All in All Azhagu Raja

All in All Azhagu Raja
Directed by	M. Rajesh
Produced by	K. E. Gnanavel Raja
Written by	M. Rajesh
Starring	Karthi Prabhu Kajal Aggarwal Santhanam Radhika Apte
Music by	S. Thaman
Cinematography	Sakthi Saravanan
Edited by	Vivek Harshan
Production company	Studio Green
Release dates	2 November 2013 (2013-11-02)
Running time	162 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

All in All Azhagu Raja is a 2013 Tamil romantic comedy film written and directed by M. Rajesh.^[1] It featured Karthi, Prabhu, Kajal Aggarwal and Santhanam. The film was released on 2 November 2013 and received negative reviews and became a flop at boxoffice.^[2][3]

Plot

Azhagu Raja (Karthi), is the only son of the Muthukrishnan family. He owns an unpopular cable channel called "Triple A". The cable company has only two employees, Raja and Kalyanam (Santhanam). Nothing they do improves the company's fortunes. By chance, Raja meets Devi Priya (Kajal Aggarwal) when she is singing at a wedding. Her unusual voice irritates him and they argue. However, Priya eventually agrees that she cannot sing well. Priya says she fails at everything she tries, even suicide. As their friendship blossoms, Raja tells his father, Muthukrishnan, about Priya which triggers a memory in Muthukrishnan. Raja steps into Muthukrishnan's 1980s world. Muthukrishnan once worked with Priya's grandfather, played by (Nassar), who insulted him. Muthukrishnan and Priya's father, Kandhaswamy reject Raja's marriage to Priya. Muthukrishnan and Kandhaswamy meet and realise is the reason for the problems of the families; finally Raja and Priya then can marry.^[4]

Cast

• Karthi as Azhagu Raja and Young Muthukrishnan
• Prabhu as Muthukrishnan
• Kajal Aggarwal, Chitra Devi Priya
• Santhanam as Kalyanam (Kareena Chopra) and Kali
• Radhika Apte as Young Meenakshi
• Saranya Ponvannan as Meenakshi Muthukrishnan
• Aadukalam Naren as Kanthasamy (Kutil Star)
• M. S. Bhaskar as Dhillaana Divyanathan
• Sriranjini as Kanthasamy's wife
• Nassar as Burma (Paadai Ramasamy)
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Chokkanathan
• Santhana Bharathi as Khader Bhai
• V. S. Raghavan as Moorthy
• Subbu Panchu as the doctor

Production, promotion and distribution

Rajesh first announced a project with Karthi called Kaagitha Kappal but it did not proceed and Rajesh went on to Oru Kal Oru Kannadi.^[5] In 2012, Rajesh announced "All in All Azhaguraja",^[6] He named the new project with Karthi after a character played by Goundamani in the film Vaidehi Kaathirundhal.^[7] Rajesh's usual comedian Santhanam would provide the comic relief. Kajal Aggarwal was selected as the heroine. She had worked with Karthi in Naan Mahaan Alla.^[8][9] Prabhu joined the cast.^[10] Initially, Narain denied being a part of the film project.^[11] Filming began with tests and stills and then on 2 March 2013, the filming schedule began.^[12] The satellite rights of the film were sold to Sun TV. The film's first look teaser was released on 6 September 2013.^[13] The theatrical trailer was released on 9 October 2013.^[14]

Reception

All in All Azhagu Raja received negative reviews from critics.^[3] Baradwaj Rangan wrote, "What a wretched, bloated, unfunny mess this is, with the ugliest segues between comedy and melodrama in recent memory. Scenes go on and on with no point, and as a result, the film goes on and on pointlessly."^[15] Rediff.com gave it 1.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "All in All Azhagu Raja is an absolutely ridiculous and tortuously long romantic comedy film that seriously tests your patience."^[16] Sify wrote, "All in All Azhaguraja falls flat on its face... it is an ordeal to sit through this profoundly irritating film...it lacks basic storyline and took the audiences for granted. The film has no real script to speak of, at best a skeletal plot" and in its final verdict termed the film as a "Big Bore".^[17] Prakash Upadhyaya of OneIndia called it "A comedy story presented in a boring way."^[18] Behindwoods said, "All in All Azhaguraja lacks the Rajesh - Santhanam magic" and rated it 2.25 out of 5.0.^[19] Indiaglitz said that while Rajesh has a history for being able "to milk humor out of a thin storyline without much trouble," he failed to do so in this film.^[20]

Soundtrack

The music for the film, including the soundtrack, was initially reported to have been composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja.^[21] In fact, it was S. Thaman.^[22] The audio was launched on 10 October 2013 by the actor, Surya.^[23] Behindwoods called the soundtrack "Simple and enjoyable."^[24]

References

External links

• All in All Azhagu Raja at the Internet Movie Database