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Vishnu is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar, starring Vijay, Sanghavi and Jaishankar. The music was composed by Deva. The film revolves around Vishnu a young man who leaves his house and, pretending to be an orphan, finds work with a man who also adopts him. However, Vishnu is shocked when he is asked to kill a group of people including his father.
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| Directed by | S. A. Chandrasekhar |
| Written by | Gopu Babu (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | S. A. Chandrasekhar |
| Story by | Shoba Chandrasekhar |
| Produced by | M. Bhaskar B. Balaji Prabhu |
| Starring | Vijay Sanghavi Jaishankar |
| Cinematography | Viswam Natraj |
| Edited by | M. Vellaisamy |
| Music by | Deva |
Production company | Oscar Movies National |
Release date |
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Running time | 152 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
The film was released on 17 August 1995 and ended as a commercial hit.[1] The song "Thotta Petta Rottu Mela", sung by actor Vijay, was one of the popular hits by the actor in the 1990s.[2]
Plot
editVishnu's father Thangadurai wants to bring up Vishnu as a timid person, but Vishnu desires to explore the world and hates Thangadurai's overprotection, so he leaves home and goes to work in an estate, claiming that he is an orphan. The estate owner adopts Vishnu as his son. Meanwhile, Vishnu falls in love with Radha. Everything goes fine for Vishnu until his adopted father Rajamanikkam shows a photograph and asks him to kill the person in the photo if he really wants to prove the affection he has for him. The man gives the reason that he wants them killed because he murdered his son. Vishnu agrees immediately but is shocked to see that Thangadurai is in the photo.
Vishnu finds out that Rajamanikkam and Thangadurai had an argument about splitting their properties. Former's brother-in-law Varadarajan took advantage of their argument managed to steal the money which was witnessed by Rajamanikkam's son, Varadarajan kills him and pins the murder on Thangadurai. In the end, baddies are exposed and killed and the friends are united.
Cast
edit- Vijay as Vishnu / Krishna
- Sanghavi as Radha
- Jaishankar as Thangadurai
- Senthil as Muthu
- Thalaivasal Vijay as Rajamanickam
- Kalaranjini as Nirmala
- Kumarimuthu as Dobi
- Oru Viral Krishna Rao as Manickam
- S. S. Chandran as Harichandra
- Bayilvan Renganathan
- Veera Pandiyan as Kodeeshwaran
- Jyothi Meena - Special appearance in the song "Aajare Meri"
- Peter Hein as Henchman - uncredited
Soundtrack
editThe music was composed by Deva with Lyrics by Vaali.[3] Tune of "Thotta Petta Rottu Mela" was lifted from "Akhiyon Mein", from the Hindi film Raja. "Okay Okay" song's prelude music was lifted from Michael Jackson's "Will You Be There".[citation needed]
| Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|
| "Aajare Meri" | Swarnalatha, Mano | 5:16 |
| "Hamma Hamma" | S. N. Surendar, Anuradha Sriram | 5:11 |
| "Mudhal Ezhuthe" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | 4:55 |
| "Okay Okay" | Suresh Peters | 5:12 |
| "Singara Kannukku" | Arunmozhi, K. S. Chitra | 5:15 |
| "Thotta Petta" | Vijay, Shoba Chandrasekhar | 5:08 |
References
edit- ^ M, Marimuthu (17 August 2024). "Vijay 1995 film Vishnu was a commercial hit". tamil.hindustantimes.com (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 25 August 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "Before Jolly O Gymkhana, let's take a look at hits in Vijay's vocals so far!". Behindwoods. 18 March 2022. Archived from the original on 22 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Vishnu (1995)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.