Red (2002 film)

Infobox_Film
name = Red


director = Ram Sathya
writer =
starring = Ajith
Priya Gill
Manivannan
Rajesh
producer = A. M. Rathnam
music = Deva
distributor =
released = 2002
runtime =
language = Tamil
budget =

"Red" (2002) ( _ta. ரெட்) is a Tamil film directed by Ram Sathya. The film stars Ajith, Priya Gill, Manivannan and Rajesh. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Deva.

Plot

Ajith is Red (it stands for Revolution, Education, Development), an orphan who has since grown up to be the local don in Madurai. Naturally he possesses a heart of gold and when not bashing up bad guys, he spends his time forcing schools to accept students without donations and taking care of orphans. Cheeni(Salim Ghouse) is his biggest enemy. Red falls for Gayatri(Priya Gill), the daughter of his friend and confidante Narayanan(Manivannan) and helps her without her knowledge. She too likes him but wants him to give up his life of violence. Meanwhile a reporter(Rajesh) for Ananda Vikatan begins to serialise Red's story under the name Aadi and it becomes quite the rage among readers.

Cast

oundtrack

The soundtrack features 6 songs composed by Deva.

*Red Red - SP Balasubramanyam
*Olikuchi Udambukari - Kay Kay, Anuradha Sriram
*Dil Dil Italy Kattil - TR. Silambarasan, Mathangi, Sivakumar
*Roja Kaadu - Hariharan

*Thai Madiyae - Tippu November Madham - Hariharan, Mahalaxmi Iyer

Box Office

*The film opened in 200 screens throughout Tamil Nadu.
*It grossed Rs.34 million in just the first week of release.
*Ajith became very big mass hero like MGR after this movie
*The film's total gross is estimated at Rs.100 million
*The film celebrated 100th day in chennai and southern districts of Nellai and Thoothukudi.