Aaru (film)

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Aaru
Suriya
Trisha
CinematographyPriyan
Edited byV. T. Vijayan
Music byDevi Sri Prasad
Production
company
Distributed byGemini Productions
Release date
  • 9 December 2005 (2005-12-09)
Running time
168 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Aaru (transl. Six) is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Hari. It stars Suriya and Trisha in the lead roles. The score and soundtrack were composed by Devi Sri Prasad.

Aaru released on 9 December 2005.[1] The film received positive reviews and became a commercial hit.

Plot

Aarumugam, alias Aaru, is an orphan. Vishwanathan's little sister brings him up. Aaru is very devoted to Vishwanathan, a gangster. He respects him as his brother and is ready to go miles to keep him the influential person in Chennai. When Vishwanathan declares war on his rival Reddy, Aaru assists him, and Reddy's goons attack him, but he overpowers this attempt. Vishwanathan organises a protest and plots to kill Aaru's friends. Aaru leaves the protest midway and goes to invite his love interest, Mahalakshmi, into his life, but she declines and gives him two months to change and orders him to stay away from her to test his loyalty and love. Despite being heartbroken, Aaru accepts her decision.

Meanwhile, Aaru's friends were burnt alive during the protest as there was petrol and kerosene mixed, even though Aaru had only requested kerosene. Filled with regret, Aaru vows to take exact vengeance. One day, Lingam utters Vishwanathan's assistant Bhaskar's name as he had seen Bhaskar light the petrol and kerosene on fire. Immediately suspicious, Aaru tries to confront Vishwanthan, who claims Reddy did it. However, Vishwanathan and Reddy come to a mutual deal to finish off Aaru in exchange for Reddy to have free rein over parts of Chennai as well as kidnapping and murdering young girls. Aaru confronts Reddy and almost kills him until Reddy tells him the truth and calls Vishwanathan and tells him that he killed Aaru.

Betrayed, Aaru slices Reddy's neck and rages at Vishwanathan, realising his true nature and vows to destroy his power. Aaru kidnaps Vishwanathan's brother, Jaganathan, and slices his hand, where he challenges Vishwanathan to save his near ones as he will not spare anyone. Rajavelu, a police officer and the corrupt brother-in-law of Vishwanathan, obtains a shooting order to shoot Aaru at sight, where he swears to murder him due to a conflict. Aaru plans to attack Vishwanathan's next brother, Bhoominathan, who also insults and degrades Aaru many times. During a property registration, Aaru and his men break into the registrar's office masked, where Aaru brutally hacks Bhoominathan and escapes.

Rajavel tries to catch him when they run into the forest and misses him, but not before he fires a bullet into Aaru's shoulder, weakening him and putting all hospitals on alert. Maha's friend treats Aaru at her friend's house, where Maha realises Aaru's love for her and promises to stand by him at all costs. Overfilled with joy, Aaru decides to continue their relationship. Aaru calls Vishwanathan and torments him regarding Bhoominathan's plight, causing Vishwanathan to unplug the machine providing life to Bhoominathan, killing him. Vishwanathan kills many of Aaru's allies while Rajavelu arrests Maha, and a female officer harasses her in the station for helping Aaru, hoping for Aaru to surrender himself to save Maha's dignity.

Enraged, Aaru challenges Rajavelu to arrest him directly, and he breaks into the police station while Rajavelu is not present and takes Maha to safety. Loganathan and Bhaskar follow behind to finish Aaru, but Aaru sends her safely in a boat to Sri Lanka, thus ensuring her safety. Loganathan and Bhaskar fight Aaru. Aaru overpowers them and nearly burns them until Loganathan begs him not to. Aaru then tells Loganathan to kill Bhaskar, and Bhaskar hesitates due to their many years of friendship. Loganathan burns Bhaskar alive, but Bhaskar angrily runs into Loganathan, making him catch on fire and leading to their deaths. Rajavelu pretends to arrest Aaru with other officers and beats him up.

