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{{Infobox film<br />
| image = Irattai Roja.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[Keyaar]]<br />
| screenplay = Keyaar<br />
| story = Bhoopathi Raja<br />
| producer = K. C. Sekar Babu<br />
| starring = {{ubl|[[Ramki]]|[[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]]|[[Khushbu Sundar|Khushbu]]}}<br />
| cinematography = J. A. Robert<br />
| editing = S. Ramesh<br />
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
| studio = Devi Kamal Films<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1996|04|05}}<br />
| runtime = 127 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Irattai Roja''''' ({{translation|''Two Roses''}}) is a 1996 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by [[Keyaar]]. The film stars [[Ramki]], [[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]], and [[Khushbu Sundar|Khushbu]]. It is a remake of the 1994 Telugu film ''[[Subhalagnam]]'' which was based on the American film ''[[Indecent Proposal]]'' (1993).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vijiyan |first=K. N. |date=12 April 1997 |title='Judaai' full of comedy and drama |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B81QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LxUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5398%2C4058215 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610021155/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B81QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LxUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5398%2C4058215 |archive-date=10 June 2024 |access-date=23 October 2023 |work=[[New Straits Times]] |pages=Arts 4 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=29 August 2018 |title=Telugu films remade in Bollywood |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/photo-features/telugu-films-remade-in-bollywood/photostory/48371121.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408180750/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/photo-features/telugu-films-remade-in-bollywood/photostory/48371121.cms |archive-date=8 April 2020 |access-date=20 September 2022 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> The film was released on 5 April 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Irattai Roja ( 1996 ) |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/allCast.cgi?id=1968 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040617061629/http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/allCast.cgi?id=1968 |archive-date=17 June 2004 |access-date=20 September 2022 |website=Cinesouth}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{cast listing|<br />
*[[Ramki]] as Balu<br />
*[[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]] as Uma<br />
*[[Khushbu Sundar|Khushbu]] as Priya<br />
*[[Suhasini Maniratnam]] as Geetha<br />
*[[Srividya]] as Lawyer<br />
*[[Vennira Aadai Moorthy]] as Uma's father<br />
*[[Kavitha (actress)|Kavitha]] as Uma's mother<br />
*Rajasekhar as Rajasekhar, Priya's father<br />
*[[Chinni Jayanth]]<br />
*[[Pandu (actor)|Pandu]]<br />
*[[Thyagu (actor)|Thyagu]]<br />
*Anuja<br />
*[[Shakeela]]<br />
*Sharmili as Girija<br />
*[[M. R. Krishnamurthy]]<br />
*[[Oru Viral Krishna Rao]] as Doctor<br />
*[[Junior Balaiah]]<br />
*[[Swaminathan]]<br />
*[[Disco Shanti]]<br />
*[[Ajay Rathnam]]<br />
*Baby Sridevi as Sumathi<br />
*Master Prabhu<br />
*[[Visu]] as an anchor (Guest appearance)<br />
}}<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The soundtrack was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]], with lyrics written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 September 2017 |title=Irattai Roja |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/irattai-roja/rfLskSPQdxE_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920063445/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/irattai-roja/rfLskSPQdxE_ |archive-date=20 September 2022 |access-date=20 September 2022 |website=[[JioSaavn]]}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! Song !! Singer(s)<br />
|-<br />
| "Ada Enna Samsaram" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[Devie Neithiyar]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Arasana Nambi" || [[Malaysia Vasudevan]], [[K. S. Chithra]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Pombalainga Kaiye" || Ilaiyaraaja, [[Arunmozhi]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Siruvaani Aathu" || K. S. Chithra, Mano<br />
|-<br />
| "Unnai Padatha" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam<br />
|-<br />
| "Unnai Vidamaaten" || [[Bhavatharini]], Mano<br />
|}<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
''[[The Hindu]]'' 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."<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 April 1996 |title=Cinema: Devaragam/Rettai Roja |url=http://www.webpage.com/hindu/960413/03/1226a.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961221032414/http://www.webpage.com/hindu/960413/03/1226a.html |archive-date=21 December 1996 |access-date=12 July 2023 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> Khushbu won the [[Cinema Express Award for Best Actress – Tamil]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=MORE INDIAN BEAUTIES |url=https://jayaramanganesh.tripod.com/beauties/id28.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024183209/https://jayaramanganesh.tripod.com/beauties/id28.html |archive-date=24 October 2021 |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=jayaramanganesh.tripod.com}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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*{{Rotten Tomatoes}}<br />
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[[Category:Films about businesspeople]]<br />
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[[Category:Films based on American novels]]<br />
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