Ilaingan (2011)

Name: Ilaingan
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: 2011-01-14
Duration: 126 min
Rating: 5.2
Cast: Pa. Vijay, Meera Jasmine, Remya Nambeesan, Suman Talwar, Namitha

Ilaingan (2011), directed by Suresh Krishna, starring Pa. Vijay and Meera Jasmine.

01/14/2011 BR Action and Drama 2h 6m

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Synopsis

Karky works in a shipyard owned by Rajanayagam, a feudalistic industrialist who imprisons his workers in the factory compound and refuses to allow them to have any link with the outside world. How Karky unites the workers and leads them to freedom is what the movie is about.

B. L. SanjayCinematography
Suresh KrishnaDirector
V. T. VijayanEditing
S. MartinProducer

About the film

Ilaignan (; transl. Youth) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language historical action film directed by Suresh Krissna, who directs his 50th film, and written by DMK Chief and the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi, his 75th film and based on the 1906 Russian novel, Mother, by Maxim Gorky. It was originally titled Thai Kaviyam.

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Plot

Karky (Pa. Vijay) is the son of Arokkyasami (Nassar), who wants to win freedom of his people from the shipbuilding owner Rajanayagam (Suman) and his wife Sena (Namitha). Meera (Meera Jasmine) is Rajanayagam's sister. She is a very kindhearted woman who helps Karky. With Meera's help, Karky starts a war against Rajanayagam. Rajayanagam is not only cruel and stone-hearted, but also very cunning and a big fraud. He and his wife play a cunning game and cheat Karky. Karky's mother Valliammai (Khushbu) is initially reluctant to wage war against evil openly as she is afraid of bloodshed. She wanted all workers to live and not die. Rajanayagam crosses all the levels of cruelty. There is no way the situation can be handled peacefully, so Valliammai asks Karky to open a full-fledged war against evil. Then the final war starts between good and evil in which good wins over evil.

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Soundtrack

The soundtrack has 5 songs composed by Vidyasagar and lyrics written by Pa. Vijay.

"Mazhayil Kulitha" – Karthik, Anweshaa

"Imaithoodhane" – Chinmayi

"Neeya Neeya" – Tippu

"Oru Nila" – Karthik, Shreya Ghoshal

"Thozha Vaanam" – Hariharan

Reception

Sify wrote "The film is made like an old fashioned steamy tear jerker where good triumphs over evil in the last reel. Characters and milieu look early 20th century, they speak loudly as though they are on a stage without mikes". The Times of India wrote "It is very obvious that a lot of money has been pumped into the venture, but the archaic writing and hackneyed situations never allow ‘Ilaignan’ to grow among the audience and bloom into youth". The New Indian Express wrote "'Illaignan' is neither a seriously meaningful film, nor an engrossing commercial entertainer although the script boasts of a good potential".

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External links

Ilaignan at IMDb

Text from Ilaignan on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilaignan

Trivia

It premiered on January 14, 2011, a Friday.
It runs 2h06 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "இளைஞன்".
This film's quiz has 9 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

CountriesIndia
LanguagesTamil
StatusReleased

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B. L. Sanjay Cinematography
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V. T. Vijayan Editing
S. Martin Producer
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What is Ilaingan about?

Ilaingan: Karky works in a shipyard owned by Rajanayagam, a feudalistic industrialist who imprisons his workers in the factory compound and refuses to allow them to have any link with the outside world. How Karky unites the workers and leads them to freedom is what the movie is about.

Who directed Ilaingan?

Ilaingan was directed by Suresh Krishna in 2011.

Who stars in Ilaingan?

The cast of Ilaingan includes Pa. Vijay, Meera Jasmine, Remya Nambeesan, Suman Talwar and Namitha.

How long is Ilaingan?

Ilaingan runs for 126 minutes, or 2h06.