva in a project titled Siruthai (2011). In March, the film was titled as Alex Pandiyan named after Rajinikanth's character from Moondru Mugam.[3][unreliable source?]

Casting

The film re-emerged in April 2011, where it was announced that the film would be shot and readied for an August 2011 release.[4] Anushka Shetty was signed on to play the leading female role in the film, after delivering consecutive box office successes with Singam, Vaanam and Deiva Thirumagal. Bhavana was approached to play the second heroine in the film but turned the offer stating that the character offered was too glamorous.[5] Subsequently Nikita Thukral and Lakshmi Rai both claimed they had signed on to play the role, before Suraj later confirmed that Nikhita had edged it.[6] Suraj revealed that Meghna would play another heroine - though conflicting reports had given the role to Meghna Naidu,[7] Meghna Raj[8] and Meghna Nair of Siruthai fame.[9] The role was later given to newcomer Akanksha Puri.[10] Sanusha was roped in for another leading female role in the film, while it was confirmed that Santhanam would play brother to the three girls apart from Anushka.[11] Milind Soman and Suman were selected to play negative roles while Prathap Pothen was selected for a pivotal role.[12][13]

Filming

Shooting started on 11 November 2011 at Chalakudy, Kerala without a title.[14][15] A palatial bungalow was erected inside the forest of Chalakudy area. Elephants and jumbos were passing through the way and disturbing the shoot therefore 20 security guards were appointed to protect the set.[16] The second schedule was shot at Meenambakkam where a huge set was erected for Rs. 25 lakhs.[17] There were reports that Ameer Sultan had stalled the shooting of the film,[18] but Ameer refuted the allegations.[19] A song with Karthi and Anushka was shot in Chennai which is of a competition kind of song, another song which is folk was also shot with both of them with Anushka working without break.[20][21] Shooting was wrapped at Mysore.[22] The stunt sequence on train with Karthi and Anushka with the supervision of Ganesh with six cameras under the expertise of cameraman Saravanan, a train was hired for 15 days for this daring sequence which ran for a length of 30 km from Mysore to Krishnarajasagar dam, A sum of around 2 crores was spent on the stunt sequence with 50 stunt artistes flying in from Chennai for the shoot.[23] Over 300 junior artistes were involved in the sequence apart from Milind Soman and Suman.[24][25]

Release

The satellite rights of the film were bagged by Sun TV. Alex Pandian's distribution rights for Kerala had been bought by Beebah Creations for ₹1.15 crore and was distributed together with Sayujyam Cine Release.[26] The film was slated for release on January 12, but was advanced to January 11, 2013.The film was given a "U" certificate by the Indian Censor Board. Alex pandian released more than 800 screens worldwide.

Critical Reception

Alex Pandian fetched highly negative reviews upon release. A critic from Sify described it as a "potpourri of commercial mass masala not mixed in the right proportion", going on to conclude: "An old-fashioned entertainer that plays to the gallery, Alex Pandian is exaggerated and formulaic".[27] Pavithra Srinivasan from Rediff stated that the film was a "masala, cliche-ridden entertainer which fails miserably", calling it a "disaster", while giving it 1.5 stars out 5.[28] The Times of India gave it 2.5 out of 5 and wrote, "Alex Pandian, while not really a bad film or a badly-made one, often feels strictly functional. Yes, the comedy sequences work and save the film to an extent, but considering its minimal ambitions, a sense of deja vu and disappointment as you leave the theatre is inescapable".[29] The Hindu's reviewer Malathi Rangarajan wrote, "Karthi tries to infuse spirit and energy into the film with an ample dose of humour, but the story that’s run of the mill and comedy that tires you after a point offer little help".[30] Deccan Chronicle wrote that the film "may fail to enthral even die-hard Karthi fans".[31] Newstrackindia called the film a "disappointing commercial pot-boiler" and added that director Suraj "randomly throws in five songs, plenty of action sequences and good amount of comedy, without any purpose or passion".[32]

Soundtrack

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The film's music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad collaborating with Suraj for first time. The soundtrack consists of 5 songs.[33][34] The audio rights were bagged by Gemini Audio. The album was initially set to release on November 24,[35] but was postponed and got released on December 12, 2012 on the eve of Rajinikanth's birthday.[36] A musical night was held on 30 December.[37]

The album received mixed critical response. Behindwoods wrote: "Alex Pandian is yet another unpretentious effort from DSP who attempts to offer nothing but lighthearted fun set to unfailing dance beat. DSP unabashedly sticks to his guns and fires in places".[38] Musicperk.com rated the album 6/10 quoting "DSP seriously needs to re-invent his music".[39][unreliable source?]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Onnam Class"VaaliMukesh, Priyadarshini 
2."Thakka Thaiyaa"VivekaKarthik 
3."Naalu Pakkam"VivekaDevi Sri Prasad, Anitha 
4."Bad Boy"KarunakaranBaba Sehgal, Priya Himesh 
5."Rayya Rayya"P. VijayJaved Ali, Ranina Reddy 

Box office

India

The film opened 70 - 80% occupancy on first day collected ₹ 8.52 crore at the box office.[40] AP first week collection around ₹ 25.43 crore at the box office.Because of new releases Samar and Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya which got positive and fantastic collection at the box office the film heavily fall collection at the box office.[41] The Telugu version of film Bad Boy also didn't fare well at the box office.[42] The Telugu version of film released in 120 screens.[43] The film collected only ₹ 6 crore at the box office.[44][45] The film total worldwide collection is around ₹ 86.09 crore.[46] The film was declared a failure by trade pundits.[47]

Overseas

The film did not well at overseas.In the first two days, Alex Pandian has earned £1,412 (Rs 13.63 lacs) in 11 screens at UK Box Office. The average per screens stands at £1,401 (Rs 1.23 lacs). The Tamil film made $7,293 (Rs 6.39 lacs) on the release day but the following day the business dipped, as it collected $1,062 (Rs 6.19 lacs) on Saturday.When it comes to the US, Alex Pandian has made $1,542 (Rs 9.02 lacs) in 12 screens and the per screen average stands at $1,379 (Rs 75.19 thousand). The film total collection is overseas around ₹ 1.43 crore.[48]

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