Aayitha Ezhuthu
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Aayutha Ezhuthu is a 2004 Tamil
political film directed by Mani Ratnam
. It stars Surya, Madhavan
and Siddharth in the lead roles. The film's score and soundtrack is composed by Oscar winning Music Director A. R. Rahman
. The title of the movie is the name of a Tamil letter
, ஃ (three dots corresponding to the film's three different personalities from completely different strata of society). The film calls for the involvement of the youth in the nation's highest decision making processes. The movie was simultaneously made in Hindi as Yuva
. The lead character played by Ajay Devgan (Hindi) and Suriya ( Tamil) is inspired from George Reddy
a Gold Medallist and a revolutionary student leader of Osmania University
in Hyderabad.
It was dubbed into Telugu
also as Yuva. The structure of this movie was adapted from a Mexican Hyperlink cinema
Amores Perros
, but the whole surrounding plot is completely changed to a different setting; a la a Priyadarshan
style of adaptation.
. Inbasekaran (Inba) (R. Madhavan
) has an attitude of his own and complains often about his wife not letting him do what he wants to. The van driver Dilli (Sriman
) keeps reminding Inba to concentrate on the job rather than whine. On the other hand, college student Michael Vasanth (Surya Sivakumar) is riding a bike with his girlfriend Geetha (Esha Deol
) on the same bridge juncture, with him persuading her to move in with him so that they could "live together". He drops her off at her college and continues his journey. Meanwhile, on the same bridge, Arjun (Siddharth
) is chasing Meera (Trisha Krishnan
) and confesses that he is in love with her. Meera ridicules Arjun saying that both of them hardly know each other to be in love, but Arjun keeps chasing her by asking a lift from Michael who is passing by on his bike as Meera boards an auto
. Michael drops Arjun after Meera alights from the auto a while later, and continues his journey. Meera finally gives in slightly and asks Arjun to say 'I Love You', loudly for everyone to hear. This prompts Arjun to climb on to the divider of the bridge and start shouting "I love you" to Meera. At the same time, Michael is shown taking a U-turn at the bridge and passing by the spot where Arjun is spilling his love for Meera. Inba and Dilli then overtake Michael in their van and as the van comes to Michael's side, Inba shouts a famous line, "Hello, brother" and releases three gunshots to Michael's body. The film ceases to show what happens to Michael but keeps its focus on Inba, who asks Dilli to stop the van after a distance. As Dilli brakes, Inba looks out onto the road and smiles, saying "bull's eye" to himself.
The film later runs into a flashback telling the story of Inba a few months back. Inba is a slum dweller married to Sashi (Meera Jasmine
); the marriage is despised by her parents. They have an on-off relationship but as Inba gets released from jail at one time, he promises Sashi to do a "normal" job. However, Inba is unable to come to terms with the salary and workload in the job his father-in-law hooks him in at a press printing factory, and instead extorts money from the manager after threatening indirectly to burn the factory down. Inba is then approached by Guna, his elder brother who is a prime political henchman. Guna points that he is the one who bailed Inba and thus Inba must do a job for him, for which Sashi refuses to let Inba return to old ways. Guna taunts Inba for heeding to his wife's words, causing Inba to lose temper and hit Sashi. Inba goes ahead with the job of beating up some college students for trying to run in political election, and returns to patch up with Sashi. He promises Sashi to change and starts a gas business, but in between, beyond her knowledge, continues with his mob activities. Inba is introduced to a corrupt minister Selvanayagam (Bharathiraja
), who is tying to get rid of a group of students who are running for election and threatening his position. Inba's assignments are mainly concentrated on beating and threatening the students, who are all led by Michael. They struggle to overcome the force of the students by their usual force, and all culminates to Inba being ordered by the minister to murder Michael, to which he heeds. Sashi meanwhile discovers a gun in the house, and finds out about Inba's activities, leading to a huge fracas between them. This is the point where Inba is constantly complaining about women and marriage to Dilli while on the task of killing Michael. As he shoots Michael, the film shifts focus to concentrate on Michael's story the past few months.
