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2000 film by N. Maharajan

Vallarasu
Poster
Directed by	N. Maharajan
Written by	N. Maharajan
Produced by	L. K. Sudhish
Starring	Vijayakanth Devayani
Cinematography	S. Saravanan
Edited by	B. S. Vasu Saleem
Music by	Deva
Production company	Captain Cine Creations
Release date	14 April 2000 (2000-04-14)
Running time	166 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Vallarasu (transl. Superpower) is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by N. Maharajan in his debut. The film stars Vijayakanth and Devayani. The music is by Deva. It was released on 14 April 2000 to positive reviews and became a success. The film was remade in Hindi as Indian (2001) by the same director and Mukesh Rishi reprising his role. In addition, the film was dubbed into Telugu as Commissioner Narasimha Naidu.

Plot

Vallarasu (Vijayakanth) is the honest Deputy Commissioner of Police who has arrested Wasim Khan (Mukesh Rishi), a terrorist from Pakistan. His wife is Anjali (Devayani), and they both have two children. Vallarasu kills his senior police officer and father-in-law (Raghuvaran) because he knows that the latter is working with terrorists. Anjali leaves Vallarasu after she learns that he killed her father. Vallarasu takes the help of youths (including Darshan and Sriman) who are disillusioned by their inability to join the police force to fight violence. Vallarasu fights R. Kandasamy (P. Vasu), a rich man who is behind the attempts to destabilize the country. With the help of Seshadri (Karan), a software engineer, Vallarasu succeeds in killing Kandasamy's son. In retaliation, Kandaswamy attacks Raheem (Sriman) and Seshadri, who both die. In the climax, Anjali unites with Vallarasu after knowing the truth. Vallarasu also kills both Kandasamy and Wasim Khan.

Cast

Vijayakanth as DCP Vallarasu
Devayani as Anjali
Raghuvaran as DGP Jagannathan, Anjali's father
Livingston as CBI officer Chidambaram Pillai
Karan as Seshadri
Mansoor Ali Khan as Esakki Muthu Pandian
Mukesh Rishi as Wasim Khan
P. Vasu as R. Kandasamy
R. Sundarrajan as Raheem's brother
Vijay Krishnaraj as Vijayaraghavan
Thalaivasal Vijay as Edward
Ponnambalam as Manikkam
Kazan Khan as Terrorist
Peeli Sivam as Police commissioner
Raviraj as Swamy Kannan
Laxmi Rattan as Director general of police
Thyagu as Seshadri's brother-in-law
Ambika as Anjali's mother
Dubbing Janaki as Seshadri's mother
Charulatha as Seshadri's fiancée
Master Naveen as Naveen, Vallarasu's son
Baby Nisha as Nisha, Vallarasu's daughter
Richard Rajasekhar as Rajasekhar, R. Kandasamy's son
Sriman as Raheem, Vallarasu's henchman
Darshan as Pandian, Vallarasu's henchman
Kovai Easwar as Easwar
Chitti as Chitti
Crane Manohar as Jewellery shop owner
Auditor Sridhar as Seshadri's father
S. Rajasekar as Lawyer
Ravi Raj as Judge
Bobby as Nelson
Sakthivel as Rowdy
Nirmala Periyasamy as Newsreader
Vellai Subbaiah as Man at the wedding hall
Robo Chandru
Sampath Ram as Police officer (uncredited role)
Nitish Veera as Police officer (uncredited role)
Vadivelu in a special appearance
Bhanusri in a special appearance

Production

One scene was of Vijayakanth and Devayani at a jewellery shop in T. Nagar in Chennai while the song following it was filmed near Pollachi and 100 dancers joined the lead pair. Choreography was by dance master Haridas. A lavish set was erected at A.V.M. Studios where a stunt scene was filmed between Vijayakanth and Richard. Some stunt scenes were filmed between Vijayakanth and Richard. Some stunt artists who portrayed Richard's henchmen also participated in the shot. Apart from Chennai, shooting locations were at New Delhi and Kulu Manali. Bollywood villain Mukesh Rishi made his debut in Tamil cinema with this film. Director P. Vasu made his debut as an actor with this film in a negative role and Darshan would later as one of biggest stars in Kannada cinema, made his debut in small role.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album and background score were composed by Deva.

Song Title	Singer	Lyrics
"Adyar Beach Oram"	Deva	Kalidasan
"Aruppukottai Akka"	Hariharan, Sujatha	Vairamuthu
"Chekka Chekka Sevantha"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki
"Hello Mister Naidu"	Anuradha Sriram, Mano
"Nenje Nenje"	Shankar Mahadevan

Reception

A critic from TMCafe.com gave the film a positive review, stating the "script is spiced with the right dose of emotion, sentiment and action, mixed with a heavy dose of patriotism" and that "Maharajan handles the megaphone like a seasoned veteran". The Hindu wrote, "The overpowering grit and idealism that Vallarasu exudes, rubs off on the audience too and is an energising factor, at least to a certain extent".

References

"நட்சத்திர படப் பட்டியல்". Cinema Express (in Tamil). 1 December 2002. pp. 41–43. Archived from the original on 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
Saravanan, T (2 July 2015). "Take three..." The Hindu. Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
"Fading strokes of a bygone era". The Hindu. 3 April 2012. Archived from the original on 25 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
"Kollywood's Kiwi connection!". The Times of India. 14 January 2017. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
"ஹாலிவுட்டில் கலக்க இருக்கும் பிரபல தமிழ்ப்பட வில்லன்!". Kalki Online (in Tamil). 10 February 2023.
"Vallarasu". Cinematoday.itgo.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
"Vallarasu / Vanaththa Pola". AVDigital. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
"Vallarasu". TMCafe.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2001. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
"Film Review: Vallarasu". The Hindu. 21 April 2000. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

External links

Vallarasu at IMDb

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