''Gangs of Madras'' is a 2019 Indian
Tamil
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-language
action
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crime film
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written, directed, and produced by
C. V. Kumar
C. V. Kumar (born C. Vijayakumar; 14 April 1979) is an Indian film producer, director and distributor who heads the production studio Thirukumaran Entertainment. Known for producing innovative and critically acclaimed films, Kumar has also prim ...
. The film stars Sai Priyanka Ruth and
Ashok Kumar
Ashok Kumar (born Kumudlal Ganguly; 13 October 1911 – 10 December 2001), was an Indian actor who attained iconic status in Indian cinema. He is regarded as one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema. He is considered to be the first Super-st ...
in the main lead roles alongside an ensemble supporting cast including
Daniel Balaji
T. C. Balaji (2 December 1975 – 29 March 2024), better known by his stage name Daniel Balaji, was an Indian actor, who predominantly worked in Tamil film industry and in some Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam films.
Early life
Balaji was born in ...
,
Velu Prabhakaran
Velu Prabakaran is an Indian filmmaker, cinematographer and actor. He is known for his themes highlighting atheism and revolutionary subjects in his films.
Career
Velu Prabakaran began as a cinematographer before making his directorial debut w ...
,
P. L. Thenappan
PL. Thenappan is an Indian film producer and actor who works predominantly in the Tamil film industry. He owns the production company Shree Rajalakshmi Films (P) Ltd. He debuted as a producer with the Tamil film ''Kaathala Kaathala'' (1998). He ...
, and
Aadukalam Naren
Aadukalam Naren (born Narayanan) is an Indian actor who has appears in Tamil and Telugu films, mainly playing supporting and antagonistic roles. He made his debut with the 1997 film '' Raman Abdullah'' but got noticed for his role in the 2011 ...
. The film released on 12 April 2019.
Plot
The story opens with a female voice narrating about herself and her love story with Ibrahim. Ibrahim works for Mohammad Rowther, a goon who deals drugs. He marries Jaya under her parents' disapproval, and she converts to Islam, changing her name as Razia. Everything seems to go well when one fine day, Ibrahim is shot dead in an encounter in front of Razia. This also leads Razia to suffer a miscarriage. She vows to get revenge.
Razia seeks the help of Abdullah, who reveals the real motive of Ibrahim's encounter. He tells that Rowther's younger son, Hussain, had eyes upon Razia and was warned by his family members as she is someone else's wife. Rajendran, a drug delivery guy in Rowther's gang, goes to deliver drugs to a rave party of high-class youngsters. He gives them spare drugs in exchange for a deep kiss with Janaki, who happens to be daughter of the State minister supporting the drug business. The video of the kiss leaks to the media, and Kareem, Rowther's elder son, kills off Rajendran in a fit of anger. At the same time, Hussain attempts suicide, due to not getting Razia. At the hospital, Rowther gets news that police need to kill someone in an encounter to save face, with both the public and the minister. Rowther cleverly pits Ibrahim against the police, so that Hussain can marry Razia, and thus Ibrahim is killed.
Razia is then sent by Abdullah to Mumbai to meet Boxie, who at first looks at her meanly but later understands her willpower. He keeps her in his gang and trains her to kill Rowther and his gang.
Finally, a well-trained Razia lands up at Chennai and kills Kareem as well as the police who were involved in Ibrahim's encounter. Rowther learns of his son's murder and orders Lala Settu and Edison to kill everybody who is responsible for his son's murder. Lala Settu tricks Boxie by offering him help to do his drug business in Chennai in the place of Rowther and then kills Boxie and his henchmen. Meanwhile, Razia goes hunting for Hussain and kills him. The police catches her, and they help her kill Rowther as they could not arrest him and stop his drug business as he had Minister Tamizhvannan's support. Later, Lala Settu and Edison are killed by the police, and Razia also lets the police shoot her.
In the end credits, the police are praised for their mission, and Deputy Commissioner Ramachandran helps Razia's sisters get jobs in the police department in return for the favour that she did to the police department.
Cast
Production
The film marks the second directorial for producer turned director C. V. Kumar after ''
Maayavan
''Maayavan'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language science fiction thriller film co written, produced and directed by C. V. Kumar. The film stars Sundeep Kishan and Lavanya Tripathi while Jackie Shroff, Daniel Balaji, Mime Gopi, R. Amarendran, Bagav ...
'' (2017) and also produced by himself under his production banner CV Kumar Productions. The film is based on a gangster woman from
Chennai
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.
Soundtrack
The music for the film's songs is composed by debutant Hari Dafusia, while the film's score is composed by Shyamalangan and music supervision is helmed by
Santhosh Narayanan
Santhosh Narayanan (born 15 May 1983) is an Indian film composer and musician who has predominately worked in Tamil cinema, while also having some Telugu and Malayalam films to his credit. He is known for his collaborations with Pa. Ranjith ...
.
References
External links
*{{IMDb title, tt8983238
2010s Tamil-language films
2010s Indian films
2019 films
2019 crime action films
Indian crime action films
Indian gangster films
Indian films about revenge
Indian feminist films
Films produced by C. V. Kumar