Amaran (1992 film)

Plot

An orphaned child helps Govindan escape from a bunch of gangsters. The grateful Govindan names the child Amaran and brings him up. After Govindan's demise, his wife raises Amaran, who grows up to become a kindhearted slum lord. One day, Amaran encounters a strange man, Raja Varma, who repeatedly persuades him to take on a heartless don named Aandava Perumal, who has a violent and brutal past. Amaran keeps ignoring Raja Varma, but after Aandava Perumal's goons murder Raja Varma, he learns that Aandava Perumal had also destroyed his own family when he was a child. Amaran gives refuge to Raja Varma's daughter Sivagaami, and they fall in love. Amaran soon starts sparring with Aandava Perumal, with deadly consequences for Amaran's adopted family. Sivagaami and a grievously injured Amaran escape to Goa, where they are taken care of by an underworld don named Miranda. Amaran continues to work for him for a while and marries Sivagaami. After a few years, he returns to Tamil Nadu to take on his sworn enemy. A bloody conflict ensues in which Amaran's son is killed. The film ends with Amaran killing Aandava Perumal to avenge his son's death.

Cast

• Karthik as Amaran
• Bhanupriya as Sivagaami
• Radha Ravi as Aandava Perumal
• Prathap K. Pothan as Raja Varma
• Shammi Kapoor as Don Miranda
• Vijayakumar as "Sepoy" Govindan, Amaran's foster father
• Manjula Vijayakumar as Amaran's foster mother
• Livingston (credited as Ranjan) as Inspector Duraipandi, Amaran's father
• Uday Prakash as Chinna Perumal
• Silk Smitha as Manga
• Disco Shanti as Shanti
• M. R. Krishnamurthy
• Latha
• Ra. Sankaran as Jinnah's father
• Piraisoodan as Astrologer
• Vikas Rishi as Jinnah
• Pereira as Shooter
• Mahima
• K. Rajpreeth
• Chitti
• Master Vasanth
• Baby Anitha
• Rajendran as Henchman (uncredited)

Production

Amaran marked Shammi Kapoor's Tamil debut.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Adithyan. The song "Vethala Potta" marks Karthik's debut at playback singing. For the dubbed Telugu version Amar, all lyrics were written by Rajasri.

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Release

The film premiered on 12 January 1992 in Chennai, sponsored by Sankara Nethralaya, and was theatrically released three days later, on 15 January.

Dropped sequel

A sequel was announced in 2015, but never came to fruition.

References

References

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10. (18 February 2024). "நவரச நாயகன் கார்த்திக் பட டைட்டிலில் சிவகார்த்திகேயன்.. அமரன் பெயர் பின்னணி என்ன?".