''Perarasu'' is a 2006 Indian

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-language

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directed by

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. The film starring

Vijayakanth Narayanan Vijayaraj Alagarswami (born 25 August 1952), better known by his stage name Vijayakanth, is an Indian politician and former actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Leg ...

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and

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. The music is composed by

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. The film follows the pattern of southern masala movie with good-cop-versus-bad-guy story. This film became an average grosser. ''Perarasu'' is similar to several earlier films of Vijayakanth, like ''

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'' (2000) and ''

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'' (1990). He plays a dual role of identical twins as a law enforcer and a vigilante.

Plot

It is basically an investigative film as CBI officer Kasi Viswanathan (

) is entrusted to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Judge Sadhasivam (

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). The Kasi Viswanathan team comprises junior officer DCP Kesavan Nair IPS (

) and a head constable Kandhasamy (

). Soon Kasi finds out that a state minister Ilakkiyan (

) is behind all crimes in the city, and he is assisted by three senior cops. Suddenly, one by one, the bad cops are killed, with needle of suspicion resting on Kasi, as a lookalike is behind the murders. It is revealed that it is a revenge killing by Perarasu Pandiyan (Vijayakanth), Kasi's twin brother, and that Kasi's birth name is Ilavarasu Pandiyan. We are told in a flashback by the family retainer Maarimuthu (

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) that Kasi was the long-lost twin brother of Perarasu Ilavarasu Pandiyan, and their father, the local chieftain Chakkaravarthi Pandiyan (

), was at one time the kingmaker of

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. After making Sivapprakasam ( Mansoor Ali Khan) and Ilakkiyan MLAs, he falls out with them and they murder him. Perarasu, who has seen this murder, now wants to take revenge. In the end, Perarasu fits a bomb on a chair in a meeting on which Ilakkiyan sits. Kasi, desperate to save Ilakkiyan, goes into the room and prefers to die with Ilakkiyan. Perarasu feeling proud for his brother preferring to give up his life for his duty, saves both of them, but is shot by Ilakkiyan. Kasi then shoots Ilakkiyan, and Perarasu takes the blame before dying. The film ends with Kasi marrying the heroine and returning to become the next chieftain of his native village.

Cast

as Perarasu Pandiyan (Perarasu) and Ilavarasu Pandiyan (Kasi Viswanathan IPS) CBI Officer *

as Aishwarya *

as Ilakkiyan *

as Chakkaravarthi Pandiyan *

as DCP Kesavan Nair IPS *

as Kandhasamy *

as Sadhasivam * Mansoor Ali Khan as Sivaprakasam *

as Marimuthu *

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as Kabali *

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as Inspector Azhagappan * O. A. K. Sundar as Inspector Shenbagamoorthy *

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as ACP Chidambaranathan * Chitti Babu as Ilakkiyan's assistant *

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as Shop manager * Ponnambalam as Bullet Mani *

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as Otteri Shankar *

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as Jasmine *

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as Aishwarya's grandmother * T. P. Gajendran as Sathyanathan * Anjali Devi as Sadhasivam's wife * Srividya as Sadhasivam's daughter * Sundari as Chidambaranathan's wife * Bava Lakshmanan as Constable Ravindran *

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as Ayyam Perumal * Vijay Ganesh as Man at the bus station *

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as Party member * Velmurugan as Party member * Selvakumar as Party member * Boys Rajan as Bomb disposal technician * Kandasamy as Elephant owner *

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as Man helping Sudesi * Sregajesh as Sub-inspector *

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as Aishwarya's friend * Venba as Aishwarya's friend * Kabir as Aishwarya's friend * Chandrahassan Jayaprakash as Young Perarasu Pandiyan

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

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References

External links

Perarasu Soundtrack at Softtamil.NetPerarasu Trailer at Softtamil.Net
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