Red (2002 film)

Red
Poster
Directed by Singampuli
Produced by S. S. Chakravarthy
Written by Ram Sathya
Starring Ajith Kumar
Priya Gill
Manivannan
Salim Ghouse
Raghuvaran
Music by Deva
Cinematography R. D. Rajasekhar
Edited by Sreekar Prasad
Production
company
NIC Arts
Release date
 14 January 2002
Country India
Language Tamil

Red is a 2002 Tamil language action film directed by Singampuli and produced by S S Chakravarthy. The film stars Ajith Kumar and Priya Gill, while Manivannan, Salim Ghouse and Raghuvaran play pivotal roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Deva. The film received positive reviews.[1]

Plot

RED (Ajith Kumar) (Revolution, Education, Development) is an orphan who has grown up to be the local don in Madurai. Naturally, he possesses a heart of gold, and when not bashing up bad guys, he spends his time forcing schools to accept students without donations and taking care of orphans. Cheeni (Salim Ghouse) is his biggest enemy. RED falls for Gayathri (Priya Gill), the daughter of his friend and confidante Narayanan (Manivannan), and helps her without her knowledge. She too likes him but wants him to give up his life of violence. Meanwhile, reporter Manimegalai (Rajesh) for Ananda Vikatan begins to serialize RED's story under the name Aadhi, and it becomes quite the rage among readers. At last, Red kills Cheeni and reunites with Gayathri. Hence, the movie ends with a happy note.

Cast

Production

NIC Arts, the producers of Ajith Kumar's previous films Vaali, Mugavaree and Citizen signed him to appear in a film titled Right directed by debutant Ram Sathya, an associate of Sundar C. The original plot point of Ajith's 1999 film Unnaithedi was recommended by Singampuli, and Ajith had mentioned that if the film became a success he would feature in a future film to be directed by Singampuli.[2] Priya Gill was signed as heroine while the film has music by Deva and cinematography by Rajasekar. The shoot of the film started at Annapoorna Studios where art director Sabu Cyril erected a part of Madurai town for the film. Other members announced to a part of the cast included Salim Ghouse, Rajan P Dev, Raghuvaran, Manivannan and Srividya.[3]

Release

The film was initially supposed to release in the Deepavali season of 2001 but was postponed to January 2002 to avoid competition with Kamal Haasan's Aalavandhan .[4]

Soundtrack

Red
Soundtrack album by Deva
Recorded 2002
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Sa Re Ga Ma
Producer Deva

The soundtrack features six songs composed by Deva. The film's soundtrack became a success prior to release, with critics praising the songs particularly "Thai Madiyae".[5] All lyrics written by Vairamuthu.

References

  1. ↑ BizHat.com – Red Review. Ajith, Priyagill, Manivannan, Raghuvaran, Rajan P.Dev, Salim Kaus, Vivek, Srividhya. Movies.bizhat.com. Retrieved on 2017-11-19.
  2. ↑ Ashok Kumar, S. R. (27 November 2010) My First Break: Singam Puli. The Hindu
  3. ↑ Itihaasam and Red. www.ajithkumar.fr.fm. Retrieved on 2017-11-19.
  4. ↑ www.ajithkumar.fr.fm. www.ajithkumar.fr.fm. Retrieved on 2017-11-19.
  5. ↑ www.ajithkumar.fr.fm. www.ajithkumar.fr.fm. Retrieved on 2017-11-19.
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