Ezhumalai is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Arjun, who also played the titular character. It also features Simran, Gajala and Mumtaj as the female leads, while Vijayakumar and Ashish Vidhyarthi play supporting roles. This film is the Tamil remake of the Telugu film Narasimha Naidu (2001), starring Balakrishna and Simran, where the latter reprised her role in the Tamil version.[1] It was dubbed into Hindi as "Main hoon rangbaaz".[2][3] The film released on 21 June 2002 and was a superhit at the box office.

Ezhumalai
Poster of Ezhumalai's 50th day celebration
Directed by	Arjun
Written by	K. C. Thangam (Dialogues)
Screenplay by	Arjun
Story by	Chinni Krishna
Based on	Narasimha Naidu (Telugu)
Produced by	V. Ravichandran S.Amaravathy
Starring	Arjun Simran Gajala Mumtaj Vijayakumar Ashish Vidhyarthi
Cinematography	K. S. Selvaraj
Edited by	P. Sai Suresh
Music by	Mani Sharma
Production company	Sri Venkateswara Production
Distributed by	Aascar Film
Release date	21 June 2002
Running time	167 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Ezhumalai (Arjun) leads a peaceful life as a dance master in the village. Anjali (Gajala) falls in love with him before learning that he has a son and that his wife Lakshmi (Simran) is dead. She wishes to marry him but faces competition from Lakshmi's sister Sandhya (Mumtaj), who also wishes to wed him. Anjali is the daughter of Nagalingam (Ashish Vidyarthi), who is from a neighboring village. When she reveals this fact to Ezhumalai, she learns he and her father are sworn enemies and that her father killed Lakshmi.

Cast

Soundtrack

Track listing

The songs are by Mani Sharma, with lyrics written by Vaali and Thamarai.[4]

Critical reception

Thiraipadam wrote that the film "itself is an age-old revenge tale that offers nothing new and so, the proceedings are predictable, most of the time."[5] The Hindu wrote "The screenplay is Arjun's. So is the direction. And the action hero thrills his fans with stunts aplenty. Yet fights alone, however well choreographed, cannot make a film watchable. You need a well-narrated story — something "Ezhumalai" lacks. Most of the time action waits for no reason and seems to need no logic."[6] Sify wrote that "the film caters strictly to the frontbenchers".[7]

References

На других языках

[es] Ezhumalai