Ilaignan

Ilaignan
Ilaignan
Soundtrack album by Vidyasagar
Released	15 January 2011
Genre	World Music
Producer	Vidyasagar
Vidyasagar chronology

Ilaignan
Ilaignan
Directed by	Suresh Krishna
Written by	Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi
Based on	The Mother; by Maxim Gorky
Produced by	S. Martin
Starring	Pa. Vijay; Meera Jasmine; Remya Nambeeshan; Suman; Khushbu Sundar; Namitha
Cinematography	B. L. Sanjay
Edited by	V. T. Vijayan
Music by	Vidyasagar
Distributed by	Martin Productions
Release date	14 January 2011;
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹ 20 crores

Ilaignan (pronunciation^ⓘ; 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 Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi, his 75th film and based on the 1906 Russian novel, The Mother, by Maxim Gorky.^[2]

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.

Cast

Pa. Vijay as Karky Arokkyasamy
Meera Jasmine as Meera Deivanayagam
Remya Nambeesan as Ramya Chettiar
Suman as Rajanayagam
Namitha as Sena
Nassar as Arokkyasami
Vadivelu as Isaac Arumugam
Karunas as Chembian
Khushbu as Valliammai
Sarath Babu as Deivanayagam
Y. Gee. Mahendra as Chettiar
Rajendran as Kaalia
Manivannan as Laborer
Delhi Ganesh as Karky's uncle
Nizhalgal Ravi
Rajkapoor as Laborer
Ilavarasu as Laborer
Bala Singh as Laborer
Alex
Thennavan
Thyagu
Kavithalaya Krishnan
K. Natraj
Crane Manohar as Isaac's assistant
Krishnamoorthy
Vengal Rao as Isaac's assistant
Bava Lakshmanan

Soundtrack

The soundtrack has 5 songs composed by Vidyasagar and lyrics written by Pa. Vijay.^[3]

"Mazhayil Kulitha" – Karthik, Anweshaa
"Imai Thoothane" – 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".^[4] 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".^[5] 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".^[6]