Appu (2000 film)

Appu is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film directed by Vasanth. The movie stars Prashanth, Devayani and Prakash Raj.[1][2] The music is by Deva.[3] This film is the Tamil remake of Hindi film Sadak (1991). The film was released to mixed reviews, but the critics praised the performance of Prakash Raj.[4]

Appu
Directed byVasanth
Screenplay byVasanth
Story byRobin Bhatt
Based onSadak (Hindi)
Produced byRajam K. Balachander,
Pushpa Kandasamy
StarringMathana Vinod
Devayani
Prakash Raj
CinematographyP. S. Vinod
Additional Cinematography:
R. D. Rajasekhar
Edited byR. Sridhar
Music byDeva
Production
company
Distributed byMinbimbangal Studio
Release date
16 June 2000
Running time
132 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Appu (Prashanth) is a taxi driver in Mumbai. He had a sister Saradha (Easwari Rao) who committed suicide as her husband sold her to a brothel for money.Appu had a habit of paying prostitues just to talk to them. One day, Appu meets Seetha (Devayani) and develops affection, but she is also sold by her uncle to a brothel managed by Maharani (Prakash Raj), a transgender woman, as he is unable to repay his debt. Appu decides to save Seetha from the brothel by having an affair with Maharani. In the meantime, he finds out his sister was also sold to the same brothel managed by Maharani, so he decides to take revenge. Love blossoms between Appu and Seetha. Appu loses his friend Mano (Vignesh) and lover Pooja (Kaveri), as they both get killed by Maharani. They sacrifice their lives for Appu and Seetha. Finally, Appu kills Maharani and unites with Seetha.

Cast

Production

During production, the film was briefly titled as Surya before being renamed to Appu.[5] Simran was considered for the lead role before Devayani was finalised.[6]

This film is the Tamil remake of Hindi film Sadak (1991). Prakash Rajplayed the character of an eunuch. During the shoot of the film, some eunuchs hailing from Thiruvannamalai, threatened that if portions of the film were not reshot, they would initiate large scale protests and do their best to hinder shooting schedules. They were upset that Raj, played the role of a 'sexually handicapped' person who is the villain. They argued that the eunuchs are treated as socially unwanted having little social standing. With such movies will further threaten their status in the society.[7]

One song is shot in South Africa.

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Deva, all song lyrics were by Vairamuthu. The soundtrack, released in 2000, features 5 tracks.[8]

TrackSongSinger(s)LyricsDuration
1"Yeno Yeno"Sujatha, Hariharan, HariniVairamuthu06:10
2"Idam Tharuvaya"Pop Shalini, P. Unnikrishnan05:10
3"Koila Koila"Hariharan, Anuradha Sriram06:04
4"Punnagaikku"Sukhwinder Singh, Anupama Deshpande, S. P. B. Charan05:40
5"Vaada Vaa"Shankar Mahadevan, P. Unnikrishnan06:05

References
  1. "Film Review: Appu". The Hindu. 23 June 2000. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  2. "Vasanth disappoints with Appu". Rediff. 3 June 2000. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  3. "The Appu Review". Indolink.com. 16 June 2000. Archived from the original on 25 April 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  4. https://m.rediff.com/movies/2000/jul/03appu.htm
  5. "Gokul's Tamil Cinema News". www.oocities.org. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  6. "Archived copy". www.dinakaran.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "rediff.com, Movies: Gossip from the southern film industry". m.rediff.com. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  8. "Appu Songs Download, Appu Tamil MP3 Songs, Raaga.com Tamil Songs". www.raaga.com. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
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