| 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]
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.
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 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 Shalini | Pa. Vijay |
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]