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, directed by

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, starring

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and Vijayalakshmi. The film was released on 15 January 2003. It is a remake of the 1995 Telugu film ''Khaidi Inspector''.

Plot

Ramachandran is a police inspector who is sentenced to the death penalty. His teammates release him in secret and Ramachandran begins by killing the criminals one by one.

Cast

Production

A fight sequence was shot at a newspaper office in Chennai.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

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Reception

Arkay of ''

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'' wrote: "this film is aimed purely at the B and C categories". Malathi Rangarajan of ''

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'' wrote: "Writer-director Raj Kapoor sees to it that Ramachandra's reckless, impulsive ventures only lead to mindless melee and every time you expect some intelligent counters from him, he lets you down very badly". Krishna Chidambaram of ''

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'' panned the character design of the film's hero and added he can't appreciate acting since the characters are poorly developed however he found Pandiarajan as the film's only positive. Malini Mannath of ''Chennai Online'' wrote "'Ramachandra' is insipid fare that offers nothing new". ''India Info'' wrote "Raj Kapoor's direction is not praise worthy, though he has taken all the care to make the film a mass masala film, which may go well with B and C center audience". P. Unnikrishnan won the

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References

External links

*{{IMDb title 2000s Indian films 2000s masala films 2000s Tamil-language films 2003 action films 2003 films Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police Films scored by Deva (composer) Indian action films Tamil remakes of Telugu films Tamil-language Indian films