Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA

Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA
Directed by	Manivannan
Produced by	S. Ravichandran K. Suresh
Screenplay by	Manivannan
Story by	Manivannan
Starring	Sathyaraj Manivannan Seeman
Music by	James Vasanthan
Cinematography	D. Sankar
Edited by	R. Sudharsan
Production company	V House Production
Release dates	10 May 2013
Running time	136 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA is a 2013 Tamil political satire film directed by Manivannan. A sequel to Amaidhi Padai (1994), it stars Sathyaraj, 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.^[1] The film, featuring music composed by James Vasanthan, was produced by Ravichandran and K. Suresh under the banner of V House Production^[2] and shot in Coimbatore and surrounding areas in one single schedule. Unlike the original, Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA opened to mixed reviews.^[3] It was Manivannan's 50th and last film as a director and actor, as he died a month after the film's release.^[4]

Cast

• Sathyaraj as Chief Minister Nagaraja Cholan (Amavasai) and CBI investigations officer Rajagopal IPS
• Manivannan as Ex-MLA Manimaran, the sidekick and de facto owner of nagaraja's illegal properties
• Seeman as a farmer and farmer rights activist.
• Raghuvannan as Gangaikondaan, son of nagarajachozhan, later the acting chief minister.
• Mrudula Murali as Shenbagavalli, wife of Gangaikondaan.
• Komal Sharma as teacher Kamalini, fiance of seeman
• M. S. Bhaskar as Kootha Perumal
• Varsha Ashwathi as Amudha
• Sujatha as Kamalini's mother
• Ansiba Hassan
• Vaiyapuri
• Krishnamoorthy
• Lakshmi
• Rajkanth
• K. P. Jagannath

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack and score were composed by James Vasanthan.

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

Critical reception

The Times of India gave the film 2.5 stars out of 5 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".^[5] Baradwaj Rangan wrote, "The film seems to be some sort of science fiction, unfolding in a parallel dimension even as the events in Amaidhipadai were taking place. But this isn't the real problem with Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA. 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".^[6]

References

External links

• Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA at the Internet Movie Database