Arunachalam (1997)

Original title

அருணாச்சலம்

Directed by

Sundar C

Genre

comedy film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 45m

Rated

U

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A simple village man learns he is the long-lost heir to a billionaire's fortune. To inherit the money, he must survive a series of difficult and often humorous challenges.

lightheartedcomedicfast-pacedwhimsicalupliftingenergeticfunwarm

What happens

Arunachalam is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by Sundar C and written by Crazy Mohan. The film stars Rajinikanth as the title character as well as in a dual role, alongside Soundarya and Rambha, with Jaishankar, Ravichandran and Visu in supporting roles. It revolves around a village simpleton, who later discovers he is the heir of a deceased billionaire, but must face extreme challenges to claim his father's inheritance. The film is loosely based on the 1902 George Barr McCutcheon novel Brewster's Millions. The soundtrack and background score were composed by Deva, while U. K. Senthil Kumar handled the cinematography and P. Sai Suresh did so for editing. Arunachalam was released on 10 April 1997 and became a box office success. It won three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, including Best Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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