Prabhu Deva As a Actor

Kadhalan (English: Boyfriend) is a 1994 Tamil action-romance film written and directed by S. Shankar and produced by K. T. Kunjumon. The film stars Prabhu Deva and Nagma in the lead roles, while Raghuvaran, Girish Karnad and Vadivelu play other pivotal roles. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman. The song Mukkabla from the movie, became a national sensation, and owing to the rage that the song created, Kadhalan was dubbed in Hindi as Humse Hai Muqabala and in Telugu as Premikudu.
The film received positive reviews from critics and enjoyed huge commercial success upon release in September 1994. It won many recognitions and honours, including the Filmfare Best Film Award and Filmfare Best Actress for Nagma, while also receiving four National Film Awards.

Plot

Prabhu, the chairman of Chennai's Government Arts College, is asked by his Principal to invite the Governor of Tamil Nadu, Kakarlal Sathyanarayana Moorthy (Girish Karnad), to be the chief guest on the annual day of the college. When he goes to invite Kakarla, he bumps into his daughter, Shruthi (Nagma), and instantly falls in love with her. To propose his love for her, he even joins in the same dance class as her. She too subsequently gets to know more about him, and falls in love with him. Since there is considerable fear of terrorism in the state, Kakarla does not permit his daughter to travel anywhere without bodyguards. On one occasion, she manages to give them the slip and runs away with Prabhu at a dance festival. Shortly after there is the threat of a bomb being planted. Shruthi is immediately brought home, and Prabhu is arrested. Shruthi is forbidden to see Prabhu. After being beaten severely, Prabhu is released from police custody. He then goes to meet Shruthi, unaware of the changed circumstances. This is where he finds evidence that will lead him to a hideout of terrorist Mallikarjuna (Raghuvaran) who is the mastermind of bomb blasts, and joins forces with Kakarlal for killing innocent civilians. Whether Prabhu will become a victim or emerge a victor forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Release

Kadhalan was dubbed in Hindi as Humse Hai Muqabala and in Telugu as Premikudu and performed well in both regions. Kadhalan then went on to win four National Film Awards in 1995, securing a recognition for the soundtrack and three technical awards. Unnikrishnan won the Best Male Playback Singer with his first ever song in Tamil films for "Ennavale Ennavale". Meanwhile A. S. Laxmi Narayanan and V. S. Murthy won an award for Best Audiography, B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan for Best Editing while Venky picked up an award for Best Special Effects.

Music

Main article: Kadhalan (soundtrack)
Kadhalan
Soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman
Released 1994
Recorded Panchathan Record Inn
Genre Soundtrack
Length 34:50
Label Pyramid
Producer A. R. Rahman
The background music score and the soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman. The soundtrack, released as Kadhalan: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, features 9 songs composed by Rahman, with lyrics scored by Vaali, Vairamuthu and S.Shankar who penned the Pettai Rap number. While the entire soundtrack was well received commercially and critically by reviewers, one song Mukkabla became recognised on a national level, becoming one of the most recognisable Tamil songs in history. The song was plagiarised freely by Bollywood's tunesmiths and nearly a dozen versions of the song were churned out, a feat that earned Mukkabla and Rahman a place in the Limca Book of Records.  New styles were experimented with, as in the song "Pettai Rap", a Madras bashai song which was written in a rap-like style, interspersing Tamil with English words. The synthesiser and the keyboard also feature while drawing from Tamil folk music.
No. Title Artist(s) Length
1. "Ennavale Adi Ennavale"   P. Unnikrishnan 5:11
2. "Mukkabla"   Mano, Swarnalatha 5:23
3. "Erani Kuradhani"   S. P. Balasubramanyam, S. Janaki 5:08
4. "Kadhalikum Pennin"   S. P. Balasubramanyam, Udit Narayan, Pallavi 4:48
5. "Urvasi Urvasi"   A. R. Rahman, Suresh Peters, Shahul Hameed 5:39
6. "Pettai Rap"   Suresh Peters, Theni Kunjarammal, Shahul Hameed 4:23
7. "Kollayile Thennai"   P. Jayachandran 1:45
8. "Kaatru Kuthirayile"   Sujatha 1:31
9. "Indiraiyo Ival Sundariyo"   Sunandha, Kalyani Menon, Minmini 1:02



Raasaiyya is a 1995 Tamil-language Indian feature film directed by debutant P. Kannan and produced by T. Siva, starring Prabhu Deva in the lead role. Roja Selvamani played the film's female lead.  After the film's release, it was dubbed into Hindi as Chhaila. The film revolves around the life struggle and love life of the character played by Prabhu Deva.

Story

Raasaiyya (Prabhu Deva) lives with his grandfather, Shyamsunder (Vijayakumar), a kind-hearted and honest man in a small town in rural Southern India. Shyamsunder is very easy-going and permits Raasaiyya in indulge in all kinds of precocious activities. When young and beautiful Anita (Roja) comes to stay for a few days with Shyamsunder, both Raasaiyya and she fall in love with each other, and would like to get married. But Raasaiyya is unable to assert himself, and Anita's marriage is arranged with a U.S. settled groom. Shyamsunder would like to present a decent dowry for Anita, which includes a priceless diamond necklace. Unable to bear his separation from his sweetheart, Raasaiyya decides to tell Shyamsunder about this, but before he could do so, he finds out that his biological mother, Madhavi (Raadhika), is still alive, but will not have anything to do with him. Watch what happens when Raasaiyya finally meets her and finds out the secret why she abandoned him in his childhood.

Cast

Release

The film opened to extremely negative reviews from film critics, with a reviewer from Indolink.com noting it as "an absolute waste of time and money and above all an insult to your intelligence".  Raasaiyya became a box office bomb, with Prabhu Deva allegedly blaming Ilaiyaraaja's music as the reason for the film's failure.  The film was later dubbed to Hindi as Chhaila, following the popularity of the dubbed version of Prabhu Deva's previous film Kaadhalan as Humse Hain Muqabla.

