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392:. A slum dweller finds the baby, takes him home, names him Surya and raises him. Surya grows up to be intolerant of injustice, especially to the poor, and wonders why his biological mother abandoned him. The only item from his mother is the yellow shawl in which she had placed him. Devaraj, a powerful gangster, who is kind but feared by most, fights injustice with violence. Surya attacks and kills Ramana, an auxiliary of Devaraj. Surya is arrested for murder and faces brutal torture from police, but Devaraj bails him out after perceiving Ramana's felony and realises Surya's cause was genuine. Surya and Devaraj, who share an ideology, come to understand each other. Devaraj declares Surya as his 409:
men surrounding her. Devaraj, considering Padma and her daughter's safety and Surya's future, asks them to marry each other. Guilt-ridden, Surya marries Padma and eventually wins her child's affection. Later, at a medical camp, Kalyani meets Padma and her daughter, along with the shawl in which she wrapped Surya. After asking about the day he was found, Kalyani and Krishnamoorthy discover Surya is Kalyani's long-lost son during a suspect identification. Krishnamoorthy secretly meets Surya and reveals the truth of his origin to him. Surya asks Krishnamoorthy to promise not to let his mother know of Surya's identity because it would hurt her to know her son has grown to be a vigilante.
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that, despite Arjun being Surya's half-brother, Surya still sides with him, thus valuing their friendship over family. Because of this, Devaraj decides to surrender. Devaraj and Surya meet Arjun, who now knows Surya is his own half-brother. Suddenly, Kalivardhan's henchmen open fire and Devaraj is killed. Enraged, Surya storms into Kalivardhan's house, murders Kalivardhan and all of his henchmen, and surrenders to the police, but is exonerated due to lack of evidence. Arjun is later transferred to another state with Subbulaxmi while Kalyani stays with Surya.
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The first scene to be filmed was Subbulaxmi teaching a group of students by a river. Because the rising sun was important to the scene, it was filmed earlier than 5:45 am. By the time Rajinikanth came to film his part in the scene, the sun had already risen. To avoid continuity errors, he filmed
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was cast as Padma, the widow of a man killed by Surya, whom she later marries, Ratnam told her there would be no songs for her because Surya "was the cause of her husband's death. So it can't be the start of a new romantic track". Ratnam said the casting of Bhanupriya showed "there was some weight to
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In his fight against organised crime, Arjun unsuccessfully targets Devaraj and Surya. Meanwhile, Padma, Ramana's widow, makes Surya feel guilty for killing Ramana. Understanding Padma's pain, Devaraj shelters her and her child. However, Padma confesses she is constantly troubled by the dishonourable
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Ratnam refused to name Surya's father, saying the film "consciously avoids the who and the how of the underage girl's first love" because Surya is the focus of the story. The name Surya was chosen to emphasise the character's connection to the sun, similar to the way Karna is the son of the sun god
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Ratnam chose to film the prologue in which Kalyani gives birth to Surya in black and white because according to him, "Black and white gives the sense of this being a prologue without us having to define it as a prologue". Rajinikanth said he had a tough time while filming because Ratnam "was from a
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Kalyani eventually finds Surya and meets him. Surya vows not to harm Arjun for her sake. The long-standing feud between Devaraj and his main rival Kalivardhan makes Surya tell Devaraj, who learns of his meeting with his stepfather and mother the truth about his family. Devaraj is pleased to know
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girl Subbulaxmi, who is smitten with his transparent nature. Surya's appraisal to Devaraj leads local people in the locality to respect them both. They continue objecting to societal incongruities. While Devaraj leads Surya to help curb unlawful discrepancies, Subbulaxmi despises Surya's use of
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Arjun, the city's new district collector, wants to lawfully end violence. He is the second son of Kalyani, who is now a social worker. After abandoning Surya, her firstborn, she married Krishnamoorthy. Kalyani never told Arjun of the ordeal she faced as a teenager but is constantly grieved by
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different school of film making and asked me to feel emotions even when taking part in a fight scene". Ratnam delayed filming the scene in which Surya meets his biological mother for the first time by a day at the request of Rajinikanth, who needed more time to prepare.
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in a television commercial and approached him to play Arjun; after a few screen tests, Arvind – who was only credited with his first name – was cast in his feature-film debut. Mammootty was paid
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violence and tries to persuade him against it. Devaraj tries to form a relationship between Subbulaxmi and Surya but Subbulaxmi's orthodox father objects and arranges her marriage to Arjun.
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after 4:30 am the next day. When filming against the "early morning or the late evening sun" was not possible, the crew used tungsten lights and mirrors to create the intended effect.
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most vividly as that was the first time I went for a first-day-first-show ever". Mammootty's performance in the scene in which Devaraj tells Arjun "mudiyathu" (
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in supporting roles. It is about a courageous slum dweller who befriends a powerful gangster and the attempts of a district collector to thwart them.
