Villain (2002 film)

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Villain
File:Villain 2002 poster.JPG
Theatrical release poster
Directed by K. S. Ravikumar
Produced by S. S. Chakravarthy
Screenplay by K. S. Ravikumar
Story by Yugi Sethu
Starring Ajith Kumar
Music by Vidyasagar
Cinematography Ashok
S. Moorthy
Edited by K. Thanigachalam
Production
company
Distributed by NIC Arts
Release dates
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  • 4 November 2002 (2002-11-04)
Running time
 164 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil

Villain is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language heist action film written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar and produced by S. S. Chakravarthy. The film stars Ajith Kumar in a dual role alongside Meena and Kiran Rathod. Vidyasagar composed the score and soundtrack for the film. It was remade in Telugu as the same name in 2003. The film released on 4 November 2002. It received positive reviews and became a huge commercial success.

Plot

Shiva and Vishnu are identical twins. Shiva, the elder one, is a bus conductor, while Vishnu, the younger one, has a mild intellectual disability. During their childhood, Shiva overhears his parents' plot to send Vishnu to an unknown orphanage and to hide this information from him. To save his brother Vishnu, Shiva runs away to another city with him and strives hard to look after him. A 'dada' Sundaramoorthy, who runs a beggar trade, beats Vishnu brutally, and Vishnu becomes disabled for life. Shiva leaves Vishnu in a home run by a social worker Lalitha. During the day, Shiva works as a bus conductor, and at the same time, poses as Vishnu: to play Robin Hood and steal from the rich and corrupt. A gang including Thangam, Mani, and others assist him in these operations. He is never suspected, and so, with the stolen money, he takes care of not only Vishnu, but also 800 people in other institutions for the physically disabled. A college student Lavanya falls in love with Shiva, but he later learns that she is Sundaramoorthy's sister-in-law. Matters worsen when Sundaramoorthy becomes the chairman of the institute for the physically disabled. How Shiva deals with the situation forms the rest of the story. Meanwhile, Thangam is secretly in love with Shiva, though he does not know this. Later she gives up her love and lets Lavanya marry Shiva. At last, Shiva marries Lavanya and Thangam marries Vishnu. The brothers live happily ever after.

Cast

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Production

The film saw the first collaboration of Ajith and K. S. Ravikumar, with the former revealing that he was initially reluctant to work with the director in fear of a misunderstanding. Kiran was signed the film after the success of Gemini.[2][3] The shooting of the film was completed in 39 days.[4]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack features 7 songs composed by Vidyasagar and lyrics written by Vairamuthu.[5][6]

No. Title Singer(s) Length
1. "Pathinettu Vayathil"   Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam 5:22
2. "Orae Manam"   Hariharan, Chandana Bala 4:45
3. "Adicha Nethi Adi"   Karthik, Swarnalatha 5:25
4. "Aadiyil Kaathadicha"   S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 1:32
5. "Hello Hello"   Sadhana Sargam, Anuradha Sriram, Tippu, Clinton Cerejo 5:04
6. "Thappu Thanda"   Shankar Mahadevan, Sujatha Mohan 4:44
7. "Aadiyil Kaathadicha (Sad Version)"   S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 1:41
Total length:
 28:31

Release and reception

The film was released in Diwali on 4 November 2002 alongside Vijay starrer Bagavathi. The Hindu reviewer claimed that "if you don't rack your brains about the feasibility of the hero's game plans, you could enjoy watching "Villain"" and that "Ajit scores on both fronts".[7] Another critic cited that it was "great slag-less and racy screenplay and some stunning performances from Ajith make this film a treat for the senses".[8] Chennai Online wrote "'Villain' is a film that would satisfy Ajit's fans, and after a series of flops it is a well deserved success for the handsome actor".[9] Ajith's performance earned him his second Filmfare Award for Best Actor.[10][11] The film was later remade in Telugu with the same title by Ravikumar with Rajasekhar, while the original was also dubbed into Hindi.

References

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  2. ↑ Movies: No big Tamil film release this Diwali. rediff.com (2 November 2002). Retrieved on 2015-07-26.
  3. ↑ Adding glamour to Deepavali. The Hindu (1 November 2002). Retrieved on 2015-07-26.
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  7. ↑ Villain. The Hindu (15 November 2002). Retrieved on 2015-07-26.
  8. ↑ BizHat.com – Villain Review. Ajith, Meena, Kiran, Nasser, Ramesh Khanna, Vijay Kuma Archived 4 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Movies.bizhat.com. Retrieved on 26 July 2015.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Ajit, Simran bag Filmfare awards. Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (17 May 2003). Retrieved on 2015-07-26.
  11. ↑ 10 years ago. Cinematoday3.itgo.com. Retrieved on 26 July 2015.

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