Saviour) is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film written, produced by K. T. Kunjumon, and directed by Praveen Gandhi in his debut.
It stars Nagarjuna and Sushmita Sen in their Tamil debuts, alongside Raghuvaran, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vadivelu and Girish Karnad in supporting roles.
He gets enraged when he encounters anyone committing a crime; he takes the law into his own hands, beats them up and then gives them unsolicited advice.
Further, in unusual circumstances, Gnaneswar spends some years in jail and returns with a planned conspiracy and vengeance on his stepbrother, Sriram.
Gnaneswar's men damage an important machine to make the international Korean experts attend the problem.
[5] The period in between was spent with pre-production works with art director Thota Tharani constructing a huge set in Mahabalipuram with an elaborate bungalow and swimming pool as a part of the heroine's home, as well as a huge five star hotel where the villains lived and a landing area for helicopters.
[7] Tharani created eight sets for the song "Love Attack", with Nagarjuna and Sen dancing alongside 50 other dancers.
The song "Mercury Pookkal Model Nilakkal" was picturised in the midst of many small aeroplanes in Bangalore.
[10] All lyrics are written by Bhuvana ChandraRatchagan was initially slated to be released on 31 July 1997, but the FEFSI strike of 1997 delayed such plans.
[11] The film was released in Tamil Nadu, along with the Telugu dubbed version Rakshakudu in Andhra Pradesh on 30 October 1997.
[12][13] K. N. Vijiyan of New Straits Times criticised Praveen Gandhi's direction, Ajay Vincent's cinematography and the story by Kunjumon for having many plot holes.