Ivan (2002 film)
| Ivan | |
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| Directed by | Parthiban |
| Written by | Parthiban |
| Produced by | Abi Keerthi Rakki |
| Starring | Parthiban Meena Soundarya |
| Cinematography | Fowzia Fathima |
| Edited by | M. N. Raja |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
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Release date |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Ivan (transl. Him) is a 2002 Indian Tamil language film directed, written and produced by Parthipan. The film features Parthipan, Meena and Soundarya in the lead roles.
Plot
Jeevan (Parthiban) is a tempo driver and a socially conscious middle-aged man who wants to clean up society. His motivation is his late father (Thalaivasal Vijay) who was murdered as he tried to be a crusader. Jeevan is intelligent enough to realize that he is not a one-man-army to fight the evils and corruption in society. So what he does is to motivate the public to fight for their rights. He lives in a small place with four friends and together they do what little they can to improve the condition around. The Carnatic singer and widow woman Dikshanya (Soundarya) has a silent admiration for Jeevan, but it is the Telugu woman Meena Kumari (Meena) who wins him over and forces him to marriage by telling a lie that she has cancer. There are about 18 antagonists, who make their entry and exit. Thereafter, Jeevan brings them all together and each of them gets a chance to support his stand and speak on the circumstances which forced them to take to crime. Jeevan gives a long lecture and transforms them into being good citizens.
Cast
- Parthiban as Jeevan
- Meena as Meena Kumari
- Soundarya as Dikshanya
- Anandaraj as “Diesel” Raj
- Nizhalgal Ravi as Kathiresan
- Kitty as Seth
- Devan
- FEFSI Vijayan as Police inspector
- Thalaivasal Vijay as Jeevan's Father
- B. V. Balaguru
- Mahanadi Shankar as Rowdy
- Bala Singh as Politician
- S. V. Ramadas
- Rowdy Rathnam
- M. S. Bhaskar as Meena Kumari's father
- Ganthimathi as Slum dweller
- Manochithra as Dikshanya’s mother
- Subhashini as Meena Kumari's mother
- Anuradha as Lady pimp
- C. R. Saraswathi as Drug dealer
- Theni Kunjarammal as Slum dweller
- Vandana as Janani
- Reena Reddy
- Baby Prithivi as Valli
- Senbhaga Muthu as Slum dweller
- Singamuthu as Singamuthu
- Nellai Siva as Slum dweller
- Ooty Mani as Slum dweller
- Kanal Kannan as Rowdy
- Dubbing Venkat
- Thalapathy Dinesh as Counterfeiter
- Idichapuli Selvaraj as Swamy
- T. P. Gajendran as Politician
- Vetri Vigneshwar as Adult film producer
- Benjamin
- Veera Raghavan
- Set Govindaraj as Slum dweller
- Y. S. D. Sekhar as Slum dweller
- C. Duraipandian as Lawyer
- Kovai Senthil as Demonstrator
- Vijay Ganesh as Ration shop worker
- Raaghav as Journalist (uncredited role)
- Preetha as Preetha (uncredited role)
- Hemalatha as Teenage girl
- Srilatha as Government employee
- Abhinayashree in a special appearance
- Subbudu as Himself (cameo appearance)
Production
Music critic Subbudu made his cinematic debut appearing as himself.[1]
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraja.[2]
- Appadi Pakrathuna - P. Unnikrishnan, Mathangi Rajshekhar
- Bhajanai Seivom - S. N. Surendar
- Enakkinai Yaar - Sudha Ragunathan
- Ennai Yenna - Sudha Ragunathan
- Kannan Nee En - Sudha Ragunathan
- Male Toppula - Karthik, Malgudi Subha
- Pattukku Pogathinga - Arun Mozhi
- Thulu Podu - Karthik, Sujatha
- Ulagame Nee - Palakkad Sreeram