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Appu is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film directed by Vasanth. The movie stars Prashanth, Devayani and Prakash Raj.[1][2] The music is by Deva.[3] This film is the Tamil remake of Hindi film Sadak (1991). The film was released to mixed reviews, but the critics praised the performance of Prakash Raj.[4]Television premier was took place on July 27' 2003 for weekend Sunday @4pm.

Appu
Directed by	Vasanth
Screenplay by	Vasanth
Story by	Robin Bhatt
Based on	Sadak (Hindi)
Produced by	Rajam K. Balachander, Pushpa Kandasamy
Starring	Prashanth Mathana Vinod Devayani Prakash Raj
Cinematography	P. S. Vinod Additional Cinematography: R. D. Rajasekhar
Edited by	R. Sridhar
Music by	Deva
Production company	Kavithalaya Productions
Distributed by	Minbimbangal Studio
Release date	16 June 2000
Running time	132 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Appu is a taxi driver in Mumbai. He had a sister Saradha who committed suicide as her husband sold her to a brothel for money. Appu had a habit of paying prostitutes just to talk to them. One day, Appu meets Seetha and develops affection, but she is also sold by her uncle to a brothel managed by Maharani, a transgender, as he is unable to repay his debt. Appu decides to save Seetha from the brothel by having an affair with Maharani. In the meantime, he finds out his sister was also sold to the same brothel managed by Maharani, so he decides to take revenge. Love blossoms between Appu and Seetha. Appu loses his friend Mano and lover Pooja, as they both get killed by Maharani. They sacrifice their lives for Appu and Seetha. Finally, Appu kills Maharani and unites with Seetha.

Cast

• Prashanth as Appuraj Nippukumar (Appu)
• Devayani as Seetha (Voice-over by Deepa Venkat)
• Prakash Raj as Maharani
• Vignesh as Mano
• Kaveri as Pooja
• Eashwari Rao as Saradha
• Ramesh Khanna as Chidambaram
• Dhamu as Dhamu
• Vietnam Veedu Sundaram as Appu's grandfather
• Mohan Sharma as Bhai
• Hemanth Ravan as Corrupted Mumbai Police Officer
• Besant Ravi as Fighter

Production

During production, the film was briefly titled as Surya before being renamed to Appu.[5] Simran was considered for the lead role before Devayani was finalised.[6]

This film is the Tamil remake of Hindi film Sadak (1991). Prakash Raj played the character of an eunuch. During the shoot of the film, some eunuchs hailing from Thiruvannamalai, threatened that if portions of the film were not reshot, they would initiate large scale protests and do their best to hinder shooting schedules. They were upset that Raj, played the role of a 'sexually handicapped' person who is the villain. They argued that the eunuchs are treated as socially unwanted having little social standing. With such movies will further threaten their status in the society.[7]

One song is shot in South Africa.^[which?]

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Deva, all song lyrics were by Vairamuthu. The soundtrack, released in 2000, features 5 tracks.[8]

Track	Song	Singer(s)	Lyrics	Duration
1	"Yeno Yeno"	Sujatha, Hariharan, Harini	Vairamuthu	06:10
2	"Idam Tharuvaya"	Pop Shalini, P. Unnikrishnan		05:10
3	"Koila Koila"	Hariharan, Anuradha Sriram		06:04
4	"Punnagaikku"	Sukhwinder Singh, Anupama Deshpande, S. P. B. Charan		05:40
5	"Vaada Vaa"	Shankar Mahadevan, P. Unnikrishnan		06:05

References

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