Amaran (film)

Amaran is a 1992 Tamil language mob film directed and produced by K. Rajeshwar. The film features Karthik and Bhanupriya in the lead roles, with Radha Ravi, Prathap K. Pothan and Shammi Kapoor playing supporting roles. The film had musical score by Adithyan and was released onJanuary 1992. Actor Karthik became a playback singer for the first time in this film which completed a 100day run at the boxoffice. Some of the sequences of the movie have been inspired from Hollywood crime thriller The Godfather.

An orphaned kid Karthik helps Govindan Vijayakumar escape from a bunch of gangsters. The kid is named Amaran The immortal by the grateful Govindan and is brought up by him. After Govindans demise, his wife Manjula Vijayakumar raises Amaran who grows up to become a kindhearted slum lord. One day, Amaran encounters a strange man, Raja Varma Prathap K. Pothan who repeatedly persuades him to take on a heartless don named Aandava Perumal Radha Ravi, who has a violent and brutal past. Amaran keeps ignoring Raja Varma but after Raja Varma is murdered by Perumals goons, he learns that Aandava Perumal had also destroyed his own family when he was a child. Amaran gives refuge to Raja Varmas daughter Sivagaami Bhanupriya and they fall in love with each other. Amaran soon starts sparring with Perumal with deadly consequences to Amarans adopted family. Sivagaami and a grievously injured Amaran escape to Goa, where they are taken care of by an underworld don Menon Shammi Kapoor. Amaran continues to work for him for a while and gets married to Sivagaami. After a few years he returns to Tamil Nadu to take on his sworn enemy and a bloody conflict ensues.The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composers Adithyan. The soundtrack, released in 1992, featurestracks with lyrics written by Piraisoodan and Vairamuthu. ........

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