Sura (film)
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| Directed by | S. P. Rajkumar |
| Produced by | Sangili Murugan |
| Written by | S. P. Rajkumar |
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| Music by | Mani Sharma |
| Cinematography | M. S. Prabhu N. K. Ekambaram |
| Editing by | Don Max |
| Studio | Murugan Cine Arts |
| Distributed by | Sun Pictures |
| Release date(s) | April 30, 2010 |
| Running time | 167 min |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Sura (Tamil: சுறா, English: Shark) is a 2010 Tamil-language action film written and directed by S. P. Rajkumar, starring Joseph Vijay and Tamannaah Bhatia in lead roles. Sura was produced by Sangili Murugan distributed by Sun Pictures and released worldwide on 30 April 2010 and received mostly negative reviews. This film was Vijay's 50th film.
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[edit] Plot
Sura is a story that is set in Yaazh Nagar, a fishermen hamlet in coastal Tamil Nadu. The name of the place has a lot of political significance with the recent political turmoil over the ethnic strife in the neighbouring Sri Lanka. Sura (Vijay) is born and brought up here in the company of his friend, Ambar La alias Umbrella (Vadivelu). Meanwhile, he comes across young bubbly Poornima (Tamannaah) who chooses to end her life unable to cope with the death of her pet dog.
Slowly, she becomes attracted towards Sura thanks his good deeds. They start romancing. When things seem to go well, trouble enters in the form of a greedy and corrupt Minister Samuthira Raja Dev Gill. He wants to usurp the land where these fishermen live. His attempts to take away the wealth is resisted by Sura. They cross swords with each other. The Minister hatches a conspiracy to bump off Sura with the help of his Ministerial post and authority and unleashes cops against him. Sura takes on them single-handedly and finally destroy his bad intention and help his town fishermen to get their own house as he wished.
[edit] Cast
- Vijay as Suraj Sharma
- Tamannaah as Poornima
- Dev Gill as Samuthira Raja
- Vadivelu as Ambar La alias Umbrella
[edit] Reception
[edit] Critical response
The film received negative reviews. Behindwoods gave it one and a half stars, declaring it "the usual Vijay fare" and that it "will cater to his die-hard fans" although there are several scenes where "even the Vijay fans [will] squirm in their seats with dissatisfaction."[1] The entertainment site Sify agreed that "the story is wafer thin and as old as the Kodai hills", but stated that Sura proved that "conviction can bring any formula to life".[2] Rediff gave two on five stars & praised Vijay's style, screen presence and "flair for comedy" and stated that the movie was a "sturdy platform for Vijay's political aspirations." [3]
[edit] Box office
Sify declared the film an "average grosser" as the collections were average and didnot do well after the good opening at the chennai boxoffice.[4]but this film managed to run 20 housefull days with good collection at the Kerala boxoffice.[5][6][7]
[edit] Production
The shooting of the film commenced in Kerala in November 2009 and was continued in different places in Tamil Nadu like Marakkanam, Villupuram, Mamallapuram, Chennai, Alleppey and Ponicherry. Originally Pasupathi was to be playing a villain but instead Dev gill of magadheera was selected as a villain.[8]The shoot continued on October 21sy and canned a few stunt sequences on the Uppaneri Bridge near Marakkanam Salt Lake. Vijay fought with villain Dev's gang for almost three days. After a three days gap, the shoot resumed in Prasad Studio and the song thanjavur jillakari was shot at AVM Studio on October 27th.[9][10]
[edit] Soundtrack
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The soundtrack of the film, composed by Mani Sharma, was released on 29 March 2010. The album features 6 songs.
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| 1. | "Thanjavoor Jillakaari" | Hemachandra, Saindhavi | 5:21 | ||||||
| 2. | "Vetri Kodi Yethu" | Ranjith, Mukesh | 5:21 | ||||||
| 3. | "Vanga Kadal Ellai" | Naveen, Maladhi Lakshmanan | 4:45 | ||||||
| 4. | "Sirakadikkum Nilavu" | Karthik, Reeta | 4:29 | ||||||
| 5. | "Thamizhan Veera Thamizhan" | Rahul Nambiar | 3:47 | ||||||
| 6. | "Naan Nadanthal Athiradi" | Naveen, Shoba Chandrasekar, Janani Madhan | 4:35 | ||||||
[edit] References
- ^ Movie Review from behindwoods Behindwoods
- ^ Sify.com
- ^ rediff
- ^ http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=14941430&cid=13525926
- ^ http://www.southdreamz.com/2010/06/sura-20-housefull-days-in-kerala.html
- ^ http://www.top10cinema.com/news/5003/sura-20-housefull-days-in-kerala
- ^ http://www.kollyinsider.com/2010/06/sura-20-housefull-days-in-kerala.html
- ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/50479.html
- ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/51290.html
- ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/51653.html
