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Chandramukhi
File:Chandramukhi1.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byP. Vasu
Screenplay byP. Vasu
Produced byRamkumar Ganesan
Prabhu Ganesan
StarringRajinikanth
Prabhu Ganesan
Jyothika
Nayantara
CinematographySekhar V. Joseph
Edited bySuresh Urs
Music byVidyasagar
Production
company
Release date
14 April 2005
Running time
164–167 minutes[a]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget₹190 million (US$2.3 million)[3]
Box office₹750 million (US$9.0 million)[4]

Chandramukhi is a 2005 Indian comedy-horror film scripted and directed by P. Vasu and produced by Ramkumar Ganesan. The film is a remake of Vasu's Kannada film Apthamitra (2004), which in itself was a remake of the Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu (1993). The soundtrack album and background score was composed by Vidyasagar. The film was distributed by Sivaji Productions. The film features Rajinikanth in the lead role. The titular character was played by Jyothika. Prabhu Ganesan and Nayantara played other lead roles in the film which featured an ensemble cast that includes Vadivelu, Nassar, Sheela, Vijayakumar, Vinaya Prasad, Sonu Sood, Vineeth, Malavika and K. R. Vijaya. Cinematography was done by Sekhar V. Joseph and editing was handled by Suresh Urs.

The film was made on a modest budget of ₹190 million (US$2.3 million). It was released on 14 April 2005, on the eve of Tamil New Year's day. The film was a box office success, selling 20 million tickets worldwide and grossed ₹750 million (US$9.0 million) in its lifetime run. The film was awarded the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film of 2005. Jyothika won critical acclaim for her performance, earning her a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress and a nomination for a Filmfare Award in the best actress category. Vadivelu was appreciated for his comemdic performance, which earned him a Filmfare Award and Film Fans' Association Award, both of which were in the best comedian category.

The film was dubbed into Telugu with the same title and was simultaneously released with its original counterpart. The film was also dubbed into German as Der Geisterjäger ([The Ghost Hunters] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)). The film was also dubbed into Turkish.[5] Despite the release of Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007), the Bollywood remake of Manichitrathazhu, the film was dubbed and released in Hindi in 2008 by Dilip Dhanwani, owner of the production house, Royal Film Company.[6]

Plot

Saravanan (Rajinikanth), an Indian-American psychiatrist comes to India on vacation. He meets up with his close friend and foster brother, Senthilnathan (Prabhu Ganesan), and his wife, Ganga (Jyothika). Senthil's mother (Saravanan's adoptive mother), Kasthuri (K. R. Vijaya), had wanted Senthil to get married to Priya (Malavika), daughter of his father's cousin Kandaswamy (Nassar), to reunite the two branches of the family after 30 years of separation. They had separated because Senthilnathan's father chose to marry Kasthuri instead of the intimidating Akhilandeshwari (Sheela), Kandaswamy's sister and the bachelorette head of her late parents' family. Saravanan learns that Senthil's family have bought the Vettayyapuram Palace, despite a fear of the place and attempts by the elders to dissuade them. Saravanan moves in with them. Akhilandeshwari is jealous of Saravanan and tries to kill him, with the help of her assistant, Oomaiyan (Sonu Sood).

When they go to a temple, the chief priest reveals why everyone is frightened of the palace. When King Vettaiyan lived in the palace, he took a trip to Vijayanagaram in Andhra Pradesh and met the dancer Chandramukhi, instantly falling in love with her beauty. However, she refused to reciprocate his feelings because she was already in love with the dancer Gunashekaran. So, Vettaiyan kidnapped her and brought her back to his palace. Unbeknownst to Vettaiyan, Chandramukhi had Gunashekaran stay in a house nearby. When the king found out, he beheaded Gunashekaran on Durgashtami and burned Chandramukhi alive as a result of which Chandramukhi's ghost continued to haunt the palace to take revenge on the king. Shortly after this revelation, Saravanan helps Priya in her love affair with their neighbour, Viswanathan (Vineeth), a dance professor, and persuades her parents and aunt to arrange their marriage.

