Run
Directed by	N. Linguswamy
Produced by	A. M. Rathnam
Written by	N. Linguswamy
Starring	R. Madhavan Meera Jasmine Vivek Atul Kulkarni Raghuvaran Anuradha Hassan
Music by	Vidyasagar
Distributed by	Evergreen Movies International
Release date(s)	2002
Running time	180 mins.
Language	Tamil
Gross revenue	Rs.22 crores

Run (2002) is a Tamil film directed by top director N. Linguswamy. The film stars R. Madhavan and Meera Jasmine.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Music 3 Remake 4 Casting 5 Awards 6 Box Office 7 External links

[edit] Plot

Madhavan comes to Chennai to continue his studies. He meets Meera and falls in love with her. Only after Meera warns Madhavan to stop his love by using her brother’s Atul Kulkarni's influence of willpowers and his way of idealising himself as a ‘big shot’, does Madhavan becomes very self certain that his love will become successful. She warns Madhavan that her brother is a gangster. Thereafter it immediately becomes, as glacial imperviousness that Madhavan will not let go off his love. it's after the infringe of cunning setups and many oppositions that he realises to make true progressions to his love; he relentlessly works both physically and mentally, to portray his love as inevitable, as he tricks Meera’s brother. Her brother, however, still believes that he can separate their love by setting his men on Madhavan, but Madhavan beats them up. And soon Meera too starts loving him. Finally Madhavan elopes with Meera and how he overcomes the brother's opposition forms the story.

[edit] Music

The Music composed by Vidyasagar was a Mega-Blockbuster.All the songs were well received by the music lovers. The soundtrack for the movie include

• Theradi Veethiyil | Manicka Vinayagam, Karthik, Timmy

• Ichhuthha Ichuthha | Devan, Sowmya Raoh,Naveen, Shalini

• Kaadhal Pisase | Udit Narayan, Sujatha

• Poi Solla Koodadhu | Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam

• Panikkatre Panikkatre | Balram, Sadhana Sargam

• Minsaram En Meedhu | Harish Raghavendra, Sadhana Sargam, Jack Smely

[edit] Remake

The film was re-made in Hindi by Boney Kapoor with the same name, Run, starring Abhishek Bachchan (Siddharth) and Bhumika Chawla (Jhanavi) in lead roles, while Jhanavi's brother was played by Mahesh Manjrekar (Ganpat). It was directed by the late Jeeva.

[edit] Casting

Vidya Balan was first signed to do the role of the female lead but she dropped out due to reasons undisclosed. Meera replaced her. The movie indeed, has established Meera as a fine actress in Kollywood.

[edit] Awards

The film has won the following awards since its release:

• Won - FilmFare Award South India 2002- Best Comedien - Vivek
• Won - FilmFare Award South India 2002- Best Female Debut - Meera Jasmine

[edit] Box Office

• The film grossed $4.5 million at the box office.

[edit] External links

• Run at the Internet Movie Database

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