''Traffic Ramasamy'' is a 2018 Indian

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co-written and directed by Vicky (Vigneswaran Vijayan), an assistant of SA Chandrasekhar on his directorial debut. The film stars veteran film director S. A. Chandrasekhar alongside Rohini,

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in pivotal roles and features

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, Seeman, and Kasthuri in special appearances.The satellite rights of the film is sold to

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. The film is based on the real-life story of the veteran social activist K. R. Ramaswamy who received the nickname of

Traffic Ramaswamy K. R. Ramaswamy (1 April 1934 – 4 May 2021), referred to by the media as Traffic Ramaswamy, was an Indian public interest litigator and social activist from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He was a mill worker, a founder member of Tamil Nadu's Home Gua ...

for his activism in controlling traffic related issues in

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. The music for the film is scored by

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with lyrics written by

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while the cinematography is handled by Kugan S. Palani.

Plot

Ramaswamy ( S. A. Chandrasekhar) is hit by a motorized fish cart and then beaten up by ruffians and left for dead in a gutter. Then we get into his family to meet his wife ( Rohini), son in law ( Chetan) and his little granddaughter who admires his every move. Ramaswamy's 75th birthday is being celebrated at the house and just at the time of cake cutting a call comes and he leaves abruptly to join in a protest against Tasmac where he threatens to jump from a building top and the authorities yield to him and shut shop. Then the story moves on to explore other protests by the activist and how gets beaten up often. He files a PIL seeking a ban on the motorized fish carts ("Meen body vandi in Tamil), that involves an MLA, Inspector, political kingpin and mayor who make arrangements to finish him off.

Cast

Main cast

Special appearances

Production

Director Vicky who worked as an assistant director to S. A. Chandrasekhar chose to work on a biopic about Traffic Ramasamy and convinced SA Chandrasekhar to play the lead role of Traffic Ramasamy. The film also marked the full fledged acting debut for S. A. Chandrasekhar in a lead role at the age of 76. The film started its production venture in December 2017. The production team also recruited Vijay Sethupathi to play a cameo role as a reader of Traffic Ramasamy's book, ''The One Man Army''.

Release

The film was released on 22 June 2018 on Vijay's birthday and received mixed reviews from the critics and audience.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, id=tt7981404 2018 directorial debut films Indian action drama films Indian biographical drama films 2010s Tamil-language films 2018 biographical drama films Films scored by Balamurali Balu 2018 action drama films