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Dost (2001 Tamil film)

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Dost
DVD cover
Directed byS. A. Chandrasekhar
Written byR. Saminathan (dialogues)
Screenplay byS. A. Chandrasekhar
Story byS. A. Chandrasekhar
Produced by
  • K. Muralidharan
  • V.Swaminathan
  • G. Venugopal
Starring
CinematographyS. D. Vijay Milton
Edited byB. S. Vasu
Saleem
Music byDeva
Production
company
Release date
  • 29 June 2001 (2001-06-29)
Running time
158 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Dost (/ðoʊsθ/ transl. Friend) is a 2001 Tamil-language action-crime film directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. The film stars R. Sarathkumar and Abhirami, while Raghuvaran, Prakash Raj and Indu play supporting roles. It was released on 29 June 2001.[1]

Plot

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Vishwa and Raghu are the closest of friends. However, the former is true, while the latter is merely a mercenary. Nothing matters to Raghu except money. He uses his wealthy friend as a ruse to rise in status. Devoted to his selfish friend, Vishwa is too naive to know that Raghu is an archetypal scheming villain who could ruin him for money. When he does realise the truth, it is too late – he is already a wreck, estranged from his child and lover and behind bars. Now it is time for revenge.

Vishva and Ragu are friends and drink alcohol in a boat at night time. During this time Ragu alleges that Visva loves his wife due to which Visva never marries for a 2nd time. Hearing this, Visva gets angry and beats Ragu and both finally sleep but in the morning, Visva cannot see Ragu inside the boat, and only blood stains are seen. Police arrest visva and in court all proof is against visva ending in an imprisonment for 7 years. But visva escapes jail when he gets a phone call from his daughter now under custody of Ragu who was going to shoot her. Viswa traces Ragu to Goa and finally kills Ragu and saves his daughter.

Cast

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Production

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S. A. Chandrasekhar had written the film in the late 1990s but shelved the venture as he could not find the correct actor to portray a boxer. After receiving an offer from Lakshmi Movie Makers to direct the film, he reworked the script and cast R. Sarathkumar, alongside Prakash Raj and Raghuvaran.[2] A jail set was built at Murugalaya Studios.[3]

Soundtrack

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The music was composed by Deva. The lyrics were written by Vaali.[4]

Song Singers Length
"Ethen Thottathu" Swarnalatha, Arunmozhi 06:40
"Hey Sal Sal" Sukhwinder Singh 04:58
"I Am A Bachelor" Anuradha Sriram 06:11
"Rendu Angula Roja" Baby Vaishali, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra 05:52
"Tajmahal" Anuradha Sriram, Devan 06:00

Reception

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Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote, "The film has flashes of intelligence, splashes of humour, spurts of sentiment and mounds of melodrama. Yet the cocktail does not offer complete satiety. One reason could be the pace, affected as it is by inevitable appendages", and criticised its conspicuous similarities to the American film Double Jeopardy (1999).[5] Visual Dasan of Kalki called the film "average".[6]

References

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  1. ^ "தோஸ்த் / Dosth (2001)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Dost— Sarath Kumar - Chandrasekar team". Screen. 22 June 2001. Archived from the original on 19 November 2001. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Friends and fisticuffs". Tamil Star. Archived from the original on 30 December 2002. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Dosth (2001)". MusicIndiaOnline. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  5. ^ Rangarajan, Malathi (6 July 2001). "Film Review: Dost". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  6. ^ தாசன், விசுவல் (15 July 2001). "தோஸ்த்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 16. Archived from the original on 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
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