Majaa

Majaa
File:Majaa DVD Cover.jpg DVD Cover
Directed by	Shafi
Written by	Viji (dialogues)
Story by	Benny P Nayarambalam
Produced by	Rockline Venkatesh
Starring	Vikram Pasupathy Asin Vadivelu Anu Prabhakar Sindhu Tolani Biju Menon Vijayakumar Murali Manivannan
Cinematography	Balasubramaniem
Edited by	V. T. Vijayan
Music by	Vidyasagar
Production company	Rockline Entertainment
Distributed by	Aascar Films International
Release date	2 November 2005
Running time	138 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Majaa is a 2005 Tamil film directed by Shafi, starring Vikram, Asin, Vadivelu, Pasupathy, Anu Prabhakar, Vijayakumar, Manivannan, Sindhu Tolani, Murali and Biju Menon. The music is composed by Vidyasagar. It tells the story of two adopted children changing from their old, mischievous ways of life. The film is a remake of Shafi's own Malayalam film Thommanum Makkalum. The movie was dubbed in Telugu with the same title. The movie was later dubbed into Hindi as " Dada No. 1" by Cinecurry and Royal Film Company.

Plot

Govindan (Manivannan) is a thief who has two children: Aadhi (Pasupathy) and Arivumathi (Vikram). Years go by and the two, Aadhi and Madhi, decide to stop stealing and mend their ways and lead a hardworking life along with their father. They migrate to a neighboring village and meet a retired agricultural officer, Chidambaram (Vijayakumar) who is in deep debt and is under pressure from the village's landlord, Kalingarayar (Murali) to clear his debts. In efforts to help Chidambaran, Mathi confronts Seetha Lakshmi (Asin), Kalingarayar's daughter, who comes to collect the money Chidambaram owes her father. Seetha Lakshmi starts to acquire a liking for Mathi but keeps it hidden due to her father's atrocious temper. In an attempt to teach Kalingarayar a lesson, Mathi forcibly ties the mangalsutram around Seetha's neck. Kalingarayar, realizing his daughter's love for Mathi, comes down to arrange a grand remarriage between the two. But things go awry when Manicka Vel (Biju Menon), Seetha Lakshmi's maternal uncle, comes to town in an effort to stop the wedding between the two as he has plans of marrying her and wiping her family fortune.

Cast

• Vikram as Arivumathi
• Pasupathy as Aadi
• Asin as Seetha Lakshmi
• Vadivelu as Pulipaandi
• Manivannan as Govindan
• Anu Prabhakar as Selvi
• Biju Menon as Manicka Vel
• Vijayakumar as Chidambaram
• Murali as Kalingarayar
• Nithin Sathya
• Ilavarasu
• Sindu Tolani (special appearance)

Production

Vikram watched the Mammootty starrer Thommanum Makkalum, and requested director Shafi to remake it with him, in Tamil. The film was launched at AVM Studios in 2005, a huge set of village was erected at studios. Asin selected to play heroine after Jyothika and Trisha rejected. The crew went to Australia to shoot a song. Vikram worked as an assistant director under Shafi for this film.

Soundtrack

Untitled

Song title	Singers
"Thai Maasam"	Shankar Mahadevan, Anuradha Sriram
"Chi Chi Chi"	Harini, Shankar Mahadevan, Savitha Reddy, Viji, Karthik
"Hey Pangaali"	Udit Narayan, Manickka Vinayakam Tippu (singer)
"Podhumadaa Saami"	Kailash Kher
"Sollitharavaa"	Madhu Balakrishnan, Sadhana Sargam

Release

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Raj TV. The film was released on 2 November 2005 on the eve of Diwali.

Reception

Sify wrote:"The major flaw of Majaa is its wafer-thin story and screenplay, a mediocre subject to be remade from Malayalam, [sic] the film gives you a dreary sense of déjà vu, a feeling that one has seen it before.

Box office

It was declared as an average grosser.