Parasuram (2003 film)

Parasuram is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Arjun. It stars him, Abbas, Goundamani, Kiran Rathod, Gayathri Raguram, and Rahul Dev in lead roles. The music was composed by A. R. Rahman. The film released on 30 May 2003 and was dubbed in Hindi as "Parashuram" and in Telugu as "Police Karthavyam".
Plot.
The case is entrusted to Assistant Police Commissioner Parasuram (Arjun), a patriotic officer tough as a nail. His love is Anjali (Kiran Rathod), who has nothing much to do in the narrative. The bad guy is Akash (Rahul Dev), who sends misguided youths to Pakistan for training and brings them back to subvert our peaceful state. Akash's identity is a secret, while Shiva (Abbas) pops in as Naghulan's (Shyam Ganesh) brother and gives a speech against terrorism. Meena (Gayathri Raguram) is a petty thief who has a soft corner on our macho officer. The rest of the story is all about how Parasuram nails the bad guys with excessive blood spewing.
Production.
The film was initially launched under the title "Ashoka" with Shaji Kailas as director and Samyuktha Varma as the lead actress alongside Arjun. Later he was Shaji opted out from the film due to creative differences, with Arjun himself taking the reins of directorial.
Reception.
"Sify.com", called this movie as "pathetic".
Soundtrack.
The songs were composed by A.R. Rahman. The background score was composed by Rahman's assistant Pravin Mani. The soundtrack is regarded as average by Rahman's standard.