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Red is a film of genre Drama directed by Singampuli with Ajith Kumar
Red (2002)
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Add to a movie listRedis a 2002 Tamil film directed by Singampuli and produced by S. S. Chakravarthy. The film stars Ajith Kumar and Priya Gill, while Manivannan, Salim Ghouse and Raghuvaran play pivotal roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Deva. The film won poor reviews and became a commercial failure at the box-office.
Synopsis
Ajith is Red (it stands for Revolution, Education, Development), an orphan who has since grown up to be the local don in Madurai. Naturally he possesses a heart of gold and when not bashing up bad guys, he spends his time forcing schools to accept students without donations and taking care of orphans. Cheeni (Salim Ghouse) is his biggest enemy. Red falls for Gayatri (Priya Gill), the daughter of his friend and confidante Narayanan (Manivannan) and helps her without her knowledge. She too likes him but wants him to give up his life of violence. Meanwhile, a reporter (Rajesh) for Ananda Vikatan begins to serialise Red's story under the name Aadi and it becomes quite the rage among readers.Actors
Ajith Kumar
(Red)
Priya Gill
(Gayathri)
S. Manivannan
(Narayanan)
Rajan P. Dev
Raghuvaran
(Newspaper editor)
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