''Sri'' is a 2002 Indian

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-language

action drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-gen ...

directed by Pushpavasagan which stars

Suriya Saravanan Sivakumar (born 23 July 1975), known by his stage name Suriya, is an Indian actor, producer, television presenter and a philanthropist. He primarily works in Tamil cinema where he is one of the highest paid actors. He received numerou ...

in the title role, with

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and

Gayatri Jayaraman Gayatri Jayaraman is an Indian actress. She played the role of Devi Adishakti in Shree Ganesh & has appeared predominantly in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam language films. Early life Gayatri Jayaraman was educated at Adarsh Vidyalaya an ...

in supporting roles.

Synopsis

Sri is a

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, longing for his father Sankara Iyer's love. He has been ostracized from his family because his father felt he had a hand in the death of his younger sister, and for refusing to stay silent about it. He is still in love with Meenakshi from his old "

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" and she in love with him, but their union is derided by Sankara Iyer.

Cast

Music

Soundtrack was composed by debutant T. S. Muralidharan. Noted film-maker R. V. Udayakumar wrote lyrics for some of the film's songs. Muralidharan took a hiatus after this film and only returned in 2020 with the Hindi film ''Godaam'', for which he composed the background score.

Release

''The Hindu'' opined that "The story could have been powerful and the screenplay appealing if the characters were logical in their actions and the flow had not been hampered by repulsive group dances and irrelevant sequences". ''Sri'' remains director Pushpavasagan's only release. In 2006, he briefly worked on a project titled ''Uthama Puthran'' with

Vikranth Vikranth is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. He was first introduced in the film ''Karka Kasadara'' (2005) directed by R. V. Udayakumar and later appeared in other romantic drama films. Following his participation in th ...

, but the film was stalled.

References

External links

* 2002 films 2000s Tamil-language films Indian action films 2002 directorial debut films 2002 action films {{2000s-Tamil-film-stub