All in All Azhagu Raja (transl. All in All Handsome King) is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film[1] written and directed by M. Rajesh. The film stars Karthi in dual lead roles with Kajal Aggarwal, Prabhu, Santhanam, Saranya Ponvannan, and Radhika Apte in the supporting roles. The music was composed by S. Thaman with cinematography by Sakthi Saravanan and editing by Vivek Harshan. The film was released on 2 November 2013 coinciding with Diwali to negative reviews from critics.[2]
| All in All Azhagu Raja | |
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| Directed by | M. Rajesh |
| Written by | M. Rajesh |
| Produced by | K. E. Gnanavel Raja |
| Starring | Karthi Kajal Aggarwal Prabhu Santhanam |
| Cinematography | Sakthi Saravanan |
| Edited by | Vivek Harshan |
| Music by | S. Thaman |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Studio Green |
Release date |
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Running time | 162 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot edit
Azhagu Raja is the only son of Muthukrishnan and Meenakshi. He owns an unpopular cable channel called "Triple A" in Tenkasi. The cable company has only two employees: Raja and Kalyanam. Nothing they do improves the company's fortunes. By chance, Raja meets Chitra Devi Priya when she is singing at a wedding. Her unusual voice irritates him, and they argue. However, Priya eventually agrees that she cannot sing well. Priya says she fails at everything she tries, even suicide. As their friendship blossoms, Raja tells his father about Priya, which triggers a memory in his father about his past.
Muthukrishnan used to work for Burma Ramaswamy after being recommended by Kali. Meenakshi, his daughter, falls for him. Seeing his hard work and dedication, Ramaswamy promotes him to more responsible work in the theatre and appoints Kali under him. Meena asks for an answer in two days, but an enraged Kali, filled with jealousy, plots to pit Ramaswamy against Muthukrishnan and is successful when Muthukrishnan is ousted by Ramaswamy due to a misunderstanding.
Raja steps into Muthukrishnan's 1980s world. Muthukrishnan and Priya's father Kandhaswamy reject Raja's marriage to Priya. Muthukrishnan and Kandhaswamy meet and realise that jealousy of Kali, Kalyanam's father, was the reason for the problems of the families. Finally, Kalyanam tells the real story, and both families unite to marry Raja and Priya.
Cast edit
- Karthi in a dual role as
- Azhagu Raja
- younger Muthukrishnan
- Prabhu as Muthukrishnan, Raja's father
- Kajal Aggarwal as Chitra Devi Priya, Azhagu Raja's love interest and later wife.
- Santhanam in a double role as
- Kalyanam (Kareena Chopra), Azhagu Raja's best friend
- Kaali, Kalyanam's father and Muthukrishnan's friend
- Saranya Ponvannan as Meenakshi Muthukrishnan, wife of Muthukrishnan & Raja's mother
- Radhika Apte as Meenakshi Raamasamy, Muthukrishnan's love interest (voice dubbed by Savitha Reddy)
- Nassar as Burma Raamasamy, father of Kanthasamy and Meenakshi
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Chokkanathan
- Aadukalam Naren as Kanthasamy (Kuttil Star)
- Sriranjani as Kanthasamy's wife
- M. S. Bhaskar as Dhillaana Dhivyanathan
- Santhana Bharathi as Khader Bhai
- V. S. Raghavan as Sathyamoorthy
- Subbu Panchu as Doctor
- Vetrivel Raja
- Kovai Senthil
- K. Bujji Babu
- Ayub Khan in Guest Role
Production edit
Rajesh first announced a project with Karthi called Kaagitha Kappal, but it did not proceed, and Rajesh went on to make Oru Kal Oru Kannadi.[3] In 2012, Rajesh announced All in All Azhaguraja.[4][5] He named the new project with Karthi after a character played by Goundamani in the film Vaidehi Kaathirundhal.[6] Rajesh's usual comedian Santhanam would provide the comic relief. Kajal Aggarwal, who worked with Karthi in Naan Mahaan Alla, was selected as the heroine.[7][8] Prabhu joined the cast. Narain was reported to part of the cast,[9] but later denied this.[10] Yuvan Shankar Raja was reported to compose the film's soundtrack,[11] but was replaced by S. Thaman.[12] Filming took place on 2 March 2013.[13] The film was shot in Kumbakonam, Pollachi, Gobichettipalayam, Tenkasi, Ambasamuthiram and other places of Tamil Nadu.[14]
Soundtrack edit
| All in All Azhaguraja | ||||
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| Released | 10 October 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2013 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 20:37 | |||
| Language | Tamil | |||
| Label | Sony Music India | |||
| Producer | S. Thaman | |||
| S. Thaman chronology | ||||
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| Singles from All in All Azhaguraja | ||||
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The soundtrack was composed by S. Thaman, in his first collaboration with Rajesh and Karthi. The audio rights were secured by Sony Music.[15] The audio was expected to release at an event on 28 September 2013,[16][17] however the audio was released on 10 October 2013, at Sathyam Cinemas in Chennai.[18] The album features five tracks, with one of the songs "Chellam" (Yaarukkum Sollama) was released on 4 October 2013, at the Radio Mirchi FM Station.[19] Behindwoods called the soundtrack "Simple and enjoyable" and gave 2.75 out of 5 to the album.[20] Milliblog reviewed it as a short, lively and fun soundtrack.[21]
All lyrics are written by Na. Muthukumar
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "All in All" | Suchith Suresan | 05:05 |
| 2. | "Yaarukkum Sollama" | Rahul Nambiar | 04:33 |
| 3. | "Unnai Partha Neram" | Vijay Yesudas, Srivardhini | 03:49 |
| 4. | "Ore Oru" | Javed Ali | 02:42 |
| 5. | "Yamma Yamma" | Sooraj Santhosh, Shreya Ghoshal | 04:28 |
| Total length: | 20:37 | ||
Release and reception edit
All in All Azhagu Raja was released on 2 November 2013, coinciding with Diwali.[22][23] The film received negative reviews from critics.[2] Baradwaj Rangan wrote, "What a wretched, bloated, unfunny mess this is, with the ugliest segues between comedy and melodrama in recent memory. Scenes go on and on with no point, and as a result, the film goes on and on pointlessly."[24] Rediff.com gave it 1.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "All in All Azhagu Raja is an absolutely ridiculous and tortuously long roemantic comedy film that seriously tests your patience."[25] Sify wrote, "All in All Azhaguraja falls flat on its face... it is an ordeal to sit through this profoundly irritating film...it lacks basic storyline and took the audiences for granted. The film has no real script to speak of, at best a skeletal plot and in its final verdict termed the film as a "Big Bore".[26] Behindwoods said, "All in All Azhaguraja lacks the Rajesh – Santhanam magic" and rated it 2.25 out of 5.[27]
References edit
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- ^ a b "'All in All Azhaguraja' Review Roundup: Joke is on Audiences". International Business Times. 3 November 2013. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
Karthi's "All in All Azhaguraja" (AAA) has received mostly negative reviews from critics, who have termed it as a film that lacks a simple storyline
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- ^ "Tamil actor Narain to feature in 'All in All Azhagu Raja'". IBNLive. 3 March 2013. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
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- ^ "Thaman roped in for All in All Azhaguraja". IndiaGlitz. 26 October 2012. Archived from the original on 27 October 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
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- ^ Karthik (10 October 2013). "All in All Azhagu Raja (Music review), Tamil – Thaman S". Milliblog!. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
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