Subash (film)

Subash
Directed by	R. V. Udayakumar
Written by	S. Gajendra Kumar (dialogues)
Screenplay by	R. V. Udayakumar
Story by	Sujatha Udhayakumar
Produced by	K. S. Srinivasan K. S. Sivaraman
Starring	Arjun Revathi Siddique Prakash Raj Mounika Jaishankar Manivannan Vivek Vadivelu Silk Smitha
Cinematography	Siva
Edited by	B. S. Nagaraj
Music by	Vidyasagar
Production company	Sivasree Pictures
Distributed by	Sivasree Pictures
Release date	20 September 1996
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Subash is a 1996 Tamil action film directed by R. V. Udayakumar. The film features Arjun and Revathi in lead roles. The film, produced by K. S. Srinivasan and K. S. Sivaraman, had musical score by Vidyasagar and was released on 20 September 1996. The film was an average grosser at the box office.^[1][2] This was the last movie for Silk Smitha.

Plot[]

Subash (Arjun), a good-for-nothing youth, enjoys his life as much as possible. His brother Rajasekhar (Siddique) is a minister, and his father (Jaishankar) is a court judge. Later, Subash falls in love with Savitri (Revathi), a middle class Brahmin girl. Savitri loves him but wants to marry an intrepid man, so Subash joins the army and becomes a military officer. Upon his return from the military camp, his family reveals that Savitri and her father died in an accident. Arumugasamy (Prakash Raj), an honest politician thought being Rajasekhar's opposition party but is actually his best friend, dies mysteriously. Subash suspects Thangamani (Manivannan), Arumugasamy's right hand, for Arumugasamy's death. Thereafter, Subash finds Savitri in Thangamani's house and saves her. Savitri discloses that Rajasekhar is a corrupt politician and maintains contact with terrorist groups. Rajasekhar's henchmen then killed Arumugasamy, and Thangamani began to sequester her. A heartbroken Subash swears to punish his brother and save his country from the terrorists.Inorder to save savitri from his brother Rajasekar,Subash makes a plan.As a part of his plan subash brings savitri to his house by saying savitri was kindapped by the killers of Arumugasamy.While escaping from then she met with an accident and losses her memory.As promised subash marries savitri infront of his family.Seeing savitri alive disturbs Rajasekar,he decides to meet his partner in crime.Subash follows his brother and came to know about their plan of killing all the religious leaders of India in the peace yatra.Meanwhile,Subash family finds the truth about Savitri and Rajasekar.Subash and his father tries to expose the plans of Rajasekar but Rajasekar's partner nityananda swamy using his influence gets order from subash superiors for his return to army base immediately.Inorder to get for subash,subash's father commits suicide,So subash can get extension of his leave for his funeral.Then subash stops his brother's brutal plan and kills all those who are responsible for this plan including his brother.Finally the movie ends as subash resigns his colonel job as his military superiors disagree with his actions.

Cast[]

Production[]

The film was initially titled August 15th and was engaged in a long battle during production with another film to secure the title, but eventually had to settle for Subash. Furthermore, during the making of the film, Karthik Raja was dropped and replaced by Vidyasagar.^[3] This film was actress Silk Smitha's last film, as she died 3 days after the release of this film.

Soundtrack[]

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Vidyasagar. The soundtrack, released in 1996, features 6 tracks.^[4][5]

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