Parasuram (2003 film)

Parasuram is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Arjun. It stars him, Abbas, Goundamani, Kiran Rathod, Gayathri Raguram, and Rahul Dev in lead roles. The music was composed by A. R. Rahman. The film released on 30 May 2003 and was dubbed in Hindi as Parashuram and in Telugu as Police Karthavyam.

Plot
The case is entrusted to Assistant Police Commissioner Parasuram (Arjun), a patriotic officer tough as a nail. His love is Anjali (Kiran Rathod), who has nothing much to do in the narrative. The bad guy is Akash (Rahul Dev), who sends misguided youths to Pakistan for training and brings them back to subvert our peaceful state. Akash's identity is a secret, while Shiva (Abbas) pops in as Naghulan's (Shyam Ganesh) brother and gives a speech against terrorism. Meena (Gayathri Raguram) is a petty thief who has a soft corner on our macho officer. The rest of the story is all about how Parasuram nails the bad guys with excessive blood spewing.

Cast

 Arjun as ACP Parasuram IPS
 Abbas as Shiva
 Kiran Rathod as Anjali
 Gayathri Raguram as Meena
 Goundamani as Sub-Inspector Thangaraj
 Rahul Dev as Akash / Sankaran Kutty
 Rajesh as Director General of Police
 Shyam Ganesh as Naghulan, Shiva's elder brother
 Venniradai Moorthy as Anjali's father
 Vaiyapuri as Anjali's uncle
 Ramji as Master
 Mansoor Ali Khan as Home Minister Vishwanathan
 Rajyalakshmi as ACP Parasuram's mother
 Charuhasan as Judge
 Vinu Chakravarthy as Kader Mohammed

Production
The film was initially launched under the title Ashoka with Shaji Kailas as director. Later he was Shaji opted out from the film due to creative differences, with Arjun himself taking the reins of directorial. The film's title was changed as Parasuram.

Reception
The film opened to negative reviews, with the reviewer, Sify.com, calling this movie as "pathetic". The film also bombed at the box office.

Soundtrack

The score and soundtrack were composed by music maestro A.R. Rahman. The re-recording for background score was done by Pravin Mani himself as stated by Rahman & credited in the movie. The soundtrack is regarded as average by Rahman's standard.

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Category:2003 films
Category:Indian films
Category:2000s Tamil-language films
Category:Films directed by Arjun Sarja
Category:Indian action films
Category:Films about terrorism in India
Category:Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police
Category:Films scored by A. R. Rahman