Soundtrack

The film has hit music scored by Ilaiyaraaja with lyrics by Vaali which features songs like "Masthana Masthana" and "Kadhal Vaanile". The audio was released under the label of Time Magnetics. 
No. Song Singers Lyrics Length (m:ss)
1 Dindukallu Ilaiyaraaja, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Arun Mozhi Vaali 5:22
2 Kadhal Vaanile S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Preethi Uttamsingh 5:41
3 Karuvattu Mano, K. S. Chithra 5:38
4 Masthana Masthana Arun Mozhi, Bhavatharini 5:53
5 Paatu Ellam Mano 6:04
6 Unna Ninaichu S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Preethi Uttamsingh 5:13



Love Birds is a 1996 Tamil romantic film directed by P. Vasu. The film features Prabhu Deva and Nagma in the lead roles with Raja, Vadivelu and Sarath Babu playing other pivotal roles. The film's score and soundtrack composed by A. R. Rahman was highly successful. Love Birds opened in January 1996 to a mixed response critically and an average performance commercially. 

Plot

After accidentally meeting, Mridula (Nagma) and Arun (Prabhu Deva) fall in love. The young couple both come from affluent families, and so, to test whether they will be suited for a long term relationship, they both decide to live together. However, a few months into their relationship, Arun and Mridula get in an accident and he passes away. A devastated Mridula is unable to get over her loss, and before long starts seeing Arun in strange visions everywhere she goes. Her family eventually decide that relocating to another country might help Mridula move on, and so they send her to the UK. Once she arrives there, she meets Mano, a young man attracted to her. She knows that her parents expect her to fall for Mano. But as she can't move on, she runs away. She meets a person who looks exactly like Arun. She follows him and finds out where he lives and works. Whenever she tries to talk to him, he denies his relationship with her and says he doesn't know her. However, she later finds out that her father had Arun sent away as he had helped with Arun's sister's marriage and had threatened to let it all go downhill for her. Arun moves to UK in hopes that he can forget about Mridula but he can't and when he meets her, he realises this. When Mridula's father finds out Arun is still alive, he tries to kill him. However he realises his mistake and lets the lovebirds reunite.

Cast

Production

Prabhu Deva was signed to work on the film after working in Shankar's 1994 blockbuster Kaadhalan, and his pair from that film, Nagma, was also roped in again. British Indian musician Apache Indian was also roped in to sing and dance for a music video in the film.
The film was predominantly shot across London, with scenes also canned at Buckingham Palace and at a Hilton Hotel. The producers had earlier location scouted in the city and took music director, A. R. Rahman along to get a feel of the city.

Release

The film opened in January 1996 to mixed reviews. The film opened days earlier in Malaysia than India and was shown across 27 theaters in the country, a figure only usually exceeded for Tamil films starring Rajinikanth, and this mirrors the large release the film received.  Vijayan of The New Straits Times reviewed the film, "This movie seems made for courting couples, especially those who are facing problems with disapproving parents" and added that "strong dialogue makes the film rise slight above the ordinary".
Love Birds however became an average grosser at the box office but was a little better than Prabhudeva's next, Mr. Romeo. The actor thus had to go through a slump in his film career.   The film was later dubbed and released in Telugu and Hindi under the same title.

Soundtrack

Love Birds
Soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman
Released 1996
Recorded Panchathan Record Inn
Genre Soundtrack
Label Pyramid
Producer A.R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman chronology
Muthu
(1995)		 Love Birds
(1996)		 Indian
(1996)
The soundtrack features 5 songs composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics by Vairamuthu for the original Tamil version, by Sirivennela Sitaramasastri for the Telugu version and by P. K. Mishra and Mehboob for the Hindi version. The album was widely appreciated by critics.
All lyrics written by Vairamuthu, all music composed by A. R. Rahman.
Track listing - Tamil
No. Title Singer(s) Length
1. "Come On Come On"   Mano  
2. "Malargaley"   K. S. Chithra, Hariharan  
3. "Naalai Ulagam"   Unnikrishnan, Sujatha  
4. "No Problem"   Apache Indian, A. R. Rahman  
5. "Samba Samba"   Aslam Mustafa  





Mr. Romeo is a 1996 Tamil language film directed by K. S. Ravi and produced by R. B. Choudary. The film starred Prabhu Deva in a double role with Shilpa Shetty and Madhoo playing other leading roles. Surendra Pal, Vadivelu and Vijayakumar play supporting roles, while A. R. Rahman scored music for the film.  The film opened in November 1996 to an average response at the box office.

Plot

Romeo lives a privileged life as a celebrity in Bangalore, India, with his widowed mother. He receives considerable assistance and encouragement from Raj Mohan to dance and sing. He meets and is attracted to Madhoo, who is also his fan. His mother meets with Madhoo's grandfather and both arrange their wedding. Then Romeo finds out that Raj Mohan has been stealing body parts, especially kidneys, from patients in the Satya Moorthy Hospital, and then getting them killed via bus accidents. He meets with Raj and warns him that he is going to expose him publicly. Before he could that Romeo is shot, taken by ambulance, and thrown off of a cliff. His friend, Prakash, is blamed for this, is arrested, tried in Court, found guilty, and sentenced to life imprisonment. But Romeo survives, is looked after by tribal people, and several months later returns to Bangalore to expose Raj - only to find a look-alike, a Chandaal (Hindu Undertaker) named Madras, from Bombay, has taken over his life, identity, love, and is residing in his very own home!

Cast

Production

Prabhu Deva signed the film after securing a blockbuster with Shankar's Kaadhalan (1994) and demanded INR60 lakh (US$100,000) for his work in the film. North Indian actress Shilpa Shetty was roped in to star in her first Tamil film, while Madhoo, who appeared in Mani Ratnam's Roja and Shankar's Gentleman was signed on to play second lead. The producer of the film asked the director, K. S. Ravi to be credited simply as Ravi in the film, to avoid confusion with another director K. S. Ravikumar.

Release

The film opened in November 1996 and failed to meet the expectations at the box office, becoming Prabhu Deva's second consecutive average after Love Birds. 
The relatively disappointing results of both films prompted A. R. Rahman to hesitate before signing up Deva's next film Minsara Kanavu. He however played a role in recommending the director K. S. Ravi to work in En Swasa Katre, a production of Rahman's acquaintances. Mr. Romeo was also belatedly dubbed and released in Telugu and Hindi under the same title.

