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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Sollamale<br />
| image =<br />
| caption = <br />
| director = [[Sasi (director)|Sasi]]<br />
| producer = [[R. B. Choudary]]<br />
| writer = [[Sasi (director)|Sasi]]<br />
| starring = [[Livingston (actor)|Livingston]]<br />[[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]]<br />[[Karan (actor)|Karan]]<br />[[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]]<br />[[Anand (actor)|Anand]]<br />[[Prakash Raj]]<br />
| music = Bobby<br />
| cinematography = [[Arthur A. Wilson]]<br />
| editing = V. Jaishankar<br />
| studio = [[Super Good Films]]<br />
| distributor = Super Good Films<br />
| released = {{Film date|1998|07|31|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 158 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| budget =<br />
}}<br />
'''''Sollamale''''' ({{trans|Without Saying}}) is a 1998 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romantic drama film]] directed by [[Sasi (director)|Sasi]], who made his directorial debut with the film. The film featured [[Livingston (actor)|Livingston]] and [[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]] in lead roles while [[Karan (actor)|Karan]], [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]], [[Anand (actor)|Anand]], and [[Prakash Raj]] play supporting roles. The film opened in July 1998 to positive reviews and became a box office success.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/1998/nov/10ss.htm|title=Rediff On The NeT, Movies: Gossip from the southern film industry|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref><br />
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It was later remade [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''[[Seenu (1999 film)|Seenu]]'' (1998) with [[Venkatesh (actor)|Venkatesh]] and [[Twinkle Khanna]] and in [[Hindi language|Hindi]] as ''[[Pyaar Diwana Hota Hai]]'' (2002) with [[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]] and [[Rani Mukerji]] in the lead roles. It was also dubbed into Hindi as ''Dil Faink''.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Nataraj ([[Livingston (actor)|Livingston]]) is an honest, not-too-good-looking, village artist who comes to the city to find a job. He ends up being a banner artist. Shweta ([[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]]) is a US citizen who loves India and its culture and stays with her relatives to learn Bharatnatyam. She is a soft-natured, loving girl who loves to help people in distress but cannot stand it if anyone lies or cheats. Initially when these two meet, she mistakes Nataraj to be a mute and pities him. Shweta's occasional friendlier association with Nataraj, in the means of helping, gradually blossoms into love. By this time, it is too late for the guilt-ridden Nataraj to disclose the truth as he feared the risk of losing her. Despite all his efforts to reveal the truth, Shwetha comes to know of his sham by herself. However at the end, she realises Nataraj's true intentions for acting as a mute and forgives him. However at the climax, when Shwetha asks Nadaraj to speak to her, he keeps silent because he had asked a doctor to cut his tongue so that he could be the Nataraj that Swetha had come to love.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
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* [[Livingston (actor)|Livingston]] as Nataraj<br />
* [[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]] as Shweta<br />
* [[Karan (actor)|Karan]] as Vikram<br />
* [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] as Wilson<br />
* [[Anand (actor)|Anand]] as Riyaz<br />
* Sakthi Kumar as Vaiyapuri<br />
* [[Prakash Raj]] as Dr. Surya Prakash<br />
* [[Dhamu]] as Shanmugam, painter<br />
* [[Vaiyapuri]] as Painter<br />
* [[Fathima Babu]] as Vikram's mother<br />
* [[Mohan Ram]] as Vikram's father<br />
* [[Lavanya (actress)|Lavanya]] as Shweta's friend<br />
* [[Crane Manohar]] as Hairdresser<br />
* Bava Lakshmanan<br />
* [[M. J. Shriram]] as Advertising agency owner<br />
* [[Raju Sundaram]] in a special appearance<br />
* [[Kalyan (choreographer)|Kalyan]] in a special appearance<br />
* [[Alphonsa (actress)|Alphonsa]] in a special appearance<br />
* [[Kanal Kannan]] as Coconut Seller (special appearance)<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
Soundtrack was composed by debutant Bobby.<ref>https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/sollamale-songs-T0000890</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/sollamale-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1400433847|title = Sollamale (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP by Bobby|date = 25 January 1998}}</ref><br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers<br />
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| 1 || "Columbus Kaadhalaa" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]]<br />
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| 2 || "Sollathae" || [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Chitra (singer)|Chitra]]<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Chindamaniye Vaa" || [[S. P. Balasubramaniam]]<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Sollu Chollu" || Bobby, Chitra<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || "Rathirida Roundadida" || Sabesh<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || "Sollathae" || Hariharan<br />
|}<br />
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==Release==<br />
Initially, [[Sasi (director)|Sasi]] had [[Prabhu Deva]] to play the lead role for the script, but [[R. B. Choudary|Choudary]] insisted Livingston to do the lead role. The film brought [[Livingston (actor)|Livingston]] acclaim after years of playing supporting roles.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20000115155812/http://www.tamilstar.com/interview/actor/livingstone/index.shtml</ref> The film began [[Sasi (director)|Sasi]]'s career in Tamil films and he has since gone on to direct other successful romance stories including ''[[Rojakootam]]'' (2002) and ''[[Dishyum]]'' (2006). Bobby went on to win the [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director]] for his music in the film.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030430210643/http://rrtd.nic.in/Film%20Bulletin-July.html]</ref> ''Indolink'' wrote "Amidst all the recent love stories that go like 'Boy does not meet girl, boy loves girl,..' etc. this has a refreshingly new story line. The story and the way the movie is made is very simple and it is this simplicity that makes the movie good".<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20061019092548/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Reviews/articles/Sollamalae..._91618.html</ref><br />
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==Remakes==<br />
The movie was later remade in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''[[Seenu (1999 film)|Seenu]]'' (1998) with [[Venkatesh (actor)|Venkatesh]] and [[Twinkle Khanna]] and in [[Hindi language|Hindi]] as ''[[Pyaar Diwana Hota Hai]]'' (2002) with [[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]] and [[Rani Mukerji]] in the lead roles.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|2249734}}<br />
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