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Arul

Arul poster.jpg

Poster

Directed by Hari

Produced by T. Rama Rao (Presenter)

T. Ajay Kumar

StarringVikram

Jyothika

Pasupathy

Kollam Thulasi

Vadivelu

Music by Harris Jayaraj

Edited by V. T. Vijayan

Production

company

Lakshmi Productions[P].LTD

Distributed by Lakshmi Productions [P].LTD

Release date 1 May 2004

Running time 163 minutes

CountryIndia

Language Tamil

Arul (transl. Grace) is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Hari
starring Vikram, Jyothika, Pasupathy, Kollam Thulasi, and Vadivelu, among others. The music is
composed by Harris Jayaraj. The story tells how a man is rejected by his family but then finds his way
back. The film was dubbed in Telugu as Akhandudu and in Hindi as Main Balwaan.

Contents

1 Plot

2 Cast

3 Production

4 Soundtrack

5 Release

5.1 Critical reception

6 References

7 External links

Plot

Arul (Vikram), who works in a mill, is the third son of four brothers in a family of goldsmiths. Once,
Arul's brother steals a chain due to financial circumstances. Arul took the blame for it, was labelled
as a thief, and was seen as a black sheep by his father Bala Aasari (Vinu Chakravarthy). Thus, he vows
never to make a gold ornament ever again. Kanmani (Jyothika), who moves into his neighbourhood
eventually falls for him .However Arul does not reciprocate . One day, when Bala scolds Arul at a
family gathering , Kanmani stands up for him causing Bala to insult her. Soon, Arul marries Kanmani.
The setting up of the party office of the ruling party forces Arul to lock horns with MLA Gajapathy
(Pasupathy) and his brother Minister Sethupathy (Kollam Thulasi), the party leader.

Cast

Vikram as Arulkumaran "Arul"

Jyothika as Kanmani Arulkumaran

Pasupathy as MLA Gajapathy

Kollam Thulasi as Minister Sethupathy

Vadivelu as Thangam

Sathyan as Senthilkumaran

Aarthi as Neelaveni, Kanmani's Young Sister

Manobala as Customer

Ponnambalam as Paalayamkottai Kasilingam

Vinu Chakravarthy as Baladhandayuthapani / Bala Aasari, Arul's father

Sujatha as Sornam, Arul's mother

Saranya Ponvannan as Bhagyam Arul's sister

Thalaivasal Vijay as Thirukumaran Arul's Brother

K. S. Ravikumar as Union Leader Thirupathy, Arul's brother-in-law

Kuyili as Kanmani and Neelaveni's mother

Vanitha Krishnachandran

Charan Raj as Police Inspector

Rekha as Gajapathy's wife

Sarath Babu as Chief Doctor Viswanathan

Vaiyapuri as Arul's Friend

Sivanarayana Moorthy as Textile Shop Owner

Besant Ravi

Minnal Deepa

Priyanka as Beggar lady

Chaya Singh as Ponni (Cameo)

Production

After the success of Saamy, Hari decided to renew the collaboration with Vikram for second time
with Arul. Jyothika was selected as heroine pairing with Vikram for second time after Dhool.[1] Vivek
was originally a part of the cast but fell out with the director and was subsequently replaced by
Vadivelu in the film.[2]

A 45 days' shooting schedule took place at Coimbatore, where Vikram, Jyotika and Vadivelu took
part. A song sequence was also picturised on Vikram and Chaya Singh who's been roped in to do the
single dance number. Fifty dancers took part in the dance number choreographed by Dinesh. The
dance picturisation took six days to be completed.[3]

Soundtrack

Arul

Soundtrack album by Harris Jayaraj

Released 15 April 2004

Recorded 2004

Genre Feature film soundtrack

Length 26:51
Label Hit Musics

Vega Music

Think Music

Bayshore

Divo

Producer Harris Jayaraj

Harris Jayaraj chronology

Arasatchi

(2004) Arul

(2004) Thotti Jaya

(2005)

The soundtrack album and background score were composed by Harris Jayaraj collaborating with
Hari and Vikram for the third time.

Track-ist

No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length

1. "Arul Theme" (Instrumental) 1:33

2. "Ukkadathu Papadame"Na. Muthukumar Tippu, L. R. Easwari, Theni Kunjarammal

5:29

3. "Oddiyaanam" Vairamuthu Hariharan, Srimathumitha 5:01

4. "Patthu Viral" Vairamuthu S. P. Balasubramanyam, Swarnalatha, Vasundhara Das

5:18

5. "Punnakunnu" Na. Muthukumar Tippu, Sriram Parthasarathy, Manikka Vinayagam

4:44

6. "Soodamani" Snehan Ranjith, Pop Shalini 4:46

Total length: 26:51

Release

Critical reception

The film received mixed to positive reviews.[4] Nowrunning stated the film as "long, stale, tedious
and drab".[5] Sify wrote:"If you like Rambo style of films, Arul is worth investing".[6]

References
https://web.archive.org/web/20040616211703/http://www.chennaionline.com/reeltalk/12reeltalk3
rd.asp

https://web.archive.org/web/20040603215709/http://www.chennaionline.com/reeltalk/03reeltalk2
0th.asp

https://web.archive.org/web/20040516194929/http://www.chennaionline.com/location/arul.asp

Rangarajan, Malathi (7 May 2004). "Arul". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 June 2019.[dead link]

http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/1331/tamil/arul/204/review.htm

sify.com

External links

Arul at IMDb

vte

Films directed by Hari

Singam series

Singam (2010)Singam II (2013)Si3 (2017)

Saamy series

Saamy (2003)Saamy Square (2018)

Other films

Thamizh (2002)Kovil (2004)Arul (2004)Ayya (2005)Aaru (2005)Thaamirabharani (2007)Vel

(2007)Seval (2008)Venghai (2011)Poojai (2014)

Categories: Tamil-language films2004 filmsIndian filmsMasala films2000s Tamil-language filmsFilms

set in Tamil NaduFilms shot in Tamil NaduFilms directed by Hari (director)Films scored by Harris
JayarajIndian action filmsFilms featuring an item number2004 action films

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