''Ramakrishna'' is a 2004 Indian

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-language

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directed by

Agathiyan Agathiyan (born 18 August 1952; ) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, lyricist, and actor. He was the first director in Tamil cinema to win the National Film Award for Best Direction for '' Kadhal Kottai'' (1996). For the film, h ...

and produced by Sivasakthi Movie Makers. The film stars

Jai Akash Jai Akash, also known as Akash, is an Indian actor, who acted in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. He is famously known for the film '' Anandam'' (2001). Career Jai Sathish, of Sri Lankan Tamil origin settled in London, sent his modelling phot ...

, Sridevika, along with Vijay Kumar, Vani and others.

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scored the soundtrack and background music.

Plot

Cast

Production

''Ramakrishna'' marked the third collaboration between Agathiyan and Sivasakthi Pandian. The makers initially approached Nandaa to play the lead role but he turned down the offer. The climax fight sequence was shot at a village Aalankulam near

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for ten days while a song was shot at Courtallam.

Soundtrack

The soundtracks and background score are composed by

and lyrics written by Agathiyan.

Release and reception

The release of the film was delayed after the failure of Sivasakthi Pandian's earlier film '' Kadal Pookkal''. A critic from ''

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'' opined that "Now after a break, he gathiyanis back with Ramakrishna with an all new star cast set against a village milieu which just does not live up to his earlier works". Malini Mannath of ''Chennai Online'' wrote "The presentation is fairly neat, urban life depicted well and the rural ambience picturised in all its simplicity. The director in the opening song in the village itself depicts in a capsule the entire culture, tradition and the folk arts of rural life. The pace does get a bit slow at times, the song numbers towards the latter part not helping matters. One feels even the treatment looks a bit out-dated". ''Cinesouth'' called it a disappointment.

References

External links

* {{Agathiyan 2000s Indian films 2000s Tamil-language films 2004 drama films 2004 films Films directed by Agathiyan Films scored by Deva (composer) Indian drama films Tamil-language Indian films