Game (2002 film)

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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Game
| image =
| caption =
| director = John Amritraj
| producer = S. Soundara Pandi
| screenplay =
| story =
| starring = [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]] [[Vinod Kumar]] [[Manoj K. Jayan]] [[Radha (Sundhara Travels actress)|Radha]]
| music = [[S. P. Venkatesh]]
| cinematography = T. Damodaran
| editing = Krishna
| studio = Srimasani Amman Pictures
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2002|11|04}}
| country = India
| runtime =
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Game''''' is a 2002 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action drama film]] directed by John Amritraj. The film features [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]] and [[Vinod Kumar]]. The film, produced by Srimasani Amman Pictures, had a musical scores by [[S. P. Venkatesh]] and was released after several delays on 4 November 2002 to negative reviews.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]] as Raja
*[[Vinod Kumar]] as Joseph IPS
*[[Manoj K. Jayan]] as Lenin
*[[Radha (Sundhara Travels actress)|Radha]] as Jaya
*[[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]] as Janaki
*[[Rajashree (actress)|Rajashree]] as Malar
*John Amritraj as GK
*[[R. Sundarrajan (director)|R. Sundarrajan]]
*[[Major Sundarrajan]] as S. Ramakrishnan I.P.S
*[[Pandu (actor)|Pandu]]
*[[Vichu Vishwanath]]
*[[Kazan Khan]]
*[[Vijay Krishnaraj]] as Muthu Krishnan
*[[Rani (Tamil actress)|Rani]]
*[[Divya Dutta]]
*Manikraj
*[[Kullamani]]
*Vincent Roy
*[[Thideer Kannaiah]]
*[[Mahanadi Shankar]]
*Manager Cheema
{{colend}}

==Production==
John Amritraj had originally planned the film with Karthik in the late 1990s as ''Koottali'' which also had [[Divya Dutta]] in the cast, though delays meant that the film's budget and cast were subsequently affected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/People/97/Dec/kuttisp1.htm|title=1997-98 Kodambakkam babies Page|publisher=|access-date=26 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201551/http://indolink.com/tamil/cinema/People/97/Dec/kuttisp1.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19990420125444/http://www.minnoviyam.com/star/track14.html</ref> For the film, Karthik participated in a song sequence shot with 100 car lights, sung by Anuradha Sreeram and performed by [[Rani (Tamil actress)|Rani]]. The film went through production slowly and changed its name to ''Game'', having a delayed release in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reocities.com/hollywood/chateau/4939/tamil1.html|title=tamil movie site|publisher=}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
Soundtrack was composed by S. P. Venkatesh.<ref>https://apps.apple.com/ca/album/game-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/id1371490854</ref>
*"Jimba" - Mano, [[Swarnalatha]]
*"Dhak Dhak" - [[Anuradha Sriram]]
*"Achacho" - Swarnalatha
*"Dosthu" - [[Suresh Peters]], Krishna Sundar
*"Kuchipudi" - [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[Sujatha Mohan|Sujatha]]
*"Pesi Pesi" - Anuradha Sriram, Adithyan

==References==
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Siva (1989 Tamil film)

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{{About|the 1989 Tamil film|the 1989 [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film|Siva (1989 Telugu film)|other uses|Shiva (disambiguation)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Siva
| image = Siva Rajini.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Ameerjan]]
| writer = [[Vedham Puthithu Kannan]] (dialogues)
| screenplay = [[Ananthu (screenwriter)|Ananthu]]
| story = Rakesh Kumar
| starring =[[Rajinikanth]] [[Raghuvaran]] [[Sowcar Janaki]] [[Shobana]]
| producer = Rajam Balachander Pushpa Kandaswamy
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = C. S. Ravibabu
| editing = S. S. Nazir
| studio = [[Kavithalayaa Productions]]
| distributor = Kavithalayaa Productions
| released = {{Film date|1989|05|05|df=y}}
| runtime = 157 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
}}

