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{{Infobox film
| name = Daas
| image = Daas poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Babu Yogeswaran
| producer = K. Muralitharan V. Swaminathan G. Venugopal
| writer = Babu Yogeswaran
| starring = [[Jayam Ravi]] [[Renuka Menon]]
| music = [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
| cinematography = Vijay K. Chakravarthy Srinivas Devamsam
| editing = [[Anthony (film editor)|Anthony]]
| studio = [[Lakshmi Movie Makers]]
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2005|07|29}}
| runtime = 165 minutes
| language = Tamil
| country = India
| budget =
}}
'''''Daas''''' is a 2005 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romantic action film]] written and directed by newcomer Babu Yogeswaran. The film stars [[Jayam Ravi]] and [[Renuka Menon]] in lead and [[Vadivelu]], [[Adithya (actor)|Adithya Menon]], [[Shanmugarajan]], [[Monica (actress)|Monica]], [[Abhinay]], and [[Salim Ghouse]], among others, in supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]. The film released on 29 July 2005 and had an average run at the box office.

==Plot==
The film begins in a small village in Tirunelveli district where a few upper-caste men hold a chariot festival. Antony Daas ([[Jayam Ravi]]), along with his friends, pulls the chariot into their slum. The friends naturally incur the wrath of a local leader named Annachi ([[Shanmugarajan]]). Meanwhile, his daughter Rajeshwari ([[Renuka Menon]]) falls in love with Daas. Her sister Punitha ([[Monica (actress)|Monica]]) elopes to marry a lower-caste boy named Guna ([[Abhinay]]), who is a classmate of Daas. Coming to know about this, Annachi sends his men to bump off Punitha and Guna. He eventually sets them ablaze in front of Daas. An angry Rajeshwari, in order to teach her father a lesson, elopes with Daas and vows to get married. The couple then seeks refuge in Nasser's (Krishna) house in Madurai. He promises to get them married. However, coming to know about their hideout, Annachi's men reach Madurai to foil their plans. Nasser's father Vappa ([[Salim Ghouse]]) promises to get them united. Enters Nasser's brother Anwar ([[Adithya (actor)|Adithya Menon]]), who plans to let loose terror in the Madurai town in the name of Jehad. How Daas emerges triumphant from all the troubles and marries Rajeshwari forms the rest of the story.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Jayam Ravi]] as Antony Daas
* [[Renuka Menon]] as Rajeshwari (Daas's love interest)
* [[Vadivelu]] as College Hostel Warden
* [[Shanmugarajan]] as Annachi (Rajeshwari's father)
* [[Adithya (actor)|Adithya Menon]] as Anwar
* [[Monica (actress)|Monica]] as Punitha (Rajeshwari's sister)
* [[Abhinay]] as Guna (Punitha's love interest)
* [[Salim Ghouse]] as Vappa
* Five Star Krishna as Naseer (Vaappa's son and Anwar's brother)
* [[Livingston (actor)|Livingston]] as Allapichai
* [[Nizhalgal Ravi]] as Daas's brother
* [[Seetha (actress)|Seetha]] as Rajeshwari's mother
* [[Pithamagan Mahadevan]] as Minister
* [[FEFSI Vijayan]] as Police Officer
* [[Tharika]] as Maimun
* [[Nirosha]]
* [[Singamuthu]]
* [[Citizen Mani]]
{{colend}}

==Production==
The film was initially titled as ''Rascal'' before it got changed as ''Daas'' named after the character of protagonist.<ref>https://www.indiaglitz.com/all-in-the-name-of%C3%82%C2%85-a-film-ii-tamil-news-55457</ref> ''Daas'' was Jayam Ravi's third film and his first original film following two remakes,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/jul/05look.htm |title=Jeyam Ravi on a hat-trick |publisher=Rediff|accessdate=18 October 2011}}</ref> the film featured him as a [[association football|football player]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/features/Interviews/Interview4/jayamravi/tamil-movies-inteview-actor-jayamravi.html |title=Interview : 'Jayam' Ravi |publisher=Behindwoods |accessdate=18 October 2011}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Daas
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 21 April 2005
| recorded = 2004-05
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 27:51
| label = Hit Musics Vega Music Mass Audios Bayshore [[Divo (record label)|Divo]] [[Think Music India|Think Music]]
| producer = Yuvan Shankar Raja
| prev_title = [[Arinthum Ariyamalum]]
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = [[Oru Kalluriyin Kathai]]
| next_year = 2005
}}

The musical score as well as the soundtrack were composed by noted music composer [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]. The soundtrack, released on 21 April 2005, features 6 songs, the lyrics for which are written by [[Pa. Vijay]], Viveka and [[Yugabharathi]]. The song '''Vaa Vaa''' was reused from [[Ilaiyaraaja]]'s old song '''Adiye Manam Nilluna Nikkathadi''' from the 1984 film [[Neengal Kettavai]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=t0000677 |title=Track list |work=Raaga |date=2012-09-29 |accessdate=2012-09-29}}</ref> The song "Saami kitta" was a critical acclaim for the singers and the music director. [[Shreya Ghoshal]] received a nomination from Tamil Isai Viruthugal.

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 27:51
| title1 = Yennoda Raasi
| length1 = 4:28
| lyrics1 = [[Pa. Vijay]]
| extra1 = [[Venkat Prabhu]]
| title2 = Saami Kittay
| length2 = 4:47
| lyrics2 = Pa. Vijay
| extra2 = [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| title3 = Nee Enthan
| length3 = 4:55
| lyrics3 = [[Yugabharathi]]
| extra3 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]]
| title4 = Shaheeba Shaheeba
| extra4 = Hariharan, [[Sujatha Mohan]]
| length4 = 3:58
| lyrics4 = Pa. Vijay
| title5 = Vaa Vaa
| extra5 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Mahalakshmi Iyer]]
| length5 = 5:22
| lyrics5 = Pa. Vijay
| title6 = Sakka Podu
| lyrics6 = [[Viveka (lyricist)|Viveka]]
| extra6 = [[KK (singer)|K. K.]], [[Sadhana Sargam]]
| length6 = 4:21
}}

==Release==
The film took an even bigger opening than his previous ones and was declared a hit as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/tamil/interview.php?id=13909216&cid=2408 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020091636/http://www.sify.com/movies/tamil/interview.php?id=13909216&cid=2408 |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 October 2012 |title=Welcome to|publisher=Sify |date=20 January 2007 |accessdate=18 October 2011}}</ref> He garnered positive remarks from critics, with Sify's reviewer claiming that Ravi was a "hundred percent convincing as an action hero," further labelling his performance as "impressive."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/dass-review-tamil-13906776.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011225834/http://www.sify.com/movies/dass-review-tamil-13906776.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 October 2014 |title=Movie Review:Dass|publisher=Sify |accessdate=18 October 2011}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0455415}}

[[Category:2005 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:2000s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
[[Category:2005 directorial debut films]]

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>Kugan1997 at 11:39, 20 June 2021