Rojavanam

Rojavanam
Directed by Selva
Produced by Rajam Balachandar
Written by Murthy Ramesh
Nagulan Ponnusamy (dialogues)
Screenplay by Selva
Story by Selva
Starring Karthik
Malavika
Laila
Music by Bharathwaj
Cinematography R. Raghunatha Reddy
Edited by Suresh Urs
Production
company
Distributed by Kavithalayaa Productions
Release date
 30 July 1999
Running time
 150mins
Country India
Language Tamil
Budget Normal

Rojavanam (English: Beautiful Rose or "Rose Forest") is a 1999 Tamil romance film directed by Selva. The film stars Karthik, Laila and Malavika in the lead roles. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Bharadwaj. The film was declared an average film by critics.

Plot

Muthu (Karthik) is the favourite employee at Rojavanam, a home for the aged owned jointly by two friends (Ravikumar and "Nizhalgal" Ravi). Sindhu (Malavika) is a psychology student staying at the home. Muthu falls in love with Roja (Laila), the daughter of his boss but learns that the boss and his friend, had decided long ago that their children would be married and this has resulted in the friend's son growing up enamoured of Roja. Roja's father accepts Muthu as his son-in-law but his friend, angered at this, decides to bulldoze Rojavanam to the ground. But Rojavanam saved by muthu with marrying Roja and Siva. At the climax, Muthu gets married to Sindhu. After a few years, Muthu, now old, is seen asking a few advocates to fight for Rojavanam.

Cast

Production

The team of the successful film Pooveli (1998) came together to make Rojavanam and chose Karthik to essay the lead role again. Initially the team approached Isha Koppikar to play the lead female role, but her unavailability led to the team casting newcomer Laila.[1] Four songs were shot abroad in France and Geneva, Switzerland.[2]

Critical reception

Balaji wrote:"honorable intention doesn't translate into more than average viewing".[3] Indolink called it "real bore".[4]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Bharadwaj collaborating with the Pooveli team for the second time. Lyrics written by Vairamuthu and Pazhani Bharathi.

  • I have fallen (Enna idhu) - Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram
  • Unnai Partha Kangal - Hariharan
  • Maname maname - Srinivas
  • Maname maname - S. P. B
  • Adi aathadi - S. P. B
  • Pollacchi Santhaiyile - Yugendran

References

  1. ↑ Minnoviyam Star Tracks
  2. ↑ http://m.rediff.com/movies/1999/jul/26ss.htm
  3. ↑ "Rojaavanam". Bbthots.com. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  4. ↑ Rojavanam: Movie Review


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