Asuran (1995 film)

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Asuran
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Directed by	Velu Prabhakaran
Written by	Ma. Pandarinathan (Dialogue)
Screenplay by	R. K. Selvamani
Story by	R. K. Selvamani original story by Jim Thomas(uncredited) John Thomas (uncredited)
Produced by	R. K. Selvamani
Starring	Arun Pandian Roja
Cinematography	Velu Prabhakaran
Edited by	V. Udhayashankar
Music by	Adithyan
Production company	Motherland Movies International
Release date	21 July 1995 (1995-July-21)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Asuran (transl. Demon) is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language science fiction action horror film, photographed and direction by Velu Prabhakaran and written and produced by R. K. Selvamani. The film stars Arun Pandian and Roja, while Radha Ravi and Senthil play supporting roles. The film became a box office failure. Mansoor Ali Khan reprised his role of Veerabhadran from Captain Prabhakaran.^[1] The film is an unsanctioned amalgamation of the various Hollywood films including Predator (1987).^[2]

Cast

Arun Pandian as Prasad
Roja as Parvathi (Voice dubbed by Rohini)
Radha Ravi as Rajasekhar
Vijayakumar as DGP Raghupathi
Senthil as Srinivasan
Mansoor Ali Khan as Veerabhadran
Thiyagu as Krishnaswamy
Thalapathi Dinesh as Chandru
Pandu
S. N. Lakshmi
Vichithra as Balamani
Krishnamoorthy
Krishnaraj Muthuramalingam as Krishna
Naga Kannan
Kalyan as main dancer in "Vathikuchu Pathikuchu"
Napoleon as Marthayan (guest appearance)

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Adithyan.^[3] The programming of the song "Chakku Chakku Vathikuchi" was done by Harris Jayaraj.^[4] The song was also featured in the 2022 film Vikram where it became a trend in India after its release.^[5]^[6]

Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length
"Chakku Chakku Vathikuchi"	Adithyan, Sujatha	Piraisoodan	04:27
"Kukku Kukku"	Priya	Kamakodiyan	04:02
"Moham Pathikichu"	Gayathri	Palani Bharathi	04:28
"O Saali"	Adithyan, Sangeetha Sajith	Palani Bharathi	04:40
"O Vaanmathi"	P. Unnikrishnan, Sangeetha Sajith	Piraisoodan	05:32

Reception

Thulasi of Kalki wrote since there is no such thing as story, most of the grandeur did not work out; if the viewer watches it without thinking about logic, they will get the satisfaction of watching Arabian Nights.^[7]

References

^ Sitaraman, Sandya (9 January 1996). "Tamil Movie News--1995 Review(Cont.)". Google Groups. Archived from the original on 10 March 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
^ "சுட்ட படம்". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). 14 October 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
^ "Asuran (1995)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ "Did you know the Harris Jayaraj connection in Kamal Haasan's Vikram?". The Times of India. 7 June 2022. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
^ "How Lokesh Kanagaraj Brilliantly Uses Old Songs in His Movies". News18. 8 June 2022. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
^ Srinivasan, Sudhir (3 June 2022). "Vikram Movie Review: Fulfilling action saves this ambitious multi-starrer". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
^ துளசி (20 August 1995). "அசுரன்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 2. Archived from the original on 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

External links

Asuran at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Velu Prabhakaran
Naalai Manithan (1989) Sariyana Jodi (1989) Adhisaya Manithan (1990) Puthiya Aatchi (1995) Asuran (1995) Rajali (1996) Kadavul 1997 Sivan (1999) Puratchikkaaran (2000) Kadhal Kadhai (2009) Oru Iyakkunarin Kadhal Diary (2017)