Raam (2005 film)
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Director Ameer | 7.8/10 IMDb Writer Ameer Sultan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date March 4, 2005 (2005-03-04) Songs Boom Boom Cast (Raam), (Umar), (Karthikaayini Malaichamy), (Saradha), Kanja Karuppu (Vaazhavandhan), (Malaichamy) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Raam is a 2005 Indian Tamil independent mystery-drama film written, produced and directed by Ameer. The film stars Jiiva, Gajala and Saranya Ponvannan in lead roles with Kunal Shah, Rahman, Ganja Karuppu and Murali playing supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film was released on 4 March 2005 and slowly became a sleeper hit. It was screened at the 2006 Cyprus International Film Festival, where it won two awards for Best Actor and Best Musical Score for Jiiva and Yuvan Shankar Raja, respectively. The film was critically acclaimed with praise for the performances of Jiiva and Saranya, screenplay, music and cinematography.
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Plot
The story revolves around the relationship of a mother and her son, set in Kodaikanal. The movie commences with Ramakrishnan (Jiiva) and his mother Saradha (Saranya Ponvannan), a school teacher, lying in a pool of blood; The police find Raam is still alive and arrest him on charges of murdering his mother. Police inspector Umar (Rahman) works on the case. The story is narrated in flashback.
Rama Krishna is an apparently mentally affected teenager (later diagnosed as autistic), living dependent on his mother Saradha. His overcompulsive adoration for his mother lands her in various problems. Raam is provoked easily and tolerates little wrongdoing around him. Next door lives Karthikayeni (Gajala), daughter of a Police Sub-Inspector Malaichamy (Murali). She falls for Raam, but upon telling him how she feels, gets a blunt response from him.
One day, Saradha is found brutally murdered. Umar, interrogating various personalities for the case, grills each and every person possibly connected to Raam and the teacher. Every possible motive that Raam might have for murdering his mother is explored. Furthermore, Raam's neighbors, the sub-inspector Malaichamy and his children are summoned by Umar for interrogation, much to their irritation. The police eventually find out that it was Karthika's brother (Kunal Shah), who committed the murder, in fear that Saradha would tell his parents about his drug addiction habits.
When Umar confronts him and forces him to surrender, Karthika's brother fatally wounds him and escapes, injuring his father in the process as well. On finding the hideout of her brother from his friends, Karthika tries to plead with him to surrender. But he refuses to do so and ties up Karthika. Raam, seeking vengeance, finds the hideout. A brutal fight occurs between the two, and at the end, Raam kills Karthika's brother. The film ends as the police find the hideout, while Raam is meditating on a dilapidated roof.
Cast
Crew
Soundtrack
The music was scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, joining with director Ameer Sultan. The soundtrack, released on 12 January 2005, features 7 tracks, including one instrumental. The lyrics were written by Snehan. Yuvan Shankar Raja fetched critical acclaim for his work, especially for the film score, resulting in a win at the 2006 Cyprus International Film Festival for Best Musical score in a Feature Film, being the only Indian composer to receive the award till date.
Awards
The film has won the following awards since its release:
References
Raam (2005 film) WikipediaRaam (2005 film) IMDb Raam (2005 film) themoviedb.org