Michael is a respected college student and also a student leader, who is leading a group of students to run in the forthcoming state elections against the corrupt minister. His ideology is that students should involve themselves in politics so that the country would have a brighter future. Michael has a girlfriend, Geetha, a notorious neighbour who has been having an affair with Michael since their childhood. The film shows Michael's resilience as he responds every time the minister sends henchmen to mug the students. As his friend Trilok gets brutally beaten for nominating his elder sister to run in an election at a small village which is being exploited of its resources, Michael brings his entire student force to enter Guna's house and beat Guna and his assistants up (Inba is not there at the time). That is when Inba comes to meet Michael (the scene is not shown in Inba's chapter) and tries to talk Michael out of his political intentions. However, Michael refuses, prompting a fist fight between the two, which Michael wins and tells Inba that he has no intentions of giving up. After this point, Michael is on the way to the bridge dropping Geetha off her college, as they have a discussion about moving in together. After giving a lift to Arjun, Michael continues to ride on the bridge until he gets shot by Inba. His bike skids off violently at high speed, and hits a barrier in the bridge, which sends him flying over Arjun who is standing on the divider and falls into the river, as Arjun looks over in utter shock.
The film then shows a flashback of Arjun's past, where he is shown as a youthful flirting character whose primary aim in life is to get a visa
and fly to United States and live his life there. While clubbing one day in Chennai
, he meets Meera, who drops him her phone number but also tells him that she is getting engaged to a businessman at a small village. Arjun, attracted to her, calls her up the next day and asks her out for coffee, convincing her that he has no further intentions. During the conversation, Arjun delivers his usual charming lines, saying that he wants to find himself with a "white girl on one side, and a black girl on the other side". He even tells her that he has charmed 42 and a half women in his life, with the half being Meera herself. The attraction between them is mutual, and they start going out more frequently, including a couple's picnic at a beach which lasts till late night. As Arjun drops Meera back at her hostel, she kisses him on the cheek in a spur of the moment. The next day, a disturbed Meera says they shouldn't meet each other anymore as it would be inviting trouble as she is getting married. Arjun agrees to accompany her till her hostel, but later asks her to spend more time with him by staying on the bus they have boarded until it goes to its last stop and returns to stop at her hostel. They spend hours on the bus talking, before Meera finally gets down. Arjun starts chasing her, which leads to the scene on the bridge where he confesses his love for her. As Arjun begins yelling "I love you" to her, Michael is shot and springs into the river right in front of Arjun. A shocked Arjun recognizes Michael as the person who gave him a lift just a few minutes earlier and is convinced that he is still alive despite the gun shots. Arjun jumps into the river and saves Michael.
Arjun and Meera manage to take Michael to the hospital early enough to be save him, as the bullets missed his heart, and only hit his stomach, chest, and shoulder. Arjun refuses to get involved in the legal process of filing complaint on the incident fearing it would spell trouble for his US intentions, but Meera knows Michael is a student leader and insists they help in the process due to her immense respect for Michael. The next day, Arjun returns to the hospital and is flattered to see a big crowd of students thanking him for saving Michael's life. While talking to Michael, Arjun sees a familiar figure in the window- Inba. Arjun recognizes Inba as the person who shot Michael and gives Inba a chase in the hospital, but ends up getting terribly beaten up by Inba. As the job goes awfully wrong, Inba goes into hiding, prompting Sashi to nag Guna regarding the whereabouts of her husband. Meera finally leaves for her marriage, and Michael recovers. However, the other students are skeptical of running for the election fearing their own lives after what happened to Michael. This prompts Arjun to suddenly volunteer to run in the elections. He states that he does not intend to go to US and wants to run in the election with Michael. Inba, meanwhile, returns from hiding and is chastised for his mistake. He cries to Sashi in retribution and both of them decide to leave for a different village where they can start a new life. Inba meets Guna to return Guna his gun before leaving but realizes that Guna has targeted Inba and wants to kill Inba to cover up the crime for the minister. Inba reacts first hand and pulls the trigger, killing his brother. He returns to the minister, and holds up a gun at the minister as well. However, Inba asks the minister for position and power, to which the Minister agrees. Inba resumes his dirty work for the minister after that. Meera meanwhile returns to Chennai
and arrives at Arjun's house, stating that his decision not to leave for US means she can't live happily with another person with his memory etched into her. An elated Arjun hugs her and gets her into his house while leaving for an election meeting. He however boards the wrong van, and Inba and his men kidnap him along with a few other students. The news reaches Michael who is enraged and asks the minister directly about his friends, to which the minister gives a diplomatic answer. Meanwhile, Dilli is increasingly guilt-stricken by the events and asks Inba to abandon everything before its too late and follow Sashi to the village. Inba refuses to listen to him and instead threatens to kill Dilli if he brings up the matter again. However, Dilli goes on to secretly release the students and let them run, which prompts Inba to kill Dilli in a rage. Inba starts chasing a wounded Arjun through the slums up into the streets. Arjun manages to grab the hand phone of one of the passers-by and calls Michael to inform his whereabouts. A violent fight ensues on the Naiper Bridge where Inba manages to grab Arjun. Arjun is on the receiving end until Michael arrives and beats up Inba. Michael tells him that Inba is not his enemy, but his dirty politics are. Michael's group wins the ensuing election.
