Villadhi Villain

Villadhi Villain is a 1995 Tamil action masala film, written and directed by Sathyaraj, starring himself in three distinct roles.[1] Nagma and Radhika play his love interests. The film, which was Sathyaraj's directorial debut, which remains his first and only directorial so far and for whom the film was also his 125th starrer, took a mammoth opening at the box office. It was dubbed in Hindi under the title Ek Aur Dharmatma and in Telugu as Sastry.[2]

Villadhi Villain
Poster
Directed bySathyaraj
Produced byRamanathan
Written bySathyaraj
Starring
Music byVidyasagar
CinematographyJayanan Vincent
Edited byP. Sai Suresh
Production
company
Raaj Films International
Release date
  • 23 June 1995 (1995-06-23)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Meenatchi Sundara Sasthiriyaar (Sathyaraj) is a successful, cunning Brahmin lawyer in the city, and has never lost any case. He is known for his sheer intelligence in the court, and he is very brutal in nature, having excessive feelings for his caste. He is married to Parvathi (Radhika), whom he always calls as Bombai. Also, they have a beautiful daughter named Janaki (Nagma).

Edison (also played by Sathyaraj), a man who comes from the area of Ambetkar, is a road roller driver and localite who trains fighting for his localites, living with his poor and affectionate people at the slum. He is a staunch atheist and is like the leader of his group. He has trouble with the minister of that area whose name is Amsavalli (Vichithra). When his area is affected by a storm, he, along with his group, goes to the minister for help, but the minister badly abuses and insults their group. He and his friend Mani (Goundamani) both get into a verbal exchange with the minister, leave the place and rebuild their huts. Angered by this, the minister orders her henchmen to beat up Edison and set the huts on fire, and the huts get burnt. As Edison reaches his anger point, he rides a bulldozer and demolishes the minister's house. Also mysteriously, she is killed, but the blame falls on Edison for driving the bulldozer on her and killing her.

In the meanwhile, previously Edison has saved both Parvathi and her daughter Janaki. Due to this, Janaki falls in love with Edison and Parvathi has a good regard for him. Upon seeing Edison's current situation, Parvathi asks her husband to be the lawyer for Edison and save him from the death sentence. Meenatchi Sundara Sasthiriyaar agrees to this. What happens next forms the rest of the story and the rest of the movie.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music and background score was composed by Vidyasagar.[3][4]

No.SongSingersLyricsLength (m:ss)
1"Bombai Maami"Unni Menon, SujathaVairamuthu5:19
2"Purappadu Thamizha"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Malaysia Vasudevan4:26
3"Sarakku Sarakku"Arun Mozhi, S. P. Sailaja, Suresh Peters4:35
4"Theemthalakadi"Mano, Swarnalatha5:04
5"Vaimaiye Vellum"Deepak, Anuradha Sriram4:30
6"Vayaso Pathikichu"Mano, Swarnalatha4:57

Reception

The movie was a superhit upon release, gaining critical as well as commercial success. It gained popularity for the excessive hotness in explicit glamour scenes played by Nagma.[5]

References
  1. "Serene ride to success". The Hindu. 11 August 2000. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  2. "Hit parade from a favourite". The Hindu. 31 December 2000. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  3. "villadhi villan songs". raaga. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  4. "villadhi villan songs". paadalgal. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  5. "Tamil Movie News - 1995 review". Society of Tamil Culture. January 1996.
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