Soundtrack

Mr. Romeo
Soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman
Released 1996
Recorded Panchathan Record Inn
Genre Soundtrack
Label Pyramid
Producer A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman chronology
Fire
(1996)		 Mr. Romeo
(1996)		 Anthimanthaarai
(1996)
The music is scored by A. R. Rahman for the lyrics penned by Vairamuthu and Vaali and the soundtrack was distributed by Pyramid AV International. The lyrics for the Hindi version was penned by P. K. Mishra. The lyrics for the Telugu version was penned by Bhuvanachandra and Vennalakanti
Original Version
Track# Song Artist(s)
1 "Romeo Aatam Potal" Hariharan, Udit Narayan
2 "Yar Adhu?" Noel James, Anto, Srinivas, Chandran
3 "Mel Isaiyae" Swarnalatha, Unni Menon, Srinivas, Sujatha
4 "Thaneerai Kaadhalikum" Sangeetha Sajith
5 "Muthu Muthu Mazhai" Ila Arun, Chorus
6 "Mona Lisa" Malaysia Vasudevan, Nagoor Mohammad Ali
Hindi Version (Mr. Romeo)
Track# Song Artist(s)
1 "Romeo Teri Kismat" Hariharan, Udit Narayan
2 "Paas Aaja Baalam" Ila Arun, Chorus
3 "Kaun Hai Yeh Apsara" Noel James, Anto, Srinivas, Chandran
4 "Mona Lisa" Sonu Nigam, Raqueeb Alam
5 "Machli Paani Bina" Kavita Krishnamurthy
6 "Mil Hi Gayi" Swarnalatha, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sadhana Sargam
Telugu Version (Mr. Romeo)
Track# Song Artist(s)
1 "Romeo Natyam Chesthe" Hariharan, Udit Narayan
2 "Mallikale Naa Aashala" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Swarnalatha, Sujatha
3 "Evaradhi Evaradhi" Noel James, Anto, Srinivas, Chandran
4 "Mona Lisa" Malaysia Vasudevan, Vandemataram Srinivas
5 "Egireti Aashalen Dhole" Sangeetha Sajith
6 "Arere Rang Dhole" Ila Arun, Chorus

 




Minsara Kanavu (Electrifying Dreams) is a 1997 Tamil romance film written and directed by Rajiv Menon. The film features Arvind Swamy, Prabhu Deva and Kajol in the lead roles, with Girish Karnad, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, V. K. Ramasamy and Nassar in other pivotal roles. The soundtrack and background score for the film was composed by A. R. Rahman, while the cinematography was handled by Venu and Ravi K. Chandran. The film was shot in Lawrence School, Lovedale Ooty, St. Andrews Church and Apollo Hospitals in Chennai. The film opened in January 1997 to positive review from film critics and performed very well at the box office. The film garnered four National Film Awards, three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and a Filmfare Award.

Plot

Priya Amal Raj (Kajol) loses her mother at a very young age. She is friendly, outspoken, sensitive, yet precocious. Priya is brought up by her dad, Amal Raj (Girish Karnad) who is a clothing industrialist. Since her childhood, Priya is interested in singing, music and church.
Thomas Thanga Durai (Arvind Swamy), a polite, well mannered NRI business man, returns to India from America to look after his father's James Thanga Durai's (S. P. Balasubrahmanyam) business. Thanga Durai is a former associate in Amal Raj's business, and now establishes his own business empire in the same vicinity, opposite to Amal Raj's factory. He boasts of his sons achievements. However, Amal Raj dislikes Thanga Durai's ill mannered, clumsy and bizarre antics though Thomas and Priya have known each other in their child hood.
Thomas, happens to meet Priya at her school when he goes to a woman's hostel to see his aunt, mother superior (Arundhati Nag) a nun in that school church. Thomas takes Priya's help in surprising his aunt with a gift on her birthday. In the process, Thomas falls in love with priya but is unable to confess his love for her. Priya has been brought up in a convent school and wants to become a nun, much to the horror of Thomas and Priyas father. Mean while, Amal Raj tries to pull Priya into wedlock through setting up match making with some suitors like Jaipal (Prakash Raj), David (Ranvir Shah) etc., but he fails to fix an alliance for his daughter. In the midst of this, Thomas's friend Shiva takes him to hairstylist Deva (Prabhu Deva) who is notorious at changing women's minds. Deva befriends Priya to change her mind about being a nun.
At one instance, Priya performs singing at a Gala along with Deva's troupe, which puts the troupe into the limelight of a recording theatre owner. Deva requests Priya to join his aspiring music troop as a singer and help them achieve the group's aspiration for a film audition and Priya agrees to it. Deva with his musical troupe (Nassar and his group) play tricks to make Priya fall in love with Thomas, but fails to turn Priya's mind towards Thomas. Instead, Deva himself falls in love with Priya and she reciprocates.
Complications arise when Priya falls in love with Deva instead, and at the same juncture, Thomas confesses his love to Priya and reveals the shocking truth behind Deva's association with Priya. Torn between the two men, a broken-hearted Priya decides to vow for Nun trainee and fails to fulfill her promise for the group's music audition. Thomas realises this at the end and sacrifices his love. Thomas and his Aunt convince Priya out of celibacy and marry Deva. Thomas becomes a priest as he naturally leads a life of service to the poor, sacrifice and mental chastity.

Cast

Production

AVM Productions wanted to make a film to commemorate its 50th anniversary in 1997 and signed on Prabhu Deva to play a lead role and A. R. Rahman to score the music for this unplanned project, but Rahman was initially reluctant as he had scored music for three of Prabhu Deva's films in the recent past. The producers revealed that they were looking for a new director and Rahman suggested the name of cinematographer, Rajiv Menon to make his directorial debut, after the pair had previously collaborated in jingles for many ad films.[1] Menon thought about the offer for two months and was ultimately convinced by Rahman and Mani Ratnam, who he had been working with in Bombay (1995), to sign the project.  Arvind Swamy was then signed up for a role as was Hindi actress Kajol, to make her debut in Tamil films. Kajol revealed that she found dancing alongside Prabhu Deva difficult and took up to twenty retakes and thirty rehearsals for a particular song.  Nassar, often seen in intense roles, was signed to play a bubbly character in the film and described the shoot as a "delightful experience".  Veteran actors Girish Karnad and V. K. Ramasamy were also added to the cast as was singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, who had previously appeared in father roles in Kaadhalan and Kadhal Desam. Actress Arundhati Nag and Prakash Raj also formed part of the cast, while then-assistant director Gautham Menon appears in a cameo role. It was dubbed in Telugu as Merupu Kalalu.
The film was shot in 1996 with two songs and the climax being shot at Lawrence School Chapel, Lovedale.  Prabhu Deva suffered a throat infection during post-production works and Vikram, then a struggling actor, dubbed for his character while Revathi dubbed for the non-Tamil speaking Kajol.

Release

The film was released on 14 January 1997 coinciding with the Tamil festival of Thai Pongal alongside Mani Ratnam's political drama film Iruvar, and though both films initially opened to a lukewarm response, Minsara Kanavu eventually emerged triumphant at the Tamil Nadu box office, and a dubbed Telugu version (Merupu Kalalu) had a good opening in Andhra Pradesh.  After audiences were initially unhappy with the sad climax of the film, distributors reverted and used an alternate ending which had also been shot for the film.  A critic from Indolink.com gave the film a positive review, stating that "Minsara Kanavu is again a triangular love story with a little difference. It has good entertainment value, awesome cinematography and execellent songs and choreographed dances."
The film was dubbed and released by ABC Films on 26 October 1997 in Hindi as Sapnay to capitulate on Kajol's popularity in Northern India, earning above average reviews from critics.  However the version failed commercially with reports suggesting that "bad dubbing" was the reason of failure and Rajiv Menon subsequently opted against dubbing his next film, Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) in Hindi. 
Minsara Kanavu went on to win four National Film Awards, three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and a Filmfare Award mostly for the film's soundtrack. The soundtrack earned A. R. Rahman the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for the second time, while he also secured his fourth Tamil Nadu State Award and his sixth consecutive Filmfare Award for his work.   K. S. Chitra and S. P. Balasubrahmanyam won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer and Best Male Playback Singer for the tracks "Ooh La La La" and "Thanga Thamarai" respectively. Sujatha and Unni Menon won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Female Playback and Best Male Playback for two different tracks, "Poo Pookkum Oosai" and "Ooh La La La" respectively.  Meanwhile Prabhu Deva won the National Film Award for Best Choreography for his work in the song, "Vennilave".

Awards

1996 National Film Awards (India)
1996 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
1996 Filmfare Awards South

Soundtrack

Minsara Kanavu / Sapnay
Soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman
Released 1997
Recorded Panchathan Record Inn
Genre Soundtrack
Label AVM
Producer A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman chronology
Anthimanthaarai
(1997)		 Minsara Kanavu
(1997)		 Iruvar
(1997)
The soundtrack features 6 songs composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics by Vairamuthu. The Hindi version of the soundtrack was titled Sapnay and had lyrics penned by Javed Akhtar, with a new song titled "Teri Meri Baat" was added to this version. The song "Ooh La La La" was re-edited by A. R. Rahman and featured on the hit international musical production Bombay Dreams, which ran in Europe and North America from 2002 to 2005. The track "Vennilavae (Part 2)" was a sad version of the song "Vennilave" and was sung by Shankar Mahadevan and Kavita Paudwal and this track was featured in the movie only.
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam recalls the recording session of "Thanga Thamarai", mentioning that "it required a tone that reflected the feelings of someone totally smitten and intoxicated by love. The character singing the song in the film is on a high after finding his girl. I only tried my best to imitate Rahman, who sang it for me. The imitation fetched me a national award."  Playback singer Kay Kay was introduced by Rahman through the song "Strawberry Kannae". There is also a telugu dubbed soundtrack, Merupu Kalulu.

Tamil version

All lyrics written by Vairamuthu, all music composed by A. R. Rahman.
Track listing
No. Title Singer(s) Length
1. "Vennilavae"   Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam 5:58
2. "Vennilavae (Part 2)"   Shankar Mahadevan, Kavita Paudwal 1:45
3. "Poo Pookum Oosai"   Sujatha, Malaysia Vasudevan 6:47
4. "Manna Madurai (Ooh La La La)"   Unni Menon, K. S. Chitra, Srinivas 5:53
5. "Thanga Thamarai"   S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Malgudi Subha 4:58
6. "Strawberry Kannae"   KK, Febi Mani 4:25
7. "Anbendra"   Anuradha Sriram 3:33

Hindi version

All music composed by A. R. Rahman.
Track listing
No. Title Singer(s) Length
1. "Chanda Re"   Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam 5:58
2. "Chanda Re (Part 2)"   Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam 5:58
3. "Aawara Bhanwre"   Hema Sardesai, Malaysia Vasudevan 6:47
4. "Ek Bagiya"   Shankar Mahadevan, K. S. Chitra, Srinivas 5:53
5. "Door Na Ja Mujhse"   S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Malgudi Subha 4:58
6. "Strawberry Ankhein"   KK, Kavita Paudwal 4:25
7. "Roshan Hui Raat"   Anuradha Sriram 3:33
8. "Teri Meri Baat"   Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Hema Sardesai 5:19




Ninaivirukkum Varai is a 1999 Tamil film directed by Subhash. The film stars Prabhu Deva, Keerthi Reddy and Anand in the lead roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Deva.

Cast

Soundtrack

  • Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa - Mano, Krishnaraj
  • Oothikunu Kadichukavaa - Deva, Krishnaraj
  • Sandhya Sandhya - Krishnaraj
  • Anbe Nee Mayila - Unni Menon, Sujatha

Release

The film received positive reviews from critics, with the reviewer from Indolink.com citing that "Prabhu Deva gets a wonderful script and character that he's comfortable in". 





Eazhaiyin Sirippil is a 2000 Tamil drama film.

Cast

Plot

Ganesan (Prabhu Deva) has the job of collecting travellers for the lone bus run by Padmavathi Bus Service. His high-energy people-gathering tactics are considered the reason for the crowds on the bus and he earns commission for the same from the owner (Nasser) of the bus service. Ganesan is pursued by Saroja (Roja) who dreams of wedding him though receiving no response from him. Kousalya(Kousalya), the daughter of Ganesan's boss, slowly falls for him after seeing his goodheartedness. But she is shocked when she sees him being accused by a mentally ill woman Thulasi (Suvalakshmi), as being responsible for destroying her life and killing her brother. The crux of the movie is who he is going to be united with.

Remakes

The film was remade in Telugu as Navvuthu Bathakalira with J. D. Chakravarthy.





Pennin Manathai Thottu (Tamil: பெண்ணின் மனதை தொட்டு, English: Touching the heart of girl) is a South Indian Tamil film released in 2000.  It contains the song "Kalluri Vaanil" danced by Prabhu Deva Sundaram. The film did well in the box office.

Plot

Sunil (Prabhu Deva) is one of the leading heart surgeons in the country. He lives with Ganpat (Mouli) and is loved by everyone in the family. Sunitha (Jaya Seal) arrives at the house, along with a kid who has a heart problem. But she lashes out at Sunil when she learns that he is the doctor and meets him face to face. Turns out she has had a bitter past with him. They had been in love in college but he had deserted her at a crucial time, so she hates him for it and doesn't even want him to operate on the kid.

