Arumugam (film)
Arumugam (English: Six Faces) is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Suresh Krishna and written by Rashid Premji. The film stars Bharath and Priyamani in the lead roles, while Ramya Krishnan, Saranya Mohan, Sathya, and Karunas, among others, play supporting roles. The music was composed by Deva. The film released on 25 September 2009 and was panned by critics as well as audience. This movie was based on Rajinikanth starred movie "Annaamalai", which was released on 1992. Synopsis. Arumugam (Bharath) is a Good Samaritan who makes a living selling idlis on a roadside platform  shop along with his father (Ilavarasu), sister Mallika (Saranya Mohan) and sidekick (Karunas). Arumugam is in love with his childhood sweetheart Yamini (Priyamani) His best friend is the rich kid Karthik (Sathya), whose sister is an arrogant tycoon Malini Devi (Ramya Krishnan). She and her uncle (Mahadevan) hates Karthik's deep bonding with Arumugam, who she finds to be below her stature. Malini, through her machinations, is able to separate the friends and bring Arumugam to the streets. Arumugam, after his mother's (Seetha) grave is bulldozed and Mallika is humiliated, vows to bring Malini to the streets. Due to  his hard work and smart moves, he becomes the richest man in the town and takes his revenge. Soundtrack. Soundtrack was composed by Deva and lyrics were written by Pa. Vijay and Perarasu. Reception. The film received negative reviews from critics who compared it with director's own film "Annamalai" due to its similar plot. "Sify" labelled the film as "poor" cited that the film "makes you feel suffocated and every scene is predictable". Pavithra Srinivasan from "Rediff" labelled the film as a "ridiculous fare", giving it merely 0.5 out of 5 stars. "Behinwoods" wrote calling it "outdated story taken  in a manner that would have worked in the mid 90s".