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Alaudin

This article is about the 2003 Tamil film. For the name, see Aladdin (name).

Alaudin is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Ravi Chakravathy. The film stars Prabhu Deva and Ashima Bhalla with Raghuvaran playing the main antagonist. The film was released on 15 August 2003 after many delays.[1]

Alaudin
DVD cover
Directed byRavi Chakravathy
Written byRavi Chakravathy
Produced byV. Satyanarayana
V. Sudhirkumar
V. Sumankumar
StarringPrabhu Deva
Ashima Bhalla
CinematographyRamnath Shetty
Edited byV. T. Vijayan
Music byMani Sharma
Production
company
Venkateswaralayam
Release date
  • 15 August 2003 (2003-08-15)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

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Alaudin (Prabhu Deva) is a slum man and orphan with a golden heart who fights against injustice faced by his fellow slum dwellers. The people of Alli Kuppam bring him up. To fulfil the day-to-day needs of the poor, Alaudin decides to steal from rich people. His main enemy is the scheming and powerful Gangadhar (Raghuvaran). During one of his attempts to steal in Gangadhar's house, Alaudin witnesses a murder committed by Gangadhar and gets some implicating evidence: a blood-soaked knife and a cut right thumb of Gangadhar. He cleverly uses this situation and starts blackmailing Gangadhar to accomplish all of Alli Kuppam's needs. Gangadhar becomes his golden goose, his magic lamp, which does his every proposition. Preethi (Ashima Bhalla) is Gangadhar's manager's daughter, and she falls for Alaudin. All efforts to catch Alaudin fail. In the final move, Gangadhar plans carefully, traps Alaudin, and shoots him at point-blank range. A chance look at the chain worn by Alaudin brings the necessary twist to the story. To his shock, Gangadhar realizes Alaudin is his son who was mistaken to be murdered 25 years ago. The saved Alaudin refuses to accept his father's request to stay back with him and takes a promise that he should not reveal the secret to anyone and that he wants to go back to the Kuppam.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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The soundtrack was composed by Mani Sharma.[2]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Ukku Ukku Uganda"KavivarmanShankar Mahadevan4:58
2."Yaaro Yaaravan"YugabharathiK. S. Chithra4:47
3."Yendi Ennai"Pa. VijayRanjith, Kavita Krishnamurti5:12
4."Goyyaka"ArivumathiKarthik, Mahalakshmi Iyer4:46
5."Jeeboomba"YugabharathiKarthik, Shreya Ghoshal, Kalpana5:39
Total length:25:22

Reception

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Sify wrote, "He [Prabhu Deva] has matured as an actor [..] Raghuvaran is terrific as usual in the role of the villain. Ramnath Shetty's camera, Mani Sharma's music and the song picturizations are worth mentioning. On the whole, the film is enjoyable and engaging at times".[1] Mokkarasu of Kalki wrote they have rubbed the miracle lamp. Only smoke comes instead of genie.[3]

The film was dubbed into Telugu language as Gharana Donga.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Watch 'Allaudin' for Prabhu Deva!". Sify. 22 August 2003. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Alaudin". JioSaavn. 5 August 2003. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. ^ மொக்கராசு (14 September 2003). "அலாவுதீன்". Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 72–73. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ "'Gharana Donga' in final mixing". IndiaGlitz.com. 9 September 2006. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Prabhudeva's chances elsewhere". IndiaGlitz.com. 26 September 2006. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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