''Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala'' () is a 2001 Indian

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-language romantic drama film written, directed and produced by

T. Rajendar Thesingu Rajendar (born 9 May 1960), also known as Vijaya T. Rajendar or T. R., is an Indian actor, filmmaker, musician, cinematographer and distributor who works primarily in Tamil film industry. He is also a politician in Chennai, Tamil Nadu ...

, who also composed the music and portrays the main lead role. Murali,

Roja Roja may refer to: * ''Roja'' (film), a 1992 Tamil-language film by director Mani Ratnam * ''Roja'' (soundtrack), a soundtrack album from the film * Roja Selvamani Roja Selvamani (born Sri Latha Reddy; 17 November 1972), also known as R. K. ...

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, Livingston, Swathi and

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play other important roles. The film released on 18 May 2001.

Plot

T. R. (

) investigates a case in which Roja (

) is the lead female singer. Roja works in a finance firm and has a big family of three sisters, a brother (Kuralarasan Rajendar), an alcoholic father (

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), and a mother (

Vadivukkarasi Vadivukkarasi is an Indian actress. She made her acting debut in the Tamil film ''Sigappu Rojakkal'' (1978) and has acted in more than 350 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam and 40 television serials in Tamil. Film director A. P. ...

) to support. Murali ( Murali), her office colleague, loves her and makes his intention clear in every opportunity that he gets. However, Roja has no time for him. T. R. has a sister named Saro ( Swathi), who is married to a corrupt cop named Inbaraj (

). Inbaraj, furious about T. R. exposing him in his newspaper, harasses Saro, egged on by his avaricious mother (

Y. Vijaya Yenigandla Vijaya (born 8 February 1957) is an Indian actress and classical dancer. She has appeared in more than 1000 films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages. Early life and education Y. Vijaya was born on 8 February 1957 in Ku ...

) and sister (

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). The burden of taking care of the family becomes a little too much for Roja. Finally T. R., against all odds, advises Roja to accept Murali's love.

Cast

as T. R. (director) * Murali as Murali *

as Roja *

as Inspector Inbaraj *

as Roja's mother *

as Roja's father *

as Roja's brother-in-law *

Kuralarasan Kuralarasan is an Indian actor and composer who works in Tamil-language films. He has collaborated with his father, T. Rajendar, and his brother, Silambarasan, in all his films to date. Personal life Kuralarasan is the younger son of T. Raj ...

as Roja's brother *

Kovai Sarala Kovai Sarala is an Indian actress and comedian, who prominently plays supporting roles in Tamil and Telugu films. She has won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Comedian three times, for her performances in '' Sathi Leelavathi'' (1995), '' ...

as Roja's elder sister * Rajashree as Roja's sister * Livingston as Roja's uncle *

Khushbu Khushbu Sundar (born Nakhat Khan; 29 September 1970) is an Indian actress, politician, film producer and television presenter. She is known for her works predominantly in Tamil, besides Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada films. She is a rec ...

as Mumtaj * M. N. Nambiar as Mumtaj's father * Swathi as Saro, T. R.'s sister *

as Inbaraj's mother *

Vennira Aadai Moorthy Vennira Aadai Moorthy (born 25 July 1936) is an Indian actor and comedian in Tamil cinema. He has starred in many Tamil films and television serials as a comedian and also played supporting roles. He is a lawyer by education, and holds a B.L. ...

as Inbaraj's father *

as Inbaraj's sister * Rajeev as Roja's boss * Pandu as Film Director *

Idichapuli Selvaraj Idichapuli Selvaraj ( – 30 January 2012) was a veteran Tamil comedy actor. He acted in more than five hundred films. He acted along with lot of actors. He also worked as an assistant director for the M. G. Ramachandran films like ''Idhayakkani ...

as Constable * Mumtaj as Chitra * Charle *

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* V. K. Ramasamy *

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Silambarasan Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar, nicknamed as Simbu or his initials S. T. R., is an Indian actor, filmmaker and musician in Tamil cinema. He began his acting career by playing roles as a child artist in films directed by his father T. Rajendar, b ...

in a special appearance in 2 songs

Production

T. Rajender announced that his son

would play the lead role in ''

Kadhal Azhivathillai ''Kadhal Azhivathillai'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film written, directed and produced by T. Rajendar, who also composed the music and portrayed a supporting role as Vakkeel Dada. It stars his son Silambarasan (his de ...

'' in 2000. After failing to find a suitable lead actress to appear opposite Silambarasan, Rajender postponed the project and started to make ''Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala''. Bobby, actress Rajashri's sister, was cast in a leading role, but the actress opted to work on other Telugu films instead. Subsequently, her role in ''Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala'' was shortened, as Rajender continued to shoot without her.

Soundtrack

There are eight songs composed by

. #"Chukkumala Chukkumala" – Silambarasan Rajendar, Tippu #"Kaathalikka Theriyuma" – Krishnaraj, T. Rajendar #"Mullaaga Kuththakoodaathu" – Silambarasan Rajendar #"Rosaappoove" – Balesh, K. J. Yesudas #"Sonnalthaan" – K. S. Chithra, Hariharan #"Sonnalthan" – Hariharan #"Vaada Vaada" - #"Vela Vela" – T. Rajendar,

Shankar Mahadevan Shankar Mahadevan (born 3 March 1967) is an Indian singer and composer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio that writes music for Indian films. Personal life and early career Shankar Mahadevan was born in Chembur, Mumbai into a Tam ...

Reception

Although the film was an average grosser at the box office, the soundtrack was somewhat a success. The film won two separate awards the following year; a

Tamil Nadu State Film Award Tamil Nadu State Film Awards were given for excellence in Tamil cinema in India. They were given annually to honour the best talents and provide encouragement and incentive to the South Indian film industry by the Government of Tamil Nadu. The aw ...

and a

Filmfare Award The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language film industry of India.Al The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were first introduced by th ...

References

External links

* {{T. Rajendar 2000s Tamil-language films 2001 films 2001 romantic drama films Films directed by T. Rajendar Indian romantic drama films Films scored by T. Rajendar Films with screenplays by T. Rajendar