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{{infobox film
| name          = Jeeva
| name          = Jeeva
| image          = Jeeva (1988).jpg
| image          = Jeeva (1988).jpg
| director      = [[Pratap K. Pothen]]
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director      = [[Pratap Pothen]]
| writer        = A. L. Narayanan (dialogues)
| screenplay    = Pratap Pothen
| story          = Pratap Pothen
| producer      = [[T. G. Thyagarajan]]<br />G. Saravanan
| producer      = [[T. G. Thyagarajan]]<br />G. Saravanan
| starring      = [[Sathyaraj]]<br />[[Amala Akkineni|Amala]]
| cinematography = [[Ashok Kumar (cinematographer)|Ashok Kumar]]
| editing        = [[B. Lenin]]<br />[[V. T. Vijayan]]<ref>https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1988/jul/10-07-1988/p15.jpg {{Bare URL image|date=March 2022}}</ref>
| music          = [[Gangai Amaran]]
| music          = [[Gangai Amaran]]
| starring      = [[Sathyaraj]]<br />[[Amala (actress)|Amala]]<br />[[Janagaraj]]<br />[[Nizhalgal Ravi]]
| studio        = [[Sathya Jyothi Films]]
| studio        = [[Sathya Jyothi Films]]
| writer        = A. L. Narayanan
| released      = {{film date|1988|7|1|df=y}}
| screenplay    = [[Pratap K. Pothen]]
| story          = [[Pratap K. Pothen]]
| editing        = [[B. Lenin]]<br />[[V. T. Vijayan]]
| cinematography = [[Ashok Kumar (cinematographer)|Ashok Kumar]]
| released      = 1 July 1988
| country        = India
| country        = India
| language      = Tamil
| language      = Tamil
}}
}}
'''''Jeeva''''' is a 1988 [[Tamil language]] [[action film]], directed by [[Pratap K. Pothen]], starring [[Sathyaraj]] and [[Amala (actress)|Amala]] in lead roles. Amala created a sensation by appearing in a [[bikini]] onscreen.<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/photo-features/Bikini-babes-of-Tamil-cinema-on-Bikini-Day/Bikini-babes-of-Tamil-cinema-on-Bikini-Day/photostory/37833872.cms</ref>
'''''Jeeva''''' is a 1988 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action film]], directed by [[Pratap Pothen]], starring [[Sathyaraj]] and [[Amala Akkineni|Amala]]. Amala created a sensation by appearing in a [[bikini]] onscreen.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 July 2014 |title=Bikini babes of Tamil cinema on Bikini Day |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/photo-features/bikini-babes-of-tamil-cinema-on-bikini-day/bikini-babes-of-tamil-cinema-on-bikini-day/photostory/37833883.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201050139/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/photo-features/bikini-babes-of-tamil-cinema-on-bikini-day/photostory/37833883.cms |archive-date=1 February 2022 |access-date=6 September 2021 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> The film was remade in [[Hindi]] as [[Baaz (1992 film)|Baaz]] (1992).


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
Jeeva is a carefree unemployed youth living with his widowed mother and sister. When they are murdered, he seeks revenge.<ref name="IE review" />
{{more plot|date=November 2021}}
Jeeva is a carefree unemployed youth living with his widowed mother and sister. When they are murdered, he seeks revenge.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
*[[Sathyaraj]] as Jeeva
*[[Sathyaraj]] as Jeeva
*[[Amala (actress)|Amala]] as Geetha  
*[[Amala Akkineni|Amala]] as Geetha
*[[Janagaraj]]  as Dilli
*[[Janagaraj]]  as Dilli
*[[Nizhalgal Ravi]] as Anand
*[[Nizhalgal Ravi]] as Anand
*[[Captain Raju]] as DSP Dhairiyam
*[[Captain Raju]] as DSP Dhairiyam
*[[Pradeep Shakthi]] as  Somnath  
*[[Pradeep Shakthi]] as  Somnath
*[[R. S. Shivaji]]
*[[R. S. Shivaji]] as Henchmen
*[[Anandaraj]]
*[[Anandaraj]] as main henchmen
*[[Lalu Alex]] as C.J. Dass
*[[Lalu Alex]] as C.J. Dass
*[[Silk Smitha]] as Monika
*[[Silk Smitha]] as Monika
*[[Oru Viral Krishna Rao]]
*[[Oru Viral Krishna Rao]]
*[[Thalapathy Dinesh]]
*[[Thalapathy Dinesh]]
*[[Raasi (actress)|Raasi]]  as sister


