Sulaan Explained

Sulaan
Director:Ramana
Starring:Dhanush
Sindhu Tolani
Manivannan
Pasupathy
Producer:Salem Chandrasekharan
Music:Vidyasagar
Editing:Suresh Urs
Cinematography:N. Raghav
Studio:Sri Saravanaa Creations
Runtime:140 minutes
Country:India
Language:Tamil

Sulaan is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Ramana. The film stars Dhanush, along with Sindhu Tolani, Manivannan, Pasupathy and Easwari Rao among others. It was released on 23 July 2004, and became a box office failure.[1]

Plot

Subramani, known as Sulaan among his friends, is the son of Mani, a corporation garbage lorry driver. A first-year college student, his only objective in life is to have fun with his friends. He falls in love with Kavya. Soori is a moneylender who charges atrocious rates and then goes after those who fail to pay him back. When Soori's actions start to affect Sullan's family and friends, he strikes back.

Production

This was the first film produced by Salem A. Chandrasekhar who previously worked as distributor. The song "Yaaro Nee" was shot at Christ Church Gardens at Australia while the song "Kavithai Iravu" was shot at Auckland.[2] A fight scene featuring Dhanush and Pasupathi fighting by hanging upside down was shot at Campa Cola Grounds.[3]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Vidyasagar.[4] [5] The song "Kavidhai Iravu" is partially based on the song "Nuvve Naa Swasa" from Okariki Okaru.

Song Title Singers Lyrics
"Kavidhai Iravu" Yugabharathi
"Sandakozhi" Na. Muthukumar
"Yaaro Nee" Kabilan
"Adho Varaa" Pa. Vijay
"Kilu Kiluppana" Pa. Vijay
"Siragu Mulaitha Arivumathi
"Kilu Kiluppana 2"Karthik, Premji Amaran, Pop ShaliniPa. Vijay

Critical reception

Indiaglitz wrote "weak screenplay and poor characterization makes Sullan, a big disappointment".[6] Sify wrote "Ramana's narrative and script are absurd and his attempt to make Dhanush a superstar material has failed miserably. Sullan is all sound and no fury".[7] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote "Director Ramana, who gave a success with his debut film 'Thirumalai', seems to lose control over his script, characters and artistes from the early scenes itself. The whole scenario being crass and loud, subtlety seems to be the last thing on the director's mind."[8] A critic from The Hindu wrote that "Just because the role of a college goer from a lower middle class family suits Dhanush to a T, he should not be made to repeat the socio-economic scenario in film after film".[9] Visual Dasan of Kalki criticised the characters of hero, heroine and villain behaving like hyper active patients, concluding the film had no story or whatsoever.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 27 December 2004 . Hit or no hit, remakes are ready . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230623094101/https://www.indiaglitz.com/hit-or-no-hit-remakes-are-ready-tamilfont-news-12265 . 23 June 2023 . 23 June 2023 . Indiaglitz.
  2. Web site: 5 June 2004 . Sullan songs in Australia, New Zealand. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040605223703/http://www.tamilstar.com/news/publish/realtalk.shtml . 5 June 2004 . 20 February 2024 . Tamil Star.
  3. Web site: Mannath . Malini . 5 June 2004 . Sullan . https://web.archive.org/web/20041205012400/http://chennaionline.com/film/onlocation/sullan.asp . 5 December 2004 . 12 July 2024 . Chennai Online.
  4. Web site: Sullan (2004) . https://archive.today/20240220060922/https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/sullan-songs-T0000628 . 20 February 2024 . 20 February 2024 . Raaga.com.
  5. Web site: Sullan (2004) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150101185448/http://mio.to/album/Sullan+%282004%29 . 1 January 2015 . 10 March 2019 . MusicIndiaOnline.
  6. Web site: July 26, 2004 . Sullan . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142933/https://www.indiaglitz.com/sullan-review-tamil-movie-7115 . 12 June 2018 . 9 June 2018 . Indiaglitz.
  7. Web site: 24 July 2004 . An attempt by Dhanush to do a superstar act . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612150506/http://www.sify.com/movies/sullan-review-tamil-pclv4Piijhgif.html . 12 June 2018 . 28 March 2021 . Sify.
  8. Web site: Mannath . Malini . 6 Aug 2004 . Sullan . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051203131057/http://www.chennaionline.com/film/Moviereviews/tammov357.asp . 3 December 2005 . 12 January 2022 . Chennai Online.
  9. News: 29 July 2004 . Sullaan . subscription . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191220034856/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/sullaan/article28576835.ece . 20 December 2019 . 22 April 2022 . The Hindu.
  10. தாசன் . விஷுவல் . 8 August 2004 . சுள்ளான் . live . https://archive.today/20240220060613/https://archive.org/details/kalki2004-08-08/page/16/mode/2up . 2024-02-20 . 17 January 2023 . . 16 . Ta . Internet Archive.