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as the main inspiration that led him to consider a career in cinema. Soundarya has stated Rajinikanth's hairstyle in her directorial venture
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entertainer, and said Rajinikanth had several scenes in which he could emote and that he looks a caged lion left in the open. The magazine
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said; "Moving his pieces with the acumen of an international grandmaster, the director sets a hot pace". The same day, N. Krishnaswamy of
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In a first-of-its-kind marketing strategy in India, GV Films launched "a whole range of consumer products" based on the lead character of
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reviewing the film. In that review, the film's cast performances, cinematography and music were praised but the violence was criticised.
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the character, and you don't have to invest in terms of songs and things like that. Her very presence makes the character strong".
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A fourteen-year-old Kalyani gives birth to a boy alone and, fearing societal backlash and incapacity, abandons him inside a moving
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in which Karna dies, because he felt the character had suffered enough, and "his death would look too doomed, too tragic".
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but because the film's focus is Surya, it dispenses with the epic's ensemble nature. The character Subbulaxmi is based on
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was chosen to play the young version of Surya but the character was later scrapped because it affected the film's length.
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was cast as Manoharan – his first role in Tamil cinema – after Ratnam was impressed with his performance in the
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marked the final collaboration between Ilaiyaraaja, Vaali and Ratnam, as the latter had associated with
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acquired the Hindi remake rights, despite having a Hindi dubbed version for this film released in 1993.
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from Karna's perspective, came up. Ratnam wanted to present a realistic Rajinikanth, which he saw in
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Principal photography began before the role of Arjun had been cast. Ratnam said he chose to film in
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Rajinikanth played Surya, who is a representation of Karna. Rajinikanth insisted Karna's friend
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was eventually cast as Devaraj, the equivalent of Duryodhana. He was then filming for
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to Ratnam for the role, but Jayaram declined due to scheduling conflicts. Ratnam saw
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by featuring scenes with characters who are dimly lit and speak one-word dialogues.
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day; it became a critical and commercial success, and won many awards including two
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S. Shiva Kumar, this was the closest Ratnam came to doing something like his idol
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was "really ahead of its time" and called it "intellectual entertaining cinema".
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43 lakh or US$ 52,000 in 2023) for only five days of filming.
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was cast as Subbulaxmi, her second film role opposite Rajinikanth after
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Shetty, Kavitha; Kumar, Kalyan; Viswanathan, Anand (15 November 1991).
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thoughts of her long-lost firstborn. Meanwhile, Surya is courted by a
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wrote a review of the film as a discussion panel alongside directors
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said he watched the film during his childhood. Subbaraj's 2014 film
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festival. The film was a major critical and commercial success.
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remains the only collaboration between Ratnam and Rajinikanth.
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praised Ilaiyaraaja's music, called the film a mountain of a
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260 million or US$ 3.1 million in 2023),
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Despite being almost three years younger than Rajinikanth,
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Kamath, Sudhish; Manigandan, K. R. (12 November 2012).
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Ratnam never considered killing Surya, unlike the 2566: 1441: 1439: 761:" and "Sundari Kannal" were filmed at Rayagopura, 2300:"Thalapathi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)" 2270:"Thalapathi Tamil Audio Cassettes By Ilaiyaraaja" 1559:"Thalapathy was Santosh Sivan's first Tamil film" 667:86 lakh or US$ 100,000 in 2023) and 3594: 2730: 2362:"Dalapathi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)" 2064:"Mani is the matter: on Chekka Chivantha Vaanam" 1765:"'கேள்வியின் நாயகி... ஆச்சரிய நாயகி' ஸ்ரீவித்யா" 1276:The 1991 exchange rate was 17.90 Indian rupees ( 1976:"Rajini talks about his Thalapathi experiences" 1676:"When Jayram Rejected Mani Ratnam's Thalapathi" 1436: 1272: 1270: 1268: 734:Rayagopura, Melkote seen in the song "Rakkamma" 3144: 3031: 2864:"Mani Ratnam inspired to make Kochadaiyaan!" 2612:(in Tamil). 24 November 1991. pp. 49–52 2531: 2500: 2488: 2049: 2004: 1929: 1917: 1750: 1706: 1601: 1545: 1474: 1445: 1397: 1265: 2664:"'Chinnathambhi' bags Cinema Express award" 2174:"G.V. has the right mix for art and profit" 968:was released on 5 November 1991 during the 781:apparel for "Sundari Kannal"; according to 3151: 3137: 3121: 3105: 1409: 36: 2930:"Tamil film Raam to be remade in Kannada" 2829: 2016: 1216:(2014) was inspired by his appearance in 689:was cast as Surya's mother Kalyani. 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Vijay (actor)

Mani Ratnam
G. Venkateswaran
Rajinikanth
Mammootty
Santosh Sivan
Suresh Urs
Ilaiyaraaja
GV Films
Tamil
gangster
drama film
Mani Ratnam
G. Venkateswaran
Rajinikanth
Mammootty
Arvind Swamy
Jaishankar
Amrish Puri
Srividya
Bhanupriya
Shobana
Geetha
Karna
Duryodhana
Hindu epic
Mahabharata
Ilaiyaraaja
Vaali

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