Daas
| Daas | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Babu Yogeswaran |
| Produced by |
K. Muralitharan V. Swaminathan G. Venugopal |
| Written by | Babu Yogeswaran |
| Starring |
Jayam Ravi Renuka Menon Vadivelu Livingston Adithya Menon Monica |
| Music by | Yuvan Shankar Raja |
| Cinematography |
Vijay K. Chakravarthy Srinivias Devamsam |
| Edited by | Anthony |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 165 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Daas is a 2005 Tamil action-romance film written and directed by newcomer Babu Yogeswaran. The film stars Jayam Ravi and Renuka Menon in lead and Vadivelu, Livingston, Adithya Menon, Shanmugarajan, and Monica among others in supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film, released in 2005, was a hit at the box office.
Plot
The film begins in a small village in Tirunelveli district where a few upper-caste men hold a chariot festival. Antony Daas (Jayam Ravi), along with his friends, pull the chariot in to their slum and they naturally incur the wrath of a local leader Annachi (Shanmugarajan). Meanwhile, his daughter Rajeshwari (Renuka Menon) falls in love with Daas. Her sister Punitha (Monica) elopes to marry a lower caste boy Guna (Abhinay), a classmate of Daas.
Coming to know about this, Annachi sends his men to bump off the couple. Eventually, Annachi sets the couple ablaze in front of Daas. An angry Rajeshwari, in order to teach her father a lesson, elopes with Daas and vows to get married. The couple then seeks refuge in Nasser's (Krishna) house in Madurai. He promises to get them married. However, coming to know about their hideout, Annachi's men reach Madurai to foil their plans. Nasser's father Vappa (Salim Ghouse) promises to get them united. Enters Anwar (Adithya Menon), Nasser's brother, who plans to let loose terror in the Madurai town in the name of Jehad.
How Daas emerges triumphant from all the troubles and marries Rajeshwari forms the rest of the story.
Cast
- Jayam Ravi as Antony Daas
- Renuka Menon as Rajeshwari
- Vadivelu as College Hostel Warden
- Shanmugarajan as Annachi
- Adithya Menon as Anwar
- Monica as Punitha (Rajeshwari's sister)
- Abhinay as Guna
- Salim Ghouse as Vappa
- Krishna as Naseer
- Livingston as Nasser's relative
- Nizhalgal Ravi as Daas's father
- Seetha as Rajeshwari's mother
- Pithamagan Mahadevan as Minister
- FEFSI Vijayan as Police Officer
- Tharika as Maimun
- Singamuthu
Production
The film was initially titled as Rascal before it got changed as Daas named after the character of protagonist.[1] Daas was Jayam Ravi's third film and his first original film following two remakes,[2] the film featured him as a football player.[3]
Soundtrack
| Daas | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja | ||||
| Released | 21 April 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2004-05 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label |
Vega Music Roja/Mass Audios | |||
| Producer | Yuvan Shankar Raja | |||
| Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology | ||||
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The musical score as well as the soundtrack were composed by noted music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja. The soundtrack, released on 21 April 2005, features 6 songs, the lyrics for which are written by Pa. Vijay, Viveka and Yugabharathi. The song Vaa Vaa was reused from Ilaiyaraja's old song Adiye Manam Nilluna Nikkathadi from the 1984 film Neengal Kettavai.[4]
| Track | Song | Singer(s) | Duration | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 'Yennoda Raasi' | Venkat Prabhu | 4:28 | Pa. Vijay |
| 2 | 'Saami Kittay ' | Hariharan, Shreya Ghoshal | 4:47 | Pa. Vijay |
| 3 | 'Nee Enthan' | Karthik | 4:55 | Yugabharathi |
| 4 | 'Shaheeba Shaheeba ' | Hariharan, Sujatha Mohan | 3:58 | Pa. Vijay |
| 5 | 'Vaa Vaa' | Shankar Mahadevan, Mahalakshmi Iyer | 5:22 | Pa. Vijay |
| 6 | 'Sakka Podu' | K. K., Sadhana Sargam | 4:21 | Viveka |
Release
The film took an even bigger opening than his previous ones and was declared a hit as well.[5] He garnered positive remarks from critics, with Sify's reviewer claiming that Ravi was a "hundred percent convincing as an action hero," further labelling his performance as "impressive."[6]
References
- ↑ https://www.indiaglitz.com/all-in-the-name-of%C3%82%C2%85-a-film-ii-tamil-news-55457
- ↑ "Jeyam Ravi on a hat-trick". Rediff. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ↑ "Interview : 'Jayam' Ravi". Behindwoods. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ↑ "Track list". Raaga. 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
- ↑ "Welcome to". Sify. 20 January 2007. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ↑ "Movie Review:Dass". Sify. Retrieved 18 October 2011.