Bruce Lee (2017 film)
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Tamil | புரூஸ் லீ |
Directed by | Prashanth Pandiraj |
Written by | Prasanth Pandiraj |
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Cinematography | P. V. Shankar |
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Music by | G. V. Prakash Kumar |
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Distributed by | Linga Bhairavi Creations |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Bruce Lee is a 2017 Indian
The film began production during July 2015 and was released on 17 March 2017.[1]
Plot
Bruce Lee and his friend Abbas are good-for-nothing guys. An evil don named Ramdoss has a gang which assaults people with acid. Bruce Lee is in love with Saroja Devi Suprajit, a college student. Once, Ramdoss kills Minister Mansoor Ali Khan, and a photo of the killing is taken by Bruce Lee accidentally. With fear, Saroja Devi decides to give it to Mansoor's son but discovers that his son is involved in the killing, so she decides to give the evidence to her uncle, who is a lawyer. Unfortunately, her uncle also defends Ramdoss, and the commissioner asks Ramdoss to find who is shooting them. The next day, the girls are kidnapped by Ramdoss, and he demands the camera from Bruce Lee. Whether or not Bruce Lee saves Saroja forms the crux of the story.
Cast
- G. V. Prakash Kumar as Bruce Lee (Gemini Ganesan)
- Kriti Kharbanda as Saroja Devi Suprajit
- Bala Saravanan as Abbas
- Ramdossas Godfather
- Rajendran as Mannikam, Abbas's uncle
- Mansoor Ali Khan as Minister Mansoor Ali Khan
- Anandaraj as Shanmugapandiyan
- S R Pandiyan as Gangster
- Aathma Patrick
Production
The project was first announced in June 2015, when
Soundtrack
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Language | Tamil | |||
Label | Lahari Music | |||
Producer | G.V. Prakash Kumar | |||
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G. V. Prakash Kumar composed the songs, Arunraja Kamaraj, Mani kandan, Vairachandran, Gana Vinoth wrote the lyrics. Lahari Music released the album on 20 October 2016.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "Naan Thaan Goppan Da" | Arunraja Kamaraj | Arunraja Kamaraj | 02:42 |
2. | "Sugar Mint-u Kari" | Mani Kandan | G. V. Prakash Kumar, M. M. Manasi | 04:49 |
3. | "Sumar Moonji Kumaru" | Gana Vinoth | Silambarasan | 03:48 |
Release
Following multiple delays, Bruce Lee had a theatrical release on 17 March 2017. The satellite rights of the film were sold to Zee Tamil.[12]
Critical reception
The film was panned by the critics as well as audiences and ended up becoming a disaster at the box office.[13][14][15] Vishal Menon of The Hindu wrote "you need a wicked sense of comedy and great actors to pull off this kind of screwball material, but, sadly, there’s not a single funny moment", while Thinkal Menon of The Times of India wrote "if spirits could watch films, the spirit of real Bruce Lee will turn into Kanchana and Chandramukhi after watching this absurd film".[16][17] A reviewer from FirsPost stated "GV Prakash’s Bruce Lee would make the late legend turn in his grave" and that "the film, which was touted as a black comedy, is amateurish and has neither a story nor style".[18] Further negative reviews were given to the film by The New Indian Express who stated it was a "comedy gone awry", while Sify.com noted that director "Prashanth Pandiraj has a half-cooked script that doesn’t know where to go after setting up its delicious premise".[19][20] Baradwaj Rangan of Film Companion wrote "Bruce Lee is supposed to be a comedy. The key word supposed. It’s actually a tale of revenge."[21]
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- ^ "GV's Baasha Engira Antony is now Bruce Lee". The Times of India. 28 July 2015. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ "GV's Baasha Engira Antony to go for a title change". The Times of India. 16 July 2015. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ "GV Prakash to release his Bruce Lee as Bruce Lee 2 in Telugu". Gulte.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ "Kriti Kharbanda replaces Nayan for G V Prakash's movie". Bangalore Mirror. 24 September 2015. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ "GV Prakash's next film Bruce Lee will have Kriti Kharbanda as his heroine". Behindwoods. 25 September 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ M, Ramakrishnan (18 March 2017). "Drama Queen". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ "What did GV Prakash call Kriti Kharbanda?". The Times of India. 20 October 2015. Archived from the original on 18 September 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ "Music composer turned hero G V Prakash begins his next film Bruce Lee". Behindwoods. 12 October 2015. Archived from the original on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ "GV Prakash: 'Bruce Lee is like a Guy Ritchie film with its dark humour'". Firstpost. 16 March 2017. Archived from the original on 16 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "பிரகாஷ் அவர்களின் அதிரடியான நடிப்பில் BruceLee". twitter.com/ZeeTamil. 28 September 2017. Archived from the original on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ Mandal, Manisha (17 March 2017). "Bruce Lee honest movie review: G.V. Prakash Kumar and Kriti Kharbanda's film fails to impress the critics!". India News, Breaking News, Entertainment News | India.com. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ "Too many films flood the market, better planning needed". dtNext.in. 25 March 2017. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017.
- ^ "GV Prakash to experiment with 'Ayngaran' and 'Naachiyar'". Sify. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017.
- ^ Menon, Vishal (17 March 2017). "Bruce Lee: a zero's journey". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ "Bruce Lee Movie Review {1.5/5}: Let's just hope no one gets inspired by this film and makes movies titled Jackie Chan, Tiger Chen or Tony Jaa". The Times of India.
- ^ "Bruce Lee movie review: This GV Prakash film will make the action legend turn in his grave". Firstpost. 17 March 2017. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "Bruce Lee review: Black comedy gone awry". Sify. Archived from the original on 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Review: Bruce Lee". The New Indian Express. 17 March 2017. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ Rangan, Baradwaj (17 March 2017). "Bruce Lee Movie Review". Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
External links
- Bruce Lee at IMDb