''Sri'' is a 2002 Indian

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-language

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directed by Pushpavasagan, in his only directorial credit. The film stars

Suriya Saravanan Sivakumar (born 23 July 1975), known professionally as Suriya, is an Indian actor and film producer who primarily works in Tamil films. One of the highest-paid Tamil actors, Suriya is considered as one of the finest actors of Indian ...

in the titular role alongside

Shrutika Shrutika Arjun (born 17 September 1987) is an Indian television personality, entrepreneur and former actress who appeared in Tamil and Malayalam films. She debuted as an actress in 2002. After two years of acting, she quit the entertainment ind ...

(in her acting debut) and Gayatri Jayaraman.

Plot

Sri is a mercenary, longing for his father Sankara Iyer's love. He has been ostracised from his family because his father felt he had a hand in the death of his younger sister, and for refusing to stay silent about it. He is still in love with Meenakshi from his old "

Agraharam An ''Agraharam'' (Sanskrit IAST: agrahāram) or ''Agrahara'' (Sanskrit IAST: agrahāra) was a grant of land and royal income from it, typically by a king or a noble family in India, for religious purposes, particularly to Brahmins to maint ...

" and she in love with him, but their union is derided by Sankara Iyer.

Cast

Production

The film marked the directorial debut of Pushpavasagan, who earlier assisted R. V. Udayakumar and also directed ad films and music videos. It is the acting debut of Shrutika. The first schedule was filmed in

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and the remaining filming was done at

Pollachi Pollachi is a town and municipality in Coimbatore district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Pollachi taluk. It is situated near the center of the South Indian Peninsula, surrounded by Western Gha ...

and

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Music

The soundtrack was composed by T. S. Muralidharan. It is the film debut of Muralidharan, who previously worked with Pushpavasagan on the album '' Pathinaru Vayathinile'' (2001), where Pushpavasagann directed some music videos. R. V. Udayakumar wrote lyrics for some of the songs.

Release and reception

Malathi Rangarajan of ''

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'' opined that "The story could have been powerful and the screenplay appealing if the characters were logical in their actions and the flow had not been hampered by repulsive group dances and irrelevant sequences". Malini Mannath of ''Chennai Online'' wrote, "'Sri' looks like an extension of ‘Nandha' with a slight change in ambience. It’s like they had gone and shot a few more scenes for the earlier film!". ''Cinema Today'' wrote, "With the story itself hanging by a weak thread, its no surprise that the screenplay and characters are just drifting in and out. Poor Fans! They have only Surya's involvement with the story and the film to console themselves with". ''Sri'' was a box office failure, and Shrutika mentioned that she lacked someone to guide her in acting. It also remains director Pushpavasagan's only release. In 2006, he briefly worked on a project titled ''Uthama Puthran'' with

Vikranth Vikranth Santhosh (born 13 November 1984) is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. He was introduced in the film '' Karka Kasadara'' (2005) directed by R. V. Udayakumar and later appeared in other romantic drama films. Foll ...

, but the film was stalled.

References

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