''Sudhandhiram'' () is a 2000 Tamil-language crime action film directed by

Raj Kapoor Raj Kapoor (pronunciation: �aːd͡ʒ kəpuːɾ born Shrishti Nath Kapoor; also known as Ranbir Raj Kapoor; 14 December 1924 2 June 1988) was an Indian actor, film director and producer, who worked in Hindi cinema. He is considered one of ...

and produced by

K. R. Gangadharan K R Gangadharan (1936–2012) who popularly referred to as KRG, was a Tamil film producer. He produced over 60 films in Tamil and Malayalam under the banner ‘KRG Productions’, 'KRG Art Productions', 'KRG Enterprises' and 'KRG Movies Interna ...

. The film stars Arjun and Rambha while

Raghuvaran Raghuvaran Velayutham (11 December 1958 – 19 March 2008) was an Indian actor who predominantly acted in films made in South India. He has acted in more than 200 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. According to the ''Hindustan ...

, Raadhika and Sharat Saxena play supporting roles. It is a remake of the

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of North India, northern, Central India, centr ...

film '' Ghulam'' (1998) which itself is based on the 1954 American film '' On the Waterfront''.

Plot

Vishwa is a '' goonda'' and an aspiring boxing champion. He does the typical ''goonda'' jobs (like scaring a batsman of the local cricket club to make sure he becomes out) for Sopraj, the local ''dada''. He is usually bailed out by a lawyer Padmini, who believes that there is still good in him and he just needs to be given another chance. Sopraj is aiming to build a colony in the area after vacating the people already living there. Vishwa's brother Raghu, is an accountant on Sopraj's payroll. Love blossoms between Vishwa and Divya, the girlfriend of the head of a local gang. When a social worker Vikram intrudes in the affairs of Sopraj, he asks Vishwa to bring Vikram to him. Vishwa does so thinking that Sopraj is just going to talk some sense into him but Sopraj brutally kills him instead. This makes Vishwa turn over a new leaf. Though his love for his brother prevents him initially, he finally decides to turn approver against Sopraj.

Cast

* Arjun as Vishwa * Rambha as Divya *

as Raghu * Sharat Saxena as Sopraj (voice dubbed by Salim Ghouse) * Raadhika as Lawyer Padmini * Nassar as Sathyamoorthy *

Ranjith Ranjit or Renjith may refer to: Religion * Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam (born 1966), Sri Lankan Tamil Catholic priest, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Colombo * Malcolm Ranjith (born 1947), Sri Lankan Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, C ...

as Vikram * Vivek as Vishwa's friend * Neena as Neena *

Babloo Prithiveeraj Babloo Prithiveeraj (born 29 November 1965) is an Indian actor, who has appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films. Career Prithveeraj made his acting debut as a child artiste and featured in films including ''Naan Vazhavaippen'' (1 ...

as Charlie *

Ponnambalam Ponnambalam or Ponnampalam ( ta, பொன்னம்பலம்) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. Given name * Ponnambalam (actor) (born 1963), ...

as Guna * Vaiyapuri *

as Bharathi * Master Mahendran * Chaplin Balu

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar and lyrics were written by Kalaikumar.

Release

The film became a commercial failure at the box office and prompted a legal tussle between actor Arjun and producer K. R. Gangadharan soon after regarding non-payment as per contract. Owing to the success of '' Mudhalvan'' (1999) in Telugu, the film's dubbing rights were bought in advance of the original release and a Telugu version titled ''Bose'' was released alongside the Tamil film.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 1505127 2000 films 2000s Tamil-language films Films directed by Raj Kapoor (Tamil film director) Films scored by S. A. Rajkumar Indian crime action films Indian remakes of American films Tamil remakes of Hindi films