Samudhiram

Samuthiram (transl. Sea) is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language drama film written by Erode Soundar and directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film stars an ensemble cast of Sarath Kumar, Murali, Manoj Bharathiraja, Kaveri, Abhirami, Sindhu Menon and Monal. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Sabesh–Murali. The film was released on 31 August 2001. The film was remade in Telugu as Siva Rama Raju with Jagapathi Babu and in Kannada as Paramashiva with V. Ravichandran. Even though it got mixed reviews, it became a "superhit" at the box office.[1]

Not to be confused with Samudram_(1999_film).

Samudhiram
Poster
Directed byK. S. Ravikumar
Written byErode Soundar
Produced byR. B. Choudary
StarringSarath Kumar
Murali
Manoj Bharathiraja
Kaveri
Abhirami
Sindhu Menon
Monal
CinematographyS. Murthy
Edited byK. Thanikachalam
Music bySabesh–Murali
Production
company
Release date
31 August 2001
Running time
163 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Selvarasu is the head of his family, and his two brothers Thangarasu and Chinnarasu are ready to give up their lives for him. The three brothers are very fond of their sister Rasamani. A rich man from the neighboring village Chinniyampalyam Zamin Rangarajan, feels insulted when Thangarasu mishandles his son Aakash during a temple festival, and to take revenge, he comes with a wedding proposal to make Rasamani his daughter-in-law. At the time of the wedding, the groom's family demands the entire wealth of Selvarasu to be transferred to Rasamani as the dowry, for which Selvarasu and his brothers agree. The brothers are insulted at every opportunity, while Rasamani is also ill-treated by her husband and father in law.

Selvarasu is married to Lakshmi, while Thangarasu is married to his cousin Durga and Chinnarasu is in love with his classmate Priya. Rasamani conceives but still undergoes the torture of her family. Chinnarasu's wedding is arranged with Priya, and the brothers eagerly await for the arrival of Rasamani for the wedding. However, Rasamani is locked up in a room by Aakash, who is not permitting her to attend the wedding. Aakash also injures her feet while she tries to escape from her house with plans of attending the wedding. The brothers come to Rasamani's home requesting her to come for the wedding and are shocked to know that she is hurt and locked in a room. The brothers fight Aakash's goons. Rasamani gets furious and decides to end her relationship with Aakash. She removes the thaali and throws on the face of her husband and decides to go with her brothers. Thereafter, they got back their assets and she lived happily with her brothers.

Cast

Production

R. B. Choudary's financial problems meant that the director K. S. Ravikumar financed the first schedule of the film by himself. The producer acknowledged and thanked the director at the audio launch function.[2]

In June 2001, during the shoot of the film in the Mandya district of Karnataka, the team were attacked by angry villagers. The set was trashed and crew was injured.[3][4]

Soundtrack
Samudhiram
Soundtrack album by
Sabesh–Murali
Released2001
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelStar Music
ProducerSabesh–Murali
Sabesh–Murali chronology
Samudhiram
(2001)		 Naina
(2002)

Sabesh–Murali, brothers of music composer Deva, made their debut as full-fledged composers with this project after composing background music for their brother's films previously.[5][6] ) Song - Singers - Lyricist:

Release

Samudhiram released on 31 August 2001.

Critical reception

The movie generally got mixed reviews as it was felt that the story is not new. Malathi Rangarajan from thehindu.com stated Samudhiram is a story of the sincere affection that exists in a family – love that is more filial than fraternal; attachment that is more unnatural than normal.[7] Screenindia wrote that stars performed well in the film.[8][9]

References
  1. "The Hindu : Film Review: Samudhiram". The Hindu. 20 February 2002. Archived from the original on 20 February 2002.
  2. "Nilacharal". Nilacharal. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  3. "rediff.com, Movies: Gossip from the southern film industry". www.rediff.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2005. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  4. "Entertainment News: Latest Bollywood & Hollywood News, Today's Entertainment News Headlines". Archived from the original on 9 January 2002.
  5. "Samudhiram Songs Download, Samudhiram Tamil MP3 Songs, Raaga.com Tamil Songs". www.raaga.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  6. "Samuthiram Songs - Sabesh Murali - Samuthiram Tamil Movie Songs - Oosai.com - A Sound of Tamil Music - an Online Tamil songs Portal , Carries more than 4600 Tamil Movie Songs Online". Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  7. "Film Review: Samudhiram". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 July 2009.
  8. "Samutharam – Fine performance by the lead stars – Screen". 20 June 2004. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  9. Kalki review
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