Sashi, meanwhile, has boarded a train to her village without Inba, who is in jail. Inba is awaiting sentence (possibly death or life sentence) in jail while Sashi replies violently when she is asked about her husband by the ticket conductor, stating she doesn't know "which whore's house he is in". The film ends at the parliamentary seating showing Michael, Arjun and their friends entering to take their places in the speaking hall. The minister approaches Michael and sarcastically welcomes the students to the real world of politics, to which Michael responds by just smiling and negating the minister away from his path. The film ends as the camera zooms back to show Michael sitting among the politicians in the Legislative Assembly, as he provides a voice-over: "This is not the end, it is the beginning. The future belongs to the youth. We will change the fate of fate."
features 6 songs composed
and one additional song by A. R. Rahman
, with lyrics
by Vairamuthu
. The rap and lyrics for the song Dol Dol were by Blaaze
.
won several filmfare awards including "Critics Award Best Film".
Tamil cinema
Tamil cinema is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered...
political film directed by Mani Ratnam
Mani Ratnam
Mani Ratnam is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. He made his directorial debut with the Kannada film Pallavi Anu Pallavi starring Anil Kapoor in 1983...
. It stars Surya, Madhavan
R. Madhavan
R. Madhavan is an Indian actor, writer, film producer and television host. Madhavan has received a Filmfare Award, an award from the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards alongside recognition and nominations from other organisations...
and Siddharth in the lead roles. The film's score and soundtrack is composed by Oscar winning Music Director A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and...
. The title of the movie is the name of a Tamil letter
Tamil script
The Tamil script is a script that is used to write the Tamil language as well as other minority languages such as Badaga, Irulas, and Paniya...
, ஃ (three dots corresponding to the film's three different personalities from completely different strata of society). The film calls for the involvement of the youth in the nation's highest decision making processes. The movie was simultaneously made in Hindi as Yuva
Yuva
Yuva , originally titled Howrah Bridge is a feature film directed by Indian director Mani Ratnam and released in 2004. Simultaneously made in Hindi and Tamil , the prime objective of the movie was to motivate educated Indian youths to enter politics.The film tells the stories of three young men...
. The lead character played by Ajay Devgan (Hindi) and Suriya ( Tamil) is inspired from George Reddy
George Reddy
George Reddy was the founder of the Revolutionary Students Movement in Andhra Pradesh, India. He was a student of the Osmania University, Hyderabad and was the university gold medalist, a mark of academic excellence. He was the founder of the Progressive Democratic Students Union, which was a...
a Gold Medallist and a revolutionary student leader of Osmania University
Osmania University
Osmania University , , since 1918, is a public university located in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established and named after the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan. It is one of the oldest modern universities in India. It is the first Indian University to have Urdu and...
in Hyderabad.
It was dubbed into Telugu
Telugu language
Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...
also as Yuva. The structure of this movie was adapted from a Mexican Hyperlink cinema
Hyperlink cinema
Hyperlink cinema is a term coined by author Alissa Quart, who used the term in her review of the film Happy Endings for the film journal Film Comment in 2005. Film critic Roger Ebert popularized the term when reviewing the film Syriana in 2005...
Amores Perros
Amores perros
Amores perros is a 2000 neorealist Mexican film, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Amores Perros is the first movie in Iñárritu's trilogy of death, and was followed by 21 Grams and Babel. It is a triptych; an anthology film, sometimes referred to as the "Mexican Pulp Fiction," containing...
, but the whole surrounding plot is completely changed to a different setting; a la a Priyadarshan
Priyadarshan
Priyadarshan is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter. In a career spanning over two decades, Priyadarshan has directed over 80 films in several Indian languages including Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu...
style of adaptation.
Plot
The film begins with two hitmen travelling in a van on Napier Bridge in ChennaiChennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
. Inbasekaran (Inba) (R. Madhavan
R. Madhavan
R. Madhavan is an Indian actor, writer, film producer and television host. Madhavan has received a Filmfare Award, an award from the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards alongside recognition and nominations from other organisations...
