Ezhumalai

Ezhumalai is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Arjun, who also played the titular character. It also features Simran, Gajala and Mumtaj as the female leads, while Vijayakumar and Ashish Vidhyarthi play supporting roles. This film is the Tamil remake of the Telugu film Narasimha Naidu (2001), starring Balakrishna and Simran, where the latter reprised her role in the Tamil version.[1] It was dubbed into Hindi as "Main Hoon Rangbaaz" and despite being a remake of Narasimha Naidu, was dubbed in Telugu as Simha Baludu.[2][3] The film released on 21 June 2002.

Ezhumalai
Poster of Ezhumalai's 50th day celebration
Directed byArjun
Written byK. C. Thangam (Dialogues)
Screenplay byArjun
Story byChinni Krishna
Based onNarasimha Naidu (Telugu)
Produced byV. Ravichandran
S.Amaravathy
StarringArjun
Simran
Gajala
Mumtaj
Vijayakumar
Ashish Vidhyarthi
CinematographyK. S. Selvaraj
Edited byP. Sai Suresh
Music byMani Sharma
Production
company
Sri Venkateswara Production
Distributed byAascar Film
Release date
21 June 2002
Running time
167 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Ezhumalai leads a peaceful life as a dance master in the village. Anjali falls in love with him before learning that he has a son and that his wife Lakshmi is dead. She wishes to marry him but faces competition from Lakshmi's sister Sandhya, who also wishes to wed him. Anjali is the daughter of Nagalingam, who is from a neighboring village. When she reveals this fact to Ezhumalai, she learns that he and her father are sworn enemies and that her father was responsible for his families' and Lakshmi's death.

Cast

Soundtrack
Track listing

The songs are by Mani Sharma, with lyrics written by Vaali and Thamarai.[4]

No.SongSingersLyricsLength (m:ss)
1"Chillendru"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, SujathaVaali05:21
2"Ella Malaiyilum"Karthik, K. S. Chithra05:28 Reused "Ninna Kutesinaddhi" from Narasimha Naidu
3"Lux Papa"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Swarnalatha05:07 Reused "Lux papa" from Narasimha Naidu
4"Maina Kunjo"Shankar Mahadevan, Sujatha04:23 Reused "Abba Abba" from Narasimha Naidu
5"Un Punnagai"Mallikarjun, HariniThamarai04:34 Reused "Nee Navvula" from Aadi

Critical reception

Thiraipadam wrote that the film "itself is an age-old revenge tale that offers nothing new and so, the proceedings are predictable, most of the time."[5] The Hindu wrote "The screenplay is Arjun's. So is the direction. And the action hero thrills his fans with stunts aplenty. Yet fights alone, however well choreographed, cannot make a film watchable. You need a well-narrated story — something "Ezhumalai" lacks. Most of the time action waits for no reason and seems to need no logic."[6] Sify wrote that "the film caters strictly to the frontbenchers".[7]

References
  1. sify (24 June 2002). "Ezhumalai film review". Archived from the original on 1 May 2019.
  2. "Simha Baludu (2004)". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  3. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Simha Baludu Full Length Telugu Movie || DVD Rip". YouTube.
  4. "Ezhumalai songs". JioSaavn. 31 December 2002. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  5. "Ezhumalai - Tamil movie review". Thiraipadam.com. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  6. Rangarajan, Malathi (28 June 2002). "Ezhumalai". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 February 2003.
  7. "Review: Ezhumalai (2002)". Sify. 24 June 2002. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
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