Rudhran is an 2023 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written by K.P. Thirumaaran, produced and directed by S. Kathiresan (in his directorial debut) under his banner Five Star Creations LLP.[3] The film stars Raghava Lawrence, R. Sarathkumar, and Priya Bhavani Shankar, while Nassar, Poornima Bhagyaraj, Kaali Venkat, Ilavarasu, Redin Kingsley, and Sharath Lohitashwa appear in pivotal roles. The background score was composed by Sam C. S., while the music was composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, Dharan Kumar, and OfRo.
Rudhran was released theatrically on 14 April 2023, coinciding with Tamil New Year festival.
Plot[]
Rudhran is an IT professional who lives happily with his parents Devaraj and Indhira in Chennai, where he falls in love with a lab technician named Ananya, who reciprocates his love at his friend Shakthi's wedding reception. They get married and give birth to their daughter Anya. Devaraj, who is a transport agency owner, helps his friend Das get a loan of Template:INR6 lakh from a moneylender. However, their happiness fades when Devaraj dies after finding that his friend Das cheated him by absconding with the loan. Rudhran leaves for London to settle the financial issues.
Ananya and Anya spend short time with him in London where Ananya heads back to Chennai leaving Anya behind. One day, Rudhran learns about Indhira's sudden death and Ananya's disappearance, where he travels to Chennai and carries out his mother's funeral rites. After investigating, Rudhran captures a motorcycle gang and their leader Varadha to the hideout at a factory. Rudhran tortures Varadha to reveal the truth. Varadha and his friend Bhoomi are recidivists-turned gangsters who run a crime network by targeting parents of abroad-settled people by making the parents to die from a stroke and usrup their properties.
Due to a Template:INR100-crore business deal, Varadha and Bhoomi targeted Indhira, where Varadha and his gang entered the house and secretly killed her. After learning this, Rudhran gets furious and kills Varadha. However, Rudhran gets attacked by Bhoomi and his men, where he hangs Shakthi to death. Bhoomi reveals that he and his gang had to kill Ananya after she arrived at Indhira's house. Bhoomi burns the factory, but a police inspector saves Rudhran. Distraught about his family's loss, Rudhran begins his violent crusade and targets every person involved in Bhoomi's crime network.
Bhoomi realises that Rudhran is after him, where he tells his men to kill Rudhran and Anya in Tirukalukundram, but Rudhran kills them. Rudhran tells Bhoomi to arrive at Kala Bhairava temple in order to have a final duel. An intense fight ensues where Rudhran kills Bhoomi and his men, thus avenging his family's death. Few years later, Rudhran runs a charitable trust under Indhira's name and also helps abandoned senior citizens. Rudhran also finishes Das in Madurai to avenge Devaraj's death and continues his vigilante activities.
Cast[]
- Raghava Lawrence as Rudhran
- R. Sarathkumar as Bhoominathan (Bhoomi)
- Priya Bhavani Shankar as Ananya, Rudhran's wife
- Nassar as Devaraj, Rudhran's father
- Poornima Bhagyaraj as Indhrani, Rudhran's mother
- Sharath Lohithaswa as Varadha, Bhoomi's friend
- Kaali Venkat as Shakthi, Rudhran's friend
- Ilavarasu as a head constable
- Redin Kingsley as Sketch
- Thangadurai as Pencil
- Jayaprakash as a police inspector
- A. Venkatesh as Ethiraj, a moneylender
- Hareesh Peradi as Pandian, a lawyer
- Thennal Abhilash as Anya, Rudhran and Ananya's daughter
- Sambhavi Gurumoorthy as Deepika, Ananya's friend and Shakthi's wife
- Jayakumar as Das
- Rajesh as Subbiah
- Stun Siva as Guna, Bhoomi's goon
- Abhishek Vinod as Ganga, Bhoomi's goon
- Shivajith as Sasi, Bhoomi's goon
- Neelima Rani as a doctor
- George Maryan as a cab driver
- Sai Dheena as Shankar
- Deepa Shankar as Karpagam, a police officer
- M. Kamaraj as Maari, Bhoomi's henchmen
- Pradeep K. Vijayan as Rudhran's manager
- Shyam Prasad as Suresh, Subbiah's son
- Boys Rajan
- Sugunthan as Johnny
- Silmisham Siva
Production[]
TBA
Music[]
The songs of the film were composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, while the remix version of the song "Paadatha Pattellam"[4][5][6] from Veera Thirumagan was recreated by Dharan Kumar, who also collaborated with singers Sathyaprakash and Nithyashree Venkataramanan previously for Carvaan Lounge Tamil segment.[7] The song "Jorthaale" which was composed by OfRo and featuring lyrics from singer Asal Kolaar back in 2021, was re-used for this film and it was released to digital streaming platforms as fourth single of the film's album. Sam C. S. composed the background score for the film.
