Cyanide (2006 film)

Cyanide is an Indian 2006 Kannada-language drama film written and directed by A. M. R. Ramesh. The plot of the film set in and around Bangalore from 1st to 20th August 1991, deals with incidents surrounding the assassins of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.^[1] It stars Ravi Kale as Sivarasan (One-eyed Jack), the mastermind of the assassination. Malavika Avinash, Tara, Rangayana Raghu in pivotal roles. The supporting cast features Avinash, Nassar and Suresh Heblikar. The film was dubbed in Tamil as Kuppi.^[2]

Cyanide
Film poster
Directed by	A. M. R. Ramesh
Screenplay by	A. M. R. Ramesh
Story by	A. M. R. Ramesh
Produced by	B. Kenchappa Gowda
Starring	Ravi Kale Rangayana Raghu Malavika Avinash Tara Avinash
Narrated by	Prakash Raj
Cinematography	R. Rathnavelu
Edited by	Anthony
Music by	Sandeep Chowta
Production company	Akshaya Creations
Distributed by	Halappa Creations
Release date	7 July 2006 (2006-07-07)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Upon theatrical release on 7 July 2006, the film received widespread critical acclaim. Critics acclaimed the film's narration, the acting performances of Ravi Kale, Rangayana Raghu, Tara and Malavika Avinash, and the camerawork and editing of the film. At the 2006–07 Karnataka State Film Awards the film won two awards – Third Best Film and Best Actress (Tara). For his portrayal of Ranganath, who sheltered the assassins, Raghu was awarded the Best Supporting Actor at the 54th Filmfare Awards South.^{[citation needed]} The film is seen by some critics as one of the finest films ever made in Kannada cinema.^[3]

Cast

• Ravi Kale as Sivarasan
• Rangayana Raghu as Puttenahalli Ranganath
• Malavika Avinash as Shubha
• Tara as Mridula
• Avinash as DCP Kempaiah, Bangalore City
• Nassar as DIG Karthikeyan, Chennai City
• Suresh Heblikar
• Usha Bandari
• Muni
• Sandeep
• Ashok Rao
• Sampath Kumar
• Naveen
• Mohan Raj
• Manjunath
• Bank Janardhan as constable

Critical reception

Reviewing the film, R. G. Vijayasarathy of IANS said it "shocks and surprises", and wrote, "[Its] dialogues are crisp, narration has good pace, camera angles and lighting match the mood and the background score fits perfectly." He added, "It is an outstanding effort that needs appreciation and applause."^[4][3] The reviewer of Viggy.com felt the film's USPs were "its gripped narration, simplistic presentation" and "the style of picturising a dynamic story in an entertaining way". He concluded praising the performance of all the lead characters in the film.^[5] Sify.com commended the performance of the cast and added, "The camera work of Ratnavelu on the proceedings of 20 days of life of Shivarasan & gang is very effectively shown on screen, while Sandeep Chowta?s background score is awesome."^[6] A critic from Chitraloka.com wrote that "This is not at all disappointing. This is one and half hour film coolly watchable".^[7]

Accolades

2006–07 Karnataka State Film Awards

• Third Best Film
• Best Actress – Tara

54th Filmfare Awards South

• Best Supporting Actor – Kannada – Rangayana Raghu

References

1. "The detoxifying effect". The Hindu. 7 July 2006. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
2. "Prabhakaran touches up film on Rajiv plot - Indian Express".
3. "Cyanide: Deserves much applause". rediff.com. 10 July 2006. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
4. "Cyanide Review". IANS. Retrieved 8 July 2015 – via nowrunning.com.
5. "Cyanide - film review". viggy.com. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
6. "Cyanide review". Sify. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
7. "WELL EXECUTED: 'Cyanide' Worth Watching: Film Review : CYANDIE". Chitraloka.com. 7 July 2006. Archived from the original on 18 February 2007. Retrieved 4 November 2024.

External links

• Cyanide at IMDb