Samuthiram is a 2001

2001 in film

The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy...

 Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar

K. S. Ravikumar

K. S. Ravikumar is an Indian film director and actor, primarily working in Tamil cinema. He has directed numerous films ranging from comedy and drama to action thrillers. His film Dasavathaaram went on to gross $16 million worldwide in the first four weeks and eventually became one of the...

, starring Sarath Kumar

Sarath Kumar

Sarathkumar Ramanathan is an Indian journalist, film actor, politician, body builder and the current president of the South Indian Film Artistes' Association. He started his career in Tamil cinema playing negative roles, and later played minor roles in other movies. He was first chosen for the...

, Murali

Murali (Tamil actor)

Murali was a Tamil film actor who appeared in the leading and supporting roles throughout his career. Murali has acted with many stars including Vijaykanth, Prabhu, Sathyaraj, Karthik, Prabhu Deva, Surya, Parthiban, Sarath Kumar, Mammootty and Sivaji Ganesan...

, Manoj Bharathiraja

Manoj Bharathiraja

Manoj K. Bharathi is a Tamil film actor. He has starred in several films. He is most noted as son of director Bharathiraja.-Career:...

, Kaveri

Kaveri (actress)

Kaveri, also known as Kalyani, is an Indian Malayali film actress and film producer, who works in the South Indian film industries. Making her debut as a child artist in the 1986 Malayalam film Ammanam Kili, she appeared in several Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada-language films...

, Abhirami

Abhirami (actress)

Abhirami is an Indian film actress, who has acted in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films.- Career :...

, Sindhu Menon

Sindhu Menon

Sindhu Menon is an Indian actress, who has mainly appeared in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil films. She debuted as a child artist in the 1994 Kannada film Rashmi.-Early life:...

 and Monal. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Sabesh-Murali

Sabesh-Murali

Sabesh-Murali is an Indian musical duo, consisting of two Tamil music directors and playback singers who have jointly composed for many Tamil films in Chennai, India. Sabesh and Murali are siblings who began their careers working under their brother, the music director Deva, as assistant composers....

. The film was released on 16 June 2001 simultaneously with Lingusamy's Aanandham

Aanandham

Aanandham is a 2001 Tamil language family-drama film directed by debutant N. Linguswamy, and starring Mammootty, Murali, Abbas, Srividya, Devayani, Rambha and Sneha in the lead roles. It became a blockbuster upon release and was one of the highest grossing films of the year...

another family entertainer and was one of the front runners in 2001.

Cast

Actor	Role
Sarath Kumar Sarath Kumar Sarathkumar Ramanathan is an Indian journalist, film actor, politician, body builder and the current president of the South Indian Film Artistes' Association. He started his career in Tamil cinema playing negative roles, and later played minor roles in other movies. He was first chosen for the...	Selvarasu
Murali Murali (Tamil actor) Murali was a Tamil film actor who appeared in the leading and supporting roles throughout his career. Murali has acted with many stars including Vijaykanth, Prabhu, Sathyaraj, Karthik, Prabhu Deva, Surya, Parthiban, Sarath Kumar, Mammootty and Sivaji Ganesan...	Thangarasu
Manoj Bharathiraja Manoj Bharathiraja Manoj K. Bharathi is a Tamil film actor. He has starred in several films. He is most noted as son of director Bharathiraja.-Career:...	Chinnarasu
Kaveri Kaveri (actress) Kaveri, also known as Kalyani, is an Indian Malayali film actress and film producer, who works in the South Indian film industries. Making her debut as a child artist in the 1986 Malayalam film Ammanam Kili, she appeared in several Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada-language films...	Rasamani
Abhirami Abhirami (actress) Abhirami is an Indian film actress, who has acted in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films.- Career :...
Sindhu Menon Sindhu Menon Sindhu Menon is an Indian actress, who has mainly appeared in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil films. She debuted as a child artist in the 1994 Kannada film Rashmi.-Early life:...	Dhurga
Monal
Goundamani Goundamani Goundamani is a Tamil film actor, comedian and screen icon. He is considered as the greatest comic actor in Kollywood and is renowned for his alliance with fellow actor Senthil.-Early Life:...
Senthil
Manivannan Manivannan Manivannan is a popular Tamil actor and director. With over 400 films to his name, Manivannan is one of the most experienced actors in the field. He normally plays the role of a dad or a senior comedian.- Background :...
Manjula Vijayakumar Manjula Vijayakumar Manjula Vijayakumar is a South Indian actress. She has acted in more than 100 films in South Indian languages like Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. She and actor Vijayakumar married shortly after they fell in love on the sets of Unnidam Mayanguhiren...
Pyramid Natarajan
Akash
Vasu Vikram
Manobala Manobala Manobala is a Tamil director and comedian actor who prominently plays supporting roles.-Career:Manobala has directed 40 films, 16 television serials and 3 tele-films during his career as a director. As an actor, he had appeared in 175 films as of July 2009...
Crane Manohar
Santhana Bharathi Santhana Bharathi Santhana Bharathi is a popular Tamil language film celebrity in Kollywood, the Tamil film industry in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He has directed several films such as Guna and the National Film Award winner, Mahanadhi...
Riyaz Khan Riyaz Khan Riyaz Khan is a Malayalam actor who has acted in several Malayalam and Telugu films. He debuted in the Malayalam film Sugham Sughakaram directed by Balachandra Menon. Later he went on to act in Tamil and Telugu films. After many years, he came back to the Malayalam film industry acting in Balettan...

Plot

Selvarasu (Sarathkumar) is the head of the family and his two brothers (Murali, Manoj kumar) are ready to give up their life for him. The three brothers think the world of their sister Rasamani (Kaveri). A rich man ('Pyramid' Natrajan) from the neighboring village feels insulted when Murali mishandles his son and to take revenge, makes Rasamani his daughter-in-law. Starting with taking away all of the brothers' wealth, he insults them at every opportunity while ill-treating Rasamani. At last in the climax Rasamani's husband and father-in-law reforms accepts her and his brothers.