| Rudhran | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by G. V. Prakash Kumar and Dharan Kumar Background Score: Sam C. S. | ||||
| Released | 2023 | |||
| Recorded | 2022–2023 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Language | Tamil | |||
| Label | Saregama Hariharan Audio | |||
| Producer | G. V. Prakash Kumar, Dharan Kumar, Sam C. S., OfRo | |||
| G. V. Prakash Kumar chronology | ||||
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| Sam C. S. chronology | ||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Paadatha Pattellam" | Kannadasan | Dharan Kumar | Sathyaprakash, Nithyashree Venkataramanan, Emcee D | 4:47 |
| 2. | "Pagai Mudi" | Karunakaran | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Diwakar | 4:30 |
| 3. | "Unnodu Vaazhum" | Kabilan | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Sid Sriram | 4:58 |
| 4. | "Jorthaale" | Asal Kolaar | OfRo | Asal Kolaar, OfRo, MC Vickey | 3:32 |
| 5. | "Enna Petha Ammave" | Madhurakavi | GV Prakash Kumar | GV Prakash Kumar | 4:59 |
| 6. | "Kanaana Kanmani" | Snehan | GV Prakash Kumar | Balaji Sri | 3:33 |
| 7. | "Uyira Udala" | Gnanakaravel | GV Prakash Kumar | Balaji Sri | 5:07 |
| Total length: | 30:06 | ||||
Release[]
The film was earlier schedule to release on 23 December 2022, but was postponed due to a delay in the VFX works.[8][9] The film was released on 14 April 2023, coinciding with Puthandu.[10]
Home media[]
The post-theatrical streaming rights of the film were bought by Netflix and Sun NXT, while the satellite rights of the film is sold to Sun TV.[11]
Reception[]
TBA
References[]
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|url=value (help). The Times of India. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023. Check|archive-url=value (help) - ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.[TBA "'Rudhran' box office collection day 3: Raghava Lawrence starrer earns over Rs 20 crore in its first weekend"] Check
|url=value (help). The Times of India. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023. Check|archive-url=value (help) - ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.[TBA "'Rudhran' teaser: Raghava Lawrence starrer promises an action entertainer"] Check
|url=value (help). The Times of India. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2023. Check|archive-url=value (help) - ↑ [TBA Paadatha Pattellam song from Raghava Lawrence's Rudhran is out] (en).
- ↑ [TBA வெளியானது ருத்ரன் படத்தின் 'பாடாத பாட்டெல்லாம்' பாடல்] (ta).
- ↑ [TBA ராகவா லோரன்ஸின் 'ருத்ரன்' திரைப்படத்தின் ஃபர்ஸ்ட் சிங்கிள் வெளியீடு] (en).
- ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.[TBA "'Rudhran' first single: The reprised version 'Padathelam Pattellam' by Dharan Kumar looks fresh"] Check
|url=value (help). The Times of India. Retrieved 11 March 2023. Check|archive-url=value (help) - ↑ Movies, T. B. (3 July 2022). [TBA Raghava Lawrence's Rudhran seals release date] (en-US).
- ↑ [TBA Raghavendra Lawrence Rudhran gets a release date; Actor looks intense in the second poster] (en) (4 July 2022).
- ↑ [TBA Raghava Lawrence's Rudhran release date postponed] (en).
- ↑ [TBA Rudhran: THIS digital platform has bagged the OTT rights of Raghava Lawrence's revenge drama] (14 April 2023).
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