Kadhal Rojavae

Kadhal Rojavae (transl. The rose of love) is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Keyaar, which was a remake of the 1991 Hindi film Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin by Mahesh Bhatt. The film stars newcomers George Vishnu and Pooja Kumar, while Sarath Babu, Charle and S. S. Chandran play supporting roles. The film's music is composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[1]

Kadhal Rojavae
CD cover
Directed byKeyaar
Written byN. Prasanna Kumar (dialogues)
Story byRobin Bhatt
Produced byB. Balaji Prabhu
StarringGeorge Vishnu
Pooja Kumar
CinematographyB. Logesh
Edited byB. Lenin
V. T. Vijayan
Music byIlaiyaraaja
Production
company
Release date
  • 14 January 2000 (2000-01-14)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Cast

Production

Keyaar had planned to make the film with Prashanth during 1996, but the actor's commitments to Shankar's Jeans (1998), meant that he could not allot dates to start the project.[2] Consequently, Bhaskar of Oscar Movies signed George Vishnu, the son of former actress Sheela to debut in his production, Kadhal Rojavae in 1997 and according to the deal signed, Vishnu was not supposed to act in any other film until Kadhal Rojavae had been completed and released. However, during production, Vishnu could not wait and starred in a Malayalam film, while Keyaar was still shooting causing a rift between the actor and producer Bhaskar during the making of the project.[3] Pooja Kumar, who was crowned Miss India USA in 1995, was selected to make her debut as heroine and during production she was signed and dropped from other Tamil films of the period including V. I. P. and Chinna Raja. The actress notably returned more than a decade later starring in the lead role in Kamal Haasan's bilingual Vishwaroopam. Kadhal Rojavae released after a delay in production in 2000.

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The soundtrack features 10 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali, Muthulingam and Vaasan.[4][5] The audio cassette was launched at a ceremony in Chennai, with A. V. M. Saravanan and Sivakumar presiding over the event as chief guests during early 1997.[6]

Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Kalyana Jodi"VaaliS. P. Balasubrahmanyam4:30
2."Ilavenil"VaaliS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra5:49
3."Ilavenil (bit)"VaaliS. P. Balasubrahmanyam1:03
4."Pudhu Ponnu"MuthulingamS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra5:21
5."Manam Pona Pokkil"MuthulingamS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra4:35
6."Sirithale"VaaliBhavatharini5:02
7."Ninaitha Varam"VaaliP. Unnikrishnan, Sunitha Upadrashta4:56
8."Chinna Vennila"VaasanMano, Anuradha Sriram5:22
9."Thottu Thottu Pallakku"VaaliS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha Mohan5:06
10."Midnight Mama"VaaliS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Swarnalatha4:56
Total length:46:40

Reception

Savitha Padmanabhan of The Hindu wrote, "Both the newcomers have a long way to go in honing their acting skills". Savitha also added that "the high point of the film is the music by Ilaiyaraja. The same can be said about the background score that lifts the mood of the film to some extent."[7]

References
  1. "Kadhal Rojave". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 10 July 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. Tamil Movie News--Pudhu Edition 3 Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. "1997-98 Kodambakkam babies Page". Indolink.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "Kaathal Rojave (2000) - Ilaiyaraaja". mio.to. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  5. "Kadal Rojave". jiosaavn.com. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  6. Tamil Movie News--Pudhu Edition 2 Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  7. Padmanabhan, Savitha (21 January 2000). "Film Review:Kadhal Rojavae". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
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