''Sathurangam'' () is a 2011

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film directed by

Karu Pazhaniappan Karuppaih Palaniappan, credited on-screen as Karu Palaniappan, is an Indian film director, actor, and television host who works in the Tamil film industry. He has also hosted the show Thamizha Thamizha on Zee Tamil. Biography Palaniappan hails ...

, starring

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and Sonia Agarwal. Filming began In 2003, but was stuck in

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for years. The film's background score was composed by

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, and his soundtrack was released in 2010 The project was revived in September 2011, and released on 7 October 2011. Srikanth's character in the film is named after Thirupathisamy, the late director of the films '' Azad'' and ''

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'', who was Karu Pazhaniappan's close friend.Videos – Azhagu Kutti Chellam
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Plot

Thirupathisamy aka Thiru (

) is an investigative journalist working for a Tamil magazine. He fearlessly brings out the issues in the prevailing political system which earns him many enemies. Thiru falls in love with Sandhya (Sonia Agarwal), a college student. Thiru, in one of his articles, writes about the problems faced by prisoners following which the SP Rajan (Ganesh Yadav) gets suspended. He also writes about the corruption of an IAS officer leading to his transfer and about the real estate mafia run by an influential man Singaperumal. (Mahadevan). One day, Sandhya gets kidnapped and Thiru gets a threatening call. But Thiru is unable to trace the culprit as he has so many enemies. Initially, he suspects Singaperumal but later finds that Rajan was the man behind the kidnap. Thiru flashes Sandhya's pictures in the magazines and finds out that Rajan has planned to sell her to a brothel in Dubai. Thiru rushes to the railway station where Sandhya is present. He fights against Rajan and kills him. Singaperumal comes to the spot and helps Thiru escape. Finally, Thiru and Sandhya are united.

Cast

as Thirupathisamy * Sonia Agarwal as Sandhya *

Manivannan S. Manivannan Rajagopal (31 July 1953 – 15 June 2013), better known by his mononym Manivannan, was an Indian film director, actor and activist who worked mainly in Tamil cinema and also worked in a few Telugu & Malayalam films. In a care ...

as MD * Mahadevan as Singaperumal * Vijayan as Thiru's father *

Ilavarasu Ilavarasu is an Indian cinematographer and actor, who works in the Tamil film industry. He started his career as a cinematographer and worked for 13 films, winning a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for one of them. He, however, became better known ...

as Analaar *

T. P. Gajendran T. P. Gajendran (1955 – 5 February 2023) was an Indian film director and actor who played minor roles. He directed more than 15 films and acted in more than 100 films. He was the son of Tuticorin MR.Perumal. Actress T. P. Muthulakshmi, his s ...

as Jailmate *

Manobala Manobala (born 8 December 1953) is an Indian film director, producer, actor and comedian who predominantly plays supporting roles in Tamil-language films. He started his career in Tamil cinema in the early 1970s and with Kamal Haasan's refere ...

as Thiru's neighbor *Ganesh Yadav as Jail Superintendent Rajan * Sriman as Sandhya's brother, Chandran *

Bose Venkat Bose Venkat is an Indian actor, director and dubbing artist who appears in Tamil films and television serials. Personal life Venkat is married to actress Sonia in 2003. The couple have a son Tejaswin and a daughter Bavadarani Career Venkat c ...

as sekar *

Saranya Ponvannan Saranya Ponvannan (born Sheela Christina) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam language films. Saranya made her debut in a lead role in Mani Ratnam's ''Nayakan'' (1987) and went on to play lead roles fro ...

as Analaar's wife *

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as Sandhya's sister in law * Chitra Lakshmanan *

Mayilsamy Mayilsamy (born October 2, 1965) is an Indian actor and comedian who prominently plays supporting roles. Appearing in many Tamil films, he is also a regular guest judge on '' Asathapovathu Yaaru'' on Sun TV in Chennai. Career He is a popular ...

as peon * Thennavan as Singaperumal's henchman * Aryan as Jeeva * Muthukaalai as Newspaper waste collector * Nagesh Krishnamurthy as Singaperumal's accountant *Thangamani Prabhu

Production

After the success of '' Parthiban Kanavu'', Karu Pazhaniyappan and Srikanth reunited again for a project called "Sadhurangam" during December 2003. Sonia Agarwal was selected to play the heroine. Srikanth's character in the film is named after Thirupathisamy, the late director of the films '' Azad'' and ''

'', who was Karu Pazhaniappan's close friend.

Soundtrack

Critical reception

Behindwoods wrote:"Sathurangam is proof of the fact that a good story never gets outdated". Nowrunning wrote:"A perfect thriller with its heart in the right place".Chathurangam Review – Tamil Movie Review by Haricharan Pudipeddi
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References

External links

* {{Karu Pazhaniappan 2011 films 2010s Tamil-language films Films scored by Vidyasagar Indian action drama films Films about kidnapping in India Films about journalists Journalism adapted into films Films directed by Karu Pazhaniappan 2011 action drama films