Cast

Production

After the success of Thulladha Manamum Thullum Vijay and Ezhil immediately decided to follow up this film with another collaboration, Pennin Manathai Thottu, with either Isha Koppikar or Roja to be roped in as the lead actress. However soon after pre-production, Vijay was replaced by Prabhu Deva.  Newcomer Jaya Seal who appeared in television advertisements was selected as heroine. Sarathkumar was selected to play a guest role while Madhan Bob was assigned to play a small negative role for first time.
The shooting for the film was held at locations in Chennai, Hyderabad, and Bangalore. A song was shot on Prabhu Deva and his brother Raju Sundaram with a set resembling a market place was erected, and about 40 dancers participated in the dance with the duo.

Soramimi spoof

The song "Kalluri Vaanil" danced by Prabhu Deva Sundaram became widely known on the internet in the form of a soramimi spoof and viral video, following its subtitling as "Benny Lava" by YouTube user Mike Sutton (Buffalax, now buffalax469).
The name Benny Lava comes from Sutton's homophonic translation of the Tamil lead line "Kalluri vaanil kaayndha nilaavo?" as "My loony bun is fine, Benny Lava!" (original meaning: "The moon (metaphor for 'my love') that scorched the college campus"). This video led other YouTube users to refer to Prabhu Deva as "Benny Lava".
Another soramimi spoof and viral video featuring this song became widely known among Brazilian internet users. For the creators of this spoof, the first verse of the song (Kalluri vaanil kaayndha nilaavo?) sounds like "Vai lá, Rivaldo, sai desse lago" (Portuguese for "Come on, Rivaldo, get out of that lake").
Another version by YouTube user mordonopolpo was in Italian, where "Kalluri vaanil kaayndha nilaavo" became "Ah lurida! Vin quando mi lavo" (Italian for "Hey dirty (f)! Come in when I wash up myself").
Reactions to the "Kalluri Vaanil" soramimi were mixed. Some felt that the video was done in "good fun" while others worried that their culture was being mocked. The video was described by the Philippine Daily Inquirer as a "Catchy melody, a battalion of back-up dancers, colorful costumes, impressive vocal gymnastics, jaw-dropping choreography this music video has it all. And if those aren't enough, the person who uploaded this vid also provided subtitles so you can sing along. They aren't the real lyrics though, but just what they sound in English, resulting in a lot of nonsense."  The music video was featured on The Colbert Report on 4 December 2008  and appeared on the Heavy Metal documentary Global Metal. As of at least April 1, 2011, the original video has been removed because of the disabling of Buffalax's YouTube account. However, several other users have uploaded copies of the original video on their YouTube accounts.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack is composed by S. A. Rajkumar. "Kannukkulle" was a hit. There are a total of 6 Tracks in this film.
Pennin Manathai Thottu
Soundtrack album to Pennin Manathai Thottu by S. A. Rajkumar
Released 2000
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Language Tamil
Producer S. A. Rajkumar
No. Title Singer(s) Length
1. "Kannukkulle "   P. Unni Krishnan 4:44
2. "Udhadukkum"   Devan 4:37
3. "Nan Saltu Kottai"   Sukvindar Singh, Krishnaraj 3:56
4. "Kalluri Vaanil"   Devan, Anuradha Sriram 4:45
5. "Thiyagarajarin"   P. Unni Krishnan, Nithyasri 4:56
6. "Kannukkulle Unnai"   Unni Menon 4:45

Reviews

Balaji B wrote:"the intention of the director may have been to ratchet up the tension, it ends up feeling like an unnecessary extension of an already threadbare movie".




Ullam Kollai Poguthae is a South Indian Tamil film released in 2001 directed by Sundar C. This film stars Prabhu Deva and Anjala Zaveri in the lead roles, while Karthik and Deepa Venkat play supporting roles.  The film is another successful venture by Sundar.C

Cast

Soundtrack

Ullam Kollai Poguthae
Soundtrack album by Karthik Raja
Released 2001
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 29:38
Language Tamil
Label RPG Music
Karthik Raja chronology
Vaanchinathan
(2001)		 Ullam Kollai Poguthae
(2001)		 Dumm Dumm Dumm (2001)
The music was composed by Karthik Raja while lyrics by Pa. Vijay and Kalaikumar.
Tracklist
No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length
1. "Adada Adada"   Pa. Vijay Hariharan, Karthik Raja 1:09
2. "Anbey Anbey"   Pa. Vijay Unnikrishnan 5:03
3. "Anjala Anjala"   Kalaik Kumar Devan, Harini 4:22
4. "Kadhavai Naan"   Pa. Vijay Hariharan, Karthik Raja 1:08
5. "Kavithaigal Sollava"   Pa. Vijay Hariharan 5:31
6. "Kingda Kingda"   Kalaik Kumar Prabhu Deva, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Mano 4:12
7. "Oru Palaivanathai"   Pa. Vijay Hariharan 0:27
8. "Uyirae En Uyirae"   Pa. Vijay Hariharan 2:01
Total length:
 29:38




Manadhai Thirudivittai (Tamil: மனதை திà®°ுடிவிட்டாய்) ; English: You have stolen my heart!) is a 2001 Indian Tamil film, written and directed by newcomer R. D. Narayanamurthy, starring Prabhudeva, Kausalya and newcomer Gayatri Jayaraman in lead roles and also stars both the comedians Vivek and Vadivelu, being their most recent collaboration in Tamil films. The film, which has music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, released on 14 November 2001 and met with average results the box office. However, the film was nonetheless dubbed into Telugu and released as Manasuna Manasai in 2005. The film successfully ran for 100 days. The director R. D. Narayanamurthy and Prabhudeva celebrated the success in a grand manner. Vadivel and Viveks comedy was well appreciated and a key point for success of this film

Cast

Actor Role
Prabhu Deva Deva
Kausalya Indhu
Gayatri Jayaraman Shruthi
Vivek Valaiyapathi
Vadivelu Steve Waugh/Mark Waugh
Shanti Williams mother of Kausalya and Sriman
Sriman Ashok, brother of Kausalya
Ranjith Ranjith
Rajeev Shruthi's father
Kaka Radhakrishnan
Fathima Babu Shruthi's mother
P. Susheela herself

Production

The producers of the film initially tried to rope in Shilpa Shetty to play the lead heroine, but the actress refused as her previous pairing with Prabhu Deva in Mr. Romeo ended up being a commercial failure while Sonia Agarwal was rejected after make-up test and she was replaced by newcomer Gayathri Jayaram. 