) has an attitude of his own and complains often about his wife not letting him do what he wants to. The van driver Dilli (Sriman
Sriman (actor)
Sriman is a character artist who appears in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films. He is primarily known for his prominent roles in Aayutha Ezhuthu, Panchathanthiram, Pokkiri and Aegan. He is the son of noted producer, Prakash Reddy.- Early life :Sriman was born in Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh...
) keeps reminding Inba to concentrate on the job rather than whine. On the other hand, college student Michael Vasanth (Surya Sivakumar) is riding a bike with his girlfriend Geetha (Esha Deol
Esha Deol
Esha Deol is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. She is the elder daughter of Bollywood actors Dharmendra and Hema Malini.-Personal life:...
) on the same bridge juncture, with him persuading her to move in with him so that they could "live together". He drops her off at her college and continues his journey. Meanwhile, on the same bridge, Arjun (Siddharth
Siddharth Narayan
Siddharth Suryanaraynan , popularly known and credited as Siddharth, is an Indian film actor, playback singer and screenplay writer. After his business management studies, Siddharth chose to work in film making and worked as an assistant director before making his acting debut in the 2003 Tamil...
) is chasing Meera (Trisha Krishnan
Trisha Krishnan
Trisha Krishnan is an Indian film actress and model, who primarily appears in Tamil and Telugu language films, but has also appeared in Hindi language films. She was noticed after winning several beauty pageants like the Miss Madras contest , which marked her entry into filmdom...
) and confesses that he is in love with her. Meera ridicules Arjun saying that both of them hardly know each other to be in love, but Arjun keeps chasing her by asking a lift from Michael who is passing by on his bike as Meera boards an auto
Auto
Auto, from Greek αὐτο- auto- "self, one's own", may refer to:*An automobile*An auto rickshaw*Auto, an Israeli car magazine*Short for automatic* Auto , a form of Portuguese dramatic play...
. Michael drops Arjun after Meera alights from the auto a while later, and continues his journey. Meera finally gives in slightly and asks Arjun to say 'I Love You', loudly for everyone to hear. This prompts Arjun to climb on to the divider of the bridge and start shouting "I love you" to Meera. At the same time, Michael is shown taking a U-turn at the bridge and passing by the spot where Arjun is spilling his love for Meera. Inba and Dilli then overtake Michael in their van and as the van comes to Michael's side, Inba shouts a famous line, "Hello, brother" and releases three gunshots to Michael's body. The film ceases to show what happens to Michael but keeps its focus on Inba, who asks Dilli to stop the van after a distance. As Dilli brakes, Inba looks out onto the road and smiles, saying "bull's eye" to himself.
The film later runs into a flashback telling the story of Inba a few months back. Inba is a slum dweller married to Sashi (Meera Jasmine
Meera Jasmine
Meera Jasmine is an Indian actress, who appears in regional Indian films that includes Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress in 2004 and is a two time recipient of the Kerala State Film Award, the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, as well as the...
); the marriage is despised by her parents. They have an on-off relationship but as Inba gets released from jail at one time, he promises Sashi to do a "normal" job. However, Inba is unable to come to terms with the salary and workload in the job his father-in-law hooks him in at a press printing factory, and instead extorts money from the manager after threatening indirectly to burn the factory down. Inba is then approached by Guna, his elder brother who is a prime political henchman. Guna points that he is the one who bailed Inba and thus Inba must do a job for him, for which Sashi refuses to let Inba return to old ways. Guna taunts Inba for heeding to his wife's words, causing Inba to lose temper and hit Sashi. Inba goes ahead with the job of beating up some college students for trying to run in political election, and returns to patch up with Sashi. He promises Sashi to change and starts a gas business, but in between, beyond her knowledge, continues with his mob activities. Inba is introduced to a corrupt minister Selvanayagam (Bharathiraja
Bharathiraja
P. Bharathiraja , is a critically acclaimed South Indian filmmaker.He displayed a story-teller's potential from an early age. Bharathiraja is known for his realistic and sensitive portrayal of village-life in his movies....
