Ambikapathy (2013)

 ●  Tamil ● 2 hrs 21 mins

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Set in the holy city of Benaras, ‘Raanjhanaa’ unfolds the story of a Tamil Bramhin Kundan (Dhanush K. Raja) who develops a crush on the Muslim Zoya (Sonam Kapoor) in childhood. In fact, it was a crush-at-first-sight for Kundan. The crush grows into love as they arrive on the threshold of puberty. The boy proposes love but the girl rejects. But after getting slapped 16 times, slitting his wrist and some emotional blackmailing later, the boy gets his way with the girl. Their romance is killed by the girl's orthodox parents even before it surges when she is sent to another city to finish her studies. 8 years later, the boy grows into a man, who is now waiting eagerly to have his beloved back in town but the girl (now a grown up woman), has found a mate of a better bearing. Doomed love, ill-timed death, revenge and some youth-led political campaigns dot the rest of the film's story. The film takes a turn when Zoya returns to her hometown after eight long years only to find some things changed, and others surprisingly the same.

Cast: Abhay Deol, Dhanush, Sonam Kapoor

Crew: Aanand L Rai (Director), Vishal Sinha (Director of Photography), AR Rahman (Music Director)

Rating: U/A (India)

Genres: Drama, Romance

Release Dates: 28 Jun 2013 (India)

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Did you know? Shahid Kapoor was roped in to play the lead role, but was later replaced by Dhanush. Read More
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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Tamil
Spoken Languages:
Hindi
Colour Info:
Color
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1, 2.39:1 (Scope)
Stereoscopy:
No
Archival Source:
QubeVault
Tracklist
Music Label: Plaza Mayor Company

Music Director: AR Rahman
Lyricist: Vairamuthu
Playback Singer: AR Rahman, Mohammed Rafi

Music Director: AR Rahman
Lyricist: Vairamuthu
Playback Singer: Shweta Mohan

Music Director: AR Rahman
Lyricist: Vairamuthu
Playback Singer: Mili Nair, Karthik

Music Director: AR Rahman
Lyricist: Vairamuthu
Playback Singer: AR Rahman
Movie Connection(s):
Dubbed from: Raanjhanaa (Hindi)
Goofs:
Continuity
When Kundan and Murari return from hospital to Kundan's wedding, they are on a 'Piaggio' scooter belonging to Murari. But in the previous traveling scene, both were on a 'Bajaj' scooter belonging to Kundan.
Trivia:
For this film, Dhanush underwent a special Hindi coaching classes to get the accent right and improve his spoken Hindi skills.

For his powerful and poignant performance in this movie, the talented actor Dhanush, received the Best Debut award, at the IIFA awards ceremony, 2014.

Dhanush, who is a leading actor in the Tamil film industry, made his debut in Hindi with this movie.

Earlier, actor Shahid Kapoor was roped in to play the lead role, but later Dhanush replaced his role.

Shahid Kapoor was roped in to play the lead role, but was later replaced by Dhanush.

In a one of its kind first, A. R. Rahman is credited first as music composer, followed by the director.

Dhanush took Hindi coaching classes to prepare for his role in the film.

The film marks the Bollywood debut of South Indian actor Dhanush.