When Ganga learns of Chandramukhi's story, she becomes hell bent on going to her room as she thinks that the story was made up to scare thieves from stealing costly treasures which, according to her belief, are in the room. She gets the key and opens the door. Subsequently, strange things begin to happen in the household: a ghost is scaring the people in the house, things are inexplicably breaking, and Ganga's sari catches fire. Suspicion turns towards Durga (Nayantara), the gardener's granddaughter. Senthil calls Saravanan for help with the mysterious events. The night Saravanan returns, a mysterious being makes an attempt to kill Priya. Someone tries to kill Senthil, once with poison, and another time by pushing a fish tank. A mysterious voice sings in the middle of the night, and Saravanan tries to figure out what is happening.

On the night of Priya and Viswanathan's wedding reception, Ganga mysteriously disappears from the canopy. When Saravanan notices, he goes to look for her. But he ends up almost getting killed by Oomaiyan (sent by Akhilandeshwari). He knocks the goon out and, with Senthil's help, finds Ganga, supposedly being "sexually harassed" by Viswanathan. Saravanan informs Senthil and Viswanathan that Ganga suffers from split personality and goes on to reveal how she became affected by it and how she took up Chandramukhi's identity. He reveals that the reason she tried to kill Priya and Senthil, and frame Viswanathan for sexual harassment, was because in Chandramukhi's eyes, Viswanathan is her lover Gunashekaran as he stayed in the same home as Gunashekaran did. The only way to stop it is to make her believe Saravanan is dead. This is because Chandramukhi was killed by King Vettaiyan, whom the ghost believed to be Saravanan, as Saravanan stood in Vettaiyan's place and disrupted one of the pujas conducted by the exorcist, Ramachandra Acharya, by having a conversation with the ghost in order to know its wish.

Akhilandeshwari overhears his idea, realising that she was wrong to try to kill Saravanan, and begs him for forgiveness. Later, in the dance hall, the family and Ramachandra Acharya do what Saravanan has asked them to do. They let Chandramukhi pour oil on him so she can burn him alive. When she lights the match, Ramachandra Acharya blows the smoke and ash in her face. Then Senthil opens a trapdoor to let Saravanan fall down and a cardboard figure of him gets burnt. Chandramukhi thinks that the king is dead and leaves Ganga's body. Ganga is cured using a scientific concept called hypnotherapy. After 30 years of separation, the two families are reunited. Saravanan and Durga fall in love and are united. And finally, Swarna (Suvarna Mathew) and Murugesh (Vadivelu), become parents after 8 years of marriage.

Cast and characters

"Four weeks ago, he called me on a Sunday afternoon, and asked what I was doing. I told him I had had a lot of biryani and was spending time with my sons!

He laughed in his stylish way, and then asked if I was doing any new production. I told him we are thinking of doing a Hindi film with Rajkumar Santoshi in March. We are also doing a Telugu serial which my cousins are looking after. I was quite free at the time.

That's when he asked me, 'Shall we do a film, Ramu?'

It came as a pleasant surprise. On a Sunday afternoon, after a heavy lunch, this suggestion from Rajnikanth was like superb dessert! I said, 'I am very happy sir.' He told me he had heard a subject, and we would make a film on that."

 — Ramkumar Ganesan on how Chandramukhi came about[7]

