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{{short description|2002 film by Arjun Sarja}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Ezhumalai
| image = Ezhumalai poster.jpg
| caption = Poster of Ezhumalai's 50th day celebration
| director = [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]]
| producer = [[Viswanathan Ravichandran|V. Ravichandran]] S.Amaravathy
| writer = K. C. Thangam '''(Dialogues)'''
| screenplay = Arjun
| story = Chinni Krishna
| based_on = ''[[Narasimha Naidu]]'' (Telugu)
| starring = [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]] [[Simran (actress)|Simran]] [[Gajala]] [[Mumtaj]] [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] [[Ashish Vidhyarthi]]
| music = [[Mani Sharma]]
| cinematography = K. S. Selvaraj
| editing = [[P. Sai Suresh]]
| studio = Sri Venkateswara Production
| distributor = [[Viswanathan Ravichandran|Aascar Film]]
| released = 21 June 2002
| runtime = 167 minutes
| language = Tamil
| country = India
}}
'''''Ezhumalai''''' is a 2002 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action film|action]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]], who also played the titular character. It also features [[Simran (actress)|Simran]], [[Gajala]] and [[Mumtaj]] as the female leads, while [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] and [[Ashish Vidhyarthi]] play supporting roles. This film is the Tamil remake of the [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] [[film]] ''[[Narasimha Naidu]]'' (2001), starring [[Nandamuri Balakrishna|Balakrishna]]. Actress Simran reprised her role in the Telugu version.<ref>{{cite web|last=sify|date=24 June 2002|title=Ezhumalai film review|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/ezhumalai-review-tamil-pclusjbhcjchj.html}}</ref> Despite the release of original film, this film was later dubbed in Telugu again as ''Simha Baludu''released in 2004.It was dubbed into hindi as "Main hoon rangbaaz" <ref>{{Cite web|title=Simha Baludu (2004)|url=https://indiancine.ma/BKAS|access-date=2021-05-12|website=Indiancine.ma}}</ref> <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlH75ApXRnI</ref> The movie was a big commercial success and completed a 150-day theatrical run at the box office.

==Plot==
Ezhumalai ([[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]]) leads a peaceful life as a dance master in the village. Anjali ([[Gajala]]) falls in love with him before learning that he has a son and that his wife Lakshmi ([[Simran (actress)|Simran]]) is dead. She wishes to marry him but faces competition from Lakshmi's sister Sandhya ([[Mumtaj]]), who also wishes to wed him. Anjali is the daughter of Nagalingam ([[Ashish Vidyarthi]]), who is from a neighboring village. When she reveals this fact to Ezhumalai, she learns he and her father are sworn enemies and that her father killed Lakshmi.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Arjun Sarja]] as Ezhumalai
* [[Simran (actress)|Simran]] as Lakshmi
* [[Gajala]] as Anjali Nagalingam
* [[Mumtaj]] as Sandhya, Lakshmi's sister
* [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Venkatachalam
* [[Ashish Vidhyarthi]] as Nagalingam, Anjali's father
* [[Gowtham Sundararajan]] as Ezhumalai's elder brother
* [[Thyagu (actor)|Thyagu]] as Ezhumalai's elder brother
* [[Sathyapriya]] as Nagalingam's sister
* [[Venniradai Moorthy]] as Marriage Broker
* [[Chandrasekhar (Tamil actor)|Chandrasekhar]] as Venkatachalam's friend
* [[Anandaraj]] as Nagalingam's brother in law
* [[Peeli Sivam]] as Lakshmi and Sandhya's father
* [[Charle]] as Ezhumalai's assistant
* [[Vaiyapuri]] as Marriage Broker's assistant
* [[Besant Ravi]] as gang member
{{colend}}

== Soundtrack '''''Ezhumalai''' (Tamil Sound Track)'' ==
The songs are by [[Mani Sharma]], with lyrics written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] and [[Thamarai]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/ezhumalai/KCG4,LB5D9Y_ |title=Ezhumalai songs |website=[[JioSaavn]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823071516/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/ezhumalai/KCG4,LB5D9Y_ |archive-date=23 August 2019 |access-date=2019-08-23}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)!!
|-
| 1 || "Chillendru" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Sujatha Mohan|Sujatha]] || rowspan=4|[[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || 05:21||
|-
| 2 || "Ella Malaiyilum" || [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[K. S. Chithra]] || 05:28
|Reused "Ninna Kutesinaddhi" from [[Narasimha Naidu]]
|-
| 3 || "Lux Papa" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[Swarnalatha]] || 05:07
|Reused "Lux papa" from [[Narasimha Naidu]]
|-
| 4 || "Maina Kunjo" || [[Shankar Mahadevan]], Sujatha || 04:23
|Reused "Abba Abba" from [[Narasimha Naidu]]
|-
| 5 || "Un Punnagai" || [[Mallikarjun]], [[Harini (singer)|Harini]] || [[Thamarai]] || 04:34
|Reused "Nee Navvula" from [[Aadi (2002 film)|Aadi]]
|-
|}

== Soundtrack '''''Simha Baludu''' (Telugu Sound Track)'' ==
The songs are by [[Mani Sharma]], with lyrics written by [[Bhuvana Chandra]].<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlH75ApXRnI}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)!!
|-
| 1 || "Nee Kannula" || [[Chakri (composer)|Chakri]], [[Priyadarshini (singer)|Priyadarshini]] || rowspan=4| [[Bhuvana Chandra]] || 04:14
|-
| 2 || "Kurra Vayasullo" || Muralidhar, Lalitha Saagari] || 05:06
|-
| 3 || "Disco Papa" || Muralidhar, Lalitha Saagari|| 04:38
|-
| 4 || "Challanga Veeche Gali" || [[Ramu]], [[Priyadarshini (singer)|Priyadarshini]] || 05:03
|-
|}

==Critical reception==
''Thiraipadam'' wrote that the film "itself is an age-old revenge tale that offers nothing new and so, the proceedings are predictable, most of the time."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thiraipadam.com/cgi-bin/movie_review.pl?id=228&user_name=bbalaji&review_lang=english&lang=english |title=Ezhumalai - Tamil movie review |website=Thiraipadam.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823070755/http://thiraipadam.com/cgi-bin/movie_review.pl?id=228&user_name=bbalaji&review_lang=english&lang=english |archive-date=23 August 2019 |access-date=2019-08-23}}</ref> ''The Hindu'' wrote "The screenplay is Arjun's. So is the direction. And the action hero thrills his fans with stunts aplenty. Yet fights alone, however well choreographed, cannot make a film watchable. You need a well-narrated story — something "Ezhumalai" lacks. Most of the time action waits for no reason and seems to need no logic."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/06/28/stories/2002062800910201.htm |title=Ezhumalai |last=Rangarajan |first=Malathi |date=28 June 2002 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030210213330/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/06/28/stories/2002062800910201.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2003-02-10}}</ref> ''Sify'' wrote that "the film caters strictly to the frontbenchers".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/ezhumalai-review-tamil-pclusjbhcjchj.html |title=Review: Ezhumalai (2002) |date=24 June 2002 |website=Sify |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823071239/https://www.sify.com/movies/ezhumalai-review-tamil-pclusjbhcjchj.html |archive-date=23 August 2019 |access-date=2019-08-23}}</ref>

==References==
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>Shadman24 at 13:36, 17 June 2021