), who is tying to get rid of a group of students who are running for election and threatening his position. Inba's assignments are mainly concentrated on beating and threatening the students, who are all led by Michael. They struggle to overcome the force of the students by their usual force, and all culminates to Inba being ordered by the minister to murder Michael, to which he heeds. Sashi meanwhile discovers a gun in the house, and finds out about Inba's activities, leading to a huge fracas between them. This is the point where Inba is constantly complaining about women and marriage to Dilli while on the task of killing Michael. As he shoots Michael, the film shifts focus to concentrate on Michael's story the past few months.
Michael is a respected college student and also a student leader, who is leading a group of students to run in the forthcoming state elections against the corrupt minister. His ideology is that students should involve themselves in politics so that the country would have a brighter future. Michael has a girlfriend, Geetha, a notorious neighbour who has been having an affair with Michael since their childhood. The film shows Michael's resilience as he responds every time the minister sends henchmen to mug the students. As his friend Trilok gets brutally beaten for nominating his elder sister to run in an election at a small village which is being exploited of its resources, Michael brings his entire student force to enter Guna's house and beat Guna and his assistants up (Inba is not there at the time). That is when Inba comes to meet Michael (the scene is not shown in Inba's chapter) and tries to talk Michael out of his political intentions. However, Michael refuses, prompting a fist fight between the two, which Michael wins and tells Inba that he has no intentions of giving up. After this point, Michael is on the way to the bridge dropping Geetha off her college, as they have a discussion about moving in together. After giving a lift to Arjun, Michael continues to ride on the bridge until he gets shot by Inba. His bike skids off violently at high speed, and hits a barrier in the bridge, which sends him flying over Arjun who is standing on the divider and falls into the river, as Arjun looks over in utter shock.
The film then shows a flashback of Arjun's past, where he is shown as a youthful flirting character whose primary aim in life is to get a visa
Visa (document)
A visa is a document showing that a person is authorized to enter the territory for which it was issued, subject to permission of an immigration official at the time of actual entry. The authorization may be a document, but more commonly it is a stamp endorsed in the applicant's passport...
and fly to United States and live his life there. While clubbing one day in Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
, he meets Meera, who drops him her phone number but also tells him that she is getting engaged to a businessman at a small village. Arjun, attracted to her, calls her up the next day and asks her out for coffee, convincing her that he has no further intentions. During the conversation, Arjun delivers his usual charming lines, saying that he wants to find himself with a "white girl on one side, and a black girl on the other side". He even tells her that he has charmed 42 and a half women in his life, with the half being Meera herself. The attraction between them is mutual, and they start going out more frequently, including a couple's picnic at a beach which lasts till late night. As Arjun drops Meera back at her hostel, she kisses him on the cheek in a spur of the moment. The next day, a disturbed Meera says they shouldn't meet each other anymore as it would be inviting trouble as she is getting married. Arjun agrees to accompany her till her hostel, but later asks her to spend more time with him by staying on the bus they have boarded until it goes to its last stop and returns to stop at her hostel. They spend hours on the bus talking, before Meera finally gets down. Arjun starts chasing her, which leads to the scene on the bridge where he confesses his love for her. As Arjun begins yelling "I love you" to her, Michael is shot and springs into the river right in front of Arjun. A shocked Arjun recognizes Michael as the person who gave him a lift just a few minutes earlier and is convinced that he is still alive despite the gun shots. Arjun jumps into the river and saves Michael.