'''''Siva''''' is a 1989 [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action drama film]] directed by [[Ameerjan]]. The film features [[Rajinikanth]], [[Raghuvaran]], [[Sowcar Janaki]] and [[Shobana]] . The film is a remake of the 1977 film ''[[Khoon Pasina]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |title-link=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |year=2012 |isbn=978-81-8475-796-5 |location=New Delhi |pages=114 |author-link=Naman Ramachandran}}</ref> Rajinikanth played Raghuvaran's role in the Telugu version ''[[Tiger (1979 film)|Tiger]]'' (1979), which starred [[N.T. Rama Rao]]. ''Siva'' was a box office failure.<ref>https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-rajinikanths-10-biggest-flops/20140528.htm#7</ref> The film was dubbed in Telugu as ''Tiger Siva'', released on 19 January 1990.<ref name = "Tiger Shiva">{{cite web | url = https://indiancine.ma/BJOL/info | website = indiancine.ma | title = Tiger Siva | access-date = 5 August 2021}}</ref>

==Plot==
The film begins with Siva ([[Rajinikanth]]) and John ([[Raghuvaran]]) as kids, they are close friends like their fathers, in spite of their religious differences, one being Hindu and other Christian. A villain kills their families except Siva, John and John's mother, but John does not knows that Siva and his mother were alive and vice versa. 20 years later, Siva falls in love with Parvathy ([[Shobana]]) and marries her. John is a hired goon who will do only good deeds. John is hired by the same villan to kill Siva and during the fight both get injured and finally they come to know that they are childhood friends. Eventually, both of them unite and fight the bad guy who killed their family.

==Cast==
* [[Rajinikanth]] as Siva (Tiger)
* [[Raghuvaran]] as John
* [[Shobana]] as Parvathy
* [[Sowcar Janaki]] as Siva's mother
* [[Radha Ravi]]
* [[Vinu Chakravarthy]]
* [[Janagaraj]]
* [[Charle]]
* [[Madhuri (Tamil actress)|Madhuri]]
* [[Disco Shanti]]
* [[Delhi Ganesh]]
* [[Ganeshkar]]
* [[Thyagu (actor)|Thyagu]]
* Ilavarasan
* [[Poornam Viswanathan]]
* [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] in a Guest appearance

==Soundtrack==

=== Tamil Version ===

The music composed by [[Ilayaraja]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=t0000162|title=Siva Songs|access-date=2014-02-11|publisher=raaga}}</ref> The song "Iruvizhiyin" is set in [[Hamsadhvani]] raga.<ref>https://tamil.thehindu.com/cinema/cinema-others/article24400141.ece</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! No. !! Song !! Raga !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)
|-
| 1 || "Ada Maappillai" || || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], Saibaba || rowspan=4|[[Pulamaipithan]] || 06:15
|-
| 2 || "Adi Kannaathaal" || || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || 04:36
|-
| 3 || "Adi Vaanmathi" || || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[K. S. Chithra]] || 04:29
|-
| 4 || "Iruvizhiyin" || [[Hamsadhvani]] || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra || 04:25
|-
| 5 || "Velli Kizhama" || || [[Ilaiyaraaja]], K. S. Chithra || [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || 04:32
|}

=== Telugu Version (Tiger Siva) ===

All songs for dubbed Telugu version were written by [[Rajashri]]<ref name = "Tiger Shiva" />

{| class="wikitable"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Length (mm:ss)
|-
| 1 || "Are Bullodaa" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]] || 06:15
|-
| 2 || "Aha Raadhakka" || Mano || 04:36
|-
| 3 || "Naa Jaabili" || Mano, [[Vani Jayaram]] || 04:29
|-
| 4 || "Aha Neelo Naalo" || Mano, Vani Jayaram || 04:25
|-
| 5 || "Andamaina" || Mano, Vani Jayaram || 04:32
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0320474|Siva}}

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