Rudhra

Rudhra is a 1991 Tamil-language comedy thriller film written by Ilavarasan and directed by Sasi Mohan. It stars K. Bhagyaraj, Gautami and Lakshmi.[1][2][3] The film was one among the Deepavali releases of 1991. The bank robbery scenes of the movie were inspired from that of the Hollywood movie Quick Change (1990).[4] The core plot of the movie was inspired from the French film Nikita.[5]

Rudhra
Directed bySasi Mohan
Written byIlavarasan
Screenplay byK. Bhagyaraj
Produced byV.Viswanthan
StarringK. Bhagyaraj
Gautami
Lakshmi
Mansoor Ali Khan
CinematographyV. Ramesh Babu
Edited byM. V. Natarajan
Music byGangai Amaran
Production
company
Sree Rajeswari Creations
Release date
  • 5 November 1991 (1991-11-05)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Mayaandi, a dreaded criminal, escapes from prison and guns down Rudhra's entire family. Rudhra learns the truth but the police can do nothing because Mayaandi returns to jail after the murder and has an alibi. She receives a letter her police officer father, sent before his death. He uncovered links between Mayaandi and several powerful prominent people—including police officers and politicians. Rudhra discovers a video cassette with the proof and gives it to the DSP only to discover he is part of the cabal. He attacks Rudhra and she kills him in self-defence. The police arrest her and the incorruptible DSP Lalitha investigates the case. The cabal again pursues Rudhra upon realizing that the video cassette they took from her was not the incriminating one. She doesn't know the location of the original cassette but shares the entire story with Lalitha. The two women collaborate when they realize the police department can't be trusted. They also bring in thief Madurai to help them uncover the conspiracy.

Cast

Music

The music was composed by Gangai Amaran. The lyrics were written by Vaali and Gangai Amaran.[6]

Reception

The Indian Express wrote the film "beguiles you [..] with its quickpaced narration".[7] Sundarji of Kalki wrote "despite having so many opportunities for providing thrills and twists, is this how you ruin them ?".[8].It faced Heavy competition from Thalapathi, Gunaa and Bramma

Legacy

Sasi Mohan later made a similar themed film Sivantha Malar inspired from Nikita again with Gauthami in lead role.[5]

References
  1. Malini Mannath (1 January 1993). "Run-of-the-mill fare". The Indian Express. p. 7. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  2. "Rudhra". Film Orbit. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  3. "Rudhra". cinesouth. Archived from the original on 29 October 2006. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  4. https://m.youtube.com/shorts/-tKpMvewgGg?feature=share
  5. "Sivanda Malar". Indian Express. 20 March 1992. Archived from the original on 10 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  6. "Rudra (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Single by Gangai Amaran". iTunes. 31 August 2014. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  7. "The Indian Express - Google News Archive Search". Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  8. சுந்தர்ஜி (8 December 1991). "ருத்ரா". Kalki. p. 39-40. Retrieved 13 December 2022.


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