Rojavanam

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{{Infobox film
| name = Rojavanam
| image =
| director = [[Selva (director)|Selva]]
| writer = Murthy Ramesh<br/>Nagulan Ponnusamy (dialogues)
| screenplay = [[Selva (director)|Selva]]
| story = [[Selva (director)|Selva]]
| starring = [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]]<br/>[[Malavika (Tamil actress)|Malavika]]<br/>[[Laila Mehdin|Laila]]<br />[[Jai Akash|Akash]]
| producer = Rajam Balachandar
| studio = [[Kavithalayaa Productions]]
| cinematography = [[R. Raghunatha Reddy]]
| music = [[Bharathwaj]]
| editing = [[Suresh Urs]]
| distributor = [[Kavithalayaa Productions]]
| released = 30 July 1999
| runtime = 150 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget = 200cr
| gross = 400cr
}}

'''''Rojavanam''''' (English: ''Beautiful Rose'' or ''Rose Forest'') is a 1999 Indian [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]]-language [[romance film]] directed by [[Selva (director)|Selva]]. The film stars [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]], [[Laila (actress)|Laila]] and [[Malavika (Tamil actress)|Malavika]] in the lead roles. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by [[Deva (music director)|Bharadwaj]]. The film was declared an average film by critics.

==Plot==
Muthu ([[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]]) is the favourite employee at Rojavanam, an old age home jointly by two friends ([[Ravikumar (actor)|Ravi Kumar]] and [[Nizhalgal Ravi]]) in Ooty. Sindhu ([[Malavika (Tamil actress)|Malavika]]) is a psychology student staying near to the home who falls in love with Muthu. But Muthu develops a liking towards Roja ([[Laila (actress)|Laila]]), the daughter of his boss, and later learns that the boss and his friend had decided long ago that their children would be married, and this has resulted in the friend's son Siva ([[Jai Akash|Akash]]) growing up enamoured of Roja. Roja also has a liking towards Muthu and her father accepts Muthu as his son-in-law, but his friend, angered at this, decides to bulldoze Rojavanam to the ground. Muthu steps in to solve the problem and convinces Roja to marry Siva as per their parents wishes, so that Rojavanam will be saved. Muthu makes Roja understand Siva's love for her and gets them both married. Siva and Roja's parents feel happy and Rojavanam is saved. In the end, Sindhu is married to Muthu.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]] as Muthu
* [[Malavika (Tamil actress)|Malavika]] as Sindhu
* [[Laila (actress)|Laila]] as Roja
* [[Jai Akash|Akash]] as Siva
* [[Kuyili (actress)|Kuyili]] as Roja's aunt
* [[Ravikumar (actor)|Ravi Kumar]]
* [[Nizhalgal Ravi]]
* [[M. N. Nambiar]]
* [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
* [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]]
* [[Ramesh Khanna]]
* [[Jai Ganesh]]
* [[Kaka Radhakrishnan]]
* [[Thalapathy Dinesh]]
*[[Ragasudha]]
{{colend}}

==Production==
The team of the successful film ''[[Pooveli]]'' (1998) came together to make ''Rojavanam'' and chose Karthik to essay the lead role again. Initially the team approached [[Isha Koppikar]] to play the lead female role, but her unavailability led to the team casting newcomer Laila.<ref>[http://chandrag.tripod.com/index.html Minnoviyam Star Tracks]</ref> Four songs were shot abroad in France and Geneva, Switzerland.<ref>http://m.rediff.com/movies/1999/jul/26ss.htm</ref>

Jai Akash, a Tamilian of Sri Lankan origin settled in London, sent his modelling photographs to the "Star Search" service run by [[Suhasini Maniratnam|Suhasini]]'s entertainment portal website TamilTalkies.com during the late 1990s. [[K. Balachander]], when casting a new actor to portray a small role in the film, used the "Star Search" platform and selected Akash to be in the film.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20010417022540/http://www.tamiltalkies.com/starsearch/talent_search.htm</ref>

==Critical reception==
Balaji wrote:"honorable intention doesn't translate into more than average viewing".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbthots.com/reviews/1999/rvanam.html |title=Rojaavanam |publisher=Bbthots.com |access-date=2013-10-04}}</ref> Indolink called it "real bore".<ref>[http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Reviews/articles/Rojavanam_121741.html Rojavanam: Movie Review]</ref>

==Soundtrack==
The soundtrack was composed by Bharadwaj collaborating with the [[Pooveli]] team for the second time. Lyrics were written by [[Vairamuthu]] and Pazhani Bharathi.
{{Infobox album
| name = Rojavanam
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Bharadwaj]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1999
| recorded =
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| genre = [[Soundtrack]]
| length =
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| producer =Bharadwaj
| prev_title = [[Pooveli]]
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = [[Amarkalam]]
| next_year = 1999
}}
* "I Have Fallen" (Enna Idhu) - [[P. Unnikrishnan]], [[Anuradha Sriram]]
* "Unnai Partha Kangal" - [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]]
* "Maname Maname" - [[Srinivas (singer)|Srinivas]]
* "Maname Maname" - [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam|SPB]]
* "Adi Aathadi" - SPB
* "Pollacchi Santhaiyile" - [[Yugendran]]

==References==
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[[Category:1999 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Bharadwaj (music director)]]
[[Category:Films directed by Selva (director)]]

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