Run (2002 film)

Infobox Film
name = Run


director = N. Linguswamy
writer = N. Linguswamy
starring = R. Madhavan
Meera Jasmine
Vivek
Atul Kulkarni
Raghuvaran
Anuradha Hassan
producer = A. M. Rathnam
distributor = Evergreen Movies International
released = 2002
runtime = 180 mins.
language = Tamil
music = Vidyasagar
imdb_id = 0331621

"Run" (2002) is a Tamil film directed by top director N. Linguswamy. The film stars R. Madhavan and Meera Jasmine.

Plot

Madhavan comes to Chennai to continue his studies. He meets Meera and falls in love with her. Only after Meera warns Madhavan to stop his love by using her brother’s Atul Kulkarni's influence of willpowers and his way of idealising himself as a ‘big shot’, does Madhavan becomes very self certain that his love will become successful. She warns Madhavan that her brother is a gangster. Thereafter it immediately becomes, as glacial imperviousness that Madhavan will not let go off his love. it's after the infringe of cunning setups and many oppositions that he realises to make true progressions to his love; he relentlessly works both physically and mentally, to portray his love as inevitable, as he tricks Meera’s brother. Her brother, however, still believes that he can separate their love by setting his men on Madhavan, but Madhavan beats them up. And soon Meera too starts loving him. Finally Madhavan elopes with Meera and how he overcomes the brother's opposition forms the story.

Music

The Music composed by Vidyasagar was a Mega-Blockbuster.The number 'Kadhal Pisase' ROCKED South India.

Remake

The film was re-made in Hindi by Boney Kapoor with the same name, "Run", starring Abhishek Bachchan (Siddharth) and Bhumika Chawla (Jhanavi) in lead roles, while Jhanavi's brother was played by Mahesh Manjrekar (Ganpat). It was directed by the late Jeeva.

Casting

Vidya Balan was first signed to do the role of the female lead but she dropped out due to reasons undisclosed. Meera replaced her. The movie indeed, has established Meera as a fine actress in Kollywood.

Awards

The film has won the following awards since its release:

* Won - FilmFare Award South India 2002- Best Comedien - Vivek
* Won - FilmFare Award South India 2002- Best Female Debut - Meera Jasmine

External links

*imdb title|id=0331621|title=Run