Ranuva Veeran

1981 Indian film

Rajinikanth
Chiranjeevi
Sridevi

CinematographyBabuEdited byR. VittalMusic byM. S. Viswanathan

Production
company

Sathya Movies

Release date

26 October 1981 (1981-10-26)

Running time

152 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Ranuva Veeran (transl. Soldier) is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by S. P. Muthuraman, starring Rajinikanth, Sridevi and Chiranjeevi. It was released on 27 October 1981 on the occasion of Diwali. The film was later dubbed in Hindi as Zulm Ki Zanjeer.^[1] Despite starring two popular heroes from Tamil and Telugu cinema, Ranuva Veeran became a box office failure.^[2]

Plot

The film opens with Chiranjeevi's character being chased and caught by a group of policemen, but he escapes. Meanwhile, a young soldier Raghu returns to his village, which is known for frequent thefts and murders perpetrated by the mysterious "One-Eyed Man" Chiranjeevi and his gang of thieves. Raghu soon meets Chiranjeevi; the two were once college roommates, but they had since separated. In addition to Chiranjeevi, Raghu reunites with his father, an Orthodox Iyengar who always condemns him, and he finds out that his sister eloped with a man few years before, which he later finds out was other than the gang leader of the thieves himself, Chiranjeevi. In the end, Chiranjeevi gets shot by his own son.

Cast

Rajinikanth as Raghu
Chiranjeevi as The thief
Sridevi as Raghu's love interest
Poornam Viswanathan as Raghu's father
Nalini as Mythili
Seema as Raghu's Mother
J. Lalitha as Raghu's sister
K. Natraj
Mafia Sasi
G. Srinivasan
MLA Thangaraj
R. Parthiban in an uncredited role
Thengai Srinivasan

Production

Producer R. M. Veerappan wrote this script keeping M. G. Ramachandran in mind,^[3] but since he was involved with politics, Rajinikanth was chosen instead. Chiranjeevi, who went on to become a popular actor in Telugu cinema acted in a negative role.^[4]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan and lyrics were written by Pulamaipithan.^[5]^[6]

Track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)
1.	"Malligai Poo"	Muthulingam	Malaysia Vasudevan, Vijayaramani
2.	"Sonnalthane Theriyum"	Muthulingam	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. P. Sailaja
3.	"Vaarungal"	Vaali	S. P. Balasubramanyam

Release and reception

Ranuva Veeran was released on 27 October 1981 on the occasion of Diwali, along with six other movies, including Andha 7 Naatkal, Keezh Vaanam Sivakkum, Thanneer Thanneer and Tik Tik Tik,^[7] it became a box office failure.^[3] Nalini Sastry of Kalki praised Babu's cinematography as the film's main highlight while praising Sridevi's performance but felt Chiranjeevi and Thengai Srinivasan were underutilised. She concluded that the film was entertaining till interval then it became boring.^[8]

References

^ Arunachalam, Param (2020). BollySwar: 1981–1990. Mavrix Infotech. p. 516. ISBN 9788193848227.
^ "15 பிளாக்பஸ்டர்.. 28 சூப்பர்ஹிட்.. 50- க்கும் மேற்பட்ட ஹிட் படங்கள்.. அப்போ ரஜினியின் தோல்வி படங்கள் எத்தனை..?". 1newsnation (in Tamil). 19 May 2020. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b Ramachandran, Naman (2014) [2012]. Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. New Delhi: Penguin Books. pp. 114–115. ISBN 978-0-14-342111-5.
^ "பிளாஷ் ஃபேக்: எம்.ஜி.ஆருக்கு பதில் நடித்த ரஜினி" [Flashback: Rajini acted instead of MGR]. Dinamalar (in Tamil). 3 July 2016. Archived from the original on 7 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
^ "Ranuva Veeran". JioSaavn. 31 December 1981. Archived from the original on 15 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
^ "Ranuva Veeran Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by M S Viswanathan". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
^ "கமல், ரஜினி... ஆனாலும் பாக்யராஜ்தான் தீபாவளி ஹிட்டு!". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 25 October 2019. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
^ சாஸ்திரி, நளினி (8 November 1985). "ராணுவ வீரன்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 63. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023 – via Internet Archive.