Thiru Ranga
Thiru Ranga is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by Ravi Bhargavan. The film was produced by A. Selvi and Ch. Sathyanarayana. The film stars Santhosh and Ankitha, with Tejashree, Nassar, Jaya Prakash Reddy, Cochin Haneefa and Manivannan playing supporting roles. The film was released on 11 May 2007.
The film was partially shot in Telugu as Julayi for the scenes featuring Jayaprakash Reddy, Suman Setty, Sunil and Ananth, which was released on 31 August 2007. The Telugu version was produced by Sri Raghava Productions and featured a slightly different crew with Nandamuri Hari handling the editing.
Plot
Ranga lives in the city with his housemates : Beeda, Sunil and Sundaram who believes he is a software engineer. Manga is in love with Ranga. Ranga is actually a rowdy who works for Rayappan, a local bigwig who conducts his activity under the guise of being a cinema financier. When his friends realise that he is a rowdy, Ranga tells them his past.In the past, Ranga was a young graduate who was looking for a job. He lived happily with his parents and his two sisters Deepa and Lakshmi. They were preparing for Lakshmi's wedding but a lack of money shook up the family and the groom's family was about to stop the marriage. To save Lakshmi's marriage, Deepa took the extreme step of becoming a surrogate mother for money and settled the groom's family. But when their parents knew about this, the marriage was eventually cancelled. The parents prepared a meal which they have poisoned themselves. They all ate it except Ranga and they died. Since that day, Ranga has sworn to make enough money to help the poor families who are in need of money. In the city, he could not find an engineering job and decided to work as a rowdy.
The local bigwig Rayappan and the politician Reddy have their eyes on Sree, a leading actress and a philanthropist. Sree turns their offer down and indirectly humiliated them in a public function. So they plan to kidnap her for sexually abusing her. Santosh is selected for the job and kidnaps her. Thereafter, Ranga decides to save Sree for a good heart. Sree also has a bitter past. She was an orphan who was forced by her adopted parents to become an actress. She later emancipated from her parents and left their home.
Ranga fights against all odds and marries Sree. The film ends with Ranga becoming a cinema actor and romancing on screens with Sree.
Production
The film was initially titled Sriranga. The first schedule of shooting took place at Hyderabad for 25 days whereas the second schedule was shot at Thalakonam for 20 days, where a scene of a festival was picturised, and a song on Santhosh and Tejashri and the filming was also held at places like Chennai, Ooty and Theni.Soundtrack
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Srikanth Deva. The soundtrack, released in 25 April 2007, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by P. Vijay and Na. Muthukumar.;Tracklisting
| Track | Song | Singer | Lyrics | Duration |
| 1 | "Onnu Rendu" | Shankar Mahadevan | Pa. Vijay | 3:44 |
| 2 | "Ivane Ivana" | Karthik, Priyadarshini | Pa. Vijay | 5:16 |
| 3 | "Maduraveera" | Malathy Lakshman, Sriram Parthasarathy | Na. Muthukumar | 4:46 |
| 4 | "Ennai Yetho" | Kalyani | Yureka | 4:30 |
| 5 | "Pollachi" | Tippu, Anuradha Sriram, Roshini | Pa. Vijay | 4:52 |
| 6 | "Thagathimi" | Suchitra | Na. Muthukumar | 5:09 |