Aarumugam

<p>Arumugam ( ) is a Good Samaritan who makes a living selling idlis on a roadside platform shop along with his father ( ), sister Mallika ( ), and sidekick ( ). Arumugam is in love with his childhood sweetheart Yamini ( ) His best friend is the rich Karthik ( ), whose sister is an arrogant tycoon Malini Devi ( ). She and her uncle ( ) hate 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 ( ) 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 was composed by Deva and lyrics were written by and . The film was released on 25 September 2009 alongside four other films. It received negative reviews from critics, who compared it with the director’s own film due to its similar plot. labelled the film as “poor” and cited that the film “makes you feel suffocated and every scene is predictable”. Pavithra Srinivasan from labelled the film as a “ridiculous fare”, giving it merely 0.5 out of 5 stars. wrote calling it “outdated story taken in a manner that would have worked in the mid 90s”.</p>