7 Aum Arivu (2011)

A genetic engineering student tries to bring back the skills of a legend of the past and use his skills to save India from a deadly virus attack by China.

Director:

A.R. Murugadoss

Writer:

A.R. Murugadoss

Stars:

Suriya, Shruti K. Haasan, Johnny Nguyen

1 win & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Suriya	...	Bodhidharma / Aravind
Shruti K. Haasan	...	Subha Srinivasan
Johnny Nguyen	...	Dong Lee
Abhinaya	...	Bodhidharma's Wife
Chitkara Saahil	...	Professor Imran Saahil
Ajaykumar	...	Circus Artist
Illavarasu	...	Aravind's Cousin
Ashwin Kakumanu	...	Ashwin
Dhanya Balakrishna	...	Malathi
Sujatha	...	Aravind's cousin
Alagam Perumal	...	Museum Officer
Misha Ghoshal	...	Nisha
A.R. Murugadoss	...	TV Show Director
Steven Dasz	...	Dancer Staff
Jill Kelsey	...	Dancer Staff

Storyline

The story revolves around Subha, a genetic engineering student and Arvind, a worker at Bombay Circus. Arvind is a Descendent of the legendary Bhodi Dharma, who lived during the 6th Century AD. As per the story, Bhodi Dharma is an exceptionally skilled fighter and a Medic. Subha's theory is that the DNA sample of a person contains the memory strands of their ancestors. Subha's main aim is to perform a genetic experiment on Arvind and to revive Bhodi Dharma's skill once again. She submits her thesis to various countries. Apparantly,China is being a bad girl and is plotting to wage a bio-war against India. They get shocked on seeing Subha's thesis and send Dong Lee to carry out OPERATION RED to make sure that Bhodi Dharma's truth remains uncovered. The fate of the country rests on Subha's research and how she does it covers the rest of the story.

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Plot Keywords:

genetic engineering | virus | car crash | actor playing multiple roles | biological weapon | 

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Tamil Hindi Telugu

Release Date:

26 October 2011 (India)

Also Known As:

7th Sense

Filming Locations:

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Box Office

Budget:

INR 850,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Makuta, Red Giant Movies, Red Giant

Technical Specs

Runtime:

160 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The song "Ringa Ringa" in this movie was filmed with more than 1000 dancers in the busy streets of Chennai.

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Quotes

Bodhidharma: Namballa Malaysiala adichanga, elangaila adichanga. Ippo Tamil natukae vanthu adikuraan. Nambanaala avangakitta irunthu odamattum than mudiyuthilla?

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Soundtracks

"The Rise of Damo"
Lyrics by: Madhan Karky
Composed by: Harris Jayaraj
Sung by: Hao Wang

User Reviews

Wonderful Tamil History wasted by a poor screenplay

First thing: I don't know why Harris was paid for this movie, He has copy pasted major of songs and his BGM is actually playing against the movie.

Murugadoss trying to share a lost part of Tamil history is commendable. But it is heartbreaking that he has tried to do it through a rehashed plot beaten to death in Hollywood movies. Nothing great about the much hyped action sequence. Only good part of the movie is the first 20 minutes portraying the story in 520 AD and Shruti's outburst in the scene where the scientists try to mock her for using a book written in Tamil as the reference for her research. Every Tamilian should share the spirit. Shruthi has a better role than Surya in the movie. Only role for Surya is the one u see in posters

Thanks to ARM for sharing the wonderful Tamil History, but this beautiful concept is spoiled by the annoying BGM and a poor screenplay. Btr luck next time Doss....