Aasai Aasaiyai
| Aasai Aasaiyai | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ravi Mariya |
| Written by | Ravi Mariya |
| Produced by | R. B. Choudary |
| Starring | Jiiva Sharmelee Santhoshi Livingston Ramesh Khanna Anandaraj |
| Edited by | Jayshanker |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
Production company | |
Release date | 31 January 2003 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Aasai Aasaiyai is an Indian Tamil-language romantic film directed by Ravi Mariya. This film was the debut of famous producer R.B Choudary's fourth son, Jiiva. The female lead role was done by Sharmelee. The music was composed by Mani Sharma. This is the golden jubilee of "Super Good Films" movie production company. Song lyrics were penned by Vairamuthu and Ravi Mariya.
Plot
The story revolves around Vinod (Jiiva), who aspires to become a businessman after completing his bachelors. His parents keep nudging him to find a job. He also works part-time as a private detective. He is assigned a detective job to follow a girl and find out her general activities and also if she is in love with anyone. While doing this job, he eventually falls in love with the girl Brinda (Sharmelee) and quits his detective job. Brinda, who is the daughter of a rich gold seller Sankaranarayanan (Nasser), has a policy to not love anyone as her sister eloped with a guy in the past and her father had suffered a heart attack. But eventually Brinda falls in love with Vinod.
Vinod and Brinda come to an agreement that both should prioritize their goals first and they should never meet unless their goals are met. Vinod aspires to start a business of his own while Brinda aspires to complete her college degree with high scores. Vinod starts an apparel showroom and grows big. He is also made the secretatary of traders association for which Sankaranarayanan is the president. Vinod gets into good books of Sankaranarayanan due to his hard working nature and good manners. Similarly Brinda finishes her education with flying colours and awards.
Sankaranarayanan arranges Brinda's wedding with his friend Srinivasan (Anandraj), an IPS officer's son. But Srinivas with the help of a detective Ravi (Ravi Mariya) understands about Brinda's love for Vinod and their intention to prioritize family and goals first. Srinivasan reveals this to Sankaranayan and he feels proud of Brinda and he agrees to get her married to Vinod. Finally Vinod and Brinda are united.
Cast
- Jiiva as Vinod
- Sharmelee as Brinda
- Vijayakumar as Ramakrishnan
- Nassar as Sankaranarayanan
- Anandaraj as Srinivasan IPS, the Chennai City Police Commissioner
- J. Livingston
- Ramesh Khanna as Vinod's brother
- Kakaji as Sixteen
- Srividya as Vinod's mother
- Santhoshi as Vinod's sister
- Yuvarani as Vinod's sister-in-law
- T. S. Raghavendra as Shop owner
- Vishal as Vrindesh
- Singamuthu
- Sivanarayanamoorthy as Sandhanapandian
- Bava Lakshmanan
- Ravi Shanth
- S. N. Lakshmi as Brinda's grandmother
- Lekhasri
- Lavanya as Swetha
- Ghajini as Swetha's husband
- Ravi Mariya as Ravi
- Raghava Lawrence in a special appearance
- Vindhya in a special appearance
Soundtracks
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ilamai Enbathu | Tippu, Ranjith | Vairamuthu |
| 2 | Jinu Jinu | Karthik | Ravi Mariya |
| 3 | Kadhal Oru | Sujatha | Vairamuthu |
| 4 | Kannam Sivakka | Mahalakshmi Iyer, Ranjith | |
| 5 | Theeppori Pondrathu | Karthik, K. S. Chithra | |
| 6 | Yeh Penne | Ranjith |
Reception
Balaji Balasubramaniam of bbthots.com said that the film, "has all the aforementioned characteristics but unfortunately, is also needlessly vulgar in its portrayal of romance" and added that "Jeeva delivers a good performance. [...] Sharmilee is a tad below him in terms of performance but isn't particularly bad either. But the debutante comedian is irritating and never funny".[1] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu said, "Jerks in the narration and unexplained sequences make certain situations appear distorted [...] Nearly every Mani Sharma number reminds you of an old song" and concluded, "Supergood Films could have surely done better in its 50th venture".[2] Sify wrote, "The story, screenplay, dialogues and direction are credited to debutant Ravi Mariya, but sadly the film fails to impress. The film is a rehash of many love stories in the past including Fazil's Kadhalukku Mariyadhai" and added, "The debutant boy Jeeva is cool and has done his homework well. He proves to be star material while TV anchor Sharmilee is disappointing".[3] Another critic noted, "This isn't an instant movie classic, but then it surely ain't as bad as the majority of critics want you to believe either. Instead one should relax and enjoy".[4]
References
- ^ Balaji Balasubramaniam. "AASAI AASAIYAAI". bbthots.com. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ Malathi Rangarajan (7 February 2003). "The Hindu : Aasai Aasaiyai". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Review : Aasai Aasaiyai". Sify. 7 February 2003. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "BizHat.com - Aasai Aasaiyai Review". movies.bizhat.com. Retrieved 28 May 2018.