Ananda Thandavam
| Anandha Thandavam | |
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| Directed by | A.R.Gandhi Krishna |
| Written by | A.R.Gandhi Krishna Sujatha Rangarajan |
| Produced by | Viswanathan Ravichandran |
| Starring | Siddharth Venugopal Tamannaah Rukmini Vijayakumar Rishi |
| Cinematography | Jeeva Shankar |
| Edited by | V. T. Vijayan |
| Music by | G. V. Prakash Kumar |
| Distributed by | Aascar Film Pvt. Ltd |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Ananda Thandavam (English: Happy Dance) is a 2009 Tamil-language film adaptation of the Sujatha Rangarajan serialized novel Pirivom Santhippom, directed by A.R. Gandhi Krishna and produced by Oscar V. Ravichandran of Aascar Films.[1][2] This is one of the love stories by the late author Sujatha.The characters Raghu (Siddharth Venugopal) & Madhumitha (Tamanna Bhatia): their love story captured so many hearts that writer Sujatha, who had initially finished the first novel, started the second part due to high demand from readers. The film was released on 10 April 2009 to poor reviews but very well at commercial
Plot
The film deals with the life of Raghu, whose mother died in childbirth. He grows up with plenty of affection from his father and grows into a quiet, sensible and a bit of a serious person. He is frustrated because he is unemployed, when he meets Madhumitha (Tammana Bhatia); a native character, she plays childish pranks and brings energy into his life.
Her parents also bring joy in Raghu's life as they accept who Raghu is and eventually, Raghu finds employment. Everything seems to go well when trouble comes in the form of Radha Krishnan (Rishi). He is a spoilt NRI boy and worst of all, Madhu agrees with her parents opinion and marries Radha. They both leave for the US while Raghu attempts to commit suicide. He escapes it narrowly and with further encouragement from his father and friends, leaves for US to study.
He meets Ratna (Rukmini Vijayakumar) and love slowly begins to blossom between them. One time, Raghu faces his ex-lover Madhumitha and discovers that her husband is a traitor to her and that she is unaware of it. He resolves to tell her the truth but Madhu is blinded against Radha's faults because of respect for him. She later discovers her husband in bed with another woman, but this just makes her situation worse because she had been under abuse.
One day, she escapes from Radha and goes to meet Raghu. Unfortunately for her, Raghu gets engaged to Ratna the very same day, and unable to bear any more sadness, ends up cutting her veins and begging Raghu to take her back. Ratna intervenes and Madhu asks for Raghu, Ratna is disgusted and complains to her family. They come and take Raghu away, leaving Madhu devastated, drunk and bleeding through her veins. Madhu then kills herself through careless driving.
At the airport, everyone is gathered and Madhu's parents are collecting the coffin with Madhu's body. Radha tries to lie to Madhu's parents that he was perfect to her in every way and cannot understand why this happened. In the meantime, Raghu arrives who had also come to see Madhu's body gets enraged and charges at him with a revolver finds out that it is locked. He is later soothed by Ratna.
Cast
- Siddharth Venugopal as Raghu
- Tamannaah as Madhumitha
- Rukmini Vijayakumar as Ratna
- Rishi as Radhakrishnan
- Ammu
- Amirtha
- Charlie
- Venki
- Bala Singh
- Kalai Rani
- Madan Bob
- Kitty as Raghu's father
- Five Star Krishna
- Rama Natarajan as Mohanram
- Ann Marie Seall as Jennifer
- Aditi Sriram
- Sanchaya Satish
- Sanjana Satish
- Srinath
Production notes
AR Gandhi Krishna, former assistant to Shankar in Sivaji made his directorial debut with the film Chellamae.[1] Sujatha Rangarajan wrote the dialogue for the screenplay before his death.[2] Filming began on location in Ooty, then moved to Tenkasi, Kuttralam, Ambasamudram, Papanasam and Multimedia University Cyberjaya.[2] G V Prakash scored the music for the movie while award-winning lyricist Vairamuthu penned the lyrics.[2] Vairamuthu said one of his best recent works was the song he wrote for this film.[3] Vairamuthu said, "On reading the lines, Gandhi Krishna was floored totally and was in fail of words".[3] Ananda Thandavam was produced by Aascar Films'Suresh Shanmugam. Shankar, who worked as associate to the late cinematographer Jeeva, was "cranking the camera".[3]
Soundtrack
The songs were composed by G. V. Prakash.[4]
| Untitled | |
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| Song title | Singers |
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| "Poovinai" | Srinivas, Shreya Ghoshal |
| "Pattu Poochi" | Naresh Iyer, Harmony |
| "Kallil Aadum" | Benny Dayal, Shweta Mohan |
| "Kana Kaangiren" | Nithyashree, Shubha Mudgal, Vinita |
| "Megam Pola" | Shankar Mahadevan |
| "Ananda Thandavam theme" | G.V. Prakash, Naresh Iyer |
Critical Reception
Sify.com says that the actor "can do little to save the film".[5] Rediff.com felt that Siddharth's performance was one of the weaker aspects of the film noting "though he does his best when he's romancing his beloved, and there are sparks during emotional scenes, he seems to miss his cue a few times, making you wonder if someone with acting chops might not have done a better job."[6]
References
- ^ a b cinesouth.com, 9 October 2007, "AR Gandhi Krishna's 'Ananda Tandavam'"
- ^ a b c d Kumar, S.R. Ashok, Sujatha’s novel on the big screen , The Hindu, 10 May 2008, retrieved=6 August 2008
- ^ a b c kollywoodtoday.com, 12 January 2008, "Ananda Thandavam Praised by Vairamuthu"
- ^ http://www.musicplug.in/songs.php?movieid=29359
- ^ "Movie Review:Ananda Thandavam". Sify.com. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ "Anandha Thandavam not as good as the novel - Rediff.com Movies". Movies.rediff.com. 10 April 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
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