''Millennium Stars'' is a 2000 Indian
Malayalam-language drama film directed by
Jayaraj, starring
Jayaram and
Suresh Gopi in lead roles, and also features
Biju Menon
Biju Menon (born 9 September 1970) is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam films, and also has a few Tamil cinema, Tamil and Telugu cinema, Telugu film credits. He made his debut in the 1994 Malayalam film ''Puthran''. In a car ...
and
Abhirami Abhirami may refer to:
* Abhirami (actress)
Abhirami () (née Divya Gopikumar; July 1983) is an Indian actress and television host. She has acted in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films.
Early life and education
She was born as Divya in ...
. The soundtrack of the film was composed by
Vidyasagar
Vidyasagar or Vidya Sagar may refer to:
People
* Acharya Vidyasagar (born 1946), prominent Digambar Jain Acharya (1946-)
*Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820–1891), Bengali scholar
*Vidyasagar (composer) (born 1963), South Indian music director
*C ...
. The movie was also the first Malayalam movie to be released in this millennium.
Biju Menon
Biju Menon (born 9 September 1970) is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam films, and also has a few Tamil cinema, Tamil and Telugu cinema, Telugu film credits. He made his debut in the 1994 Malayalam film ''Puthran''. In a car ...
won the Asianet Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for this film. Later dubbed into Tamil and released as ''Sivasankar''.
Plot
When they were children, Shiva and Shankar went to
Mumbai in search of a living. Circumstances puts them in jail, where they meet a bully named Karunan. They escape from jail. Several years later, Shankar and Shiva dream of becoming singers. Karunan is still active as a criminal. Through their hard work, the Shiva-Shankar duo become successful singers and start being called "millennium stars". Then the villain enters and tries to separate the two. Karunan convinces them not to separate.
Cast
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Jayaram as Shankar
*
Suresh Gopi as Karunan
*
Biju Menon
Biju Menon (born 9 September 1970) is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam films, and also has a few Tamil cinema, Tamil and Telugu cinema, Telugu film credits. He made his debut in the 1994 Malayalam film ''Puthran''. In a car ...
as Shivan
*
Abhirami Abhirami may refer to:
* Abhirami (actress)
Abhirami () (née Divya Gopikumar; July 1983) is an Indian actress and television host. She has acted in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films.
Early life and education
She was born as Divya in ...
as Radha
*
Suja Raghuram
*
Harisree Asokan
*
Devan
*
Kalabhavan Mani
*
Manorama
*
Laxmi Rattan
Lakshmi (; , sometimes spelled Laxmi, ), also known as Shri (, ), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, power, beauty, fertility and prosperity, and associated with ''Maya'' ("Illusion"). Alo ...
*
Jagathy Sreekumar
Box office
This film was released with huge expectations but was a box office failure as the producer lost .
Soundtrack
The film's music was composed by
Vidyasagar
Vidyasagar or Vidya Sagar may refer to:
People
* Acharya Vidyasagar (born 1946), prominent Digambar Jain Acharya (1946-)
*Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820–1891), Bengali scholar
*Vidyasagar (composer) (born 1963), South Indian music director
*C ...
, with Malayalam lyrics by
Gireesh Puthenchery, Hindi lyrics by Tahir Faraz and English lyrics by Recardo Barrantes.
References
External links
*
2000s Malayalam-language films
2000s musical films
2000 films
Films scored by Vidyasagar
Indian musical films
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