Arjun and Meera manage to take Michael to the hospital early enough to be save him, as the bullets missed his heart, and only hit his stomach, chest, and shoulder. Arjun refuses to get involved in the legal process of filing complaint on the incident fearing it would spell trouble for his US intentions, but Meera knows Michael is a student leader and insists they help in the process due to her immense respect for Michael. The next day, Arjun returns to the hospital and is flattered to see a big crowd of students thanking him for saving Michael's life. While talking to Michael, Arjun sees a familiar figure in the window- Inba. Arjun recognizes Inba as the person who shot Michael and gives Inba a chase in the hospital, but ends up getting terribly beaten up by Inba. As the job goes awfully wrong, Inba goes into hiding, prompting Sashi to nag Guna regarding the whereabouts of her husband. Meera finally leaves for her marriage, and Michael recovers. However, the other students are skeptical of running for the election fearing their own lives after what happened to Michael. This prompts Arjun to suddenly volunteer to run in the elections. He states that he does not intend to go to US and wants to run in the election with Michael. Inba, meanwhile, returns from hiding and is chastised for his mistake. He cries to Sashi in retribution and both of them decide to leave for a different village where they can start a new life. Inba meets Guna to return Guna his gun before leaving but realizes that Guna has targeted Inba and wants to kill Inba to cover up the crime for the minister. Inba reacts first hand and pulls the trigger, killing his brother. He returns to the minister, and holds up a gun at the minister as well. However, Inba asks the minister for position and power, to which the Minister agrees. Inba resumes his dirty work for the minister after that. Meera meanwhile returns to Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
and arrives at Arjun's house, stating that his decision not to leave for US means she can't live happily with another person with his memory etched into her. An elated Arjun hugs her and gets her into his house while leaving for an election meeting. He however boards the wrong van, and Inba and his men kidnap him along with a few other students. The news reaches Michael who is enraged and asks the minister directly about his friends, to which the minister gives a diplomatic answer. Meanwhile, Dilli is increasingly guilt-stricken by the events and asks Inba to abandon everything before its too late and follow Sashi to the village. Inba refuses to listen to him and instead threatens to kill Dilli if he brings up the matter again. However, Dilli goes on to secretly release the students and let them run, which prompts Inba to kill Dilli in a rage. Inba starts chasing a wounded Arjun through the slums up into the streets. Arjun manages to grab the hand phone of one of the passers-by and calls Michael to inform his whereabouts. A violent fight ensues on the Naiper Bridge where Inba manages to grab Arjun. Arjun is on the receiving end until Michael arrives and beats up Inba. Michael tells him that Inba is not his enemy, but his dirty politics are. Michael's group wins the ensuing election.
Sashi, meanwhile, has boarded a train to her village without Inba, who is in jail. Inba is awaiting sentence (possibly death or life sentence) in jail while Sashi replies violently when she is asked about her husband by the ticket conductor, stating she doesn't know "which whore's house he is in". The film ends at the parliamentary seating showing Michael, Arjun and their friends entering to take their places in the speaking hall. The minister approaches Michael and sarcastically welcomes the students to the real world of politics, to which Michael responds by just smiling and negating the minister away from his path. The film ends as the camera zooms back to show Michael sitting among the politicians in the Legislative Assembly, as he provides a voice-over: "This is not the end, it is the beginning. The future belongs to the youth. We will change the fate of fate."
Theme
The film basically tackles the theme of politics in contemporary India, and encourages students to enter politics to change the political landscape. The three young men in this movie are also the three different kinds of urban youth mostly found in contemporary India. It also proves that mindless violence is of no avail, something that Indian youth are easily instigated by.Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Surya | Michael Vasanth |
| Madhavan R. Madhavan R. Madhavan is an Indian actor, writer, film producer and television host. Madhavan has received a Filmfare Award, an award from the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards alongside recognition and nominations from other organisations... |
Inbasekaran aka Inba |
| Siddarth Siddharth Narayan Siddharth Suryanaraynan , popularly known and credited as Siddharth, is an Indian film actor, playback singer and screenplay writer. After his business management studies, Siddharth chose to work in film making and worked as an assistant director before making his acting debut in the 2003 Tamil... |
Arjun Balakrishnan |
| Esha Deol Esha Deol Esha Deol is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. She is the elder daughter of Bollywood actors Dharmendra and Hema Malini.-Personal life:... |
Geetha |
| Meera Jasmine Meera Jasmine Meera Jasmine is an Indian actress, who appears in regional Indian films that includes Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress in 2004 and is a two time recipient of the Kerala State Film Award, the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, as well as the... |
Sashi |
| Trisha Krishnan Trisha Krishnan Trisha Krishnan is an Indian film actress and model, who primarily appears in Tamil and Telugu language films, but has also appeared in Hindi language films. She was noticed after winning several beauty pageants like the Miss Madras contest , which marked her entry into filmdom... |
Meera |
| Bharathiraja Bharathiraja P. Bharathiraja , is a critically acclaimed South Indian filmmaker.He displayed a story-teller's potential from an early age. Bharathiraja is known for his realistic and sensitive portrayal of village-life in his movies.... |
Minister Selvanayagam |
| Sriman Sriman (actor) Sriman is a character artist who appears in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films. He is primarily known for his prominent roles in Aayutha Ezhuthu, Panchathanthiram, Pokkiri and Aegan. He is the son of noted producer, Prakash Reddy.- Early life :Sriman was born in Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh... |
Dilli |
| Lalithkumar | The Charactor which Surya Inspire |
Soundtrack
The soundtrackSoundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
features 6 songs composed
Musical composition
Musical composition can refer to an original piece of music, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating a new piece of music. People who practice composition are called composers.- Musical compositions :...
and one additional song by A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and...
