''Naam'' ( We) is a 2003 Indian

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directed by

Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy (5 October 1963 – 26 December 2024), also known and credited as S. D. Saba, and Saba Kailash, was an Indian film director, mainly working in the Tamil film industry. Life and career Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy started ...

. The film is produced

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, who himself starred in an antagonistic role, while an ensemble cast of newcomers including Jayavarma, Rashmi Murali, Sundar, Mukesh and Vinod formed primary roles. The film was released on 19 September 2003. It is a remake of Telugu film ''

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''.

Cast

Production

The film featured five newcomers including Jayavarma (

Disco Shanti Santha Kumari (born 16 April 1965),
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's brother) and Rashmi Murali (daughter of Jaya Murali). The film was launched on 6 July 2003.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack had only one song composed by Kalyani Malik who composed the original film. *Kanavugal –

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Reception

Malathi Rangarajan of ''

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'' wrote, "Prakashraj and Saba Kailash can be proud of their offering that sends across a positive message to the youth." ''

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'' wrote, "The cinematography looks good and debutant Kalyani Mallick's music is average. On the whole, director Sabha Kailash has handled this action packed film well". Malini Mannath of ''Chennai Online'' noted that "A thriller, it's worth a watch, for novel script and treatment, the twist in the story, and the freshness of the lead players".

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*{{IMDb title 2000s Indian films 2000s Tamil-language films 2003 crime thriller films 2003 films Films directed by Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy Indian crime thriller films Tamil remakes of Hindi films Tamil remakes of Telugu films Tamil-language crime thriller films Tamil-language Indian films