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{{Infobox film
| name = Santhosham
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = Karthik
| producer = Ve. Baabu
| writer = [[Agathiyan]]
| starring = {{ubl|[[Saravanan (actor)|Saravanan]]|[[Suvalakshmi]]||[[K. S. Ravikumar]]|[[Anand Babu]]|[[Prakash Raj]]|[[R. Sundarrajan (director)|R. Sundarrajan]]|[[Thalaivasal Vijay]]|[[Pandu (actor)|Pandu]]|[[Kavithalaya Krishnan]]}}
| music = [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
| cinematography = Ramsingh
| editing = G. Gopinath
| distributor =
| studio = Janaki Ammal Movies
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1998|04|03}}
| runtime = 140 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Santhosham'''''({{trans|Happiness}}) is a [[Tamil films of 1998|1998]] [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[drama film]] directed by newcomer Karthik. The film features [[Saravanan (actor)|Saravanan]] and [[Suvalakshmi]] in lead roles, with [[K. S. Ravikumar]], [[Anand Babu]], [[Prakash Raj]], [[R. Sundarrajan (director)|R. Sundarrajan]] and [[Thalaivasal Vijay]] playing supporting roles. The film, produced by Ve. Baabu, had musical score by [[Deva (composer)|Deva]] and was released on 3 April 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=santhosham|title=Filmography of santhosham|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815073739/http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=santhosham|archive-date=2007-08-15|accessdate=2014-07-10|publisher=cinesouth.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://spicyonion.com/movie/santhosham/|title=Santhosham (1998) Tamil Movie|accessdate=2014-07-10|publisher=spicyonion.com}}</ref>

==Plot==

Indran ([[Saravanan (actor)|Saravanan]]) is a jobless young man despite being a gold medalist graduate. Without revenue, he collapses under debt and has always bad luck so people who know him neglects him. Only Bhavani ([[Suvalakshmi]]) befriends him. One day, he meets his college friend Karthik ([[Anand Babu]]) who works for the minister Nadesan and Karthik promises to find him a decent job in politics. During the interview, his bad luck continued. Later, with the help of Bhavani, he becomes an [[auto rickshaw]] driver. Someday, he carries a pregnant lady in his auto rickshaw to the hospital. The next day, the father of the pregnant lady comes to congrats him for this good deed and gives him a decent job in his company. Then, Indran proposes his love to Bhavani and she accepts to marry him. Finally, Indran gets married with Bhavani and he becomes the happiest man in the world but the happiness was short-lived. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Saravanan (actor)|Saravanan]] as Indran
*[[Suvalakshmi]] as Bhavani
*[[K. S. Ravikumar]]
*[[Anand Babu]] as Karthik
*[[Prakash Raj]] as Nadesan
*[[R. Sundarrajan (director)|R. Sundarrajan]]
*[[Thalaivasal Vijay]] as Kanthaswamy
*[[Pandu (actor)|Pandu]]
*[[Kavithalaya Krishnan]] as Krishnan
*[[Sathyapriya]]
*Chandrakala as Chandra
*Baby Sowmya as Valli
*[[Kovai Senthil]]
*T.V. Saravanan as Vadivelu
*[[Oru Viral Krishna Rao]] as Tea master
*[[Idichapuli Selvaraj]]
*[[Thideer Kannaiah]]
*[[Master Haja Sheriff|Haja Sheriff]]
*Salem Vijayaraj
*Mahesh
*Nandakumar
*Premit Kumar
*Kottai Perumal
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==

{{Infobox album
| name = Santhosham
| type = [[soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1998
| recorded = 1997
| venue =
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| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 24:37
| label =
| producer = Deva
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}}

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by [[film composer]] [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]. The soundtrack, released in 1998, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by director [[Agathiyan]].

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Track !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Duration
|-
|1 || "Kaalam Poranthachuda" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]] || 4:50
|-
|2 || "Kalaiyil Ezhunthu" || [[Deva (composer)|Deva]] || 5:17
|-
|3 || "Kondaiyil" || Krishnaraj || 5:00
|-
|4 || "Sethu Mathava" || [[P. Unni Krishnan]], [[Anuradha Sriram]] || 4:31
|-
|5 || "Subramani" || Deva, [[Sabesh–Murali]] || 4:59
|}

==Reception==
The film did reasonably well at the box office.<ref name="hindu review">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/03/08/stories/2008030850240100.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140707131019/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/03/08/stories/2008030850240100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-07-07|title=Back with a bang|date=2008-03-08|accessdate=2014-07-10|work=[[The Hindu]]|author=G. Prasad}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:1998 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Deva (composer)]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]

Santhosham (1998 film) - Revision history

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