Rameswaram (film)
| Rameswaram | |
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| Directed by | S. Selvam |
| Produced by | S. N. Raja |
| Starring | Jiiva Bhavana Lal Bose Venkat |
| Cinematography | R. B. Gurudev |
| Music by | Niru |
Production company | ita FIlms |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Rameswaram is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by S. Selvam and produced by S. N. Raja. Jiiva and Bhavana play lead roles while Lal, Bose Venkat and Manivannan play supporting roles. The shooting of the film finished in September 2007, with shooting locations were canned in India and in Sri Lanka, for the picturization of a portion. The film released worldwide on 30 November 2007 and met with mixed reviews and did not do very well commercially.
Plot
[edit]Vasanthi is the daughter of a man who assists refugees. She instantly falls for Jeevan, a Tamil refugee staying in the camp in Rameswaram. Jeevan dreams of returning to his homeland, and discourages her, but he falls in love with her anyway. Vasanthi's cousin, Saravanan, who wants to marry her, enters the story. He joins as an inspector in the local police station. The whole family is eagerly awaiting their marriage. Problems arise when the family discover the relationship. Saravanan and his uncle try to eliminate Jeevan. They keep on troubling him, without much success. Meanwhile, the refugees are allowed to return, and Jeevan has to go with them. He promises Vasanthi to return to marry her. The family is determined to stop him. Vasanthi decides to end her life if Jeevan does not turn up.
Cast
[edit]- Jiiva as Shivandha Raja @ Jeevan
- Bhavana as Vasanthi
- Lal as Vasanthi's father
- Bose Venkat as Saravanan
- Manivannan as Jeevan's grandfather
- Vennira Aadai Nirmala as Vasanthi's grandmother
- Lakshanya
- Sampath Ram as a refugee
- Muthukaalai
- Nellai Siva
- Kadhal Saravanan
Production
[edit]Jiiva and Gopika were signed on to work on the film in December 2005, with reports suggesting that the film would be based on the refuge crisis affecting Sri Lankan emigrants in Rameswaram. Selvam, an erstwhile assistant to director Pavithran, made his directorial debut through the venture.[1]
Soundtrack
[edit]The film has 5 songs and one theme music by Niru.[2]
| Song | Artist(s) | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| "Alaigallin Osai" | Haricharan, Kalyani | Kabilan |
| "Ellorayum Ethipoga" | Haricharan, Manikka Vinayagam, Reshmi, Suriya | Kabilan |
| "Naan Tharai Nila" | Swetha Mohan | Yugabharathi |
| "Netirunthom Engal" | Arun OS | Na. Muthukumar |
| "Yedho Senja" | Ranjith, Chinmayi | Yugabharathi |
| Theme Music | Niru |
Reception
[edit]Indiaglitz wrote: "Director Selvam has tried or pretended to try to deal with the love story in the backdrop of the refugees' plight. He has miserably failed to convincingly combine the two. The backdrop doesn't add any dimension to the predictable silly love story and the love track doesn't provide any relief to the serious issue of refugees. The script hasn't justified the handling of the refugee issue. The tame love story fails to kindle any interest. As a result, the movie ends up as a predictable and dull fare".[3] Behindwoods wrote:"What could have been a memorable movie watching experience is reduced to a mere time pass, courtesy the run of the mill plot, only with a different backdrop".[4] Sify wrote:"Rameswaram is a half-baked venture and is a major let down".[5] Hindu wrote:"‘Rameswaram’ has laudable technical assistance holding aloft a love line that’s run-of-the-mill".[6] Madhumitha of Kalki praised the acting, music and cinematography but panned for focusing more on love, poor pronunciation of Sri Lanka Tamil accent from actors, weak climax and felt if the speed was shown on screenplay just like for dialogues, it would have came out even more beautifully.[7] Chennai Online wrote "Taking a serious issue and packaging it with routine ingredients that go to make a potboiler does not always work out well. For, unless the two are suitably blended, it would end up as a film that neither entertains nor becomes a meaningful experience".[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Briefly: Tamil Cinema". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ "Rameswaram Tamil Audio CD By Niru (Sealed)". Banumass. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Tamil Cinema News | Tamil Movie Reviews | Tamil Movie Trailers - IndiaGlitz Tamil". Archived from the original on 21 October 2007.
- ^ "RAMESWARAM MOVIE REVIEW CAST CREW JEEVA BHAVANA MANIVANNAN SELVAM NIRU S N RAJA KATTRADHU TAMIL KANNATHIL MUTHAMITTAL SRILANKAN KOLLYWOOD movie wallpapers hot stills picture image gallery". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ "Movie Review : Rameswaram". Sify. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "The Hindu : Friday Review Chennai / Film Review : Stunning visuals, that's about it -- Rameswaram". www.hindu.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ மதுமிதா (30 December 2007). "ராமேஸ்வரம்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 33. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ Mannath, Malini (8 December 2007). "Rameswaram". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 14 December 2007.