Asuran (transl. Demon) is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language period action film written and directed by Vetrimaaran and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu. The film is based on Poomani's novel Vekkai (transl. Heat). The film stars Dhanush and Manju Warrier, where the latter makes her Tamil debut. G. V. Prakash Kumar scored the music for the film, renewing his collaboration with Vetrimaaran. The cinematography was performed by Velraj, with editing by R. Ramar.
The film's plot is influenced by the real-life Kilvenmani massacre that occurred in 1968. The film was a commercial success. It will be one among ten Indian films to be screened at the 78th Golden Globe Awards (2021) under the Best Foreign Film category. It was also screened at 51st International Film Festival of India at Goa, being selected as one of the films under Indian Panorama section for the year 2020.
The film was dubbed in Hindi by Goldmines Telefilms with narration voice-over by Chetanya Adib.[1] The Hindi dub was premiered on Goldmines Telefilms' own TV channel Dhinchaak (now renamed to Goldmines) on 28 February 2021.
The film was also remade in Telugu as Narappa (2021) starring Venkatesh and Priyamani.
Cast[]
| Character | Original actor | Hindi Dubbing actor |
|---|---|---|
| Sivasaami (Sivamani in Hindi version) | Dhanush | Amar Babaria |
| Pachaiyamal (Parvati in Hindi version) | Manju Warrier | Unknown |
| Chidambaram (Chintamani in Hindi version) | Ken Karunas | Vaibhav Thakkar |
| Velmurugan "Murugan" (Gurumani in Hindi version) | Teejay Arunasalam | Shanoor Mirza |
| Murugesan (Mannu in Hindi version) | Pasupathy | Uday Sabnis |
| Venugopal Seshadri | Prakash Raj | Shakti Singh |
| Mariyamma (Muniya in Hindi version) | Ammu Abhirami | Samriddhi Shukla |
| Inspector | Balaji Sakthivel | Rajesh Jolly |
| Murugan (Shambhu in Hindi version) | Subramaniam Siva | Samay Raj Thakkar |
| Vaddakuran Narasimhan (Narsing in Hindi version) | Aadukalam Naren | Rajesh Khattar |
| Venkatesan (Venkatesh in Hindi version) | Pawan | Manoj Pandey |
| Vishwanathan (Vishwanath in Hindi version) | A. Venkatesh | Shahnawaz Pradhan † |
| Policeman | Munnar Ramesh | Mayur Vyas |
| District collector | Unknown | Chetanya Adib |
Hindi dubbing crew[]
Hindi dubbing studio: Goldmines Studio
- Abulhasan Ansari - dubbing director
- Gautam Siddharth - hindi dialogues/transcription
- Manish Shah - creative producer
- Ulka Shah - creative co-producer
- Gaurav Meshram - operations head
- Anil Nate - post-production