Dost (2001 Tamil film)

Vishwa and Raghu are the closest of friends. However, the former is true, while the latter is merely a mercenary. Nothing matters to Raghu except money. He uses his wealthy friend as a ruse to rise in status. Devoted to his selfish friend, Vishwa is too naive to know that Raghu is an archetypal scheming villain who could ruin him for money. When he does realise the truth, it is too late – he is already a wreck, estranged from his child and lover and behind bars. Now it is time for revenge. Vishva and Ragu are friends and drink alcohol in a boat at night time. During this time Ragu alleges that Visva loves his wife due to which Visva never marries for a 2nd time. Hearing this, Visva gets angry and beats Ragu and both finally sleep but in the morning, Visva cannot see Ragu inside the boat, and only blood stains are seen. Police arrest visva and in court all proof is against visva ending in an imprisonment for 7 years. But visva escapes jail when he gets a phone call from his daughter now under custody of Ragu who was going to shoot her. Viswa traces Ragu to Goa and finally kills Ragu and saves his daughter. == Cast ==

S. A. Chandrasekhar had written the film in the late 1990s but shelved the venture as he could not find the correct actor to portray a boxer. After receiving an offer from Lakshmi Movie Makers to direct the film, he reworked the script and cast R. Sarathkumar, alongside Prakash Raj and Raghuvaran. A jail set was built at Murugalaya Studios. == Soundtrack ==

The music was composed by Deva. The lyrics were written by Vaali. == Critical reception ==

Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote, "The film has flashes of intelligence, splashes of humour, spurts of sentiment and mounds of melodrama. Yet the cocktail does not offer complete satiety. One reason could be the pace, affected as it is by inevitable appendages", and criticised its conspicuous similarities to the American film Double Jeopardy (1999). Visual Dasan of Kalki appreciated Raghuvaran's villainous performance and Vijay Milton's cinematography, but concluded the film was "average". == References ==