Saravanan is a charismatic and highly social psychiatrist who goes about discovering the problems happening at the mansion and curing Ganga from her mental illness. He later disguises himself as Vettaiyan to trick Chandramukhi and cures Ganga. Regarding Rajinikanth's look in the film, Vasu said, "When I saw him in Bangalore, I was very confident that I could make him look young. He was doing a lot of exercises those days, so he looked quite trim. His face was glowing because he was taking adequate rest. He was mentally at peace. He looked very happy. If a person is happy, that shows on his face. He is one person who reduces weight if you tell him to. If he feels he has developed a paunch, he will work out one or two hours daily. He will do anything if his mind is free. I told him if he had a wig, he would look young."[8]
A civil engineer and owner of Ganesh constructions. He moves to the town of Vettaiyapuram with his wife, Ganga, to buy the Vettaiyapuram Mansion. He married his love interest Ganga abruptly without letting his mother know, when he was already proposed to his cousin, Priya. In fright of Akhilandeswari, they decide to live at the Vettaiyapuram mansion. He denies rumours that he hears about the haunted household and has no belief in ghosts or other superpowers. To possess Viswanathan, whom she thinks is her lover Gunasekaran, Chandramukhi tries to kill Senthilnathan twice with no success.
Ganga is found suffering from split personality disorder; her second personality is the ghost of Chandramukhi. Ganga has a very curious and mischievous character. Married to Dr. Saravanan's friend Senthilnathan, she unlocks the ancient rooms of Vettaiyan and Chandramukhi, only to cause her family more trouble and having herself turn into the personality of Chandramukhi every so often, causing mysterious havoc in the family. Soundarya was initially selected to reprise her role from Apthamithra, but her death led the director to choose Simran and he shaped the character to suit her. In November 2004, Simran refused to do the project as her role required a lot of dancing and cited her pregnancy at that time as another main reason for her refusal.[9][10] After reports that Sadha and Reemma Sen were being considered as replacements, Jyothika was signed on and immediately gave 50 days of her schedule for the film.[11] Jyothika was paid ₹5 million (US$60,000) for her participation in the film.[12]
The clumsy younger brother of Akhilandeswari and Kandaswamy. He is often irritated by Saravanan who occasionally socialises with his wife, who considers Saravanan as her own brother, which is misinterpreted by Murgesan, who thinks they are in a relationship and tries to safeguard his wife. He provides the comic relief in the film.
Durga is the granddaughter of the mansion's gardener, and also Saravanan's love interest. Her first few encounters with Saravanan went with arguments, as she later had interest in him, also needing his help to prove herself not guilty. She helps out Ganga in her adventure to explore Chandramukhi's room and is later wrongly accused by Senthilnathan and Kandaswamy of causing troubles in the family. When she is informed about Ganga's mental illness by Saravanan, she agrees to take as much blame as possible for Ganga to be cured. Regarding Nayanthara's inclusion in the cast, Vasu said, "My wife saw the Malayalam film Manassinakkare, which had Jayaraam, Nayanthara and Sheela, who was making a comeback after so many years. She told me Nayanthara was very good. Then, I learnt that she was doing Aaya with Sarath Kumar in Tamil. The next day, I saw a picture of Nayanthara and Sarath in Dina Thanthi newspaper. I found her very appealing. I wanted to tell Rajni immediately. What happened was, he called me and asked, 'Did you see the picture of a girl in today's Dina Thanthi? She looks very good.' That was perfect timing, I would say. Ram Kumar also liked her. So we zeroed in on Nayanthara."[sic].[13]
The brother of Akhilandeswari and Murugesan and father of Priya. He initially thinks that Saravanan is actually Senthilnathan, who was his soon-to-be son-in-law. He was proven wrong when it was clarified by Akhilandeswari. Kandaswamy accuses Durga for causing problems in the family and shows arrogance against Saravanan for socialising with his daughter.
  • Vineeth as Viswanathan and Gunashekaran
Viswanathan is a dance tutor who is the principle love interest of Priya who let him live in another portion of the mansion. When their love was exposed by Saravanan, it was disliked by Akhilandeswari, who initially disliked the doctor. Viswanathan is looked upon by Chandramukhi as her lover Gunashekaran, who was beheaded by Vettaiyan. Viswanathan disguises as Gunashekaran during the climax when curing Ganga.
The poor gardener of the Vettaiyapuram mansion and grandfather to Durga.
The intimidating older sister of Kandaswamy and the bachelorette family head. She is very arrogant who wants things to be done her way. Her characteristics are highlighted when she often shows her dissatisfaction for Saravanan. She initially gets the urge to take revenge on Senthilnathan and Ganga for cheating on Priya and makes everyone live with the couple at the mansion. She tries to get rid of Saravanan through her mute servant whom she refers to as Oomaiyan. Sheela was known for her role in the Malayalam film, Chemmeen (1965). When Sheela was signed on for the role, she was asked by the producers not to divulge details about her role to the media.[14]
Senthilnathan's mother. She married Akhilandeswari's in-law, who is revealed to be Sivaji Ganesan, which caused a family dispute for nearly 30 years. To end the dispute, she planned on proposing her son Senthilnathan to Akhilandeswari's niece Priya, which also did not happen.
A world renowned exorcist, who Kandaswamy calls upon to exorcise Chandramukhi's ghost. Initally despising Saravanan at first, he however realises that Ganga sees Saravanan as Vettaiyan and helps them in the exorcism.
Senthilnathan's assistant and work colleague
A cowardly exorcist who is hired before Ramachandra Aacharya and unsuccessfully tries to annihilate Chandramukhi's ghost.
An opponent in Senthilanthan's profession who resorts to rowdyism to get hold of the highway road contract project that Senthilnathan finally gets.
The mute servant of Akhilandeswari who is always shown giving cunning smiles to himself. He is sent by Akhilandeswari at one point to kill Saravanan, which turns out to be unsuccessful for her.
He features in a comic sequence where Rajinikanth and Vadivelu's characters are on the way to a village called Ealur to learn more about Ganga's past.
He informs Senthilnathan's opponent with pride that the highway contract project was handed over to his employer's company, Ganesh constructions.
The daughter of Kandaswamy who was mostly raised by her paternal aunt, Akhilandeswari. She was initially proposed for marrying Senthilnathan but her love for Viswanathan was later found out by Saravanan. Priya is also one of Chandramukhi's targets of killing to have Viswanthan, who she thinks is Gunasekaran, for herself.
The obedient wife of Kandaswamy and mother of Priya.
The wife of Murgesan. She considers Saravanan as her own brother, which is misinterpreted by Murgesan, who thinks they are in a relationship and tries to safeguard his wife.
  • Sujibala as Kandaswamy's youngest daughter
She is also smitten by Saravanan like the other characters.

