Gypsy (2020 film)
| Gypsy | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Raju Murugan |
| Written by | Raju Murugan |
| Produced by | Ambeth Kumar |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Selvakumar S. K. |
| Edited by | Raymond Derrick Crasta |
| Music by | Santhosh Narayanan |
Production company | Olympia Movies |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Gypsy is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language romantic road movie written and directed by Raju Murugan.[1] The film stars Jiiva, Natasha Singh, Lal Jose, Sunny Wayne and Susheela Raman. This film marks the debut appearance of Malayalam actor-director Lal Jose and Malayalam youth star Sunny Wayne in Tamil cinema. It was produced by Ambeth Kumar under the banner of Olympia Movies. The film's soundtrack was composed by Santhosh Narayanan and cinematography and editing were handled by Selvakumar S. K. and Raymond Derrick Crasta[2][3]
Cast
- Jiiva as a modern gypsy
- Natasha Singh as the love interest of Jiiva
- Sunny Wayne as communist leader
- Lal Jose
- Susheela Raman
Production
The film titled was announced by director Raju Murugan as his third assignment in June 2018 who is also known for his previous directorial works such as Joker and Cuckoo. The shooting for the film commenced in around early June 2018 at Karaikkal.[4] The first look poster of the film was unveiled on 11 June 2018. Jiiva accepted to work for the film with the director while he was busy with the shooting of his upcoming film Gorilla.[5]
The film was initially speculated to be a social drama film but later the film-makers revealed that the film was made up as a romantic travel based story.[6] It was also revealed that actor Jiiva also learnt to play guitar for the film.[7] Malayalam actor Sunny Wayne was roped in to play an important role as communist leader in the film and coincidentally he made his début in Kollywood industry through this film.[8][9][10]
The shooting of the film was wrapped up on 6 November 2018.[11]
Marketing
The official teaser of the film was released on 5 January 2019 on YouTube.[12] The theatrical trailer of the film was released on 3 April 2019 where the film's soundtrack album were released at the event.[13][14]
Soundtrack
| Gypsy | ||||
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| Released | 3 April 2019 (Album) 19 May 2019 (Bonus singles) | |||
| Recorded | 2018-2019 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 34:15 | |||
| Language | Tamil | |||
| Label | Saregama | |||
| Producer | Santhosh Narayanan | |||
| Santhosh Narayanan chronology | ||||
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| Susheela Raman chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Gypsy | ||||
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Raju Murugan, decided to recruit Santhosh Narayanan, to compose the soundtrack and score for the film, after the latter's debut film Cuckoo in which the former was impressed by Santhosh's composition of songs and score in the film. The song recording process, was completed within the end of 2018. All the lyrics for the songs were written by Yugabharathi, except one song was written and performed by Arivu. The album features six tracks.[15] In an interview with The Hindu, Santhosh Narayanan said that Jiiva's guitar in the film is special. As a story of a travelling musician, Gypsy is a particularly appealing film for a music director. “It’s a very fun project as a composer to work on a movie that has music in its core.” They also custom-made a guitar from Kashmir for Jiiva to use in the film.[16][17]
The song teaser, of the film was unveiled on 31 December 2018.[18] The first single "Very Very Bad" which featured in the film was released on 22 January 2019 with the auspices of Indian Communist Party members and social activists such as R. Nallakannu, Thirumurugan Gandhi, Piyush Manush, Balbharati and Grace Banu. This marks the first ever instance in Tamil cinema that social activists were invited to launch a Tamil film's song promo.[19] The second single track "Desaandhiri" which was sung by Santhosh Narayanan, with backing vocals by actor Siddharth was launched on 26 February 2019. Carnatic musician T. M. Krishna had recorded the song "Venpura" for the film.
The complete soundtrack album in its entirety was released on 3 April 2019, at Sathyam Cinemas, Chennai. Featuting director Karu Palaniappan, composers D. Imman, Sean Roldan, producer S. R. Prabhu and other celebrities along with the film's cast and crew in attendance, the event also featured Bant Singh, an activist singer. A book on Bant Singh, who has done a role in the film, was launched at the event as a gesture of his personal rebellion against discrimination.[20] The film's trailer was launched at the event. British-Indian musician Susheela Raman who also played a supporting role in the film, performed two songs which were released as bonus singles, after the soundtrack release on 19 May 2019.
Track Listing
All lyrics are written by Yugabharathi, except where noted
| No. | Title | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Very Very Bad" | Santhosh Narayanan | Santhosh Narayanan, Pradeep Kumar | 3:34 |
| 2. | "Kaaththellam" | Santhosh Narayanan | Pradeep Kumar | 3:43 |
| 3. | "Desaandhiri" | Santhosh Narayanan | Siddharth, Santhosh Narayanan | 3:43 |
| 4. | "Manamengum Maaya Oonjaal" | Santhosh Narayanan | Dhee, Ananthu, Haricharan | 4:14 |
| 5. | "Theevira Vyaadhi" (Lyrics written by Arivu) | Santhosh Narayanan | Arivu | 3:13 |
| 6. | "Venpura" | Santhosh Narayanan | T. M. Krishna, Santhosh Narayanan | 6:00 |
| 7. | "Aasai Mugam" (Lyrics written by Subramaniya Bharathi) | Susheela Raman, Sam Mills | Susheela Raman | 5:03 |
| 8. | "Ullam Uruguthayaa" (Lyrics written by Andavan Pichai) | Susheela Raman, Sam Mills | Susheela Raman | 4:44 |
| Total length: | 34:15 | |||
Critical Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Very Very Bad |    |
| Kaathellam | |
| Desaandhiri | |
| Manamengum Maaya Oonjal | |
| Theevira Vyaadhi | |
| Venpura | |
| Aasai Mugam | |
| Ullam Uruguthayaa | |
Siddharth Srinivas from OnlyKollywood on reviewing the soundtrack album, chose "Desaandhiri", "Manamengum Maaya Oonjal" and "Venpura" as his pick of favourite songs from the album. Reviewing the song "Desaandhiri", he stated it as "A very fulfilling composition that lovely to listen to. Santhosh Narayanan puts more attention at creating the aura of the song, rather than giving space to the structure. The two-levelled singing pattern with Santhosh Narayanan and Siddharth works out well too." And reviewing for "Manamengum Maaya Oonjal" he stated that, "This is such a beautiful tribute to Ilaiyaraaja’s Konji Konji Alaigal Oda. Right from the start, the amalgamation of the vocals takes place wonderfully and that is because they sound strikingly different from each other. The classical interludes are a value addition." He finally concluded the review with a rating of 3.5/5, stating that "With lot of music styles and various singers, Gypsy is a diverse, wildly intriguing soundtrack from Santhosh Narayanan. Though there are some misfires, the whole theme of the film has been conveyed nicely through the songs, and it should help the film’s narration gallop ahead with more energy."[21]
Moviecrow rated the album 4 out of 5 stars, with a bottom line "Gypsy, Rajumurugan's third directorial is again up with an exquisitely ensembled soundtrack of Santhosh Narayanan. The amazing blend of indieness, extreme genres, poetry, politics, rap, folk, love and hope in every track holds a huge sign of positive light for the film!"[22]
References
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- ^ "Raju Murugan and Jiiva's travel tales - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
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- ^ Manuel, Thomas (16 February 2019). "Jiiva's guitar in 'Gypsy' is special: Santhosh Narayanan". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- ^ "Santhosh Narayanan reveals five reasons why Gypsy is one of his most special albums to date!". in.com. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
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