Neruppu Da

Neruppu Da
Tamil	நெருப்பு டா
Directed by	B. Ashok Kumar
Produced by	Vikram Prabhu Esakki Durai R. K. Ajaykumar
Written by	B. Ashok Kumar
Starring	Vikram Prabhu Nikki Galrani Varun Vincent Asokan Arumugam Kutty Ambani
Music by	Sean Roldan
Cinematography	R. D. Rajasekhar
Edited by	Thiyagu
Production company	First Artist Chandra Arts
Distributed by	Cine Innovations
Release date	8 September 2017
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Neruppu Da (Fire Em Up) is a 2017 Indian Tamil language action thriller film written and directed by debutant B. Ashok Kumar.^[1] The film was produced by Vikram Prabhu under his First Artist production company and stars him in the lead role alongside Nikki Galrani. The film's production started in July 2016. The film was released on 8 September 2017.^[1][2][3] It was dubbed in Hindi as Fire Man Surya

Plot

Guru, Patta, Dhana, Parthi, and Seenu are 5 childhood friends who live in the same area in from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Their main aim is to join the fire service and save lives. Until they get their jobs, they go around places dousing off fires and saving lives by themselves. Their actions are praised by the public and the concerned officials, including the zonal fire officer Narayanamoorthy, who promises them they will get their jobs if they write and pass the exam that is needed for them to join the fire service soon.

The night before the exam, Dhana meets his friends and is seen to be injured. He tells them that while he was coming back home, he was stopped by a man named Sadha and his friend and was slapped without reason. Dhana tries to move on from there, but Sadha doesn't allow him and repeatedly assaults him. Sadha tells his friend he is an unstoppable don. So to prove his masculinity, he slapped Sadha. Dhana manages to escape from there after pushing Sadha away and escapes with his bike. Hearing this, the friends decide to teach Sadha a lesson and go to the place, where the incident happened. But to their shock, they see Sadha lying dead. It is revealed that when Dhana pushed Sadha away, he fell down, hitting a rock and succumbing to his injury. It is also revealed that Sadha was the right hand of 'Puliyanthope' Ravi, the city's most feared don.

The 5 friends decide to seek help from MLA Kabaali, a well-wisher of Guru. Kabali tells them that Dhana mistakenly killed Sadha, and Ravi will definitely come to them to avenge his death. He tells them that Ravi is too powerful for him and he cannot help them in this issue. And since Sadha's friend was there on the scene, the 5 friends fear Ravi will find them. Guru suggests that instead of living in fear, they should finish off Ravi before he finds them. The 5 friends make a plan and decide to kidnap Ravi. They visit Sadha's burial place, where Ravi and all the Chennai dons had assembled. Guru mingles with the dons and instructs the others to hide. Once Ravi gets away from the crowd, he will kidnap him. There, Ravi asks Sadha's friend, who was drinking when the incident happened, only for him to not remember anything, as he was too drunk. Ravi kills Sadha's friend in a fit of rage. Guru is relaxed and feels relieved, as the only evidence against them is Sadha's friend, who is now killed and feels they are free from their troubles.

But he gets a call from two of his friends, who were hiding in another place. They tell him they have kidnapped Ravi as they were not aware of the things that happened in the burial site and have hidden him in their area. Guru is upset and explains to his friends what happened, telling them they are back in trouble. As they discuss what to do next, Ravi manages to escape, comes face-to-face with them, and asks for help. Apparently, Ravi doesn't remember who kidnapped him, as he met with an accident and became unconscious, which was when the friends kidnapped him. So, once again getting out of trouble, they release Ravi and live in peace.

Ravi is keen on finding the man who killed Sadha and kidnapped himself. Since he was kidnapped and hidden in the area of the friends, he esquires there and catches Kabaali. Kabaali reveals the truth and the 5 friends are tracked down by Ravi. Guru manages to overcome and defeat Ravi and his henchmen in a fight, but spares Ravi, even though he gets an opportunity to kill him. Guru apologizes to Ravi by telling him Sadha's death was an accident. But Ravi has vengeance and a few days later, he confronts Guru and threatens to kill his loved ones.

Some days later, Guru's father Manikkam is killed. Guru suspects it was Ravi and decides to take revenge. But upon reaching Ravi's place, he sees Ravi and his henchmen dead. The police revealed that Ravi was killed before Manikkam was killed. Guru is confused about who is the new killer. Guru gets a call saying his friends and girlfriend Vasumathi, Narayanamoorthy's daughter, have been kidnapped and if he wants to see them alive, he must come to a location. There, it is revealed the person behind all the murders is Annam, Sadha's transgender wife. Annam has been trying to avenge his death. She approaches Ravi, but he refuses to help her by telling that Sadha's death was an accident and he won't kill Guru or his friends for this. Annam is angered by this and kills Ravi and then Manikkam. She tells Guru that Sadha loved her so much despite being a transgender and thinks he shattered her life, so she decides to kill Vasumathi. Dhana escapes and manages to push Annam into the nearby pyre, which was burning, Guru manages to save Vasumathi. As Annam is on fire, Guru jumps in and saves her. He tells her that even if it is an enemy, he will not let someone get killed by fire. Guru apologizes to Annam, telling her that Sadha's death was an accident and left the place along with his friends and Vasumathi. Annam gets moved by his gesture and forgives him.

Later, the 5 friends wrote the exam, succeed in passing it, join the fire service, and rush to a spot to save some people.

Cast

Production

The title of the film was taken from the popular song from Rajinikanth's Kabali (2016), with the team feeling that Vikram Prabhu's character as a firefighter and a Rajinikanth fan meant that the title would be apt.^[4] The film began production on 11 July 2016 at Old Mahabalipuram Road. Few scenes of the film were shot at SRM University, Kattankulathur, Chennai. This movie deals with the complete life of fire brigades.^[5]

References

External links

• Neruppuda on IMDb