''Thiru Ranga'' () is a 2007 Indian

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directed by

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. The film was produced by A. Selvi and Ch. Sathyanarayana in

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and in

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, the latter as ''Julayi'' ( Wanderer). The film stars Santhosh and

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, with

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and

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playing supporting roles. The Tamil version was released on 11 May 2007 while the Telugu version was released on 31 August 2007.

Plot

Ranga (Santhosh) lives in the city with his housemates : Beeda (

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), Sunil (

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) and Sundaram (Sundar) who believes he is a software engineer. Manga (

) is in love with Ranga. Ranga is actually a rowdy who works for Rayappan, a local bigwig who conducts his activity under the guise of being a cinema financier. When his friends realise that he is a rowdy, Ranga tells them his past. In the past, Ranga was a young graduate who was looking for a job. He lived happily with his parents (

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and

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) and his two sisters Deepa (

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) and Lakshmi (Seema). They were preparing for Lakshmi's wedding but a lack of money shook up the family and the groom's family was about to stop the marriage. To save Lakshmi's marriage, Deepa took the extreme step of becoming a surrogate mother for money and settled the groom's family. But when their parents knew about this, the marriage was eventually cancelled. The parents prepared a meal which they have poisoned themselves. They all ate it except Ranga and they died. Since that day, Ranga has sworn to make enough money to help the poor families who are in need of money. In the city, he could not find an engineering job and decided to work as a rowdy. The local bigwig Rayappan (

) and the politician Reddy (

) have their eyes on Sree (

), a leading actress and a philanthropist. Sree turns their offer down and indirectly humiliated them in a public function. So they plan to kidnap her for sexually abusing her. Santosh is selected for the job and kidnaps her. Thereafter, Ranga decides to save Sree for a good heart. Sree also has a bitter past. She was an orphan who was forced by her adopted parents to become an actress. She later emancipated from her parents and left their home. Ranga fights against all odds and marries Sree. The film ends with Ranga becoming a cinema actor and romancing on screens with Sree.

Cast

Production

Santhosh, who had acted in

previous two films, signed to play the hero while

has been roped in to play a role which has glamour and serious performance involved. The film was initially titled ''Sriranga''. The first schedule of shooting took place at Hyderabad for 25 days whereas the second schedule was shot at Thalakonam for 20 days, where a scene of a festival was picturised, and a song on Santhosh and Tejashri and the filming was also held at places like Chennai, Ooty and Theni.

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by

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. The soundtrack, released in 25 April 2007, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by

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and

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. The audio of ''Julayi'' was launched at Prasad Recording Theatre in

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on 1 April 2007. ;Tamil Version ;Telugu Version

Reception

A reviewer from ''Cinesouth.com'' said that some scenes reminds one of old films and added that the pace of the first was slow. ''Chennai Online'' wrote "There is a marked improvement in the performance of Santhosh (his home production), compared to his earlier films. Incidentally, it's the third joint venture of the hero-director duo. Their earlier films 'Kadhal Seiya Virumbu' and 'Oru Kadhal Seiyveer' had sexually-oriented themes which gave a lot of scope to exploit the glamour-sex quotient. Which they did liberally. But this time the duo moves away to a different concept and style and a more wholesome entertainer. A welcome change, but there is room for improvement, both for the actor and the director". Lajjavathi of ''

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'' praised the flashback, cinematography in forest scenes and humour and added after the film shifts to city, the screenplay becomes dull and the pace till then gets dropped and becomes tiring and concluded saying director Bhargavan, who achieved fifty percent success brilliantly, had to fight for the rest.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title Indian multilingual films 2000s Tamil-language films 2000s Indian films 2000s Telugu-language films Indian gangster films Indian action films 2000s masala films Films about actors Films scored by Srikanth Deva 2007 multilingual films 2007 films 2007 action films Films directed by Ravi Bhargavan