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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Majaa<br />
| image = Majaa poster.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[Shafi (director)|Shafi]]<br />
| screenplay = Viji<br />
| story = [[Benny P Nayarambalam]]<br />
| based_on = ''[[Thommanum Makkalum]]'' (Malayalam)<br />
| starring = [[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]]<br /> [[Pasupathy]]<br /> [[Asin Thottumkal|Asin]]<br /> [[Vadivelu]]<br />[[Manivannan]]<br />
| producer = [[Rockline Venkatesh]]<br />
| music = [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Balasubramaniem]]<br />
| editing = [[V. T. Vijayan]]<br />
| studio = [[Rockline Venkatesh|Rockline Entertainment]]<br />
| distributor = [[Aascar Films|Aascar Films International]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|2005|11|02|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 138 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Majaa''''' is a 2005 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[masala film]] directed by [[Shafi (director)|Shafi]], starring [[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]], [[Asin Thottumkal|Asin]], [[Vadivelu]], [[Pasupathy]], [[Anu Prabhakar]], [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]], [[Manivannan]], [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]] and [[Biju Menon]]. The music is composed by [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]. It tells the story of two adopted children changing from their old, mischievous ways of life. The film is a remake of [[Shafi (director)|Shafi's]] own [[Malayalam]] film ''[[Thommanum Makkalum]]''. The movie was dubbed in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] with the same title. The movie was later dubbed into [[Hindi]] as ''Dada No. 1'' by Cinecurry and Royal Film Company.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Govindan ([[Manivannan]]) is a thief who has two children: Aadhi ([[Pasupathy]]) and Arivumathi ([[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]]). Years go by and the brothers decide to stop stealing, mend their ways, and lead a hardworking life with their father. They migrate to a neighboring village and meet a retired agricultural officer Chidambaram ([[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]]), who is in deep debt and is under pressure from the village's landlord Kalingarayar ([[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]]) to clear his debts. In efforts to help Chidambaram, Mathi confronts Seetha Lakshmi ([[Asin Thottumkal|Asin]]), Kalingarayar's daughter, who comes to collect the money Chidambaram owes her father. Seetha Lakshmi starts to acquire a liking for Mathi, but keeps it hidden due to her father's atrocious temper. In an attempt to teach Kalingarayar a lesson, Mathi forcibly ties the mangalsutram around Seetha's neck. Kalingarayar, realizing his daughter's love for Mathi, comes down to arrange a grand remarriage between the two. But things go awry when Manicka Vel ([[Biju Menon]]), Seetha Lakshmi's maternal uncle, comes to town in an effort to stop the wedding between the two as he has plans of marrying her and wiping her family fortune.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
{{colbegin}}<br />
* [[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]] as Arivumathi<br />
* [[Pasupathy]] as Aadi<br />
* [[Asin Thottumkal|Asin]] as Seetha Lakshmi<br />
* [[Vadivelu]] as Pulipaandi<br />
* [[Manivannan]] as Govindan<br />
* [[Anu Prabhakar]] as Selvi<br />
* [[Biju Menon]] as Manicka Vel<br />
* [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Chidambaram<br />
* [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]] as Kalingarayar<br />
* [[Nithin Sathya]] as Chidambaram's son<br />
* [[T. P. Gajendran]] as Doctor<br />
* [[Ilavarasu]]<br />
* [[Sindu Tolani]] (special appearance)<br />
{{colend}}<br />
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==Production==<br />
Vikram watched the [[Mammootty]] starrer ''[[Thommanum Makkalum]]'', and requested director Shafi to remake it with him, in Tamil.<ref name=in>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/interview/6525.html |title=Malayalam Cinema News &#124; Malayalam Movie Reviews &#124; Malayalam Movie Trailers - IndiaGlitz Malayalam |accessdate=2011-07-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201121527/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/interview/6525.html |archivedate=1 February 2015 }}</ref> The film was launched at AVM Studios in 2005, a huge set of village was erected at studios.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/15262.html |title= interview - Archived copy |accessdate=2011-07-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201121527/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/interview/6525.html |archivedate=1 February 2015 }}</ref> The film was launched at AVM Studios in 2005, a huge set of village was erected at studios.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/15262.html<!--INSERT TITLE-->}}</ref> Initially, [[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]] and [[Jyothika]] was considered for the lead female role, due to their unavailability [[Asin]] was chosen for the role.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/15111.html|title=www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/15111.html<!--INSERT TITLE-->}}</ref> The crew went to Australia to shoot a song.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/17259.html|title=www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/17259.html<!--INSERT TITLE-->}}</ref> Vikram worked as an assistant director under [[Shafi (director)|Shafi]] for this film.<ref name = in/><br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Majaa<br />
| type = soundtrack<br />
| artist = [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]<br />
| cover =<br />
| alt =<br />
| caption = Front cover<br />
| released = 6 October 2005<br />
| recorded =<br />
| venue =<br />
| studio =<br />
| genre = [[Soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]<br />
| length =<br />
| label = Ayngaran Music<br />An Ak Audio<br />[[Aditya Music]]<br />
| producer = [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]<br />
| prev_title = [[Kaiyoppu]]<br />
| prev_year = 2005<br />
| next_title = [[Periyar (2007 film)|Periyar]]<br />
| next_year = 2005<br />
}}<br />
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{| class="wikitable" width="70%"<br />
! Song title !! Singers !! Lyrics<br />
|-<br />
| "Aiyyarettu" || [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Anuradha Sriram]] || [[P. Vijay]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Chi Chi Chi" || [[Harini (singer)|Harini]], [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Savitha Reddy]], Viji || [[Yugabharathi]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Hey Pangaali" || [[Udit Narayan]], [[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]], [[Manikka Vinayagam]] || rowspan=2|[[P. Vijay]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Podhumadaa Saami" || [[Kailash Kher]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Sollitharavaa" || [[Madhu Balakrishnan]], [[Sadhana Sargam]] || [[Kabilan (lyricist)|Kabilan]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Release==<br />
The satellite rights of the film were sold to [[Raj TV]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.in.com/tv/movies/raj-tv-144/majaa-24186.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222084416/http://www.in.com/tv/movies/raj-tv-144/majaa-24186.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 December 2015 |title=Majaa Movie on Raj TV |publisher=In.com |date=1 October 2015 |accessdate=17 December 2015}}</ref> The film was released on 2 November 2005 on the eve of Diwali.<br />
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===Reception===<br />
Sify wrote:"The major flaw of ''Majaa'' is its wafer-thin story and screenplay, a mediocre subject to be remade from Malayalam, [[sic]] the film gives you a dreary sense of déjà vu, a feeling that one has seen it before.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/majaa-review-tamil-13975377.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628033041/http://www.sify.com/movies/majaa-review-tamil-13975377.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-06-28|title=Majaa Review|work=Sify}}</ref><br />
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===Box office===<br />
It was declared as an average grosser.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=13980025&cid=13525926|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140124221619/http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=13980025&cid=13525926|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-01-24|title=www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=13980025&cid=13525926<!--INSERT TITLE-->}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=14012644&cid=13525926|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910042143/http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=14012644&cid=13525926|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-09-10|title=www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=14012644&cid=13525926<!--INSERT TITLE-->}}</ref><br />
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==Awards and Nominations==<br />
* Nominated - [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Tamil]] - [[Asin Thottumkal]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0476803}}<br />
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