== Soundtrack ==
== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by Gangai Amaran. Lyrics by [[Gangai Amaran]] and [[Pulamaipithan]] <ref>http://tunes.desibantu.com/jeeva-1988/</ref><ref>https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/jeeva-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1161550096</ref>
The soundtrack was composed by [[Gangai Amaran]]. Lyrics by him and [[Pulamaipithan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jeeva (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP |url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/jeeva-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1161550096 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906103857/https://music.apple.com/ca/album/jeeva-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1161550096 |archive-date=6 September 2021 |access-date=6 September 2021 |website=[[Apple Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jeeva Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Gangai Ameran |url=https://mossymart.com/product/jeeva-tamil-film-lp-vinyl-record-by-gangai-ameran/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906103413/https://mossymart.com/product/jeeva-tamil-film-lp-vinyl-record-by-gangai-ameran/ |archive-date=6 September 2021 |access-date=6 September 2021 |website=Mossymart}}</ref>
*"Abracadabra" — [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
 
*"Hero Vandhachu" — S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[K. S. Chithra]]
{{Track listing
*"Pattuvanna Rosa" — Chithra
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*"Sangeetham" — [[Malaysia Vasudevan]], [[S. N. Surendar]]
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*"O Thendrale" — [[K. J. Yesudas]]
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== Release and reception ==
== Release and reception ==
''Jeeva'' was released on 1 July 1988.<ref name="ReleaseDate">{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19880701&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Jeeva |date=1 July 1988 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |page=5}}</ref> On July 22 that month, N. Krishnaswamy of ''[[The Indian Express]]'' said, "Pratap Pothen, in his attempt to put together a commercial yarn for Satya Movies, totters between two stools of varied height. On the one hand he tries to give a modish feel to his film - the jazzy interiors, the costumes that his actors wear, the five-star hotel-ad agency ambiance - but on the other he has to give a long rope to hero Satyaraj's attempts to play to a plebeian constituency. Pothen ends up being stylish and moronic. This makes an incongruous mixture."<ref name="IE review">{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19880722&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Jeeva |last=Krishnaswamy |first=N. |date=22 July 1988 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |page=5}}</ref>
''Jeeva'' was released on 1 July 1988.<ref name="ReleaseDate">{{Cite news |date=1 July 1988 |title=Jeeva |pages=5 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19880701&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=9 June 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On 22 July that month, N. Krishnaswamy of ''[[The Indian Express]]'' said, "Pratap Pothen, in his attempt to put together a commercial yarn for Satya Movies, totters between two stools of varied height. On the one hand he tries to give a modish feel to his film – the jazzy interiors, the costumes that his actors wear, the five-star hotel-ad agency ambiance – but on the other he has to give a long rope to hero Satyaraj's attempts to play to a plebeian constituency. Pothen ends up being stylish and moronic. This makes an incongruous mixture."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Krishnaswamy |first=N. |date=22 July 1988 |title=Jeeva |pages=5 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19880722&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=10 June 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>


==References==
== References ==
<references />
{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|tt0254445|Jeeva (1988)}}
*{{IMDb title|tt0254445}}


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{{Pratap K. Pothen}}
{{Sathya Jyothi Films}}
{{Sathya Jyothi Films}}


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Latest revision as of 12:11, 5 June 2022

Jeeva
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPratap Pothen
Produced byT. G. Thyagarajan
G. Saravanan
Written byA. L. Narayanan (dialogues)
Screenplay byPratap Pothen
Story byPratap Pothen
StarringSathyaraj
Amala
Music byGangai Amaran
CinematographyAshok Kumar
Edited byB. Lenin
V. T. Vijayan[1]
Production
company
Release date
  • 1 July 1988 (1988-07-01)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Jeeva is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language action film, directed by Pratap Pothen, starring Sathyaraj and Amala. Amala created a sensation by appearing in a bikini onscreen.[2] The film was remade in Hindi as Baaz (1992).

Plot[edit | edit source]

Jeeva is a carefree unemployed youth living with his widowed mother and sister. When they are murdered, he seeks revenge.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

The soundtrack was composed by Gangai Amaran. Lyrics by him and Pulamaipithan.[3][4]

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Abracadabra"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 
2."Hero Vandhachu"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra 
3."Pattuvanna Rosa"K. S. Chithra 
4."Sangeetham"Malaysia Vasudevan, S. N. Surendar 
5."Thagudu"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 
6."O Thendrale"K. J. Yesudas 

Release and reception[edit | edit source]

Jeeva was released on 1 July 1988.[5] On 22 July that month, N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express said, "Pratap Pothen, in his attempt to put together a commercial yarn for Satya Movies, totters between two stools of varied height. On the one hand he tries to give a modish feel to his film – the jazzy interiors, the costumes that his actors wear, the five-star hotel-ad agency ambiance – but on the other he has to give a long rope to hero Satyaraj's attempts to play to a plebeian constituency. Pothen ends up being stylish and moronic. This makes an incongruous mixture."[6]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1988/jul/10-07-1988/p15.jpg Template:Bare URL image
  2. ↑ "Bikini babes of Tamil cinema on Bikini Day". The Times of India. 5 July 2014. Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "Jeeva (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Jeeva Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Gangai Ameran". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Jeeva". The Indian Express. 1 July 1988. p. 5. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  6. ↑ Krishnaswamy, N. (22 July 1988). "Jeeva". The Indian Express. p. 5. Retrieved 10 June 2018.

External links[edit | edit source]

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