Raam (2005 film)

Raam Tamil is a 2005 Indian Tamil drama film written and directed by Ameer Sultan. The film stars Jiiva, Gajala, Kunal Shah Shakti and Saranya Ponvannan in lead roles, whilst Rahman, Ganja Karuppu, and Murali play supporting roles. The films score and soundtrack are composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film, released inMarch 2005 and slowly became a sleeper hit. It was screened at the 2006 Cyprus International Film Festival, where it won two awards for Best Actor and Best Musical Score for Jiiva and Yuvan Shankar Raja, respectively. Upon release, the film opened to immense critical acclaim with much praise went onto performances of Jiiva and Saranya, screenplay, music and cinematography.

Rama Krishna is an apparently mentally affected teenager later diagnosed as autistic, living dependent on his mother Saradha Saranya Ponvannan. His overcompulsive adoration for his mother lands her in various problems. Raam is provoked easily and tolerates little wrongdoing around him. Next door lives Karthika Gajala, daughter of a Police SubInspector Malaichamy Murali. She falls for Raam, but upon telling him how she feels, gets a blunt response from him.One day, Saradha is found brutally murdered. Umar, interrogating various personalities for the case, grills each and every person possibly connected to Raam and the teacher. Every possible motive that Raam might have for murdering his mother is explored. Furthermore Raams neighbours, the subinspector Malaichamy and his children are summoned by Umar for interrogation, much to their irritation. The police eventually find out that it was Karthikas brother Kunal Shah, who committed the murder, in fear that Saradha would tell his parents about his drug addiction habits. ........

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