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-language

romance film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

directed by J. Suresh which stars, R. Madhavan in lead role.

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made her acting debut through this movie. The film also featured

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and

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in pivotal roles, while music was composed by

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. The film released on 22 December 2000 to negative reviews from film critics.

Plot

James Vasanthan ( R. Madhavan) and his three friends Ganeshan (

), Charles (

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), and Mohan ( Venu Madhav), have a music troupe that sings at weddings. They are tenants of Subramani (

) whose daughter Lakshmi (

) shares a good rapport with the youths, helping them in their time of need. Her encouragement puts a new zeal in James, who soon gains recognition as a singer. Not that this brings any change in the group's lifestyle, for J. Suresh still shows them as strugglers. James finally proposes to Lakshmi who rejects him, as she has her past to reckon with. She is a divorcee, her husband having abandoned her soon after marriage for his girlfriend. When Lakshmi's friend and neighbour Seetha (Aswini) puts some sense into her, she decides to make amends. But misunderstandings pile up between the lovers – the situations are all forced here – until J. Suresh leads the story to a desired happy ending.

Cast

* R. Madhavan as James Vasanthan *

as Lakshmi *

as Subramani *

as Ganeshan *

as Charles * Venu Madhav as Mohan * Anand as Anand *

as Neighbour * Venu Arvind as Kumar *

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as Lakshmi's mother * S. N. Lakshmi as Lakshmi's grandmother *

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as Seetha *

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as First House Owner *

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* A. V. Ramanan *

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*Jothi

Production

The director J. Suresh initially approached

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to produce the film, but Mani Ratnam refused the script. He however introduced Suresh to R. Madhavan, who was signed on to play the lead role. The film was tentatively titled as ''Dhool'' and then as ''Sugham'', whilst actress

made her debut with the film after calling off schedules for her film, ''

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''. Telugu comedian Venu Madhav also made his debut in Tamil films with the project. The film was shot across locations in Chennai, Ooty, Hyderabad and Gopichettipalayam and the filming was completed within 18 days.

Release

The film opened to predominantly negative reviews, with most critics agreeing that Madhavan had taken a wrong career move after the success of ''

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''. The Hindu critic revealed that the "reeks of melodrama bogs down even a natural performer like Madhavan". In regard to performances it claimed that "for Madhavan, it is merely a prosaic exercise in melodrama" while the "new heroine

could have shown more emotions and reactions in certain scene". Another reviewer drew particular criticism for the role of

, claiming it was "arguably the smallest role in his career". The film subsequently did not perform well at the box office.''Kalki'' review
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Soundtrack

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2000s Tamil-language films Films scored by S. A. Rajkumar