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| Directed by | Pavithran |
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| Written by | Pavithran |
| Produced by | N. A. Sudhakar K. P. Unnikrishnan |
| Starring | Prabhu Deva Roja |
| Cinematography | Ashok Kumar |
| Edited by | B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan |
| Music by | Deva
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil
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Indhu is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language dance film directed by Pavithran and produced by N. A. Sudhakar and K. P. Unnikrishnan. The film featured Prabhu Deva, appearing in his first leading role as the newcomer, alongside Roja, while Sarathkumar and Khushbu play supporting roles. The film was released on 14 April 1994. The film was dubbed and released in Hindi as Aaj Ka Romeo.
Cast
- Prabhu Deva as Chinnasamy / (Pattasu)
- Roja as Indhu
- Sukran as Antony Felix Peter
- Jawahar as Pazhani
- Rajkumar as Sottai
- Ponnambalam as Veeraiyan
- Sandhya Rani as Jameela
- Kumarimuthu as Tea master
- Oru Viral Krishna Rao as Millworker
- Mannangatti Subramaniam as Kanakku
- Ennatha Kannaiya as Servant
- Kalidoss as Police inspector
- Krishnamoorthy as Police inspector
- Sarath Kumar as Kaasi (guest appearance)
- Khushbu in a special appearance
Production
The film marked Prabhu Deva's debut as an actor in the leading role, after he appeared as a dancer in several earlier films.[1]
Soundtrack
The soundtrack of the film composed by Deva, was well received by the audience. During the audio release of Mattuthavani (2012), Deva paid tribute to the director Pavithran for giving him the opportunity to score the music for his earlier films like Indhu.[2] The lyrics were written by Vaali. The song Aeye Gnanam was inspired by R. D. Burman's Hindi song Jaana O Meri Jaana, sung by Kishore Kumar from the 1982 film Sanam Teri Kasam, which was also inspired by a Sinhala Srilankas native song.
Tamil (original) version
Telugu (dubbed) version
This film was dubbed into Telugu as Indhu and all lyrics were written by Rajashri.[3]
Release
The Indian Express wrote "The film is hence dance oriented with the storyline given a go by".[4] The film's release in Malaysia was marred by heavy censorship, with several fight scenes omitted.[5]
It was reported that Pavithran was considering making a film titled Mookkuthi Kaasi featuring Sarath Kumar's character from Indhu, and the project started in 1996.[6] However Sarath Kumar was ousted from the project soon after and replaced by Bhaskar Raj, who had appeared in Nethaji. The film, which also featured Kushboo and Roja, was later shelved.[7]
References
- ↑ Template:Cite magazine
- ↑ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/37940.html
- ↑ Indhu. Spotify.
- ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19940422&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
- ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wa4mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mhMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3560,148005&dq=indhu+prabhu+deva&hl=en
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.tamil/browse_thread/thread/a8ca9085d3c499a3/c5349106c86fc2ed
- ↑ A-Z Continued.... Indolink.