Bheeshmar

Bheeshmar

DVD cover
Directed by Ranjith
Produced by Priya Raman
Written by Ranjith
Starring
Music by S. P. Venkatesh
Cinematography S. D. Kannan
Edited by Suresh Urs
Production
company
Maverick Entertainment
Release dates
  • 27 September 2003 (2003-09-27)
Running time
 150 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil

Bheeshmar is a 2003 Tamil crime film directed by actor Ranjith, making his directorial debut. The film features Ranjith and Devayani in lead roles, with Rami Reddy, Riyaz Khan, Anu Mohan, Ilavarasu, Vasu Vikram, Sadiq and Baby Prahasitha playing supporting roles. The film, produced by Ranjith's wife Priya Raman, had musical score by S. P. Venkatesh and was released on 27 September 2003.[1][2][3][4]

Plot

Bheeshmar (Ranjith) is an honest and upright police officer. He is married to a naive village woman Gowri (Devayani) and they have a six-year old girl named Pappathi (Baby Prahasitha). Bheeshmar is transferred to a new department which is filled of corrupt police officers. Soon, Inspector Bheeshmar clashes with the policemen Aadhi (Ilavarasu) and Dhandapani (Vasu Vikram), the assistant commissioner Singampuli (Sadiq) and the heartless politician R.K (Rami Reddy).

Later, Bheeshmar has been suspended for beating up Singampuli in the court. Afterwards, the police is arrested Bheeshmar for a crime he didn't commit and he is put into jail. His wife sells her kidney for the advocate expenses to release him. After that also he ends up fighting with rowdies while bringing the medicine for his wife. He is not able to make it at right time so his wife dies in hospital.

The unemployed Bheeshmar turns berserk and kills all his enemies. He is again arrested and is brought by police van. In the traffic signal, he sees his daughter begging for food. His daughter tries to run towards his van and meanwhile accident happens to her.

Bheeshmar wakes up screaming with his daughter nearby, he then realizes that it was a nightmare. At that point, Bheeshmar understands that the evil in the society is way more powerful than him. So he burns his police uniform and he decides to start a new life with his beloved daughter Pappathi.

Cast

Soundtrack

Bheeshmar
Soundtrack album by S. P. Venkatesh
Released 2003
Recorded 2003
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 2:13
Producer S. P. Venkatesh

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer S. P. Venkatesh. The soundtrack, released in 2003, features 1 track with lyrics written by Snehan.

Track Song Singer(s) Duration
1 'Nadagam Pol Vaazhkaiyila' Unni Menon 2:13

Reception

Critical response

Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu said "In the area of dialogue, he (Ranjith) scores. As a hero he fills the bill. It is in the other departments that he is found wanting".[5] Sify wrote : " Ranjith has perpetuated so many stereotypes in this flick [...] The fatal flaw in the film is the screenplay, which is screeching and at times tries to be a third rate tearjerker" and said : "the censors have butchered the film and in most of the scenes dialogue cuts make the film jarring".[6] Reviewer Balaji Balasubramaniam said "It is a credible first effort and credit goes to Ranjith for not resorting to unnecessary elements like romance or a comedy track to try to make the movie more entertaining. But ultimately, the movie turns out to be too predictable and violent to make an impression" and stated : "Ranjith the actor scores the most points when compared to the other responsibilities he has taken on".[7] Entertainment portal Bizhat.com gave the film a negative review : "The honest police - goondas story in nothing new to Tamil audience. Having chosen this subject Ranjith could have taken more care in the narration. The screenplay lacks consistency".[8]

Box office

The film became a flop in the box office. Following the failure of the film, Ranjith was not able to produce his next own film because of the lack of fund. Ranjith then ventured to do a couple of character roles in Malayalam and Tamil films.[9][10][11]

References

  1. ↑ "Find Tamil Movie Bheeshmar". Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
  2. ↑ "Ranjith ready for next - Tamil Movie News". Indiaglitz.com. 2005-11-12. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  3. ↑ Unni R. Nair (2010-04-22). "Uyarnthavan to hit screens in May". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  4. ↑ "Priya Raman on a creative high". The Hindu. 2005-07-30. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  5. ↑ Malathi Rangarajan (2003-09-26). "Bheeshmar". The Hindu. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  6. ↑ "Review : Bheeshmar". Sify. 2003-09-24. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  7. ↑ "Bheeshmar - Balaji's Thots". bbthots.com. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  8. ↑ "BizHat.com -Bhishmar Review". movies.bizhat.com. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  9. ↑ "Ranjith to rock in summer - Tamil Movie News". Indiaglitz.com. 2010-04-12. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  10. ↑ "Ranjith to rock in summer - Tamil Movie News". Indiaglitz.com. 2010-04-12. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  11. ↑ "Behindwoods : Ranjith is back". Behindwoods.com. 2005-02-09. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
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