''Doubles'' is a 2000 Indian

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written and directed by Pandiarajan, who also played a guest appearance in the film. Produced by K. Rajan, the film stars

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, and Sangeetha, while Vivek,

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, and

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play supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by debutant Srikanth Deva. The film was released on 11 August 2000.

Plot

The movie starts projecting Prabhu as a shopkeeper who sells toys to kids. He does all possible crazy actions in the world, which really irritates everyone. He has many bad habits, such as drinking and smoking. Prabhu marries Meena, but she wants her husband to be like Sree Ram. Prabhu acts as if he is a nice guy and also gets caught a few times when he tries to overact. Sangeetha, Meena's close friend, comes and stays with Meena as she is doing her final year in Madras Medical College. Prabhu had earlier pinched Sangeetha's hip when she was travelling on a bus. He gets slapped by Sangeetha and was thrown from that bus before she meets him. Sangeetha takes the task of seducing Prabhu to prove that he is a womaniser to Meena and fails in many attempts. The film ends as Meena dies of jaundice and Prabhu realising that his true love was only for Meena. Sangeetha marries Ganapathy, who comes for one scene in the ending.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Srikanth Deva, son of music composer

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, who made his debut as composer with this film. All lyrics were written by

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. ''Indiainfo'' wrote the album "does not have any extraordinary songs" but Srikanth "shows a flair for mass-oriented music".

Reception

''Tamil Star'' wrote, "Pandiyarajan seems confused about how to handle Doubles. The ultimate moral he has tried to convey through the movie is that one must be faithful to one's wife. But he doesn't seem to be clear on the story to convey it through, the tone to adopt, or even the character of the hero. So we get a movie with a one-line story that is chock-full of double entendres for the most part but ends with an attempt at cheap sentiments". Krishna Chidambaram of ''

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'' wrote though the story is rather dull, the humorous touch throughout the film makes its presentation interesting. K. N. Vijiyan of ''

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'' called the film somewhat "disjoint" due to poor editing. Malathi Rangarajan of ''

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'' wrote, "The film reminds you of a boat caught in a whirlpool, going in circles, unable to anchor. And eventually when it does it seems rather late, because by then you lose interest".

References

External links

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