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''Rasigan'' () () is a 1994 Indian
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written and directed by
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. The film stars his son Vijay,
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and
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. It revolves around Vijay and Anitha who secretly love each other but are unable to confess their love for each other. Her father realises this and tries to separate the two. However, fate has other plans in store. This was the first film where Vijay was credited with the prefix "Ilaya Thalapathy" (young commander-in-chief). Vijay also made his singing debut through the film's song "Bombay City Sukka Rotti". The film ran for 175 days in theatres and was declared hit at the box office.


Plot

Vijay lives in
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with his grandmother Maruthayi, whom he adores deeply. He is in love with his neighbour Anitha, the daughter of a police officer Raghavan, even though both pretend to hate each other in front of their families. Vijay and Anitha constantly make excuses to go to their common terrace to make love and bathe together. But when Raghavan finds out about their relationship, he is furious. He requests for a transfer to
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to keep Anitha away from Vijay. Before leaving, he catches Anitha holding love letters written to her by Vijay and angrily throws them in Vijay's face. Vijay notices that all these letters contain Anitha's new address in Madras (Anitha had deliberately mentioned them in the love letters) and immediately leaves for Madras. In Madras, Vijay stops at a restaurant to eat. When he asks a waiter about the restroom, he is warned not to use the upstairs restroom. Nevertheless, he goes to the upstairs restroom, where he notices a
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shoot happening illegally. He is caught by the restaurant manager as well as the restaurant owner Singaara Naidu's son, who are both involved in the illegal shoot. In the fight that ensues, Naidu's son accidentally trips on a broken bottle and dies, and the blame is laid on Vijay, who is forced to go on the run. Raghavan is assigned the case to nab Vijay and is determined to bring him to justice. He offers a reward to anyone who can capture Vijay. While on the run, Vijay is caught by constables Ekambaram and Karpooram but manages to escape from them. In the process, however, Ekambaram accidentally kills the restaurant manager, who is also pursuing Vijay to kill him and prevent him from exposing the truths about what is happening in the restaurant. The manager's death is also blamed on Vijay. Eventually, Vijay is rescued by Rani, a female
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driver who used to work as a servant maid in his house and has a
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on him, and takes him to her house, where he reunites with Maruthayi, who is convinced that he is innocent. At this juncture, Raghavan arrives and arrests Vijay, but at the police station, he realizes that Vijay is innocent and decides to help him expose Naidu. Meanwhile, Anitha is kidnapped by Naidu's men. Vijay escapes from police custody, rescues Anitha and confronts Naidu. But just as he is about to kill Naidu, Raghavan arrives and kills Naidu. He apologizes to Vijay for whatever had happened and accepts his relationship with Anitha.


Cast


Production

''Rasigan'' was the first film in which Vijay was credited with the prefix "Ilaya Thalapathy" (young commander-in-chief) by his father himself, an epithet by which he would be credited in the remainder of his films till ''
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'' (2017), following which it was shortened to "Thalapathy" in ''
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'' the same year. It was Vijay's third film as a lead actor, and Sanghavi's third film. Vijay helped her with dialogue pronunciation. Some of the scenes in the film like bathroom scene were inspired from the movie Saatchi which was also directed by the same director.


Soundtrack

The music was composed by
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, while lyrics were written by Vaali and P. R. C. Balu. Vijay made his singing debut through the song "Bombay City Sukka Rotti". The song "Silena Silena" was based on Telugu song "Indira Mandira" from ''Govinda Govinda'', while the song "Auto Rani" is partially lifted from another Telugu song "Amalapuram Bullodu" from
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.


Release and reception

''Rasigan'' was released on 8 July 1994. Malini Mannath of ''
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'' wrote, "It is his third film, and Vijay shows a marked improvement in his performance and expressions ..The director's script and treatment seems to be geared to suit the tastes of frontbenchers." ''
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'' gave the film a score of 28 out of 100. R. P. R. of ''
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'' heavily criticised the film for its vulgarity.


References


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* {{S. A. Chandrasekhar 1990s Indian films 1990s romantic action films 1990s Tamil-language films 1994 films Films directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar Films scored by Deva (composer) Films with screenplays by S. A. Chandrasekhar Indian romantic action films Tamil-language Indian films