Indhu
Indhu is a 1994 Tamil language dance drama film directed by Pavithran and produced by N. A. Sudhakar and K. P. Unnikrishnan. The film featured Prabhu Deva, appearing in his first leading role as the newcomer, alongside Roja, while Sarathkumar and Kushboo play supporting roles. The film opened in April 1994 and became a Superhit. Owing to the superhit, the film was dubbed and released in Hindi as Aaj Ka Romeo.Indhu became the highest grossing tamil film of the year 1994 cementing Pavithran's position as a highly profitable director of that time period. [1]
Indhu | |
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Poster | |
Directed by | Pavithran |
Produced by | Pavithran N. A. Sudhakar K. P. Unnikrishnan |
Written by | Pavithran |
Starring | Prabhu Deva Roja |
Music by | Deva |
Cinematography | Ashok Kumar |
Edited by | B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan |
Production company | Anand Associates |
Distributed by | Anand Associates |
Release date | 14 April 1994 |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Cast
- Prabhu Deva as Pattasu
- Roja as Indhu
- Sukran as Antony Felix Peter
- Jawahar as Pazhani
- Rajkumar as Sottai
- Ponnambalam as Veeraiyan
- Sandhya as Jameela
- Kumarimuthu
- Oru Viral Krishna Rao
- Mannangatti Subramaniam
- Ennatha Kannaiya
- Kalidoss
- Sarath Kumar as Kaasi (guest appearance)
- Kushboo as an item number
Production
The film marked Prabhu Deva's debut as an actor in the leading role, after he appeared as a main dancer in the film Sooriyan also as a back dancer in several films in the early 1990s as a dancer.
Release
The film received highly positive reviews from critics, and became a superhit at the box office. The Indian Express wrote "The film is hence dance oriented with the storyline given a go by".[2]
It was reported that Pavithran was considering making a film titled Mookkuthi Kaasi featuring Sarath Kumar's character from Indhu, and the project started in 1996.[3] However Sarath Kumar was ousted from the project soon after and replaced by Bhaskar Raj, who had appeared in Nethaji. The film, which also featured Kushboo and Roja, was later shelved and unreleased.[4]
The film's release in Malaysia was marred by heavy censorship, with several fight scenes omitted.[5]
Soundtrack
Indhu | |
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Soundtrack album by Deva | |
Released | 1994 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Label | Lahari Music |
The soundtrack of the film composed by Deva, was well received by the audience. During the audio release of Mattuthavani (2010), Deva paid tribute to director Pavithran for giving him the opportunity to score the music for his earlier films like Indhu.[6] The lyrics were written by Vaali. The song Aeye Gnanam was inspired by R. D. Burman's Hindi song Jaana O Meri Jaana, sung by Kishore Kumar from the 1982 film Sanam Teri Kasam, which was also inspired by a Sinhala Srilankas native song.
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Aeye Gnanam" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 3:33 |
2. | "Aeye Kuttii Munnal" | S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 3:26 |
3. | "Eppadi Eppadi" | S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 4:29 |
4. | "Kothamalli Vasam" | Mano, Minmini | 4:13 |
5. | "Metro Channel" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Malgudi Subha | 5:06 |
6. | "Utta Lakkadi" | Mano | 4:46 |
7. | "Nagumo" | M. Balamuralikrishna | 8:28 |
References
- http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=indhu
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19940422&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
- https://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.tamil/browse_thread/thread/a8ca9085d3c499a3/c5349106c86fc2ed
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wa4mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mhMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3560,148005&dq=indhu+prabhu+deva&hl=en
- http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/37940.html