Coolie is a 1995 Indian Tamil language action film directed and written by P. Vasu. The film stars Sarathkumar and Meena while Radharavi, Raja and Kavitha Vijayakumar play supporting roles.[1] The film opened in April 1995 but fared below critics' expectations.[2]
Plot
Radharavi is a very rich businessman and has a factory with a lot of workers. He bribes the workers' union leader, Ponambalam, to stop any protest from rising. Ponambalam cheats on the workers by telling them that their salary will increase by 5%, but they don't give up until a 7% increase, and again the workers stand on the ground protesting. Meanwhile, Ponambalam goes inside alone, gets brandy from Radharavi, and again comes out, saying that at least a 6% increase in salary is agreed upon by Radharavi, and thus tries to settle the protest. Here, Sharat Kumar interferes and says that a 20% increase is needed. For this whole worker union, support Sharat Kumar and make him the leader.
Sharat Kumar has a sister who is a close friend of Meena, the daughter of Radharavi. Meena loves Sharat Kumar for his good character. Radharavi is very angry with Sharat Kumar already but tries to change him to be friendly and be like Ponambalam. Radharavi invites Sharat Kumar to the party as Sharat is the new union leader. At the party, Sharat is given a big car and already was given good clothes to wear for the party. Sharat likes the car, takes the car key, drives the car, and damages the car. Sharat also throws away the clothes and says that he prefers to be a poor man until others are given the same offer and come out of the party.
Radharavi has a son who finished his studies and came to support him in business. The son of Radharavi falls in love with Sharat Kumar's sister. Finally, Radharavi supports love and marriage happens. After the marriage, Radharavi sends his son to Mumbai to settle the business at Mumbai, and daughter in law to support the business in their home area. From here onwards, the daughter-in-law becomes a strict businesswoman after Radharavi tricks her by showing himself as a cancer patient. The daughter-in-law behaves like a factory owner in front of Sharat without showing signs of any affection. Meanwhile, Sharat and Meena marry after Meena leaves the house against Radharavi's expectations. Sharat's sister, now a strict person, suspends Sharat for one day after a disturbed Sharat accidentally touches the wrong switch, which stops the factory from working. Again in the factory, Sharat hits a worker, who purposely drinks and does wrong in the factory. This worker is sent by Radharavi to create problems. During the incident, the false worker says that Sharat has sentiments for his sister, so only he is creating the problem. After hearing this, all the workers walk away from Sharat. Finally, Radharavi plans to burn the factory down and get the insurance amount. Radharavi's plan comes out when the false worker himself tells everybody of Radharavi's evil plans. Radharavi arranges Ponambalam to kill Sharat Kumar. But Ponambalam plans to kill Radharavi also, as earlier in the film Radharavi gets arrested due to Sharat, but Radharavi gives a cool response to release Radharavi from jail. Now Ponambalam enters Radharavi's house, beats and runs a jeep over Radharavi's legs, here Sharat comes and fights and defeats Ponambalam.
At the end, the film shows Radharavi now in a wheelchair, becoming a good person by accepting Sharat and Meena in his big house and also Sharat's sister with her husband.
Cast
- Sarathkumar as Karna
- Meena as Vimala
- Kavitha Vijayakumar as Thulasi
- Raja
- Radharavi as Loganathan
- Manorama
- Goundamani as Periyasamy/Velusamy/Madasamy
- Senthil as Ponnusamy/Munusamy/Munusamy's son
- Nagendra Prasad in a special appearance in the song "Ye Rammu Rammu"
- Ponnambalam as old union leader
- Sridhar as a dancer in the song "Ye Rammu"
- Dinesh as a dancer in the song "Ye Rammu"
Production
This was the only film appearance of Kavitha, daughter of the actor Vijayakumar.[3]
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Suresh Peters.[4] The film marked his debut as a music composer and he reused some tunes from his album Minnal.[5]
All lyrics are written by Vairamuthu
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ada Kattu Katta" | Suresh Peters | |
| 2. | "Poo Poova" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Swarnalatha | |
| 3. | "Raja Raja" | Mano, Swarnalatha | |
| 4. | "Selai Ini Vendam" | Mano, Suja Arun | |
| 5. | "Yeh Rammu Rammu" | Mano, Suresh Peters |
References
- ^ "Coolee ( 1995 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ^ "Tamil Film News". Google Groups. 5 January 1996. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Wedding bells in Arun Vijay's family". IndiaGlitz.com. 27 May 2010. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ "Coolie". JioSaavn. Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ "Re: [arr] Suresh Peters to give music for a film". Yahoo Groups. 24 December 2001. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
