May Maadham
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Directed by | Venus Balu |
Written by | Balu Crazy Mohan (dialogues) |
Produced by | G. Venkateswaran |
Starring | Vineeth Sonali Kulkarni |
Cinematography | P. C. Sreeram |
Edited by | B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan |
Music by | A. R. Rahman |
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Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
May Maadham (transl. The Month of May) is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Venus Balu.[1] The film features Vineeth and Sonali Kulkarni in the lead roles and has art direction by Thotta Tharani. The film was later remade in Hindi as Love You Hamesha with soundtrack by A. R. Rahman. The movie is based on the 1953 movie Roman Holiday.
Plot
Sandhya (Sonali Kulkarni) is the only daughter of big shot who always controls her life and schedules her activities. When she finds out he has planned to get her married with a US immigrant, she decides to run away from her family to Madras. Due to some unfortunate events, Sandhya loses her money because of a young photographer Eeshwar (Vineeth) and now she is stuck with him until he repays her cash. As the story unfolds, her family finds her in Madras and love blossoms between the two.
Cast
- Vineeth as Eeshwar[2]
- Sonali Kulkarni as Sandhya
- Manorama as Aandal
- Kaka Radhakrishnan as Sadha Sivam
- Janagaraj as Captain
- R. Sundarrajan as All in All Ayyasamy
- P. C. Ramakrishna as Rangarajan, Sandhya's father
- Rajeshkumar as Rajeshkumar
- Pandu as Police constable
- Anand Krishnamoorthi as Thirugnana Sambanthan (Calcutta)
- Oru Viral Krishna Rao as Colony resident
- Madhan Bob as Ramasamy
- S. N. Lakshmi as Sandhya's grandmother
- C. R. Saraswathi
- Sathyapriya as Female pimp
- Pasi Sathya as Poongodi
- A. V. Ramanan
- Marthandan as Mad man
- Vellai Subbaiah as Customer
- Jaya Prahasam as Gurusamy
- Mounika in a special appearance in song "Aadipaaru Mangatha"
- Silk Smitha in a special appearance in song "Palakattu Machanukku"
Production
The film marks Sonali Kulkarni's Tamil film debut.[3]
Soundtrack
May Maadham | ||||
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Released | 1994 | |||
Recorded | Panchathan Record Inn | |||
Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
Length | 31:27 | |||
Label | Pyramid Aditya Music | |||
Producer | G. Venkateswaran | |||
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The soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman with lyrics by Vairamuthu.[4] Rahman reused the songs in May Maadham's Hindi remake Love You Hamesha,[5] and the Telugu dub Hrudayaanjali.[6] The song "Margazhi Poove" is set in Hindolam raaga,[7] while "Enmel Vizhundha Mazhaithuli" is set in Kapi.[8] About "Margazhi Poove", Vairamuthu recalled, "I’d written the song Margazhi Poove [...] Suddenly, [Rahman] came out of the recording room and asked for some lyrics for a short tune that plays between the BGM. He gave me the tune and I told him one cannot fit words into such a tune. But he persisted, saying, I can if I wanted to. Of course, I was a bit irritated, but the challenge that he threw forced me to make an attempt. And I succeeded: Venba... Paadivarum Vandukku/ Senthaen... Thandhuvidum sempookkal/ Konjam... Paadavarum Pennukku/ Sandham... Thandhuvidum Mynahkkal."[9]
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Adi Paru Mangatha" | Suneeta Rao, T. K. Kala and G. V. Prakash | 04:26 |
2. | "Palakkattu Machanukku" | G. V. Prakash, Noel James, A.R.Rahman (Backing Vocals) | 04:37 |
3. | "Marghazhi Poove" | Shoba Sekhar, Chorus | 06:18 |
4. | "En Mel Vizhunda" | P. Jayachandran, K. S. Chitra | 05:05 |
5. | "Madrasai Suthi" | Shahul Hameed, Swarnalatha, G. V. Prakash and Manorama | 04:51 |
6. | "Minnalae" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 05:37 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Achampeta Mangatha" | Veenelakanti | Anupama, Suneeta Rao, T. K. Kala and G. V. Prakash | 04:26 |
2. | "Madarasu Chuttivaste" | Ghantasala Ratnakumar | Srinivas, Swarnalatha, G. V. Prakash, Noel David and Malgudi Subha | 04:51 |
3. | "Maanasa Veena" | Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry | K. S. Chithra & Chorus | 06:18 |
4. | "Edapai Jarina" | Bhuvana Chandra | K. S. Chithra, Unnikrishnan | 05:05 |
5. | "Palakollu Mavayya" | Bhuvana Chandra | G. V. Prakash, Gopal Rao | 04:37 |
Release and reception
May Maadham was released on 9 September 1994.[10] Malini Mannath of The Indian Express wrote on the same day, "Despite its flaws, May Maadham is an engaging little film that is worth viewing".[11] Indolink wrote "Its A.R.Rehmaan who again comes to the rescue in this love story that loses direction to say the least. A simple story of love that doesnt have any unnecessary opposition (thank heavens) should have been more efficiently handled as there isnt much scope for melodrama here. So the director decided to adopt a tongue-in-cheek attitude, with Crazy Mohan's script coming in handy, but after the half way stage, it fails to grip you and you just wait there for it to end".[12]
References
- ^ "சுட்ட படம்" [Stolen film]. Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). 14 March 2016.
- ^ "Mohan is gone, but the craziness will go on". Deccan Herald. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ Pawar, Yogesh (6 May 2018). "Smita Patil's tree has grown". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "May Madham (1994)". Music India Online. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "Chords & Notes". The Hindu. 12 March 2001. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "Hrudayaanjali (1999)". Music India Online. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ Mani, Charulatha (9 August 2011). "A Raga's Journey – Hindolam Highlights". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ Mani, Charulatha (7 December 2012). "Notes that intrigue". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "When Rahman gives me a tune, I'll have to find both the melody and the words: Vairamuthu". The Times of India. 5 September 2018. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "May Madham". The Indian Express. 9 September 1994. p. 4.
- ^ Mannath, Malini (9 September 1994). "Laugh-riot". The Indian Express. p. 6.
- ^ T. K., Balaji (4 June 1997). "INDOlink Film Review: May Maadham". Indolink Tamil. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019.
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External links
- May Maadham at IMDb