The film's director P. Vasu and the film's producer Ramkumar Ganesan make guest appearances in the song "Devuda Devuda".

Production

In September 2004, Rajinikanth called up P. Vasu and congratulated him on the success of Apthamitra (2004) and was impressed with the film's screenplay that he called up Ramkumar Ganesan and asked him to do the film in Tamil under Ramkumar's home production banner, Sivaji Productions. Ramkumar roped in P. Vasu to direct the Tamil version of Apthamitra as well.[15] Thota Tharani was selected to be the film's art director.[15]

Principal photography commenced on 24 October 2004 with a puja ceremony for the muhurat shot at Annai Illam, the residence of Sivaji Ganesan. Kamal Haasan and Manorama attended the ceremony. Producer Ramkumar Ganesan claimed that the film would be entirely wrapped up by 15 February 2005, giving them two months to complete the post-production work, including VFX.[16] The first schedule began two days later with a fight scene choreogrpahed by Thalapathy Dinesh and filmed at Ramavaram in Chennai with over 25 vehicles used in the sequence. 30 stunt artistes took part in the fight sequence that featured Rajinikanth.[17] The song sequences, one picturised on Rajini alone and two songs where he appears with the other principal cast members and the climax song, which was canned on Jyothika, were canned in Ramoji Film City. Vasu stated that the film had taken only 78 days to be completed instead of 120 days as was planned earlier.[18]

After the audio launch, the song Koncham Neram was shot in Turkey, making it the first Tamil film to be shot there.[19] Ramji, the location designer for the song, said that the region was a 10-hour drive by bus from the country's capital city, Istanbul and that Rajinikanth was standing in the middle of the vehicle all the while during the travel to the shooting spot.[20] Konjam Neram was shot in segments in Ephesus and Pamukkale. The last segment was shot in the Cappadoccia region.[21] "Athinthom" was shot in Mysore Palace.[22] "Ra Ra" was choreographed by Kala, who said that the song took only 4 days to complete.[23]

Music

Untitled

Vidyasagar composed the soundtrack album and the background score of the film. The soundtrack album consists of six tracks. Vaali, Yugabharathi, Pa. Vijay, Na. Muthukumar and Bhuvanachandra wrote the lyrics for the Tamil version.[24] Bhuvanachandra, Suddala Ashok Teja, Vennelakanti and Vaali wrote the lyrics for the dubbed Telugu version. The track "Ra Ra" is based on the Surya raaga, which is also known as the Sallabham raaga.[25] Veteran singer Asha Bhosle was confirmed to sing a song in the film and also to attend the film's audio launch.[26] The audio rights for the film were sold to Sanjay Wadhva of AnAK audio for ₹11 million (US$130,000).[27]

