Adanga Maru

Adanga Maru
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Karthik Thangavel
Written by	Karthik Thangavel Viji
Produced by	Sujatha Vijaykumar
Starring	Jayam Ravi Raashi Khanna
Cinematography	Sathyan Sooryan
Edited by	Ruben
Music by	Sam C. S.
Production company	Home Movie Makers
Distributed by	Clap Board Production
Release date	21 December 2018
Running time	144 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Adanga Maru (transl. to refuse to bow down) is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Karthik Thangavel in his directorial debut. The film stars are Jayam Ravi and Raashi Khanna, with Sampath Raj, Ponvannan, Ramdoss, Mime Gopi, and Azhagam Perumal in supporting roles. The score and soundtrack were composed by Sam C. S., while cinematography and editing were handled by Sathyan Sooryan and Anthony L. Ruben, respectively. The film began production in December 2017 and was released on 21 December 2018. The Film received generally positive reviews from audience and critics, being praised for the story, screenplay, dialogues, music, editing, cinematography and cast performance, but criticized for action sequences and lack of logic.

Plot[]

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Subhash is a sincere, determined new Police Sub-Inspector in Chennai. He resides with his parents and his brother's family and is set to marry his fiancée, Anitha. New to his job, he is assisted by Constable Ramadass and SI Chandran. Subhash cannot stand the public's suffering and looks for ways to better their lives, which often lands him in trouble with his superior, Inspector Muthukaruppan.One Day, Subhash Argue with chief minister's son for refusing to park his car at checking. At that night subhash assualt him at his bar without any evidence.

One day, Chandran and Subhash are called on to investigate a girl's suspected suicide. On closer investigation, Subhash deduces that she was murdered. While collecting evidence to support this, he came across Abhijit (Bharath Raj), whose cell number was active near the place. On confronting Abhijit and his friends, Christy, Bhuvanesh, and Deepak reveal that they are all bad seeds from political influential families. Abhijit is the son of a well-known businessman, Bhuvan is the son of the District Collector of Tamil Nadu, Christy is the son of a gold merchant, and Deepak is the son of a well-known scientist.

They show Subash a video of them doing drugs, and raping and murdering the girl, and many other women. Subhash, enraged, beats them up, and locks them in jail. When his superior, a corrupt Joint Commissioner Saarangan IPS, asks for the proof behind his accusations, he finds out that all the video files are deleted, before he unlocked the phone. The four are released due to lack of evidence, and the political influence of their parents, and Subhash is suspended. Abhijit and his friends vow revenge, and soon enough, when Subhash goes home, he finds his parents and brother's family dead. Only one of his nieces, Anusha, is left alive. Meanwhile, Saarangan is bribed with an expensive and luxurious Porsche Cayenne SUV car and reports the murder of Subhash's family as a new house fire accident. Discouraged at his powerlessness even though he is a police officer, Subhash resigns and threatens Saarangan to avenge his family's death and will make sure that the four guys die in the hands of their fathers. One Day, Subhash Argue with chief minister's son for refusing to park his car at checking. At that night subhash assualt him at his bar without any evidence.

First, he kidnaps Bhuvan and locks him in a car filled with silane gas in it. If anyone tries to open the door. Bhuvan's father accidentally opens the car door in search for his missing son, and Bhuvan is burned alive in front of his father. Next, Subash kidnaps Deepak and Christy and keeps them at undisclosed locations. The police try to arrest Subhash at gunpoint unofficially, but he triggers Muthukaruppan's pistol on purpose, resulting in his arrest and unwanted public attention.

Subhash then reveals to all of them that he kept Christy in a van, and asks him to go to the airport, but Christy's father double-crosses Subhash and asks him to run for help, thinking that Christy is safe when the police and the public are nearby. Before Christy could do so, an auto-loaded gun in his bag started beeping. Christy, assumed to be a terrorist, was brutally shot and killed by the National Security Guards (NSG) force to safeguard the public. After this, Deepak is found to be locked in a glass tank connected to Silane gas. Subhash and his tech friend expose him as a rapist to the public via an online gaming link. The public can virtually shoot at Deepak to release the chemicals into the tank and eventually kill him. His father hires hackers to stop this, and when Deepak's location is found, he goes there and breaks open the tank to release him, but the chemicals instantly blow up and he is killed. Meanwhile, Subhash also threatens Saarangan to check on his teenage daughter's safety. Saarangan panics but is relieved when she is found to be safe. Saarangan realizes his mistake and decides to support Subhash to fight for justice for the rape and murder victims.

Now that only Abhijit is left, his father, Sanjay, decides to release Subhash from custody and deal with him alone. Subhash tactfully kidnaps Abhijit and has him hanging on a rope. He also threatens to upload the video evidence online and expose their crimes, thereby bringing Sanjay's business empire down. He gives Sanjay a request to either hold on to the rope and save his son or let go and shut down the laptop instead to protect his reputation. In the end, Sanjay, who is helpless, decides to save his reputation and lets go of the rope, killing Abhijit. One year later, Subhash has become a peace-loving IPS officer who murders criminals out of record to serve justice.

Cast[]

Production[]

In December 2017, Jayam Ravi announced on social media that his 23rd film would be an action-thriller titled Adanga Maru by debutant Karthik Thangavel.^[2] Stunt choreographer Stun Siva's son, Kevin Kumar made his debut as stunt choreographer with this film.^[3] Filming was completed in October 2018.^[4]

Soundtrack[]

The soundtrack was composed by Sam C. S.^[5] The Audio Rights was bagged by Sony Music in end of August 2018.

Release and reception[]

Adanga Maru was released on 21 December 2018 to positive reviews. Thinkal Menon of The Times of India rated it 3 out of 5, saying, "Adanga Maru has a routine plot, but the treatment makes it fast-paced and interesting."^[6] Behindwoods wrote "Adangamaru's fresh screenplay and packaging makes this intense revenge drama, a good watch!".^[7] The Hindu wrote "Thanks to its speedy screenplay, Adanga Maru finishes as a fairly engaging watch".^[8] India Today wrote "Debutant director Karthik Thangavel's Adanga Maru starring Jayam Ravi could have been a flawless cop thriller, but it misses the mark by a few inches".^[9] The Indian Express wrote "A more nuanced, well thought-out storyline with better CGI could have definitely elevated the revenge saga. Adanga Maru is strictly a one-time watch".^[10]

References[]

External links[]

• Adanga Maru at IMDb