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'{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Arasu | image = | director = [[Suresh (director)|Suresh]] | writer = Suresh | screenplay = Suresh | story = Suresh | starring = [[R. Sarathkumar]]<br />[[Roja Selvamani|Roja]]<br />[[Simran Bagga|Simran]]<br />[[Saikumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]]<br />[[Vadivelu]]<br />[[Delhi Ganesh]] | producer = Babu Raaja | studio = JJ Good Films | distributor = Super Good Films | cinematography = Y. N. Murali | editing = V. Jaishankar | country = India | language = Tamil | released = 14 April 2003 }} '''Arasu''' ('''Kingdom''') is an [[Indian people|Indian]] 2003 [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[action film|action]] [[masala film|masala]] film starring [[R. Sarathkumar]], [[Roja Selvamani|Roja]], [[Simran (actress)|Simran]], [[Saikumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]], [[Vadivelu]], and [[Delhi Ganesh]]. The film was directed by [[Suresh (director)|Suresh]]. The [[Film score|score]] and [[soundtrack]] was composed by [[Mani Sharma]]. This film was declared as a '''Super-Hit''' in the box office. It was remade in Kannada as ''[[Indra (2008 film)|Indra]]'' with [[Darshan (actor)|Darshan]] reprising the dual roles played by Kumar. ==Plot== The movie starts with Arasu (Sarathukumar) murdering a person in Mumbai and soon the story shifts to Kumbakonam where Arasu is employed in a temple by Venu Shastri (Delhi Ganesh). Arasu’s calm nature and responsible behavior impresses everyone in the locality. Meera (Simran), Venu Shastri’s daughter falls in love with Arasu. One day, Arasu sees the news about the release of a criminal from jail and gets angered. He also kills the criminal with the help of a few men. Everyone in Kumbakonam gets shocked knowing that Arasu is a murderer. Arasu meets Venu Shastri’s family to disclose the truth. A flashback is shown where Arasu is the only son of Nataraj (Sarath Kumar – dual role) who is fondly called as periyavar by his followers in Chennai. Periyavar is a good natured don striving hard for the welfare of the poor and slum dwellers in Chennai. Sivagami (Roja) is Periyavar’s wife. Sabapathy (Sai Kumar) is a rich business tycoon who goes to any extreme for earning money. Trouble erupts between Sabapathy and Periyavar following which Sabapathy is arrested and sentenced to imprisonment for his illegal activities which led to death of a few young girls. As a means of revenge, Sabapathy’s brother (Riyaz Khan) and his henchmen kill Periyavar and Sivagami. Arasu is angered and vows revenge against Sabapathy and his men. Hearing this, Venu Shastri and Meera understand Arasu’s position and decides to save him by not disclosing his whereabouts to policemen. Despite all the attempts by police to arrest Arasu, he successfully kills Sabapathy and surrenders to police. He is sentenced to imprisonment and gets released after 5 years. In the end, he comes to meet Meera and both get united. ==Cast== {{colbegin}} *[[R. Sarathkumar]] as Arasu (Thirunavukkarasu) and Periyavar Nataraj (Dual Roles) *[[Roja Selvamani|Roja]] as Sivagami *[[Simran Bagga|Simran]] as Meera *[[Saikumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]] as Sabapathy, the main villain *[[Vadivelu]] as Pichumani *[[Riyaz Khan]] as Sabapathy's brother *[[Delhi Ganesh]] as Venu Shastri *[[Manivannan]] as Karim Bhai *[[Bharathi (Tamil actress)|Bharathi]] as Meera's friend *"Minnal" Deepa as Thenmozhi *[[Kiran Rathod]] in an [[item number]] {{colend}} == Soundtrack == These 5 songs in ''Arasu'' are composed by [[Mani Sharma]]. *"Aalaana Dhegam Engum" - [[Anuradha Sriram]] *"Bull Bull Thara" - [[Pop Shalini]] *"Ilesha Kattumaram" - [[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]], Kalpana *"Katha Katha" - [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], Ganga *"Malligai Malligai" - [[Sujatha Mohan|Sujatha]], [[Vijay Yesudas]] ==Production== The film marked the debut of Suresh who had worked with directors like Maharajan (Vallarasu), Dharani, and Lingusamy. Most of the shooting took place at Kumbakonam, in and around the temple areas. Other locations were Mumbai and Kolkata. A fight scene was picturised at the Kumbakonam market area. Five cameras were used and it took ten days to shoot the fight scene. The scene choreographed by Peter Hayen and canned by cinematographer Y. N. Murali, was shot amidst a large crowd including the hero, some stuntmen, character artistes and the locals. Close-up shots of the fight scene was shot again in Chennai Studio where a set resembling the market place was erected.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20030421010214/http://www.chennaionline.com/location/arasu.asp</ref> ==Release== After this film, Suresh again collaborated with Sarath Kumar for films like ''[[Gambeeram]]'' and ''[[Nam Naadu (2007 film)|Nam Naadu]]''. ===Critical reception=== Sify wrote:"the narration is told in a gripping fashion with all the essential ‘masalas’ like punchy dialogues, action, song ‘n’ dance and item numbers".<ref>http://www.sify.com/movies/arasu-review-tamil-13023566.html</ref> Balaji wrote:"The movie presents the revenge tale in the style of Rajnikanth's Baasha and is quite entertaining".<ref>http://www.thiraipadam.com/cgi-bin/movie_review.pl?id=381&user_name=bbalaji&review_lang=english&lang=english</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:2003 films]] [[Category:Indian films]] [[Category:Tamil-language films]] [[Category:Tamil films remade in other languages]] [[Category:2000s Tamil-language films]] [[Category:Tamil film scores by Mani Sharma]] [[Category:Films about revenge]] [[Category:Films featuring an item number]]'