Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA

Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA
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Directed byManivannan
Written byManivannan
Produced byS.Ravichandran
K.Suresh
StarringSathyaraj
Manivannan
Seeman
CinematographyD. Sankar
Edited byR. Sudharsan
Music byJames Vasanthan
Production
company
V House Production
Release date
  • 10 May 2013 (2013-05-10)
Running time
136 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA (credited as Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA: Amaidhipadai – 2) is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language political satire film directed by Manivannan. A sequel to Amaidhipadai (1994), it stars Sathyaraj in his 200th film, reprising his role as Nagaraja Cholan from the original, alongside an ensemble cast including Seeman, Manivannan, his son Raghuvannan, Mrudula Murali, Komal Sharma and Varsha Ashwathi. The film, featuring music composed by James Vasanthan, was produced by Ravichandran and K. Suresh under the banner of V House Production[1] and shot in Coimbatore and surrounding areas in one single schedule. Unlike the original, Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA was unsuccessful . It was Manivannan's 50th and last film as a director and actor, as he died a month after the film's release.[2]

Cast

  • Sathyaraj as Nagaraja Cholan & Rajagopal
  • Manivannan as Ex-MLA Manimaran, the sidekick and ex-officio owner of Nagaraja's illegal properties
  • Seeman as a farmer and farmer rights activist
  • Raghuvannan as Gangaikondaan, Nagaraja's son who was later the acting chief minister
  • Mrudula Murali as Shenbagavalli, Gangaikondaan's wife
  • Komal Sharma as school teacher Kamalini, Seeman's fiancée
  • M. S. Bhaskar as Kumbakonam Kootha Perumal MLA, the leader of the party in ruling coalition who merges his party with the ruling party for Nagaraja Chozhan to become CM
  • Varsha Ashwathi as Amudha, Nagaraja Chozhan's mistress who was initially Manimaran's mistress
  • Sujatha Sivakumar as Kamalini's widow mother and Seeman's sister
  • Ansiba Hassan
  • “Oorvambu” Laxmi as Journalist
  • Vaiyapuri
  • K. P. Jagannath
  • Krishnamoorthy
  • Rajkanth

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by James Vasanthan.[3]

  • "Kannadi Papa" — Pooja
  • "Malamele" — Palaniammal, Mahalingam
  • "Mamanukku Ennadi" — Nancy, Vasudha, Sarayu
  • "Suda Sudathan" — MK Balaji
  • "Viraivil Vidiyum" — James Vasanthan

Critical reception

Sidharth Varma of The Times of India gave the film 2+1⁄2 out of 5 stars and wrote, "If you are familiar with Nagaraja Cholan as a ruthless politician, who rose from being Ammavasai in Amaidhipadai, this movie will definitely disappoint you...his resurrection after almost 20 years ends up a failed attempt to build on the character...The movie is a pale shadow of the original, except for the few scenes involving Cholan and his trusted aide Manimaran".[4] Baradwaj Rangan wrote for The Hindu, "If Manivannan wants to take a hit character from a hit film and spin a new story around him, that's his prerogative — except that the story, this time, doesn't stick".[5] Vivek Ramz of In.com said the film "is no patch on its original. Give it a miss!".[6]

References

  1. ^ "Manivannan's 50th movie Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA". Sify. 10 October 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Tamil actor-director Manivannan passes away". Deccan Chronicle. 15 June 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Nagaraja Chozan M.A., M.L.A. (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  4. ^ Varma, Sidharth (13 May 2013). "Nagaraja Cholan MA MLA Movie Review". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 March 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  5. ^ Rangan, Baradwaj (11 May 2013). "Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA: The party's over". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  6. ^ Ramz, Vivek (11 May 2013). "Nagaraja Chozhan MA, MLA fails to impress!". In.com. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.