''Success'' is a 2003 Indian Tamil drama film written and directed by Suresh Prasanna. The film featured newcomer Dushyanth in the lead role, a grandson of actor

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Gan ...

, while Sonia Agarwal and Nandhana played supporting roles. The film released in September 2003 to average reviews from critics.

Cast

Production

Producer Issaki Sundar saw Dushyanth, the son of

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and grandson of

, at the Sivaji Productions office and offered him the opportunity to make his acting debut. After initially rejecting the offer, he ultimately agreed after consulting with his uncle

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and cousin

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. Dushyanth was also credited as Junior Sivaji during the production of the film. The film was named ''Success'', after the first on screen dialogue of Sivaji from the film '' Parasakthi'' (1952).

Release

The film opened to mixed reviews with a critic noting "the movie surprises us with a nice turn of events. It definitely energizes the movie and gets us interested again. Looking back on the first half after this, we realize that the movie has actually been quite clever in setting up stock characters but in a slightly different way that makes the twist surprising." Another reviewer noted "To sum up 'Success' is not the right film for Jr Ganesan to be successful."

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Deva, while lyrics were written by Vaali,

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and

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References

{{reflist 2003 films 2000s Tamil-language films