''Irattai Roja'' () is a 1996 Indian

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-language film directed by

Keyaar Kothanda Ramaiah (also known as K. R. and Keyaar) is an Indian film director, producer, distributor and exhibitor. He has held various leading positions in different film industry organizations. Career KR studied film processing at the M.G.R. ...

. The film stars Ramki,

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, and

Khushbu Khushbu Sundar (born Nakhat Khan; 29 September 1970) is an Indian politician, actress, film producer and television personality. She is known for her work predominantly in Tamil cinema, Tamil language films and in a few Telugu cinema, Telugu ...

. It is a remake of the 1994 Telugu film '' Subhalagnam'' which was based on the American film '' Indecent Proposal'' (1993). The film was released on 5 April 1996.

Plot

Uma marries Balu, an honest civil engineer. Uma thinks that he is rich and receives a lot of bribes but it turns out, Balu is from a middle-class family like her. Uma is a miser and dreams of becoming rich. A few years later, they have two children. In the meantime, Priya, the daughter of Balu's boss Rajasekhar, falls in love with Balu and asks him to marry her unaware of Balu's marriage and his two children. Balu refuses to marry her as he was already married but she compels him. When Priya meets Uma, she offers her one crore rupees in exchange for marrying Balu. Uma immediately agrees and she starts forcing Balu into remarriage. Finally, Balu agrees with a heavy heart as Uma threatens to commit suicide. Soon, Balu also starts falling in love with Priya. Uma slowly realizes her mistake and wants to get Balu back. The rest of the story is what happens to Balu, Uma and Priya.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

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, with lyrics written by Vaali.

Reception

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'' wrote "That Mammon alone will not bring happiness is focused in Devikamal Films' ''Rettai Roja'', a film in a light vein with touches of sentiment. The nucleus of this adult theme is based on '' Indecent Proposal'', with a rich young lady ''buying '' the husband of a greedy woman and marrying him, while the wife slowly feels the pinches of acquired wealth, repents for her mistakes and regains her husband. This out of the way theme in a country where women are worshipped for their virtues is dealt with by director Kayar (A. Kothandaramaiah) without hurting the image of the distaff side." Khushbu won the Cinema Express Award for Best Actress – Tamil.

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* * {{Keyaar 1990s Indian films 1990s Tamil-language films 1996 films Films about adultery in India Films about businesspeople Films based on adaptations Films based on American novels Films directed by Keyaar Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Indian remakes of American films Tamil remakes of Telugu films Tamil-language Indian films