Soundtrack

Manadhai Thirudivittai
Soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Released
22 September 2001 (India)
Recorded 2001
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 28:26
Label Sa Re Ga Ma
Producer Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Thulluvadho Ilamai
(2001)		 Manadhai Thirudivittai
(2001)		 Nandha
(2001)
The soundtrack, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja was released on 22 September 2001 by Sa Re Ga Ma. It features 6 tracks, lyrics were penned by Pa. Vijay and Kalai Kumar. Though the songs didn't attract the masses overall, the song "Manja Kaattu Maina" was one of the most popular songs of 2001. 
Track Song Singer(s) Duration Notes
1 'All Day Jolly Day' Shankar Mahadevan, Yuvan Shankar Raja 4:29
2 'Azhagaana Sooriyan' Sujatha Mohan 4:20
3 'Colour Colour' Chithra Sivaraman 5:37
4 'Kutti Kutti Pani Thuliye' Sadhana Sargam 4:23
5 'Manja Kaattu Maina' Karthik, Sadhana Sargam 5:41
6 'Sadu Gudu' Hariharan, Bhavatharini 4:56

Release

Critical reception

Rediff wrote:"On paper, Manathai Thirudi Vittai seems to have everything going for it. Yet, somehow, it doesn't quite jell. For the most part, the film oscillates between the good and the merely banal".  Hindu wrote:"Armed with a suspenseful story and a cohesive screenplay, director has come out with a fare that is reasonably appealing".






V.I.P is a 1997 Indian Tamil language film directed and co-written by Sabapthay. The film features Prabhu Deva, Abbas, Rambha and Simran in the lead roles, while Rami Reddy, Prakash Raj and Manivannan play other pivotal roles. Ranjit Barot composed the music, while Arthur A. Wilson handled the cinematography. This film was opened in July 1997 to above average reviews and collections.

Plot

Guru (Prabhu Deva) is a graduate but cannot find a job because employers are looking experience. He and his pickpocket and bike thief friend Indhu (Rambha) live along with an auto mechanic (Manivannan) and his wife. The couple is a Muslim and the lady wears a purdah and it is shown that whoever lifts her purdah and sees her face faints immediately. Manivannan himself has seen his wife's face only during their first night. This provides comic relief.
Anupam Kher is a rich businessman but his business is about to topple when he invites his nephew Santhosh (Abbas) from the US to save it from loss. Priya (Simran) is his daughter and she expects to marry Santhosh when he arrives. Meanwhile Guru steals a car from a businessman who refused to employ him and when the goondas chase, he and Indhu enter into the airport and in a series of comic events, Guru ends up in Priya's house as Santhosh and Santhosh who tries to save Indhu lands up with her in Mizoram.
Anupam Kher introduces Guru (now Santhosh) as the new managing director of the company to his employees. He also encourages Santhosh to take up the new assignment. Guru, who is a talented youth works hard and brings the company back to business meanwhile the real Santhosh struggles with Indhu to get back home. When Santhosh gets back to Chennai, he collects his bags and passport from the airport.
By now he has fallen in love with Indhu and Priya has fallen in love with Guru. Indhu and Guru meet up and they find out about Guru acting as Santhosh and real Santhosh is with Indhu. When Santhosh finds out that Guru has actually taken the company to greater heights than he would have, he accepts Guru as his friend and doesn't reveal his true identity to his Uncle's family. In the end all confusions are cleared and the lovers unite.

Cast

Production

Kalaipuli S. Thanu was approached by Mugur Sundaram to do a film for his son Prabhu Deva under his banner. Producer initially approached Vasanth to direct this film, Vasanth initially accepted but later opted out of the film as he was unsure about release date of the film. Newcomer Sasi Arundale was approached to direct but Prabhu Deva insisted Thanu to remove him as Thanu's name was left out from his poster designed by the director. SD Sabhapathi was later selected as director.  40 lakhs rupees was spent for building a set for a song sequence in AVM Studios.
Pooja Kumar, the first choice for a lead actress role, but walked out of the project due to date issues. Dhanu then approached Laila, who was left unimpressed when the producer asked her to consider changing her stagename to Pooja, as the invitations for the film had already been printed. Laila also revealed her unawareness of Rambha also being a part of the film. Laila subsequently dropped out of the project, wanting to make her Tamil debut in a film where she played the sole heroine.   The film consequently marked the debut of actress Simran in Tamil films, with V.I.P and her other film, Once More both releasing on July 4, 1997.
Both Ranjit Barot and Shankar Mahadevan were selected as composers but due to misunderstanding Shankar left the film but composed two songs "Minnal Oru Kodi" and "Netru No No".

Release

The film did above average business, owing to the substantial size of the budget.   Indolink.com described the film as "probably the feel good movie of the year thus far", adding that "this movie is important as its probably the coming of age for Prabhu Devah. He has definitely matured since his Kadhalan days and shows a lot more restraint and a little flair for comedy. Thankfully, not much is required from Abbas or Simran in the acting department."





Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar (Tamil:நாà®®் இருவர் நமக்கு இருவர்) (English: We Two, Ours Two) is a 1998 Tamil film directed by Sundar C. Prabhu Deva and Meena played the leading roles, whilst the film featured an extensive cast, along with a bevy of supporting actors. The film released on 14 January 1998 and became a big success at the box office.  The film was loosely based on the 1995 Hollywood movie Two Much.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album consists of 6 songs composed by Karthik Raja.
Tracklist
  1. Intha Siru Pennai - Hariharan, Vibha Sharma (5:41)
  2. Kattaana Ponnu Romantica - Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam (4:22)
  3. Aathi Adi Aathi - Priya, Vibha Sharma, Farah (5:45)
  4. Aiylesaa Aiylesaa - Udit Narayan, Pop Shalini (4:43)
  5. Nadanakalarani - Yuvan Shankar Raja, Premji Amaran, Bhavatharini (5:16)
  6. Hello Mr Kadhala - Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam, Anuradha Paudwal (5:33)

