This is what Aranya Kandam is all about. Three cheers to producer S P Charan for gathering all guts to do a strikingly different film that is raw, realistic and is just like watching angry men up close. Debutant filmmaker Thiagarajan Kumararaja has taken greater risk to tread on such a theme in his very first film. It has no logical loopholes, but picturising crude realities of life so real needs amazing guts.
Known for trying innovativeattempts on screen ever since Chennai 28, producer S P Charan has roped in Bollywood star Jackie Shroff for the lead role. Pitted with him are Sampath Raj, stunt master Rambo Rajkumar, Ravikrishna and Yasmeen Ponappa.
The elegant performance of Jackie Shroff elevates the film to new heights while Sampath Raj walks away with all honours for his portrayal. Ravikrishna has come up with a matured performance while Yasmeen Ponnappa is no cliched heroine running around trees and romancing. There is no flashy costumes, dream sequence or racy peppy songs. It has no commercial cliches. Yet it is hard and hitting, striking a mark with the viewers. The young director conveys the crude realities of life through the film on the canvas.Interestingly with themovie set around gangsters in Chennai, no wonder there is abundant ‘Chennai Tamil’ in the film with every character swearing in Tamil.
Jackie Shroff (Singam Perumal) is a gangster who has henchmen at his control. They include Sappai (Ravikrishna), a weak timid boy who is the object of fun in the gang and of course the strong and well-built Pasupathy (Sampath Raj) is also there in the gang. Singaperumal is pitted against Gajendran (Rambo Rajkumar). They have professional rivalry.
There comes a chance to acquire narcotics in large quantities, which Singam Perumal decides not try his hand at. But Pasupathy pleads to give him a chance to take them and even requests a loan of Rs 50 lakh from Singamperumal. Also Gajendran goes hammer and tongs to take them. Meanwhile, a wily Singamperumal in the pretext of encouraging Pasupathy wants to bump him off and take away narcotics from him. There is a plenty of drama happening at Singamperumal’s house. Sappai develops an affair with Subbu (Yasmeen Ponappa), a girl who is forced to stay with Singamperumal promising her a chance in cinema. Sappai and Subbu wants to elope and live a life of their own.
Known for trying innovativeattempts on screen ever since Chennai 28, producer S P Charan has roped in Bollywood star Jackie Shroff for the lead role. Pitted with him are Sampath Raj, stunt master Rambo Rajkumar, Ravikrishna and Yasmeen Ponappa.
Jackie Shroff (Singam Perumal) is a gangster who has henchmen at his control. They include Sappai (Ravikrishna), a weak timid boy who is the object of fun in the gang and of course the strong and well-built Pasupathy (Sampath Raj) is also there in the gang. Singaperumal is pitted against Gajendran (Rambo Rajkumar). They have professional rivalry.
There comes a chance to acquire narcotics in large quantities, which Singam Perumal decides not try his hand at. But Pasupathy pleads to give him a chance to take them and even requests a loan of Rs 50 lakh from Singamperumal. Also Gajendran goes hammer and tongs to take them. Meanwhile, a wily Singamperumal in the pretext of encouraging Pasupathy wants to bump him off and take away narcotics from him. There is a plenty of drama happening at Singamperumal’s house. Sappai develops an affair with Subbu (Yasmeen Ponappa), a girl who is forced to stay with Singamperumal promising her a chance in cinema. Sappai and Subbu wants to elope and live a life of their own.
