Guru Sishyan (1988 film)

Guru Sishyan
Theatrical release poster
Directed by S. P. Muthuraman
Produced by Meena Panju Arunachalam
Screenplay by Panju Arunachalam
Story by M. D. Sundar
Starring Rajinikanth
Gautami
Prabhu
Seetha
Music by Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography T. S. Vinayagam
Edited by R. Vittal
C. Lancy
Production
company
P. A. Art Productions
Distributed by Mangaadu Amman Films
Release date
 13 April 1988
Country India
Language Tamil

Guru Sishyan (lit. Teacher, Student) is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed by S. P. Muthuraman. It is a remake of the Hindi film Insaf Ki Pukar. The film stars Rajinikanth, Gautami, Prabhu and Seetha playing the lead roles with Radha Ravi, Vinu Chakravarthy and Manorama playing supporting roles. The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film's cinematography was handled by T. S. Vinayagam and editing were handled by R. Vittal and C. Lancy.

The film revolves around Guru and Babu, two crooks who gets released from jail decides to find out the truth in order to save an innocent prisoner who is accused of murdering a taxi driver. In the process, Guru and Babu discover secrets about their childhood.

The film was produced by Meena Panchu Arunachalam under the production company P. A. Art Productions. The film's screenplay and dialogues were written by Panchu Arunachalam. It was released on 13 April 1988 and became a blockbuster with a 175-day theatrical run. The film was dubbed in Hindi as Zulm Ka Badsha and released in 1998.[1]

Plot

Guru and Sishya are two friends and petty criminals. They end up in jail and come across an innocent man Manohar who tells them that his sister was raped by criminal Muthuraaj, who had killed a taxi driver (witness) with the help of a corrupt police officer Nallasivam, then pinned the murder on Manohar. Manohar is sentenced to death row for the killing by the court. Guru and Sishya believe in Manohar's story and decide to find the truth and prove his innocence once they get out of jail. Guru fractures Manohar's hand so that his death sentence would be delayed, until it heals, under law. Guru and Sishya get released from prison and set in motion an elaborate plan to find out the real killers. Along the way, Guru, who believed that his parents were murdered, finds out that they are in fact being held captive by Muthuraaj's brother Rajamanickam, who is trying to find the map to a treasure. The location of the map is known only to Guru's father who is suffering from memory loss and is tortured to make him remember it. Babu finds out that his parents were murdered by Rajamanickam. Guru and Sishya help them find the treasure to free Guru's parents and Guru finds out that Manohar is his own brother. The ensuing fight at the treasure location, ends up with Muthuraaj and his brother arrested by the police after Guru and Babu beat them up and the treasure cave collapses after Guru, his family, and Sishya escape from it. Sishya marries Muthuraj's niece Chitra while Guru marries Nallasivam's daughter Geetha and they live happily ever after.

Cast

Production

Guru Sishyan is a remake of the Hindi film Insaf Ki Pukar.[2] This was the first film where Rajinikanth and Prabhu were seen together onscreen; they actual first acted together in Dharmathin Thalaivan, which released later in 1988.[3] The film marked the debut of Gautami in Tamil films. Gautami revealed that she "felt very nervous as I had to act with stars such as Rajinikanth, Prabhu, Manorama, Vinu Chakravarthi, Cho and others. But the film did very well and boosted my confidence. It was a good break".[4][5] Panchu Arunachalam's son Subbu Panchu worked as an assistant production manager for the film.[6] Director S. P. Muthuraman said that he did this film to exploit Rajinikanth's comedy timing.[7] Filming took place primarily at Mysore, and was completed in less than 30 days.[8]

Soundtrack

The music composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[9] The song "Kandupudichen" is based on the carnatic raga known as Shubhapantuvarali.[10]

No.SongSingersLyricsLength
1Jingidi JingidiMano, K. S. ChithraIlaiyaraaja04:27
2Kandu PudichenS. P. BalasubrahmanyamVaali04:34
3Naatkaalikku SandaiMalaysia Vasudevan, Mano04:30
4Uthama Puthiri NaanuSwarnalatha04:13
5Vaa Vaa VanjiS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra04:28

Release

Guru Sishyan was released on 13 April 1988, during Puthandu (Tamil New Year) and was distributed by Mangaadu Amman Films.[11] The film was sold for ₹1 lakh (equivalent to ₹8.1 lakh or US$11,000 in 2017).[12] On 29 April 1988, The Indian Express said, "Rajinikanth and Prabhu enjoy to the hilt playing their light-hearted roles, lissom newface Gautami and short and square Sita prance around with abandon. Ilayaraja's numbers are pleasant and add sparkle to the song-and-dance sequences."[13] Despite being released at a time when political turmoil was happening in Tamil Nadu after chief minister M. G. Ramachandran's death,[2] the film became a huge commercial success, running for over 175 days in theatres.[14]

Legacy

The film made Gauthami as one of the most sought actresses in Tamil cinema.[5] Rajinikanth's broken English dialogue "Excuse me" (pronounced "Es-kiss me" or "Yes kiss me") attained popularity.[15][16] Radharavi who acted in the film listed as one of the favourite comedy films which he had acted.[17]

Sakthi Chidambaram directed the film of same name starring Sundar C. and Sathyaraj. The film has different storyline from its yesteryear namesake. Sakthi Chidambaram said: "the story demanded such a title, we short-listed 50 titles, finally decided we could use the old one".[18] The film was released in 2010 to negative reviews and became a failure.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "Zulm Ka Baadshah". YouTube. Movies HD 2018. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 Ramachandran 2014, p. 113.
  3. ↑ The Hindu 2012, p. 36.
  4. ↑ "Determined to make a mark, again". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Rediff On The NeT, Movies: An interview with Gauthami". rediff.com. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  6. ↑ S. R. Ashok Kumar. "My First Break: Subbu". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  7. ↑ Muthuraman, S. P. (22 December 1999). "Rajini acts in front of the camera, never behind it". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  8. ↑ Dhananjayan, G. (11 February 2017). "Excellence in execution is the key to success". DT Next. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Guru Sishyan Songs". raaga. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  10. ↑ "Sorrowful Subhapantuvarali". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Guru Sishyan". The Indian Express. 13 April 1988. p. 4.
  12. ↑ Pillai, Sreedhar (16 April 2016). "A gold mine around the globe". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  13. ↑ "Guru Sishyan". The Indian Express. 29 April 1988. p. 5.
  14. ↑ "The man who found Silk Smitha: Vinu Chakravarthy reminded us of the classicism in cinema". The News Minute. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  15. ↑ http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-celebs-column/like-ah-no-like-ah.html
  16. ↑ "Rajini punch lines". Sify. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  17. ↑ ""I want to be remembered as a caring person"". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  18. ↑ "Old titles retain charm". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  19. ↑ "Viewer's woes -- Guru Sishyan". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 October 2015.

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