, with lyrics
Lyrics
Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...
by Vairamuthu
Vairamuthu
Vairamuthu Ramaswamy Thevar is an award-winning Tamil poet and lyricist.Debuting in the film Nizhalgal with the lyrics for the song "Ponmalai Pozhudhu", he has now about 5800 songs to his credit as of January 2009. His partnership with the composers Ilaiyaraaja, and later A. R...
. The rap and lyrics for the song Dol Dol were by Blaaze
Blaaze
Blaaze is a rap artist and a popular playback singer in Indian films. An Indian by birth, born in Chennai, he grew up in Zambia and later did his education in England and in the US...
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| Song | Artist(s)) | Duration |
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| "Hey Goodbye Nanba" | Sunitha Sarathy, Shankar Mahadevan Shankar Mahadevan Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian music composer and singer. He is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that composes for Indian films and a playback singer.-Early life:... , Lucky Ali Lucky Ali Lucky Ali , born as Maqsood Mehmood Ali , is an Indian singer songwriter, composer and actor. Lucky is best known for his soulful but strikingly simple ballad-style singing and melodious voice.-Biography:... , Karthik Karthik (singer) Karthik is an Indian playback singer.Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been a playback singer in Tamil cinema while also single in other Indian languages for various composers... |
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| "Sandakkozhi" | Madhushree Madhushree Madhushree is an Indian singer, who sings in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. A familiar voice in A. R. Rahman's compositions, Madhushree hails from a musically inclined family, having previously been trained in classical music... , A. R. Rahman A. R. Rahman Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and... |
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| "Nenjam Ellam" | Adnan Sami Adnan Sami Adnan Sami is a British-born Pakistani-Indian- Canadian singer, musician, pianist, actor and composer of Pakistani origin. He currently holds Canadian citizenship and works and lives in Mumbai, India... , Sujatha Mohan Sujatha Mohan Sujatha Mohan , usually credited as Sujatha, is an award-winning Indian playback singer who is popular for singing in Malayalam and Tamil movies. She has also sung for Telugu, Kannada and Hindi movies. She is widely popular for her evergreen melodies and her sweet voice is considered to be her... |
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| "Dol Dol" | Blaaze Blaaze Blaaze is a rap artist and a popular playback singer in Indian films. An Indian by birth, born in Chennai, he grew up in Zambia and later did his education in England and in the US... , featuring ethnic vocals by Shahin Badar Shahin Badar Shahin Badar is a singer and songwriter who is best known in Europe and North America for her vocals on The Prodigy's single Smack My Bitch Up... |
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| "Yaakai Thiri" | Sunitha Sarathy Sunitha Sarathy Sunitha Sarathy is a vocalist and performer in both Indian and Western musical genres.She is winner of Channel [V]'s voice hunt.She debuted with Tamil song Yei Nee Romba Azhaga Irukke,singing along with singer Srinivas.-Career:... , A. R. Rahman A. R. Rahman Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and... , Pop Shalini Pop shalini Shalini Singh popularly called as Pop Shalini is a singer from Tamil Nadu, India.Shalini Singh popularly known as Pop Shalini was one of the first teenagers to release an album when she was only 13. She has sung over 500 songs in various Indian languages for Indian films... |
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| "Jana Gana Mana" | A. R. Rahman A. R. Rahman Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and... , Karthik Karthik (singer) Karthik is an Indian playback singer.Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been a playback singer in Tamil cinema while also single in other Indian languages for various composers... |
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| "Nee Mazhai" (Additional song as a background score) |
Sunitha Sarathy, Karthik Karthik (singer) Karthik is an Indian playback singer.Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been a playback singer in Tamil cinema while also single in other Indian languages for various composers... |
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Accolades
- Filmfare Awards SouthFilmfare Awards SouthFilmfare Awards South is the South Indian segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the South Indian film industry. The awards are separately given for Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films...
- Won - Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award (Tamil) - R. Madhavan
Reception
The film did not do well at the box office, but was critically acclaimed. The Hindi version of this movie YuvaYuva
Yuva , originally titled Howrah Bridge is a feature film directed by Indian director Mani Ratnam and released in 2004. Simultaneously made in Hindi and Tamil , the prime objective of the movie was to motivate educated Indian youths to enter politics.The film tells the stories of three young men...
won several filmfare awards including "Critics Award Best Film".