''Roja Malare'' is a 1997 Indian

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-language

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

directed by T. M. Jayamurugan. The film stars

Murali Murali may refer to: People Mononyms *Murali (Malayalam actor) (1954–2009), name of Malayalam film actor Muraleedharan Pillai, who appeared in ''Neythukaran'' and ''Aadhaaram'' *Murali (Tamil actor) (1964–2010), Tamil actor who appeared ...

, Reeva,

Arun Pandian Arun Pandian is an Indian actor, film director, film producer and politician who predominately works in Tamil films. He began his career as an actor as part of the critically acclaimed film '' Oomai Vizhigal'' (1986). After retiring from acting ...

and

Anand Babu Anand Babu is an Indian actor who is known for his works in Tamil films. He is the son of comedy actor Nagesh Nageshwaran Rao (born Cheyur Krishnarao Nageshwaran; (27 September 1933 – 31 January 2009) was an Indian actor and comedian mo ...

. It was released on 5 December 1997.

Plot

Kannan is a singer in a musical ensemble with his friends. Kannan falls in love with, a college student, Malarvizhi but he cannot express his love. Malarvizhi gets engaged with Arun, a strict businessman. Will Malarvizhi accept Kannan's love forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Production

Songs from the film were shot at

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Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

Adithyan Adithyan (birth name Titus; 9 April 1954 – 5 December 2017) was an Indian film score and soundtrack composer. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil films apart from working in Telugu and Malayalam films. He sang several songs for his o ...

, with lyrics written by T. M. Jayamurugan. The song "Azhagoviyam" attained popularity.

Reception

A writer for ''Indolink'' wrote, "The fact that all these stars urali, Arunpandian, Anandbabu and Reevapacked up to picturize the songs in St. Mary's Island seems to be the sole asset to this film". Two years after release, the producers were given a 5 lakh subsidy by the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi along with ten other films.

References

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*{{IMDb title, 31789809 1990s Indian films 1990s Tamil-language films 1997 directorial debut films 1997 films 1997 romantic drama films Films directed by T. M. Jayamurugan Films scored by Adithyan Indian romantic drama films Tamil-language Indian films