Priyamudan

Priyamudan
Directed by Vincent Selva
Produced by
  • K. Muralidharan
  • V. Swaminathan
  • G. Venugopal
Written by Vincent Selva
Starring
Music by Deva
Cinematography S.D. Vijay Milton
Edited by B. S. Vasu-Saleem
Production
company
Lakshmi Movie Makers
Release dates
  • 12 June 1998 (1998-06-12)
Country India
Language Tamil
Budget ₹4.2 crore

Priyamudan (Tamil: ப்ரியமுடன்; English: With Love) is a 1998 Tamil romantic thriller film directed by Vincent Selva. The film features Vijay and Kausalya in the lead roles, while Sujith Sagar plays a pivotal role. The story focuses on the protagonist, who is of a hyper-possessive nature with negative shades and therefore, tries to achieve whatever he desires using any means. The film released with positive reviews and became a successful venture at the box office. This is the first movie where Vijay played an anti-hero role.

The film was later remade as Preminche Manasu in Telugu in 2000; as Nata in Kannada in 2002 and as Deewana Main Deewana in Hindi (released in 2013). The 2000 Malayalam film, Darling Darling, had several similarities to Priyamudan.

Plot

Vasanth (Vijay) is a son of a wealthy businessman and grows up with a possessive attitude. This is shown in one scene in a gift shop where he breaks a gift he likes solely because it had already been bought by someone else. He pays the owner to cover the damages, but he responds with a tagline - "If I can't get it, nobody can". He happens to visit Rajasthan, where he meets Priya (Kausalya) and falls in love immediately. Priya is injured in an accident and Vasanth's friend (Vasanth Kumar) rescues her by donating blood. Being unconscious, Priya doesn't know the face of her savior, only the name "Vasanth Kumar".

After she recovers, Vijay tries to enter the picture, using the confusion in the name and making use of the soft-corner in her heart.

Cast

Production

Vijay wanted to work with a debutant director and Vincent Selva's story impressed him, prompting Lakshmi Movie Makers to make the story into a feature film.[1] Meena was initially approached for the film, but had to turn the offer down due to her busy schedule.[2][3]

Soundtrack

Priyamudan
Soundtrack album by Deva
Released 1998
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Five Star Audio
Bayshore
Producer Deva

The soundtrack composed by Deva while lyrics were written by Ra. Ravishankar, Arivumathi, Pazhani Bharathi, Ponniyin Selvan and Vaasan.

Release

The film opened mixed to positive reviews, with the reviewer from Indolink.com praising Vijay for choosing to play an anti-hero role.[4] It became a big success at the box office.[5] The Hindu stated that Vijay "made sincere efforts to give shape to the negative character" that "he asserts himself in the climax". The critic goes on to describe that Kausalya "just fills the bill, while Sujit Sagar makes a neat essay".[6][7]

Stunt choreographer Jaguar Thangam won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Stunt Coordinator, for 1998 for his work in Priyamudan.[8] The film was later remade as Preminche Manasu in Telugu with Naveen and Keerthi Reddy in the lead roles.[9]

References

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