Arai En 305-il Kadavul

Arai Enn 305-il Kadavul
Prakash Raj as depicted in the movie
Directed by	Chimbu deven
Produced by	S Pictures S. Shankar
Written by	Chimbu deven
Starring	Santhanam Ganja Karuppu Prakash Raj Jyothirmayi Madhumitha Sampath Raj M. S. Baskar Delhi Ganesh Rajesh
Music by	Vidyasagar
Cinematography	Soundar Rajan .S
Editing by	Sasi Kumar
Release date(s)	April 18, 2008
Running time	145 min
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	4 crores[1]
Box office	5.5 crores[1]

Arai Enn 305-il Kadavul (Tamil: அறை எண் 305'ல் கடவுள்) (English: God in Room No.305) is a Tamil film directed by Chimbu deven. The film stars comedian Santhanam, Ganja Karuppu, Prakash Raj, Jyothirmayi, and Madhumitha. The movie is produced by Shankar's S Pictures.The storyline of the film was that what would happen if god comes to earth and stay. The film received positive reviews and the acting of Santhanam was praised by the critics.

Plot

Rasu (Santhanam) and Mokkai ('Ganja' Karuppu) are youngsters sharing a hostel with a diverse group of people including a professor (Madan Bob), a staunch atheist (Rajesh), a poet and other unemployed, struggling men. Rasu, who works in a coffee shop, is in love with Mahishasuramardhini (Madhumita), but she seemingly ignores all his advances. Rasu was even attacked by her brother after hanging around her house for extended periods of time. Mokkai, who is unemployed due to his lack of education, and does whatever job he can find, dreams of marrying his uncle's daughter back in his village. After a particularly bad day where Mokkai is arrested and beaten by female police officers, Rasu's lies of being in a well-paid job are uncovered (to the disgust of Mahishasuramardhini), the two are also kicked out of the hostel by the owner due to the inability to pay rent. On their last night, both vent their frustration at God after heavy drinking. Both are shocked when He (Prakashraj) appears in front of them. Mistaking Him for another unemployed fellow, the two head back to their hostel room only to find God waiting for them in it, waving aside this miracle, all three fall asleep. The next morning, God finally manages to convince Rasu and Mokkai of his true identity after appearing in the forms of Vishnu, Jesus and the Buddha.

Armed with a 'galaxy box' that is the source of his power, God makes a deal with Rasu and Mokkai. He will spend time with the two (under the name of Arnold), observing their day to day routines while advising them in the process, to see whether it is truly His fault for their poor standard of living, or their own. God also manages to persuade the hostel owner to extend Rasu and Mokkai's stay for seven days, while their bet is undertaken.

During the alloted time, both Rasu and Mokkai learn a great deal through God's own actions and His teachings. In the meantime Prabhu, another hostel inhabitant, accidentally discovers 'Arnold's' true identity, but is persuaded to keep silent. But God is in for a shock when on his last night with them, Rasu and Santhanam steal his 'galaxy box' and use it to improve their lives. To Prabhu's despair, the true God is forced to lead an ordinary (yet underprivileged) life in the hostel. Rasu and Mokkai meanwhile, find that their families, despite their gifts, remain highly suspicious of their wealth and ungrateful as well. They then start to use the box to inflict suffering on their past employers and those who refused to give them jobs. Ultimately, Rasu is once again rejected by Mahishasuramardhini, who now works as a prostitute, and throws the box into a bin in shock. Prabhu later recovers the box, and hands it back over to God.

Although forgiven, Rasu and Mokkai feel deep regret for their actions, and promise to turn their lives around, which they duly do. Both of them becoming successful people in later life, along with Prabhu and various other characters.

Cast

• Prakash Raj ... as Arnold/Kadavul
• Santhanam ... as Raasu
• Kanja Karuppu ... as Mokkai
• Jyothirmayi ... as Bhuvana
• Madhumitha ... as Mahishasuramardhini
• Sampath Raj ... as Raana
• Rajesh ... as Thanjai Rudhran
• M. S. Baskar ... as Kutti Madaswamy (Manager)
• Madan Bob ... as Professor Mani
• Ilavarasu ... as Wellesley Prabhu
• Thalaivasal Vijay ... as Engineer Rafeeq
• Cochin Hanifa ... as Giri Chettan
• Delhi Ganesh ... as Deiva nayagam (Raasu's father)
• Chams ... as 'Java' Sundaram (Raasu's friend)
• Kuyili ... as Rukmani (Bhuvana's mother)

Soundtrack

The music of the movie has been composed by Vidyasagar.

Production

The film was shot in 82 days. A dedicated team nearlly visited 800 bachelor mansions around Chennai before shortlisting on the one for the final shoot. Apart from Chennai the crew also shot in Ambasamutharam, Achan Kovil and in Kerala.

Related film

The film was said to be influenced by the 2003 Tom Shadyac Hollywood movie Bruce Almighty starred by Jim Carrey.^[2] Only difference being in the Hollywood movie God grants the protagonist the powers willingly. In this Tamil version, the hero steals the power from the God. Bruce Almighty was adapted in Hindi as God Tussi Great Ho.

Dubbed film

The film was dubbed into Telugu as Gadi No 305 Lo Devudu.

References

External links

• http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/trailer/9364.html
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