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Chandramukhi is super star Rajnikanth's 2005 Tamil language Indian movie in which he performs a tremendous role of psychiatrist. The movie is a huge hit.

The movie also stars Prabhu, Jyothika, Vinit, Malavika and Nayantara as lead characters. It is produced by actor Prabhu under his home banner, Sivaji Productions, named after his father and legendary Tamil actor, Sivaji Ganesan. The movie is directed by P.Vasu. Music is composed by Vidyasagar. The plot is derived from the malayalam movie Manichitrathazhu. The movie was released on the eve of Tamil New Year, April 14, 2005.

Plot

Legend has it that Chandramukhi, a dancer from andhara, was coveted by the king Vettayain and kept in the Vettayapuram palace. When the king realized that Chandramukhi was having an affair with a dancer Gunasekharan, he had both of them killed and her unfulfilled spirit is supposed to be haunting the mansion now.

Senthilnathan(Prabhu), with his wife Ganga(Jyothika), decides to buy the Vettayapuram mansion and move into it though he is warned against it by his family because of the mansion's past. Strange things begin happening and attempts are made on Senthil's life once he moves in and Saravanan(Rajnikanth), Senthil's friend and an American-returned psychiatrist, begins investigating. Meanwhile everyone begins suspecting that Durga(Nayantara), the gardener's daughter, is behind it all.

Gradually, Saravanan finds that Ganga is suffering from a rare psychological disorder. Ganga as a child loved hearing grandma stories and after listening to the story of Chandramukhi presumes that she is the dancer and wants to take revenge. Saravanan using his knowledge of psychiatry and witchcraft attempts to bring Ganga back to her normal self. The climax is extremely interesting and is a must watch.

The Ra Ra... song works very well on screen with the lakalaka... bit(uttered by two characters) adding quite an effect. The scenes from the past are captivating with Rajni obviously enjoying himself and the way the main issue is resolved is satisfying.

Cast and crew

Cast

Rajnikanth as Dr.Saravanan/Vettayain
Jyothika
as Ganga/Chandramukhi
Prabhu
as Senthilnathan
Nayantara
as Durga
Vinit as Visvanathan/Gunasekaran
Malavika as Priya
Nassar as Kandasamy
Vadivelu
as Murugesan
Sorna as Sorna (Murugesan's wife)

Crew

Director : P. Vasu
Producer : Sivaji Productions (Prabhu
and his elder brother Ramkumar)
Music Composer : Vidyasagar

Trivia

This is a landmark movie in Indian film history as the collections were over 80 crores (800 million rupees aprox) worldwide. Also from this movie it is clear that Rajini is the highest paid actor in India(He was paid 150 million rupees for this film). He is also the second highest paid actor in Asia standing next to none other than Jackie Chan.

The film has remarkably been running for over 300 days in a few Chennai theatres.

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