Production

Prabhudeva, Maheshwari and the entire crew including Sundar C. had landed in South Africa. Rambha had not boarded the plane with them as planned. Na.Ir.Na.Ir unit became nervous, not knowing what to do, as the shooting time and spot that they had reserved in Sun City was going to waste. After waiting for a long time, they went ahead and had Maheshwari put on Rambha's costumes and picturized the song with her and Prabhudeva. Rambha, who arrived two days later, got wild and furious that Sundar and company would picturize the song without her. She immediately placed a call to the Rajkamal office in Chennai and asked them to book a ticket on one of the first flights out of South Africa to India. Rambha went back to Chennai almost three days before the Na.Ir.Na.Ir unit and got ready to dance for Kaathala Kaathala instead. Sundar and others who were angry and disappointed with Rambha's behavior filed a complaint with the Film Chamber. Meanwhile, more developments came about once Rambha was kicked out of the film. It appeared that Sundar's dearest, Kushboo had strongly thrown in a recommendation for Simran and Nagma to grab the role that Rambha had trashed, but Meena entered the picture from somewhere, all of a sudden.  The fact is that Meena gave up her Kaathala Kaathala role for Rambha and Soundarya, while Rambha gave up her Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar role for Meena. On a side note to the entire matter, Simran has now declared that she gave up her chances to star in Kaathala Kaathala and Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar, because she did not want to pack herself with call sheet troubles and not be able to act in that she had already committed to.





Kaathala Kaathala is a Tamil language film directed by Singeetham Srinivasa Rao and produced by P. L. Thenappan. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Prabhu Deva, Soundarya and Rambha in the lead roles with an ensemble cast in supporting roles. The film released on April 10, 1998, to positive reviews and became a commercial success.

Plot

Ramalingam (Kamal Haasan) & Sundaralingam (Prabhu Deva) are simpletons who are always in search of ways to earn a quick buck. Sundaralingam is an artist with good talent while Ramalingam is the business brain who brings in money, mostly by fraudulent means. They fall in love - Sundaralingam with Janaki (Rambha) and Ramalingam with Sundari (Soundarya). Both are students of art.
Janaki's father, played by the music director M. S. Viswanathan, rejects Sundaralingam. Sundari convinces Janaki to write letters falsifying Sundaralingam's rise to fame and big money, eventually lying that Janaki & Sundaralingam now have a son, in order to win over the parents with sentiment. Janaki's dad, worried that his grandson might be brought up poorly, arrives at a mansion that has been set up to look like Sundaralingam's new property, along with her mom (Srividya). Meanwhile, Sundari's dad (Moulee) also makes an unexpected stop there to check on his daughter.
A small misunderstanding during introductions and progressively bigger lies to cover the initial lies lead to a side-splitting laugh riot. How those four eventually overcome their problems and find happiness forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Production

The film was initially expected to be directed by K. S. Ravikumar who directed the successful Avvai Shanmughi with Kamal Haasan in the lead earlier, but he was later replaced by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao after he refused to sign the film until the FEFSI strike of 1997 had stopped.  Actresses Meena and Simran's unavailability led to Rambha being cast in a lead role.  Nagma also opted against signing the film fearing that a potential clash may arise with actress Rambha, after the pair's alleged fall out on the sets of Janakiraman.  After Soundarya's death in 2004, Kamal Haasan paid tribute by revealing that "she came forward to do the movie, when the rest of the industry was unwilling to work with me (Kamal Haasan)".

Release

Critics from Indolink.com gave the film a positive review, citing that "if one can put the inspirations behind, the movie is quite enjoyable" and that "the going gets very complicated and absolutely hilarious".  The film was later dubbed into Telugu as Nayvandi Lavvandi and released in early 1999.
In 2010, the producer of the film P. L. Thenappan threatened legal action against the makers of the Hindi film, Housefull for remaking scenes from the film without permission. Thenappan revealed he had dubbed the film into Hindi in the late 1990s as Mirchi Masala, but the version did not release. 

Soundtrack





Time (1999) is a Tamil film directed by Geetha Krishna. The film stars Prabhu Deva, Simran and Radhika Chaudhry in the lead roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

Cast

Production

Prasanth was initially announced as the hero in the film as early as November 1997 when the movie launch took place. Due to call sheet troubles, Prasanth backed out. The shooting never got off the ground, as Ajith Kumar also refused the film due to lack of time. Prabhu Deva was selected to play the lead role.

Music

The Songs were composed by Ilaiyaraja and lyrics were written by Pazhani Bharathi



Doubles (2000) is a Tamil film directed by Pandiarajan. The film stars him alongside Prabhu Deva, Meena and Sangeetha in the lead roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Srikanth Deva.

Plot

The movie starts projecting Prabhu (Prabhu Deva) as a Shop Keeper who sells toys to kids. He will be wearing a Mask which is similar to his face and he will be wearing that mask on the backside of his head so that he looks like a "Kilpauk Korangu" and does all possible Crazy actions in the world which really irritates everyone. He has all bad habits like Drinking, Smoking and Jollufying Chicks. He gets married to Meena (Meena) who wants her husband to be like Sree Ram. Prabhu Deva Acts as if he is a nice guy and also gets caught few times when he tries to overact.
Rasika (Sangeetha) Meena's close friend comes and stays with Meena as she is doing her Final year in Madras Medical college. Prabhu Deva had pinched Rasika's hip when she was travelling in a bus gets slapped by Rasika and was thrown from that bus before she meets Deva. Rasika takes the task of seducing Prabhu deva to prove that he is a Jollan to Meena and fails in many attempts. Lots and lots of Kadi and Irritating Scenes comes in the middle as Prabhu Deva Overacts in many places. The movie ends as Meena dies of Jaundice and Rasika marries Pandiyarajan who comes for one scene in the last.

Cast




Alli Thandha Vaanam is an Indian Tamil film released in 2001, starring Prabhu Deva, Murali, Laila, Poornitha, Prakash Raj and Shabana Raza. This film was a successful film and 3songs has been shot in various locations in Malaysia.The song Vaadi Vaadi Naatu Kattai Was A Huge Hit.

