Rangoon (2017 Tamil film)

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Rangoon
Rangoon 2017 Tamil poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Rajkumar Periasamy
Written byRajkumar Periasamy
Sai Prasad Pochampally
Produced by A. R. Murugadoss
Fox Star Studios
Starring Gautham Karthik
Sana Makbul
CinematographyAnish Tharun Kumar
Edited by Prasanna GK
Vijay Venkataramanan
Music byOriginal songs:
Vikram RH
Vishal Chandrasekhar
Background score:
Vishal Chandrasekhar
Production
companies
Distributed byFox Star Studios
Release date
  • 8 June 2017 (2017-06-08)
Running time
126 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Rangoon is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action crime film written and directed by Rajkumar Periasamy in his directoral debut and produced by A. R. Murugadoss. The film stars Gautham Karthik and Sana Makbul. It was the fifth joint venture of AR Murugadoss Productions and Fox Star Studios. The film turned out to be the first hit film for Gautham Karthik.

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Plot

Venkat (Gautham Karthik) hails from the Burmese city of Rangoon, which has now been renamed Yangon by the regime. He lives as a Tamil Burma repatriation in a neighbourhood called Annai Sivagami Nagar also known as Burma Nagar in Ennore, Chennai. His family, in search of a better livelihood, has migrated from his birthplace to a neighbourhood of Chennai, where many other Tamil-Burma repatriates live.

Venkat grows up as an irresponsible youth and now is a college dropout who is looking for a job. Through his childhood friend Atho Kumar a.k.a. Kumaran (Lallu), he gets an employment under Gunaseelan a.k.a. Siya (Siddique), a respected businessman in the neighbourhood. His job is to attract passersby to the small secondhand gold shop. Venkat grows as a trustworthy aide to Siya, who is a secondhand gold dealer of Chennai's wholesale gold market, Sowcarpet. At one instance, Venkat saves the life of Siya from a murder attempt. This garners a promotion for Venkat. Venkat is promoted as the sole manager for Gunaseelan's import-export gold shop. The shop, only on the outlook, is an import-export shop, but underneath a back gate for the city's gold smuggling wing. Meanwhile, Venkat meets a club singer named Natasha (Sana Makbul) and falls in love with her. She speaks sense into Venkat and tries to pull him out of smuggling and illegal trading.

Venkat decides to do one last job. He, with his closest friends of life, Kumaran and Tiptop a.k.a. Sasi (Daniel Annie Pope), he indulges in gold smuggling to clear Siya's debts with the profits earned. In the same motive, he, along with his friends travels to Myanmar on a smuggling deal in an illegal route via a road crossing the borders, for Siya. Venkat's fancy-looking, street-smart goes awfully wrong as his money that he earned mysteriously goes missing in Yangon, Myanmar. This brings a disgrace to him and Siya amidst traders in the Chennai market. Venkat, in order to clear further debts, indulges in kidnap and ransom demanding. In a mishap, the three friends accidentally shoot the kidnapped kid. Things go awry. Furthermore, the plot unfolds the mystery, and the blatant truth is shown to Venkat. His learning from the experiences of a unique childhood, friendship, betrayal, and prison sentence makes him a learned man.

After four years, Venkat gets released from jail and starts his own small jewelry shop in the name of his father. Now, Venkat faces life with hope and faith, as a reformed man of his mid-20s.

Cast

Production

The project was first announced in August 2014, with AR Murugadoss revealing that he would produce Rangoon, directed by his associate director, Rajkumar Periasamy, who worked with him on Thuppakki (2012). It would feature Gautham Karthik and Sana Makbul in the lead roles. Initially, Anirudh Ravichander was rumoured to be the film's music composer as he was scoring Kaththi (2014) at that time. But then, the crew comprised mostly of newcomers. The songs were composed by RH Vikram, who had earlier assisted G. V. Prakash Kumar. Anish Tharun Kumar, an upcoming cinematographer, was fixed to man the camera. Vishal Chandrasekhar scored the background score of the film. He also scored two songs, which made to the film's album. The film went onto floors in 2015. This crime thriller was filmed in many real locations of Chennai and Myanmar. Though Rangoon has a broader setting like Myanmar, Chennai city's northern parts' live locations, Indo-Myanmar borders the production was completed on a low budget. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Release and reception

Baradwaj Rangan of Film Companion wrote "Rajkumar Periasamy gives us just a visual. He may not have made the most perfect film, but he leaves us with the thought that maybe he's a genuine filmmaker." [5]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack consists of six songs; 4 tracks composed by composer RH Vikram and 2 tracks composed by Vishal Chandrasekhar.

Rangoon
Soundtrack album by
RH Vikram and Vishal Chandrasekhar
Released2017
Recorded2017
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length19:05
LanguageTamil
Label Sony Music
RH Vikram chronology
Rangoon
(2017)		 Pandigai
(2017)
Vishal Chandrasekhar chronology
7 Naatkal
(2017)		Rangoon
(2017)		 Kathalo Rajakumari
(2017)
No.TitleLyricsSingersLength
1."Yaathreega (The Journey Begins)" Na. Muthukumar Navin Iyer4:08
2."Enai Marakirene (Natasha's Spirit)"Gkb, Manoj KumarKavita Thomas2:53
3."Nee Illaa Aagayam (The Love Spark)"Kabilan Yazin Nizar 3:59
4."Ey Jajabor (The Trip of the Trio)"Kraven StratfileKraven Stratfile2:38
5."Thottil Madiyil (Love's Lullaby)" Vivek Chinmayi 1:30
6."Foreign Returns (celebration in hood)"Lallu Anirudh Ravichander 3:57
Total length:19:05

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