Aaru, still nearly unconscious, overhears Rajavelu telling Vishwanathan he has Aaru in his hands and that he can come and kill him. Realising that Rajavelu is tricking everyone, Aaru wakes up and brutally beats Rajavelu, tying him to a tree and punching him unconscious. Vishwanathan comes and engages in combat with Aaru, but Aaru overpowers him. Aaru reprimands Vishwanathan and tells him that he will make him suffer for eternity. Aaru cuts off Vishwanathan's arms. He tells him that Vishwanathan should realise the pain felt by his friends, who were burnt and betrayed. Realising that Aaru is right, Rajavelu looks at Aaru as he surrenders to him. Aaru serves his prison term and gets released, where he reunites with Maha and the two leave for Pune to start their new lives.

Cast

Production

After directing Ayya (2005), director Hari announced his next project Aaru with Suriya.[4] The film was launched and shooting was started in July 2005.[5][6] Director Saran made his debut as a producer in this film by floating a production house "Gemini Productions", named after his film Gemini (2002).[7]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Devi Sri Prasad and released by Star Music in India and Ayngaran in other international territories.[8] The album was made up of 6 tracks. The audio was launched in 11 November 2005 in a soft manner.[9]

Song Title Singers Lyrics
"Soda Bottle" Shankar Mahadevan, Mukesh Mohamed Na. Muthukumar
"Paakatha" Tippu, Sreenivasan, Sumangali
"Freeya Vudu" Jassie Gift, Vadivelu, Mukesh Mohamed, M. L. R. Karthikeyan, Grace Karunas
"Thottutea" Sunitha Sarathy, Karthik Pa. Vijay
"Nenjam Enum" (Bit) Gopika Poornima Hari
"Dhrogam" Hariharan Na. Muthukumar
"Nenjam Enum" Srinivas, Kalpana

Release

The film was given an "A" certificate by the

Indian Censor Board due to excessive violence.[10] The film was released on 9 December 2005 alongside Vetrivel Sakthivel, Sandakozhi. After the success of Ghajini, Surya has an opening similar to as Aaru releases with approximately 171 prints in Tamil Nadu, the opening weekend tickets for Surya's Aaru have been sold out in Chennai city theatres.[11]

Reception

Critical response

Sify wrote:"Aaru offers neither insight nor content-just unmitigated violence".[12] IndiaGlitz rated 3.5 out of 5 stars stating "Devi Sri Prasad's suits the mood and metaphors of the movie. Hari has a way with mass entertainers. We saw that in films like Saamy and Thamizh. Now he has had another go at it".[13] Lajjavathi of Kalki wrote since Suriya is recognized in Andhra Pradesh, it seems that they have tried to satisfy the fans there. The excitement till the end descends to the point of boredom due to the violent scenes.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Suriya power!". Sify. 21 December 2005. Archived from the original on 8 January 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Audio release – Aaru". idlebrain. 3 December 2005.
  3. ^ "Nenjam Enum (Full Song) – Aaru". 8 April 2013. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2015 – via YouTube.
  4. ^ "Tamil movies :It will be Aaru After Ghajini". Behindwoods.com. 7 September 2005. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Events – 'Aaru' Movie Launch". IndiaGlitz. 4 August 2005. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Aaru to hit floors on 28 July – Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz. 20 July 2005. Archived from the original on 29 July 2005. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  7. ^ "Hari directs Charan's film". Behindwoods. 10 May 2005. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  8. ^ "Aaru Songs". Raaga.com. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  9. ^ Moviebuzz (12 November 2005) 'Aaru' audio launched! sify.com
  10. ^ "'Aaru' gets 'A' certificate!". Sify. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014.
  11. ^ "'Aaru'- Opening big!". Sify. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014.
  12. ^ "Review : (2005)". Sify. Archived from the original on 20 January 2019.
  13. ^ "Aaru Review". IndiaGlitz. 9 December 2005. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  14. ^ லஜ்ஜாவதி (1 January 2006). "ஆறு". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 1. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

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