Arasu (2007 film)

Shivaraj Arasu is a NRI from a rich business family who idles away his time spending the family money. He is advised to return to India by his manager Ramanna to run the well-progressing companies he heads. Once in India, Aras finds it hard to adjust after living a luxurious and carefree life in America. He falls in love with Ramanna's daughter Shruthi and proposes to her, but she blasts his spoiled lifestyle and challenges him to earn at least {{INR}}5,000 a month on his own before she can think of considering his proposal and also makes a caustic remark on the company. This startles Aras who takes up the challenge of quitting the company and going in search of a job.

Now on the streets without a single penny in his pocket, Shivaraj struggles hard. Hungry, he asks for a meal at a hotel and is surprised by the low prices there but gets thrown out when the hotelier does not believe his promise to pay them back a hundredfold. He finds an old lady selling bananas. He repeats the same to her, eats two bananas, and promises Rs. 200,000 to the old lady after a month. At this stage he finds an ordinary girl, Aishwarya. The muscle power of Shivaraj when the rowdies attack her earns him a good name. Shivaraj also gets a job as a sales representative in the saree shop where Aishwarya is working. He finds a place to live in the small room of Aishwarya. Aishwarya turns very sympathetic, and Shivaraj decides to stay in her house for one month. Shivaraj sleeps on the floor and his wonderful behavior and a lot of help for the people in his colony give him a comfortable standing. He owes a lot to Shruthi for her remark that has changed his lifestyle, and he is extremely happy with Aishwarya for supporting him in knowing the hard realities of life.

Shivaraj is liked immensely by Aishwarya this month. On the other hand, Shruthi is also in love with Shivaraj and ready to marry him. It turns out that Shruthi and Aishwarya are actually very close friends. Shivaraj is not aware that Aishwarya is in love with him, but Aishwarya declares to Shruthi that she is in love with Shivaraj which surprises her. When Aishwarya goes somewhere, Shruthi, feeling bad for Shivaraj's condition, asks for his forgiveness, to which he agrees. Now Shruthi decides to give up her love for the sake of her friend Aishwarya. On the other hand, Aishwarya knowing that Shruthi is ready for marriage with Shivaraj also comes forward to sacrifice her love. Not knowing what to do, the intelligent Shivaraj takes a bold step. Without revealing his decision, he convinces both to marry his good friends Vijay and Vinay. In return, the friends arrange for another woman Arpitha to come to Shivaraj, with Arpitha suddenly driving in and proclaiming her love for him as the film ends.

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• Puneeth Rajkumar as Shivaraj Aras
• Meera Jasmine as Aishwarya
• Ramya as Shruthi
• Srinivasa Murthy as Ramanna
• Komal as Daas
• Adi Lokesh as Manja
• Satyajith as hotelier
• P. N. Sathya
• Shankar Rao
• K. Prakash Shenoy
• Sai Prakash
• Ashwath Narayan
• NGEF Ramamurthy
• Yathiraj
• Radhakrishna
• Renukamma Murugodu as fruits seller
• Veena
• Darshan as Vijay (Cameo appearance)
• Aditya as Vinay (Cameo appearance)
• Shriya Saran as Arpitha (Cameo appearance)

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A critic from Sify wrote that "On the whole Arasu is watchable for its lead performers".{{Cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/arasu-review--pclwksaicbfgd.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112214934/https://www.sify.com/movies/arasu-review--pclwksaicbfgd.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 November 2021 |title=Review : (2007) |website=Sify |location=India |access-date=2019-05-17}} A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "Arrasu is a neat family entertainer".{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jan/27review.htm|title=Arrasu: A neat entertainer|work=Rediff.com|author=R. G. Vijayasarathy|date=27 January 2007}}

Filmfare South Awards.

• [[Filmfare Best Actor Award|

Best Kannada Actor]] — Puneeth Rajkumar—Won {{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/FilmfareawardssouthbestActors2006 | title=FilmfareAwardsSouthBestActors2006 | date=31 January 2025 }}{{cite web| title= 54th Fair One Filmfare Awards 2006 |url= http://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/filmfareswards2007.html |website= idlebrain.com |date= 4 August 2007}}

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Category:Films shot in Germany

Category:Films shot in Venice

Category:Films directed by Mahesh Babu (director)