The album was released on 5 March 2005 at the Taj Connemara hotel in Chennai.[28] An overseas audio launch took place the next day in Malaysia.[27] At the Music World shop located in Chennai, 437 cassettes and 227 CD’s were sold on the first day of its stock release.[29]

The OST (Original Soundtrack) of the film was released on 27 September 2005 in Chennai along with a video CD titled, "The making of Chandramukhi", which featured the making of the film.[30]

Tracklist

Tamil version[31]
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Devuda Devuda"VaaliS. P. Balasubrahmanyam05:16
2."Konja Neram"YugabharathiAsha Bhonsle, Madhu Balakrishnan04:29
3."Athinthom"Pa. VijayS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vaishali04:34
4."Kokku Para Para"Na. MuthukumarTippu, Manicka Vinayagam, Rajalakshmi04:52
5."Annanoda Pattu"KabilanKK, Karthik, Sujatha Mohan, Chinnaponnu05:25
6."Raa Raa"BhuvanachandraBinny Krishnakumar, Tippu05:15
Total length:29:51
Telugu version[32]
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Devuda Devuda"BhuvanachandraS. P. Balasubrahmanyam05:12
2."Chiluka Pada Pada"Suddala Ashok TejaTippu, Manicka Vinayagam, Rajalakshmi, Ganga04:46
3."Andala Aakasamantha"Suddala Ashok TejaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam04:30
4."Konta Kalam"VennelakantiSujatha Mohan, Madhu Balakrishnan04:25
5."Annagari Mata"BhuvanachandraAnuradha Sriram, Karthik05:15
6."Vaarai Naan Unnai Thedi"VaaliNithyashree Mahadevan05:19
Total length:29:37

Reception

The album received generally positive reviews from critics. Siddhu Warrier of Rediff said, "Devuda Devuda finds S. P. Balasubramanian in top form." whilst labelling Athinthom as "A soft, melodious song", Kokku Para Para as "insipid", before concluding that the song Annonda Pattu "is vintage Rajni, and gets your feet tapping. One can almost picture Rajni brandishing his trademark cigarette and sunglasses as he gyrates to the beat. If one is a die-hard Rajni fan, then one is likely to go beserk dancing to this. This one's a homer, folks!"[33] IndiaGlitz wrote, "So considering the pressure and pulls, Vidyasagar has come up with a fine score keeping in mind what Rajni's fans usually look for. The thing is that he has not gone for experimentation or tried out any new funky sounds. He has played safe even while managing to come up with some eminently hummable tunes. To be sure, they may not be classics. But it sure fits the bill. A good mixture of melody, mass and foot-tapping numbers. Chandramukhi is sure to be another hit of Vidyasagar's and will join the list of his recent Dhool, Ghilli and Madurey."[34]

“I will forever remain indebted to composer Vidyasagar, who gave me the song when I was a nobody in playback singing. I had given a cassette of my songs to Vidyasagar, who knew Krishnakumar.[b] Then, about six months later, Vidyasagar invited me to record ‘Ra ra…,' The way that song has helped me in my career – both as a playback and classical singer – has been incredible. I was lucky I got a song in a Rajnikanth film so early in my career and the Filmfare award for my very first song."[36]

— Binny Krishnakumar

Release

The producers entered into dealings with Tata Indicom to promote the film for which ringtones of the songs from the film's soundtrack and special screensavers were used.[37] Giant cutouts of Rajinikanth and movie release posters were posted all over the state as a run-up for the release.[38] According to M. A. Madhusudhan, the chief operating officer of Tata Teleservices, the promotion campaign started in early March 2005 and went on till mid-May 2005.[37] The film was released on 14 April 2005, on the eve of Tamil New Year, alongside Kamal's Mumbai Xpress and Vijay's Sachein. 33 prints of the film was released all over Japan, where the film was also released on 14 April.[39] Chandramukhi released in 37 theatres in Malaysia, 15 in Europe, 9 in Sri Lanka, 7 in the US, 4 each in Canada and Gulf countries together and 2 each in Australia and Singapore.[40]

