Minsara Kanavu
| Minsaara Kanavu | |
|---|---|
| File:Minsarakanavufrontbig.jpg | |
| Directed by | Rajiv Menon |
| Produced by | M. Balasubramaniam M. Saravanan M. S. Guhan |
| Starring | Arvind Swamy Prabhu Deva Kajol Devgan S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Nassar Girish Karnad Prakash Raj |
| Cinematography | Ravi K. Chandran |
| Music by | A. R. Rahman |
| Distributed by | AVM Productions Ayngaran International |
Release date | 14 January 1997 |
Running time | 153 mins |
| Language | Tamil |
Minsara Kanavu (1997) is a Tamil film musical directed by Rajiv Menon. The film's score and soundtrack is composed by A. R. Rahman.
It stars Arvind Swamy, Prabhu Deva, and Kajol Devgan. Kajol Devgan plays a young woman who wishes to become a nun, whilst at the same time being torn between two competing suitors, played by the two lead actors.
The film was noted for its musical-like quality and choreography. The film's music composer A. R. Rahman earned the Best Music Director award for the second time at the National Film Awards for his work on the score and soundtrack (his first win was for his debut work on the film Roja).
Originally produced in Tamil, it went on to be dubbed in Telugu under the title Merupu Kalalu owing to its popularity and in Hindi as Sapnay.
The movie concerns a love triangle between characters played by Kajol, Arvind Swamy and Prabhu Deva.
Plot
Thomas (Arvind Swamy), an NRI business man, returns to India from America to look after his father's Thanga Durai (S.P.B) business. One day he happens to see Priya (Kajol) when he goes to a church hostel to see his aunt, a nun in that church. He falls in love with Priya but won't disclose the fact when he comes to know that Priya is interested in God and servicing the poor. So he asks Deva (Prabhu Deva), a barber who knows the tricks of seducing girls to fall in love. Deva befriends Priya through his musical troop (Nassar and his group) and does various kinds of activities to make Priya fall in love with Thomas. But at one point, Deva himself falls in love with Priya which she reciprocates. Thomas realizes this at the end and sacrifices his love and plans to become a church priest.
Cast
| Actor | Role | Other Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Prabhu Deva | Deva | Vikram is the Dubbing Artist for him in Tamil |
| Arvind Swamy | Thomas | |
| Kajol | Priya | Revathi is the Dubbing Artist for her in Tamil |
| Nassar | Guru | D eva's Friend but his friend son fall with the guy |
| Girish Karnad | Priya's Dad | |
| S.P.B | Thanga Durai | Thomas's Dad |
Awards
The film has won the following awards since its release:
1997 National Film Awards (India)
- Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Music Direction - A. R. Rahman
- Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Choreography - Prabhu Deva
- Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Male Playback Singer - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
- Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Female Playback Singer - K. S. Chitra
1997 Filmfare Awards South (India)
- Won - Best Actress Award - Kajol
- Won - Best Music Director - A. R. Rahman
Soundtrack
| Untitled | |
|---|---|
The soundtrack features 6 songs composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics by Vairamuthu. The soundtrack earned A. R. Rahman the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for the second time. K. S. Chitra and S. P. Balasubrahmanyam won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer and National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the tracks Ooh La La La and Thanga Thamarai respectively. Sujatha Mohan missed the award by a whisker for the song Poo Pookkum Oosai to Chithra.
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Vennilavae" | Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam | 5:58 |
| 2. | "Poo Pookum Osai" | Sujatha, Malaysia Vasudevan | 6:47 |
| 3. | "Ooh La La La" | Unni Menon, K. S. Chitra, Srinivas | 5:53 |
| 4. | "Thanga Thamarai" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Malgudi Subha | 4:58 |
| 5. | "Strawberry Kannae" | KK, Febi Mani | 4:25 |
| 6. | "Anbendra" | Anuradha Sriram | 3:33 |
Trivia
- Actor vikram has dubbed for prabhu deva in some scenes as he got throat infection while in the middle of making this movie.
- Actress revathi has dubbed for kajol.
- This is rajiv menon's first directorial venture.
- S.P.B got national award for the first time in Tamil in this movie.
- The movie ran for more than 175 days all over Tamil Nadu.
- The movie is dubbed in Hindi titled Sapnay but it did not do that well.
External links
 | This article relating to Indian films in the Tamil language is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |