is a 2004 Tamil film directed by Azhagam Perumal. The film featured Vijay and Simran in the lead roles, while Vivek,Nassar and Rajesh play other supporting roles. The film opened to poor reviews and fared below average commercially.
| Udhaya | |
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| Directed by | Azhagam Perumal |
| Produced by | Pyramid Natarajan |
| Starring | Vijay Simran Nasser Vivek |
| Music by | A. R. Rahman |
| Cinematography | S. Saravanan |
| Release date(s) | 28 March 2004 |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
Udhayakumar (Vijay) and Vasanthi (Simran) are collegemates and they fall in love. But soon he comes to know that she is engaged to be married. After he moves to Chennai and finds a job as a reporter at a magazine. He tries to fight for social change. In the process , he unknowingly gets to know a group of unsavoury characters who promise to help him in his goals. They frame him up. One day Udhaya is arrested for a crime involving a terrorist plot which he is not responsible. The movie is about how Vasanthi fights to prove his innocence and to get him out from behind bars.
Cast
- Vijay as Udhayakumaran
- Simran as Vasanthi
- Nassar
- Vivek as Bashir
- Rajesh as Muthusamypillai
- Pyramid V. Natarajan as a newspaper editor
- Thalaivasal Vijay as
- Bala Singh as Ramji
- Gowtham as David John
- Krishna Sekhar as Venkat Raman
- Sophia Haque in a special appearance
Production
Azhagam Perumal, an assistant to director Mani Ratnam in the 1990s, made his directorial debut with the project.[1] Simran was signed on to be a part of the film in August 1999 after winning critical acclaim and commercial success in her previous appearance alongside Vijay in Ezhil's Thulladha Manamum Thullum.[2]
An item number was shot in 2000 with Vijay and Sophia Haque for the film.[3]
The film's delay led to Azhagam Perumal being labelled by the media as an "unlucky director", also as his first filmMudhal Mudhalaaga starring Arvind Swamy and Karisma Kapoor had also failed to take off. He however signed on to direct Dumm Dumm Dumm, a film produced by Mani Ratnam, which became a box office success.[4]
As the film finally geared up for release in the summer of 2004, trade pundits were insistent that despite the presence of Vijay's other big budget film, Ghilli, time should be allotted to publicise Udhaya too. Eventually the films released a month apart.[5]
Release
The film opened to poor reviews from critics. A reviewer from Bizhat.com labelled the film as "a jaded and disappointing fare", mentioning that the delay led to Vijay "changing from lean to chubby and back in the film".[6]
Music
| Udhaya | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by A.R. Rahman | ||||
| Released | 2004 | |||
| Recorded | Panchathan Record Inn | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 28:02 | |||
| Label | Sa Re Ga Ma | |||
| Producer | A.R. Rahman | |||
| A.R. Rahman chronology | ||||
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The soundtrack for the film was composed by A.R. Rahman. The soundtrack received positive reviews, particularly the songs Udhaya Udhaya and Pookum Malarai. One of the songs had lyrics written by famous Tamil director, composer and lyricist Gangai Amaran. This film also marked the second song sung by Hindi singerSukhwinder Singh in Tamil, after the song Lucky Lucky in the movieRatchagan.[7]
| Song | Singer(s) | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| Pookum Malarai | Hariharan | Pazhani Bharathi |
| Udhaya Udhaya | Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam | Arivumathi |
| Thiruvallikeni Rani | Sukhwinder Singh, Karthik | Gangai Amaran |
| Enna Enna | Shankar Mahadevan, Gopika Poornima | Ilayakamban |
| Anjanam | S.P.Balasubramanyam, S. Janaki | Pazhani Bharathi |
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