Bhagavathi (film)

Bagavathi
Directed by	A. Venkatesh
Produced by	K. Muralidharan V. Swaminathan G. Venugopal
Written by	A. Venkatesh Pattukkottai Prabakar (Dialogues )
Starring	Vijay Reemma Sen Ashish Vidyarthi Jai Vadivelu
Music by	Deva Srikanth Deva (1 song)
Cinematography	R. Rathnavelu
Edited by	V. T. Vijayan
Production company	Lakshmi Movie Makers
Release date	4 November 2002 (2002-11-04)
Running time	164 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Bagavathi is a 2002 Tamil language action film directed by A. Venkatesh, which features Vijay and Reemma Sen in the leading roles. Vadivelu, K. Vishwanath, Yugendran and Ashish Vidyarthi play other supporting roles, while Deva composed the music for the film. The movie was released on Diwali. It was declared a hit at the box office and was also dubbed in Telugu and Hindi with the same title.

Bagavathi (Vijay) owns a tea shop come hotel near the Chennai High court. He lives with the aim of bringing up his younger brother Guna (Jai) as a doctor. He meets a modern girl called Anjali (Reemma Sen) while giving her a refill. She doesn't know that the refill is valuable for Bagavathy and so casually throws it away. He admonishes her for that and with the help of a receptionist gets it back. Anjali initially thinks that he is stingy but later when she sees him helping a lady whose daughter has gone into labour and was subsequently beaten up by a policeman she gains respect for him. Soon Bagavathy finds out that Anjali is the daughter of a Judge who is his friend.

Guna has a girlfriend named Priya with whom he accidentally develops a physical relationship. Guna hides this news from his brother. Guna's love is objected by Priya's father Easwarapandiyan (Ashish Vidyarthi) who fears for the loss of his status and name in society. Soon, during a college function, some goons sent by Easwarapandiyan beat up Guna. Bagavathy finds him and takes him to hospital and asks the help of his friend Anand (Yugendran) to safeguard his brother from the atrocities of Easwarapandiyan.

In an attempt to fulfill his brother's wish, Bagavathy tries to convince Priya's father to let her and Guna marry. Easwarapandiyan humilitates him by asking him to polish his shoes. Bagavathy does so but despite that Easwarapandiyan says that Guna will die. Guna attempts to marry Priya even without the knowledge of his brother. But Priya's father collapses the marriage and Guna is killed in front of Bagavathy. Anand is also killed after trying to defend Guna.