Sandakozhi Songs

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Sandakozhiwas released on 16 December 2005 and became a major success, running for over 210 days in theatres.[1] The Telugu dubbed version titled Pandem Kodi was released on 19 May 2006 and was commercially successful.[2] The film was remade in Kannada as Vayuputra. A sequel titled Sandakozhi 2 was released in 2018, but did not reach the success level of the original film.

Balu is an engineering student studying in Chennai, who visits his classmate and friend Karthik's home in Chidambaram after the final exams. Balu meets Karthik's sister Hema and they develop an affection which transforms into love. Kasi is the local gangster in Chidambaram who is feared by the entire town. On his way back to his place, Balu sees Kasi chasing a man with an aruval. When Kasi was about to kill the man he was chasing, Balu interferes and stops Kasi, who gets enraged and immediately tries to attack Balu, but Balu smashes Kasi in front of everyone to save himself and leaves.

Kasi is furious and wants vengeance against Balu. Kasi's men trap Karthik/Hema's father and learn about Balu's native place. Kasi sets goons to kill Balu but gets shocked when he learns that Balu's father is a powerful chieftain of Theni named Durai, and it will be difficult to attack them. Kasi leaves to Theni and waits for the right moment to kill Balu and his family. Balu meets Hema, Karthik and their family at a temple. Hema/Karthik's father is initially angered by seeing Balu as he was responsible to bring trouble by hitting Kasi, but Balu convinces him and both the families approve Balu and Hema's relationship.

One day, Kasi tries to kill Balu, but Durai get attacked instead. Durai understands that Balu is being targeted and decides to protect him. A localite in Theni hates Durai and his family and decides to help Kasi kill Durai. Kasi utilises the opportunity to kill Balu and Durai during a temple festival, but Balu saves Durai and fights Kasi. Durai asks Balu to fight with him. Balu thrashes Kasi and leaves, challenging him to return if he still has guts to finish him.

Sandakozhi was originally narrated for Vijay, but he declined the project without listening to the full script, and was replaced by Vishal.[3] Vishal worked hard for the role by taking courses in acting and dancing.[4] A fight scene involving Vishal and Lal was picturised in Dindigul for seven days. The songs have been shot at locations in Australia, New Zealand and Chennai. An introduction song for Rajkiran was shot at Theni.[5] The song "Ennamo Nadakirathe" was shot at Mauritius for six days.[6]

The soundtrack, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, teaming up for the first time with director N. Linguswamy and Vishal, was released on 25 November 2005. Both the film score as well as the songs were appreciated and praised as outstanding with the song "Dhavanipotta Deepavali" considered as the pick of the album.[7][8]

Sify wrote "Sandakozhi is a well-packaged film without any big stars or unwanted sentiments."[9] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote "Sandakozhi is an engaging entertainer, an action-flick with a difference".[10] Behindwoods wrote "Lingusamy has given a total commercial entertainer."[11] Lajjavathi of Kalki wrote even though the impact of the film Run was visible at times, it was not boring. The first half is a non-stopping express and the second half is a fast-moving metro train with occasional stops. Sandakozhi which came out without major stars and any unnecessary sentiments is a Jaikira Kozhi (winning rooster).[12] Vikatan wrote Director Lingusamy's mixed taste shines in the tumultuous romance and thrilling action knots only if the liveliness and excitement of the first half had been the same in the second half, Sandakozhi could have been given a loud whistle.[13]

In December 2015, Linguswamy announced that he would direct the sequel of Sandakozhi with Vishal again, which was shelved. However, the project was revived in 2017 with Vishal confirming his presence in the sequel.[14] Rajkiran from the original has been retained in the sequel, with additional new cast involving Keerthy Suresh and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar.[15] The film released in 2018; however, it failed to replicate the success of its original film.

With this week's release, Sandakozhi 2, Tamil cinema continues with its compulsive urge to rework and defavourise beloved older films, under the guise of sequels. It was Saamy Square last month, Singam 3 last year... The first of all these franchises were films that were built on solid masala foundations. Seen today, they are self-contained films; appreciable products of their era - a time when the new-age action tropes (which cleverly capitalized on the strengths and limitations of the lead man) came to be served red hot. So, why and how do these clearly underwhelming extensions get made? While the evident box-office numbers answer the 'why', the 'how' still remains a mystery. Is it because the 'log-line', as the one-line summary is called, sounded good enough to accommodate a handful of mass scenes? The one-line in Sandakozhi 2 is that a son and his father have to protect a young man from an evil woman who has sworn vengeance on his entire clan. Not bad at all. But what about the second line? And the third line? The villains? The pay-offs?

These questions run in your head when a film is 152 minutes long, and entertainment short. Consider, for instance, the first half of Sandakozhi 2, which ideally should have introduced the conflict and significantly furthered it by the time we arrive at the half-way point. But what we get instead is a meticulous cyclical scene-pattern, which relentlessly repeats. Village bigwigs gather at public places and reel out arbitrary suggestions every once in a while. Rajkiran delivers 'gyaan' about family pride and the sanctity of his vows every fifteen minutes. Vishal sends 'aruva'-wielding henchmen into orbit in freeze-frames, and reels out punches like, "Pulivesham podalaam. Aana pulikku munnadi vesham poda kudaadhu". Keerthy Suresh comes every once in a while, laughing. The leads break into a romantic jig in a random scenic spot with disregard of overall happenings. Varalaxmi Sarathkumar appears out of nowhere and screams her head off, almost killing unwitting bystanders in the process. The Munishkanth-Ganja Karuppu duo cut sorry figures at comedy. And as a result, at half-time, you stand at the exact same point you found yourself at the pre-credits, conflict-wise. Nothing much has transpired. The young man still needs to be protected. The evil woman is still baying for blood. The father-son duo is still not sure of their priorities. The emotional beats, buried so deep, become hardly discernible in the second half.

You don't go to films like these expecting gritty narrative arcs and fleshed-out character journeys, you might argue. Even if you are to let these pass, and watch out for 'mass' moments, Sandakozhi 2 doesn't offer much. One of the main reasons the first film worked was the anticipatory tension in the 'mass' scenes. It's what crept past the logic centers in the brain and gave way to some thrashy fun. We were kept in the dark in almost all the action stretches, unable to predict the outcome of the scene, because Vishal was more of a boy-next-door then, completely devoid of his action-star image. When he exploded into that ruthless man in the interval block, all the teases felt worthwhile. But when the same tropes are repeated here with the star that Vishal is today, the never-ending build-ups to the (not-so-innovative) action set-pieces become a painful exercise, especially knowing very well that the hero will, anyway, make an appearance to save the day. The same scenes aren't exciting anymore.

It's a masala star-vehicle that cannot get its leading man a decent introduction scene, or for that matter, a worthy villain. It seems that the plan was to throw in Vishal, Rajkiran, the flavor du jour heroine, four songs, four fights and a bunch of character actors from Sandakozhi, and hope the rest would write itself.

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