Paramasivan

Infobox Film
name = Paramasivan


director = P. Vasu
starring = Ajith
Laila
Prakash Raj
Vivek
Jayaram
Seetha
Nasser
Aiswarya
Rahasya
producer = Ramesh
released = 2006
runtime = 165 mins.
cinematography = Sekhar V.Joseph
language = Tamil
music = Vidyasagar

"Paramasivan" (2006) ( _ta. பரமசிவன்) is a Tamil action film directed by P. Vasu, director of Chandramukhi. Paramasivan has Ajith in a new avatar with a younger and sleeker look. He lost a lot of weight prior to doing this film. Paramasivan was released at a time when Ajith had a string of flops. The movie was a moderate hit surprisingly beating Vijay-starrer Aathiin the box office. After this film Ajith was back commercial hits and reclaimed his position as one of the most prominent leading men in Tamil cinema.

Plot

Subramania Siva (Ajith) is in jail, awaiting the death sentence for killing corrupt and evil members of the police force who had killed his father and sister. SP of Police, "Nethiadi" Nandakumar (Prakash Raj) is an honest, fearless and upright police officer who has been given the mission to flush out the terrorist outfit behind the Coimbatore blasts. He decides to employ unconventional methods to fulfill his mission and engages Siva to assist him, renaming him Paramasivan, and giving him a single point agenda – trace out and erase the persons responsible for the Coimbatore blasts. Unaware to Paramasivam, Nandakumar intends on killing him after the mission is completed.

The fly in the ointment is played by Nair (Jayaram), a CBI offcer, who is out to trace Paramasivan and stop his unlawful activities. His assistant Agniputran is played by Vivek, who provides lighter moments. How Paramasivan finishes the villains and finishes his job forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Full cast and credit listing [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285665/fullcredits available] .

Trivia

* Ajith appears in this movie after losing 18kg of weight in just 5 weeks through a special diet and fitness sessions.
* It's a remake of Bollywood film Kartoos staring Sanjay Dutt and Manisha Koirala.

Box Office

*The film opened in 257 screens worldwide. It played for 13 weeks successfully.
*The film completed 10 weeks successfully in 19 screens throughout Tamil Nadu (including Agasthya 70mm and Minerva in Chennai district).
*The film grossed Rs.21 million in the very first week of release. It has been dubbed into Telugu as "Paramasivam". It did average in the box office.