Amaran (1992 film)

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An orphaned child helps Govindan escape from a bunch of gangsters. The child is named Amaran by the grateful Govindan and is brought up by him. After Govindan's demise, his wife raises Amaran, who grows up to become a kindhearted slum lord. One day, Amaran encounters a strange man, Raja Varma, who repeatedly persuades him to take on a heartless don named Aandava Perumal, who has a violent and brutal past. Amaran keeps ignoring Raja Varma, but after Aandava Perumal's goons murder Raja Varma, he learns that Aandava Perumal had also destroyed his own family when he was a child. Amaran gives refuge to Raja Varma's daughter Sivagaami, and they fall in love. Amaran soon starts sparring with Aandava Perumal, with deadly consequences for Amaran's adopted family. Sivagaami and a grievously injured Amaran escape to Goa, where they are taken care of by an underworld don named Miranda. Amaran continues to work for him for a while and marries Sivagaami. After a few years, he returns to Tamil Nadu to take on his sworn enemy, and a bloody conflict ensues. During this conflict, Amaran's son gets killed, and the film ends with Amaran killing Aandava Perumal while saying, "This wouldn't have happened if you had not killed my son".

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• Karthik as Amaran
• Bhanupriya as Sivagaami
• Radha Ravi as Aandava Perumal
• Prathap K. Pothan as Raja Varma
• Shammi Kapoor as Don Miranda
• Vijayakumar as "Sepoy" Govindan, Amaran's foster father
• Manjula Vijayakumar as Amaran's foster mother
• Livingston (credited as Ranjan) as Inspector Duraipandi, Amaran's father
• Uday Prakash as Chinna Perumal
• Silk Smitha as Manga
• Disco Shanti as Shanti
• M. R. Krishnamurthy
• Latha
• Ra. Sankaran as Jinnah's father
• Piraisoodan as Astrologer
• Vikas Rishi as Jinnah
• Pereira as Shooter
• Mahima
• K. Rajpreeth
• Chitti
• Master Vasanth
• Baby Anitha
• Rajendran as Henchman (uncredited)

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Amaran marked Shammi Kapoor's Tamil debut.{{Cite web |date=15 August 1991 |title=Shammi Kapoor makes his debut in Tamil cinema with 'Amaran' |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/19910815-shammi-kapoor-makes-his-debut-in-tamil-cinema-with-amaran-814695-1991-08-14 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710135416/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/19910815-shammi-kapoor-makes-his-debut-in-tamil-cinema-with-amaran-814695-1991-08-14 |archive-date=10 July 2023 |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=India Today}}

The music was composed by Adithyan.{{Cite web |title=Amaran (1992) |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/album/T0001967.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908134948/http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/album/T0001967.html |archive-date=8 September 2012 |access-date=7 January 2012 |website=Raaga.com}}{{Cite web |title=Amaran (1992) Tamil Super Hit Film LP Vinyl record by Adhithyan |url=https://dmcvinyl.com/collection/amaran-by-adhithyan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317113834/https://dmcvinyl.com/collection/amaran-by-adhithyan/ |archive-date=17 March 2023 |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=Disco Music Center}} The song "Vethala Potta" marks Karthik's debut at playback singing.{{Cite web |date=1 March 2015 |title=Karthik gets ready for Amaran sequel |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/karthik-gets-ready-for-amaran-sequel/articleshow/46411053.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824171835/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Karthik-gets-ready-for-Amaran-sequel/articleshow/46411053.cms |archive-date=24 August 2018 |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=The Times of India}} For the dubbed Telugu version Amar,{{Cite web |title=Amar |url=https://indiancine.ma/BHKF/info |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230710134833/https://indiancine.ma/BHKF/info |archive-date=10 July 2023 |access-date=10 January 2021 |website=indiancine.ma}} all lyrics were written by Rajasri.{{Cite web |date=August 2014 |title=Amar |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/5Ob96Ppe7FBPhwlhkKSYE1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20230710130719/https://open.spotify.com/album/5Ob96Ppe7FBPhwlhkKSYE1 |archive-date=10 July 2023 |access-date=10 January 2021 |website=Spotify}}

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The film premiered on 12 January 1992 in Chennai, sponsored by Sankara Nethralaya,{{Cite news |date=8 January 1992 |title=Amaran |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V4dlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ip4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1394%2C3487006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513093540/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V4dlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ip4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1394%2C3487006 |archive-date=13 May 2024 |access-date=13 May 2024 |work=The Indian Express |pages=3 |via=Google News Archive}} and was theatrically released three days later, on 15 January.{{Cite web |title=அமரன் / Amaran (1992) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/amaran |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240322133549/https://screen4screen.com/movies/amaran |archive-date=22 March 2024 |access-date=22 March 2024 |website=Screen 4 Screen}}

A sequel was announced in 2015,{{Cite web |date=7 June 2015 |title=Will Karthik's Amaran 2 Match its Prequel's Buzz? |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2015/Jun/08/will-karthiks-amaran-2-match-its-prequels-buzz-752354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319123602/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2015/Jun/08/will-karthiks-amaran-2-match-its-prequels-buzz-752354.html |archive-date=19 March 2024 |access-date=19 March 2024 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}} but never came to fruition.{{Cite web |date=18 February 2024 |title=நவரச நாயகன் கார்த்திக் பட டைட்டிலில் சிவகார்த்திகேயன்.. அமரன் பெயர் பின்னணி என்ன? |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/ta/!entertainment/navarasa-nayagan-karthik-movie-title-amaran-what-is-the-reason-for-actor-sivakarthikeyan-movie-title-tns24021803816 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241104060421/https://www.etvbharat.com/ta/!entertainment/navarasa-nayagan-karthik-movie-title-amaran-what-is-the-reason-for-actor-sivakarthikeyan-movie-title-tns24021803816 |archive-date=4 November 2024 |access-date=4 November 2024 |website=ETV Bharat News |language=ta}}

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