Plot

Satyam (Prabhu Deva) is the no-good son of billionaire Mouli. Disappointed Mouli asks Satyam to spend three months alone on the streets of Chennai to learn the value of money. He would have no money, and could not use the information of who he actually was to gain favor with anyone.
So Satyam sets out, and from the very start, meets Laila, who plays an overexuberant youth girl, who cries or laughs constantly. In the next frame, he saves Meenakshi (Shabana Raza) in the style of MGR from would-be rapists, and in the third, meets Julie (Baby Kalyani) and gets together with her. Julie has her own sad story which sounds equivalent to the far better film "Kutty." He sees Meenakshi again, and the two of them fall in love.
Julie and Satyam steal a suitcase from Madhavan (Murali) but later that night find out it is full of medicine. Without his medicine, Madhavan falls unconscious. Satyam goes to return the medicine, sees him unconscious, takes him to the hospital, and learns he is going to need five lakhs to save this man he almost inadvertently killed.
So Satyam enters the house of billionaire Rajiv, pretending to be a long-lost son. Prakash Raj as a villain who is after Mouli's money and Prabhu Deva's life. 
Does Prabhu Deva learn his lesson and come out unscathed forms the rest of the movie Alli Thantha Vannam.

Production

The role essayed by Murali was initially intended to be played by Karthik.  Similarly Laila replaced Sneha in the lead female role.




Charlie Chaplin is a 2002 Tamil comedy film directed by Sakthi Chidambaram, starring Prabhu Ganesan and Prabhu Deva.  The film's commercial success led to remakes into Telugu (Pellam Oorelithe), Hindi (No Entry), Malayalam (Happy Husbands) and Kannada languages (Kalla Malla Sulla).   Prabhu won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for his performance in the film.

Plot

Ramakrishnan (Prabhu Ganesan) has a suspicious-minded wife, Mythili (Abhirami), who thinks he is always having an affair with another woman, even though he is extremely faithful to her and wouldn't dream of betraying her in any way. Vishva (Livingston) has been married to a trusting Amudha (Vindhya) for several years. Seemingly unknown to Amudha, he has been having several affairs with numerous gorgeous women, but in the end she reveals that she knew all along and thought that he would change ("I want you to be my husband in all my births"). There is also Ramakrishnan's friend Thiru (Prabhu Deva) who falls accidentally in love with Susi (Gayatri Raguram). Ramakrishnan meets Tilotama (Monal) who is a call girl (She is set up by Vishva and he goes abroad). Mythili goes to her relatives house for two days, at which point Thilothama arrives to meet Ramakrishnan. Ramakrishnan considers sleeping with her but determines not to have the affair. But his wife, having forgotten something, comes back just in time to see her husband with Thilothama. Then some fun and twists come and they all get caught including Ramakrishnan. At the court Ramakrishnan's wife wants divorce. Ramakrishnan manages to convince his wife that he is true to her, and they live happily ever after. Thiru settles down as well, after Ramakrishnan discovers that his wife is pregnant.

Cast

Production

Sakthi Chidambaram revealed that the story was based on a real life incident that had happened to his friend, but altered the happenings to present it in a comedy format. The initial choices for the two leading female roles had been Gayatri Jayaraman and Sanghavi, but the two were replaced due to date issues.

Soundtrack

There are the 7 songs in this film composed by Bharani.

Remakes

Year Film Language Cast Director Notes
2003 Pellam Oorelithe Telugu Srikanth, Venu S. V. Krishna Reddy
2005 No Entry Hindi Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan, Fardeen Khan Anees Bazmee
2010 Happy Husbands Malayalam Indrajith, Jayasuriya Saji Surendran
2011 Kalla Malla Sulla Kannada Ramesh Aravind, V Ravichandran

2012 No Entry Pudhe Dhoka Aahey Marathi
Ankush chowdary





123 is a 2002 trilingual Indian romantic comedy film directed by K. Subash. It was released in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu with a few reshot scenes. The film starred real-life brothers Prabhu Deva, Raju Sundaram and Nagendra Prasad in the lead roles alongside Jyothika, while Deva composed the film's music. Based on the Marathi play All The Best, 123 released in June 2002 to mixed reviews. and also this film edit in F.C.P first time in south India. technical editor is samson.j

Plot

Tirupathi (Prabhu Deva), Pazhani (Raju Sundaram) and Chidambaram (Nagendra Prasad) are physically impaired — one cannot see, the second is hard of hearing and the third is mute. None has a family. They are friends who begin to live under the same roof. Narmada (Jyotika) enters their lives and all three fall in love with her. Who wins her hand eventually (and that's an easy guess) is what ``One Two Three tells you.

Cast

Production

In December 2001, the three sons of prominent dance choreographer Sundaram were reported to be coming together to star in the Tamil film, and while Prabhu Deva was an established actor and Raju Sundaram had also appeared in films, it became the first substantial role for Nagendra Prasad.  Karunas was selected to play a key role, while Sundaram was reported to be a choreographer in the film, which would be based on a Marathi play title All the Best.  Sandeep Chowta was initially expected to be music director, but was later replaced by Deva.
In Telugu, the film was adapted under Siddesh Films with Uttej signed on to reshoot scenes which had featured Karunas in the Tamil version. The dialogues were written by Thotapalli Madhu and lyrics were written by Ponduri, Bhavanachandra and Rohini Krishna as the film was dubbed and released with a few reshot scenes. The mouth freshener brand, Pass Pass, teamed up with the film to put product placement into the venture.   The film was released in Kannada under the supervison of Sundeep Malani, with another regional actor Komal Kumar chosen to replace Karunas as the thief.

Release

The Tamil version of the film opened on 1 June 2002 to mixed reviews with a critic noting "Prabhu Deva as the blind Tirupathy has done his role well but Raju Sundaram and Nagendra Prasad have to pick up the nuances of acting. Jyothika has very little to do. The comedy of Karnas is good. However, the highlight of the film are the dances and the choreography. The three brothers have tried to outbeat each other when it comes to dancing. Music by Deva is very average."  The Hindu noted "it is a tightrope walk for director K. Subhash because presenting physical impairment without hurting sentiments is not easy. And the director does come out unscathed. Much of it is situational humour and the dialogue, again by Subhash, accentuates the comic impact in some of the scenes."  The Telugu version of the film which released on the same day, Jeevi of Idlebrain.com gave the film "two stars", stating "The only strength of the film is situation comedy based on the disabilities of three protagonists. Otherwise it's an avoidable film".  The Hindu cited "The film keeps grip on the audience, because of the curiosity the subject kicks up, regarding the survival of the handicapped using their sixth sense. The characters are difficult to portray, but the three main artistes do it convincingly."

Soundtrack

123
Soundtrack album by Deva
Released 2002
Genre Feature film soundtrack
The soundtrack of the film was composed by Deva, was well received by the audience.
























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