Puratchikkaaran

Purathcikkaaran (English: Revolutionary) is a 2000 Tamil drama film directed by Velu Prabhakaran and scripted by Jayadevi. The film features the director himself in the lead role with Sathyaraj, Raadhika Sarathkumar, Arun Pandian, Kushboo and Roja in other pivotal roles. The film, which had musical score by Vidyasagar, was released in 2000.^[1][2][3]

Cast

• Velu Prabhakaran as Thamizhmani
• Sathyaraj as Anna
• Arun Pandian
• Mansoor Ali Khan
• Kushboo
• Roja as Kanimozhi
• Neena
• Manivannan
• Radharavi
• Senthil
• Janagaraj
• Mohan V. Raman
• Raadhika Sarathkumar in a cameo appearance

Production

The film was launched at a ceremony in February 1998, with Kamal Haasan attending as the chief guest.^[4]

Release

The film struggled to find distributors, owing to its atheist theme and received a limited release across cinemas. A critic compared it to the several devotional movies releasing in Tamil Nadu during the period calling it "more mature and better presented" but that "the extremity of the propaganda puts one off". The critic praised Velu Prabhakaran's efforts noting that the maker "believes in his convictions and the dialogs sizzle with intelligence."^[5]

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Vidyasagar. The soundtrack, released in 2000, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vairamuthu and Bharathidasan.^[6]

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