Bhooloham

Bhooloham
Film poster
Directed by	N Kalyanakrishnan
Produced by	Viswanathan Ravichandran
Written by	S P Jananathan
Starring	Jayam Ravi Trisha Prakash Raj Nathan Jones Ponvannan
Music by	Srikanth Deva
Cinematography	S R Sathish Kumar
Edited by	V T Vijayan N Ganeshkumar
Production company	Aascar Film (P) Ltd
Release dates	24 December 2015 (2015-12-24)
Running time	143 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹ 24 crore
Box office	₹ 35 crore

Bhooloham (Tamil: பூலோகம்) is a 2015 Indian Tamil sports-action film directed by N Kalyanakrishnan and produced by Aascar Films. It stars Jayam Ravi and Trisha in the lead roles, while Prakash Raj and Nathan Jones play pivotal roles as antagonists.^[2] The film, which began during 2011, had been in its post-production stage for a long period and got released on 24 December 2015, after a huge delay. However, it received positive reviews from audience.

Plot

There are two rival factions of boxing in North Madras. One is irumbu manithar rasamanickam rival and other is nattu marunthu vaathiyar rival.irumbu manithar boxer mariappan's son is arumugam and nattu marunthu vaathiyar boxer munusamy son is bhooloham.now,in present irumbu manithar boxer is Arumugam(I S Rajesh) while the other one naatu vaithiyar is Bhooloham (Jayam Ravi). Bhooloham has a severe grudge against Arumugam because Arumugam's father had defeated Bhooloham's father in a boxing match. Unable to bear this loss, Bhooloham's father commits suicide. Bhooloham wants to avenge the death of his father by killing Arumugam in the match. This rivalry is been used by Deepak Shah (Prakash Raj) a shrewd TV CEO for making money through his FSC (Future Sports Channel) Independent Boxing Cup. Deepak exploits the innocence of the boxers and makes them fight to gain TRP's. In the inaugural Match of IBC, Bhooloham hits Arumugam to the extent that he goes into coma. Bhooloham later realizes his mistake and becomes a Saamiyar (Saintly person). He gets a Job in Sindhu (Trisha Krishnan)'s (his love interest) college as a waiter. But Deepak, who is hell bent on fixing Bhooloham's match with Destroyer Gurudayal (Arpit Ranka), hatches a conspiracy. Bhooloham, who desperately needs money to fund Arumugam's operation, falls prey to Deepak's Plan. As Bhooloham hits Dayal after the match is over, he loses the match. Unable to bear Bhooloham's loss, Bhooloham's coach commits suicide. Meanwhile, Deepak plans to bring Steven George (Nathan Jones) to kill Dayal as to increase TRP'S of the channel. When Dayal tries to leave the tournament, Deepak threatens Dayal that he will kill his family. Under pressure, Dayal lodges a complaint against Deepak in the Boxing Union. There, Bhooloham declares that he will fight against George, not to show his supremacy, but to expose the wrongdoings of Deepak. He reveals that his coach was being pressured by Deepak for entering into the ring against Dayal, and when Bhooloham gets defeated, Deepak deceives him. The Union supports Bhooloham, and they make a plan that George himself will declare that he will fight against Bhooloham. The plan succeeds, and Deepak, though reluctant, has to go to the Union Office for signing Bhooloham for the fight. The agreement which Deepak poses against Bhooloham is partially rejected by Bhooloham, and Bhooloham poses a counter agreement against Deepak. Deepak, though reluctant, is forced to sign on the agreement created by Bhooloham and the Boxing Union. After signing the agreement, Deepak tells George that he will give George his lifetime earnings in a single match if he kills Bhooloham using a Foul Punch. George agrees to this condition and practices hard for the match. The match happens, and surprisingly to Deepak's shock, Bhooloham wins the match as he does not stop the match when George hits the foul punch. After the match, Bhooloham exposes the wrongdoings of Deepak, and as a result, the Future Sports Channel is sealed for lifetime, and Deepak is jailed for his malpractices.

Cast

• Jayam Ravi as Bhooloham
• Trisha as Sindhu
• Prakash Raj as Deepak Shah
• Nathan Jones as Steven George
• Ponvannan as Rathinam Master
• Shanmugarajan
• I S Rajesh as Arumugam
• Arpit Ranka as Destroyer Gurudayal
• Ravi Mariya as Thiruvengadam
• Besant Ravi as Munuswamy
• Chaams as Aalayam
• Narayan as Bhoopathy
• Boxer Dheena
• Bala Singh
• Sakthivel
• Shwetha Bandekar as Anchor resp. as Television video jockey

Production

Jayam Ravi agreed terms to star in the film in August 2010, shortly after he had begun work for Engeyum Kadhal (2011) and Aadhi Baghavan (2013). During the making of the Peranmai (2009), an assistant director to S P Jananathan, Kalyanakrishnan, had narrated the story of the film and Jayam Ravi agreed to give priority dates for the film.^[3] However delays in production of the former two films resulted in the postponement of the shoot of Bhooloham, as his character in Aadhi Bhagavan required him to sport a beard, stopping him from working on the films simultaneously.^[4] In July 2011, it was reported that Jayam Ravi underwent a special training course in boxing for his role as a boxer with professional athlete, Prasad, overseeing his progress.^[5][6]

Amala Paul was approached by the producers in March 2012 to play the leading female role, but could not allot dates for the film.^[7] Subsequently the team approached Nayantara to play the lead role but her unavailability saw the team agree terms with Trisha to play a role in the film.^[8] The film is inspired from the life of a real life Asian boxing champion named Madhan.^[9] The makers roped in the Australian actor of Troy fame, Nathan Jones, for a fight sequence.^[10]

The film primarily shot in late 2012 and early 2013 and the makers worked towards a release date during the summer of 2013, but the film experienced further delays.^[11] Producer Aascar Ravichandran was unhappy about the film having more than half an hour dedicated to boxing scenes and put the film on hold, in order to edit the film's content.^[12] In early 2015, the Indian Overseas Bank's Sriram Nagar branch filed a petition in The Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT), Chennai and requested to an interim stay on the film after Aascar Ravichandran failed to repay the loan amount he bought for the production expense of Bhooloham.^[13]

Soundtrack

Music is composed by Srikanth Deva uniting with Jayam Ravi for second time after M Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi.

• Bhoologam Adicha - Aslam Mustafa, Sree Tamizh
• Ivan Chennai - Haricharan
• Maasana Kollaiyila - Mukesh
• Tattoo Tattoo - Vaishali, Chinmayi, Abhay Jodhpurkar
• Vaangi Vantha - Fefsi Doss
• Vanakkam Vanakkam - Naveen Madhav

Release

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Jaya TV.^[14] After about three years of delay, the film was scheduled and got released on 24 December 2015. A new trailer was also released on 15 December 2015.

Critical reception

Indiaglitz rated the film 3 out of 5 and wrote, "All said, the movie is a good entertainer of sorts, watch it for Jayam Ravi's heavy duty thara local gimmicks and some guaranteed good boxing sequences."^[15]

Deccan Chronicle rated the film 3 out of 5 and wrote, "The movie will definitely get your adrenaline glands flowing. Watch it for Jayam Ravi’s extraordinary effort!"^[16]

References

External links

• Bhooloham at the Internet Movie Database