Ezhumalai
Ezhumalai is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Arjun, who also played the titular character. It also features Simran, Gajala and Mumtaj as the female leads, while Vijayakumar and Ashish Vidhyarthi play supporting roles. This film is the Tamil remake of the Telugu film "Narasimha Naidu" (2001), starring Balakrishna. Actress Simran reprised her role in the Telugu version. It was dubbed into Hindi as "Main hoon rangbaaz". The movie was a superhit at the box office. Plot. Ezhumalai (Arjun) leads a peaceful life as a dance master in the village. Anjali (Gajala) falls in love  with him before learning that he has a son and that his wife Lakshmi (Simran) is dead. She wishes to marry him but faces competition from Lakshmi's sister Sandhya (Mumtaj), who also wishes to wed him. Anjali is the daughter of Nagalingam (Ashish Vidyarthi), who is from a neighboring village. When she reveals this fact to Ezhumalai, she learns he and her father are sworn enemies and that her father killed Lakshmi. The songs are by Mani Sharma, with lyrics written by Vaali and Thamarai. Critical reception. "Thiraipadam" wrote that the film "itself is an age-old revenge  tale that offers nothing new and so, the proceedings are predictable, most of the time." "The Hindu" wrote "The screenplay is Arjun's. So is the direction. And the action hero thrills his fans with stunts aplenty. Yet fights alone, however well choreographed, cannot make a film watchable. You need a well-narrated story — something "Ezhumalai" lacks. Most of the time action waits for no reason and seems to need no logic." "Sify" wrote that "the film caters strictly to the frontbenchers".