Namma Annachi

Namma Annachi is a 1994 Tamil drama film directed by Dhalapathi. The film features R. Sarathkumar in a triple role, Raadhika Sarathkumar, Heera Rajagopal and Rupini in lead roles. The film, produced by K. S. Srinivasan and K. S. Sivaraman, had musical score by Deva and was released on 21 May 1994 to negative reviews.^[1][2]

Plot

Ayya (R. Sarathkumar) was an honest police officer, the villagers respected him for protecting the village against the heartless don Vaiyapuri (Mohan Natarajan). He lived hapilly with his wife (Rupini) and his son Annachi. One day, the don killed Ayya and his wife in front of their son. Later, Annachi hurted heavily Vaiyapuri and fled to the city.

20 years later, Annachi (R. Sarathkumar) worked hard and became a brave man who fought against the injustice. He was adopted by an old couple (S. S. Chandran and Ganthimathi). Vaiyapuri controlled the city. Annachi began to work in Vaiyapuri's factory and realized that the factory paid the labourers less than expected. Gayathri (Raadhika Sarathkumar), a labour officer, came to help them but Vaiyapuri sent her to jail for prostitution. Annachi and Gayathri finally got married. During a strike, Annachi saw Vaiyapuri trying to kill the strikers. So Annachi turned berserk and killed Vaiyapuri.

20 years later, Annachi becomes a godfather who helped the poor and the oppressed while Annachi's only son Prabhakaran (R. Sarathkumar) becomes a lawyer. Prabhakaran and Priya (Heera Rajagopal) fall in love with each other. Vadivelu (Radha Ravi), who was Vaiyapuri's right-hand, is now a corrupted politician. At the election, all citizens vote for the non-candidate Annachi, thus canceling the election. An angry candidate poisons poor persons during Annachi's fest and Annachi kills him. Prabhakaran sees this murder and the matter is taken up in court by Prabhakaran who wants to punish his own father. Annachi is later discharged. Soon, Annachi clashes with Vadivelu and Vadivelu kills Gayathri. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Cast

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Deva. The soundtrack, released in 1994, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali and Kalidasan.^[3][4]

Reception

K. Vijiyan of New Straits Times criticized the director Dhalapathi : "his inexperience shows with his matter-of-fact handling of even the most important events and dialogues with poor use of the cameras" and stated : "to do all three roles is just to generate more publicity for Sarath and the movie". The critic advised the film for only ardent R. Sarathkumar's fans.^[2]

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