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{{Infobox film
| name = Sangamam
| image = Sangamamalbumcover.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| director = [[Suresh Krissna]]
| producer = [[Pyramid Natarajan]]
| writer = [[E. Ramdoss]] Gopu-Babu '''(Dialogues)'''
| screenplay = [[Suresh Krissna]]
| story = Bhoopathy Raja
| starring = {{unbulleted list|[[Rahman (actor)|Rahman]]|[[Vindhya (actress)|Vindhya]]|[[Manivannan]]|[[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]]|[[Radha Ravi]]|[[Vadivelu]]}}
| music = [[A. R. Rahman]]
| cinematography = [[S. Saravanan]]
| editing = [[Suresh Urs]]
| studio = Pyramid Films International
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1999|07|16|df=y}}
| runtime = 153 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Sangamam''''' ({{trans|Confluence}}) is a 1999 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romance film|musical romance]] [[dance film]] co written and directed by [[Suresh Krissna]] and produced by V. Natarajan of Pyramid Films. The film featured [[Rahman (actor)|Rahman]] and newcomer [[Vindhya (actress)|Vindhya]] in the lead roles with [[Manivannan]], [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]], [[Radharavi]], and [[Vadivelu]] playing other important roles. The film's music was composed by [[A. R. Rahman]], while Saravanan handled the cinematography. The film was released in 1999 but despite the award-winning soundtracks and rave reviews, the film became a financial failure.

==Plot==
This film depicts the disputes between two forms of the dance styles and music, Classical Indian (in particular [[Carnatic music]] and [[Bharathanatyam]] danceform) against rural Tamil folk music and dance. The film depicts the misunderstanding and mutual ignorance of the two factions. The parallel plot in the movie is of the children and intended successors of the respective dance doyens falling in love with each other.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Rahman (actor)|Rahman]] as Selvam
* [[Vindhya (actress)|Vindhya]] as Abhirami
* [[Manivannan]] as Aavudapillai
* [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Sivasankaramoorthy
* [[Radharavi]] as Nagaraj
* [[Vadivelu]] as Haridas
* [[Delhi Ganesh]] as Abhirami's uncle
* [[Charle]] as Shanmugam
* [[Srividya]] as Abhirami's mother
* [[S. N. Lakshmi]] as Meenu
* [[Lavanya (actress)|Lavanya]] as Selvam's sister
* [[Thyagu (actor)|Thyagu]] as Selvam's friend
* [[Venniradai Moorthy]] as Narayana
* [[Kavithalaya Krishnan]] as Abhirami's uncle
* [[Madhan Bob]] as an instrument vendor
* Kumar Natarajan
* [[Soori (actor)|Soori]] in an uncredited role
{{colend}}

==Production==
V. Natarajan launched a film to be directed by [[Suresh Krishna (director)|Suresh Krishna]] and [[A. R. Rahman]] was signed on to compose the music for the film in early 1998, while he was also working with the producer Natarajan in ''[[Rhythm (2000 film)|Rhythm]]'' and ''[[Udhaya]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~kailasan/old_news.htm |title=Old news |work=www.pvv.ntnu.no |accessdate=28 January 2013}}</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19980615065915/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/cinenews/5-06-98/rahmaan.htm</ref> In an interview in August 1998, A. R. Rahman revealed that he was working on " a very small budget movie called ''Sangamam'' which is based on classical and folk dance".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.rediff.com/chat/rahmchat.htm |title=The A R Rahman Chat |work=m.rediff.com |date=17 August 1998 |accessdate=28 January 2013}}</ref> The film would feature his co-brother, Malayalam actor [[Rahman (actor)|Rahman]] in the lead role with newcomer Vindhya roped in to play the lead female role.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/feb/12ss.htm |title=Gossip from the Southern film industry |work=[[Rediff.com]] |date=12 February 1999|accessdate=28 January 2013}}</ref>