Critical response

Behindwoods stated, "Rajini belies his age on the screen and performs his antics with enthusiasm. His comic interludes with Vadivelu are the highlight of the movie. Shankar Josheph’s camera work is impressive. Vidyasagar’s music has enriched the songs which are soothing."[41] IndiaGlitz summarised, "Chandramukhi, on the whole, will surely the join the long list of Rajni's super hits."[42] Sify wrote, "First thing first. Rajnikanth’s Chandramukhi is far better than his last film Baba, yet it leaves you with somewhat mixed feeling. Undoubtedly the plot is nothing but Fazil’s Manichitrathazhu from Malayalam. But Chandramukhi is a remake of P. Vasu’s Apthamitra from Kannada with some additional songs, fights and comedy scenes thrown in to further boost the superstar’s image".[43] A. Ganesh Nadar of Rediff stated that the film would become "a certain hit.", before concluding that "The star will be happy, his fans will be happy and producer Prabhu will giggle all the way to the bank.".[44] Karthiga Rukmanykanthan, writing for Daily News Sri Lanka stated that "[...] the long anticipated delight Chandramukhi has made itself the box-office hit of the year.".[45]

Box office

India

The film was a box office success, selling 20 million tickets worldwide. The film went to have a theatrical run of 890 days at Ganesan's family-owned Shanthi theatre, beating the 62 year record set by the 1944 film Haridas, which ran for 770 days at the Broadway theater.[46] The film grossed ₹750 million (US$9.0 million) in its lifetime run. This was the first Tamil film in 2005 to beat the box office record set by Ghilli (2004), and in turn was beaten two years later by Rajinikanth's Sivaji (2007).

Overseas

The movie was screened in Tokyo on October 2005 to packed houses.[47]

Home media

File:Chandramukhi Blu Ray cover.jpg
Official Blu-ray cover of the film

The television rights were sold to Sun TV.[48]

The original negative was damaged due to poor care and ill-treatment. AP International and Shahran Sunny Audit started a restoration project which scanned the film frame-by-frame, in a 2K workflow. They were able to remove all wear and tear, and retain the natural film grain.[49] This version was released in Blu-ray on 2 August 2012.[1]

Plagiarism

Though the movie was a remake, the story did not credit Madhu Muttam, who wrote the story for Manichithrathazhu. Instead, the story was credited to the director P. Vasu.[50] The same issue happened in Vasu's Apthamitra. Vasu, however stated that the script was revised and was different from the original, though very slightly.[51][52]

Remakes

The original Malayalam film Manichithrathazhu was subsequently remade or dubbed in several other languages and found success in the respective regional cinemas. Chandramukhi is the second remake of Manichithrathazhu after the Kannada version, Apthamitra (2004), which was also directed by P. Vasu. The Tamil version was dubbed into Telugu with the same title. Manichithrathazhu was remade in Bengali as Rajmohol (2005). Later, it became the first Tamil film to be dubbed into German and it was released in several German-speaking countries as Der Geisterjäger (lit. The Ghost Hunters). The film was also dubbed into Turkish. On 29 February 2008, producer A. M. Rathnam dubbed and released the film in Hindi, despite Bhool Bhulaiyaa, the Bollywood remake of Manichithrathazhu, having been released on 12 October 2007. The film was also dubbed in Bhojpuri with the title Chandramukhi Ke Hunkaar.

Below is a character map of the lead characters in the story of Manichithrathazhu and its remakes.

Template:Manichitrathazhu character map

Awards

Sequel

See also: Nagavalli

A stand-alone sequel to Chandramukhi in Telugu was made in the same language as Nagavalli (2010) by P. Vasu starring Venkatesh Daggubati in the lead along with Anushka Shetty, Richa Gangopadhyay, Shraddha Das, Poonam Kaur, and Kamalinee Mukherjee.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Blu-ray.com gives the runtime of 167 minutes.[1] Whereas, the 2011 book The Best of Tamil Cinema by G. Dhananjayan gives the runtime as 164 minutes.[2]
  2. ^ Krishnakumar was Binny's husband and also a professional Carnatic musician.[35]

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