Nattukku Oru Nallavan
| Nattukku Oru Nallavan (Tamil) Shanti Kranti (Hindi) | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | V. Ravichandran |
| Produced by | N. Veerasami |
| Written by |
V. Ravichandran R. P. Viswam (dialogues) |
| Starring |
Rajinikanth Juhi Chawla V. Ravichandran Anant Nag Kushboo |
| Music by | Hamsalekha |
| Cinematography | R. Madhusudanan |
| Edited by | K. Balu |
Production company |
Sri Eswari Productions |
| Distributed by | Sri Eswari Productions |
Release date |
2 October 1991 (Tamil) 1 January 1992 (Hindi) |
Running time | 145 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language |
Tamil Hindi |
Nattukku Oru Nallavan (English: Good man for the country) in Tamil, Shanti Kranti in Hindi is a Tamil-Hindi action film written, produced and directed by V. Ravichandran. The film was simultaneously released in Kannada and Telugu under the Shanti Kranti title in 1991. Akkineni Nagarjuna was the lead in Shanti Kranti Telugu version & V. Ravichandran was the lead in Shanti Kranti Kannada Version while Rajinikanth was in the lead in Tamil and Hindi version.
Despite a simultaneous Telugu film Shanti Kranti, the film was dubbed in Telugu as Police Bullet. Incidentally, all the versions failed at the box-office and Ravichandran incurred huge losses. The film marked the debut of popular Kannada actor Anant Nag in Tamil cinema as main antagonist. The music was composed by Hamsalekha. The film also starring Juhi Chawla, Kushboo, Jaishankar, Janagaraj and Manorama among others was released in 1991.
Plot
Nattukku Oru Nallavan is the story of an honest police officer (Rajinikanth) and his fight against a dreaded criminal named Daddy (Anant Nag) who indulges in organ transplant mafia.
Cast
- Rajinikanth as Inspector Subhash
- Juhi Chawla as Jyothi
- V. Ravichandran as Inspector Bharath
- Anant Nag as Daddy
- Kushboo as Rekha
- Jaishankar (Tamil) / Satyendra Kapoor (Hindi) as Commissioner of Police
- Janagaraj as Subhash's father (Tamil)
- Manorama (Tamil) / Aruna Irani (Hindi) as Subhash's mother
- Charuhasan as Politician
- Babu Antony as Bob
- Y. Vijaya as Swathi
- Delhi Ganesh as Doctor (Tamil)
- Jai Ganesh as Advocate (Tamil)
- Sangita as Child artist
Production
V. Ravichandran announced that Shanti Kranti will be an expensive project in his career. He decided to direct in three languages — Kannada, Tamil, Telugu. Tamil version was titled Naattukku Oru Nallavan. Ravichandran played the lead role in Kannada version, he played Ramesh Aravind's character in Tamil and Telugu versions. Rajinikanth and Nagarjuna were the lead actors in Tamil and Telugu versions.
Release
All the four versions of the film became a failure in box office but Rajini was appreciated by the film fraternity. In spite of his busy schedule, he agreed to act for the good relationship he had with Veeraswami.
Soundtracks
Singers: SPB, S. Janaki
Lyrics: Vairamuthu, Muthulingham
- Chinna Kannama
- Hello Rajinimama
- Nallavan Nallavan
- One Two Three
- Ore Moochu
- Thendrale
- Veedukatti
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