During production it was reported that the film would be a remake of the 1968 film ''[[Thillaanaa Mohanambal]]'' which starred [[Sivaji Ganesan]] and [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]], but this was subsequently found to be untrue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~kailasan/bits.htm |title=Bits |work=www.pvv.ntnu.no |date= |accessdate=28 January 2013}}</ref> The film was briefly delayed in 1999 as A. R. Rahman was too busy to complete the background score for the film, with producer V. Natarajan initially refusing to pay him, causing further delays for the producer's next venture, ''Rhythm''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Gopal Srinivasan |url=http://gopalhome.tripod.com/arrbio.html |title=The Complete Biography of A.R.Rahman — The A.R.Rahman Page |work=Gopalhome.tripod.com |accessdate=28 January 2013}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Sangamam
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[A. R. Rahman]]
| cover =
| released = 1999
| recorded = [[Panchathan Record Inn]]
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 34:30
| label = [[Pyramid Saimira|Pyramid]] [[Aditya Music]] [[Sa Re Ga Ma]]
| producer = A. R. Rahman
| prev_title = [[Taal (film)|Taal]]
| prev_year = 1999
| year = 1999
| next_title = [[Jodi (1999 film)|Jodi]]
| next_year = 1999
}}
The film's music was composed by [[A. R. Rahman]]. The music album of this also made news for the first time rapport of the veteran musician [[M. S. Viswanathan]] pairing up with A. R. Rahman. The soundtracks also boasts of prominent singers like [[S. Janaki]], [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Unni Krishnan]], [[Nithyasree Mahadevan]], [[Sujatha (singer)|Sujatha]] and [[Shankar Mahadevan]]. The soundtrack features 6 songs composed by [[A. R. Rahman]], with lyrics by [[Vairamuthu]]. The soundtrack received critical acclaim<ref>{{cite web|title=Sangamam: Music Review|url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Music/Reviews/99/Sangamam_191935.html|work=INDOlink.com|accessdate=19 December 2013}}</ref> and Rahman won the [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director]] for the soundtrack he composed.The song "Mudhal Murai Killipparthaein", composed in Bihag ragam, won a [[National Film Award for Best Lyrics]] for lyricist Vairamuthu.

{{tracklist
| headline = Track listing
| all_lyrics = [[Vairamuthu]]
| all_music = [[A. R. Rahman]]
| total_length = 34:30
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Mazhai Thulli
| extra1 = [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
| length1 = 6:49
| title6 = Varaha Nadhikarai
| extra6 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]]
| length6 = 6:17
| title5 = Sowkiyama Kannae
| extra5 = [[Nithyashree Mahadevan]]
| length5 = 5:55
| title4 = Mudhal Murai
| extra4 = [[Srinivas (singer)|Srinivas]], [[Sujatha Mohan]]
| length4 = 6:10
| title3 = Margazhi Thingal Allava
| extra3 = [[S. Janaki]], [[P. Unnikrishnan]], [[Srimathumitha]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2000/11/27/stories/09270703.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050122074928/http://www.hindu.com/2000/11/27/stories/09270703.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 January 2005 |title=Soaring musical heights |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=27 November 2000 |accessdate=28 January 2013}}</ref>
| length3 = 6:57
| title2 = Aalaala Kanda
| extra2 = Hariharan, M. S. Viswanathan
| length2 = 2:19|}
}}

==Release and reception==
The film opened to mixed reviews with a critic writing that "Sangamam is a credible movie with good music by A. R. Rahman and superlative performance by Manivannan". The critic added that "Rahman does justice to his role and has brought a certain dignity and understatement to his character" but that "Vindhya, the heroine is the only weak link".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~kailasan/sangamam/review.htm |title=Sangamam review |work=www.pvv.ntnu.no |date= |accessdate=28 January 2013}}</ref> Sandya of Indolink.com mentioned to "see it for the songs, like it for the songs, forget the movie", labelling that Vindhya "couldn't act for nuts".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Reviews/articles/Sangamam_131554.html |title=Sangamam: Movie Review |work=INDOlink.com |date= |accessdate=28 January 2013}}</ref> ''New Straits Times'' wrote "You should see this movie if you like A. R. Rahman's music. It makes for a pleasant viewing".<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=31 July 1999|title=New Straits Times|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19990731&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=2020-08-29|website=Google News Archive}}</ref> The film was also set to be dubbed and released in Telugu under the same name, but the financial losses suffered had deterred the version.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.arts.movies.local.indian/Crpzd12yYiQ |title=A.R. Rahman Facts!! [long article]|work=[[Google Groups]] |date=1 August 2000|accessdate=28 January 2013}}</ref>

Due to commercial failure, [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]], who bought the satellite rights of the film, premiered within one month after its release that too it was running in few theatres.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2000-08-18|title=Rehman|url=http://www.tamilstar.com/topnews/rehm.shtml|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000818181522/http://www.tamilstar.com/topnews/rehm.shtml|archive-date=18 August 2000|access-date=2020-08-29|website=Tamil Star}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Event
!Category
!Awardee
!Song
|-
|[[47th National Film Awards]]
|[[National Film Award for Best Lyrics|Best Lyrics]]
|Vairamuthu
|"Mudhal Murai Killipparthaein"
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]]
|[[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]]
| colspan="2" |A.R.Rahman
|-
|[[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Lyricist|Best Lyrics]]
| colspan="2" |Vairamuthu
|-
|[[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Female Playback|Best Female Playback singer]]
|[[S. Janaki]]
|"Margaazhi"
|-
|[[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Art Director|Best Art Director]]
| colspan="2" |Krishnamurthy
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0214073}}

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[[Category:1999 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian musical drama films]]
[[Category:Indian dance films]]
[[Category:1999 romantic drama films]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Suresh Krissna]]
[[Category:Films scored by A. R. Rahman]]
[[Category:Films about music and musicians]]
[[Category:Indian romantic musical films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Films set in Tiruchirappalli]]

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