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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Millennium Stars<br />
| image = Millennium Stars.jpg<br />
| alt =<br />
| caption =<br />
| director = [[Jayaraj]]<br />
| producer = N. Krishnakumar (Kireedam Unni)<br />
| story = Jayaraj<br />
| screenplay = Vinod Ranganath<br />
| narrator =<br />
| starring = [[Jayaram]]<br>[[Biju Menon]]<br>[[Suresh Gopi]]<br />
| music = [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]<br />
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| released = {{Film date|2000|01|01|df=y}}<br />
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| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
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'''''Millennium Stars''''' is a 2000 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language drama film directed by [[Jayaraj]], starring [[Jayaram]] and [[Biju Menon]] in lead roles, and also features [[Suresh Gopi]]. The soundtrack of the film was composed by [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]. The movie was also the first Malayalam movie to be released in this millennium.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/movies/millenium-stars.html | title= Millenium Stars |publisher=.filmibeat}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?914 | title= Millenium Stars (2000) |publisher=.Malayalasangeetham}}</ref> [[Biju Menon]] won the Asianet Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for this film. Later dubbed into Tamil and released as ''Sivasankar''.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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When they were children, Shiva and Shankar went to [[Mumbai]] in search of a living. Circumstances puts them in jail, where they meet a bully named Karunan. They escape from jail. Several years later, Shankar and Shiva dream of becoming singers. Karunan is still active as a criminal. Through their hard work, the Shiva-Shankar duo become successful singers and start being called "millennium stars". Then the villain enters and tries to separate the two. Karunan convinces them not to separate.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Jayaram]] ... Shankar <br />
*[[Biju Menon]] ... Shivan <br />
*[[Suresh Gopi]] ... Karunan<br />
*[[Abhirami (actress)|Abhirami]] ... Radha<br />
*[[Suja Raghuram]]<br />
*[[Harisree Asokan]]<br />
*[[Devan (actor)|Devan]]<br />
*[[Kalabhavan Mani]] <br />
*[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]]<br />
*[[Laxmi Rattan]]<br />
*[[Jagathy Sreekumar]]<br />
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== Box office ==<br />
This film was released with huge expectations but was a box office failure as the producer lost {{INRConvert|1.5|c}}.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ayyappan|first1=R|title=Sleaze time, folks!|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2001/jan/24mallu.htm|work=Rediff.com|access-date=22 September 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
{{Infobox album|<br />
| name = Millennium Stars<br />
| type = [[Soundtrack]]<br />
| artist = [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]<br />
| cover =<br />
| alt =<br />
| released = December 1999<ref>{{Cite web |title=Audio CD cover |url=https://www.facebook.com/sangeethaganaga/photos/a.180752007029438/234447438326561/ |website=[[Facebook]]}}</ref><br />
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| studio = Varsha Vallaki, [[Chennai]]<br />
| genre = [[Film soundtrack]]<br />
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| label = Johny Sagariga<br />[[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]<br />
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The film's music was composed by [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]], with Malayalam lyrics by [[Gireesh Puthenchery]], Hindi lyrics by Tahir Faraz and English lyrics by Recardo Barrantes.<br />
{|class="wikitable" width="70%"<br />
! Track !! Title !! Singer(s) !! Lyricists !! Raga(s)<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || ''O... Mumbai'' || [[K. J. Yesudas]], [[Vijay Yesudas]] || [[Gireesh Puthenchery]], Tahir Faraz ||<br />
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| 2 || ''Parayaan Njan Marannu'' || K. J. Yesudas, [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], Vijay Yesudas || Gireesh Puthenchery, Tahir Faraz ||<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || ''Krishna Krishna'' || K. J. Yesudas, Vijay Yesudas || [[Poonthanam Nambudiri]] ||<br />
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| 4 || ''Kuku Kuku Theevandi'' || Harikrishnan, Anand Kumar || Gireesh Puthenchery || [[Kalyani (raga)|Kalyani]]<br />
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| 5 || ''Maha Ganapathim'' || K. J. Yesudas, Hariharan, Vijay Yesudas, Pushpa Raman, Chorus || [[Muthuswami Dikshitar]], Tahir Faraz, Recardo Barrantes || [[Nata (raga)|Nata]]<br />
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| 6 || ''Shravan Gange'' || K. J. Yesudas, Hariharan, Vijay Yesudas, Chorus || Gireesh Puthenchery, Tahir Faraz || [[Charukesi]], [[Bahudari]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0283486|Millennium Stars}}<br />
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[[Category:2000s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:2000s musical films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
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[[Category:Films scored by Vidyasagar]]<br />
[[Category:Indian musical films]]<br />
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