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{{short description|2001 Tamil film by Siddique Ismail}} | {{short description|2001 Tamil film by Siddique Ismail}} | ||
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{{Infobox film | {{Infobox film | ||
| name = Friends | | name = Friends | ||
| image = Friends 2001 poster.jpg | | image = Friends 2001 poster.jpg | ||
| caption = Theatrical release poster | | caption = Theatrical release poster | ||
| director = [[Siddique (director)]] | | director = [[Siddique (director)|Siddique]] | ||
| screenplay = [[Siddique (director)|Siddique]] | | screenplay = [[Siddique (director)|Siddique]] | ||
| story = | | story = | ||
| based_on = ''[[Friends (1999 film)|Friends]]'' (Malayalam) | | based_on = ''[[Friends (1999 film)|Friends]]'' (Malayalam) | ||
| starring = [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]]<br />[[Suriya]]<br />[[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]]<br />[[Vijayalakshmi (Kannada actress)|Vijayalakshmi]] | | starring = [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]]<br />[[Suriya]]<br />[[Ramesh Khanna]]<br />[[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]]<br />[[Vijayalakshmi (Kannada actress)|Vijayalakshmi]]<br />[[Vadivelu]] | ||
| producer = [[Swargachitra Appachan|Appachan]] | | producer = [[Swargachitra Appachan|Appachan]] | ||
| cinematography = Anandakuttan | | cinematography = Anandakuttan | ||
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| language = Tamil | | language = Tamil | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Friends''''' is a 2001 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language | '''''Friends''''' is a 2001 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]], directed by [[Siddique (director)|Siddique]] in his Tamil debut and produced by [[Swargachitra Appachan|Appachan]]. It is the Tamil remake of Siddique's own 1999 [[Malayalam]] film [[Friends (1999 film)|of the same name]]. The film stars [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]], [[Suriya]] and [[Ramesh Khanna]] as the friends, while [[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]], [[Vijayalakshmi (Kannada actress)|Vijayalakshmi]], [[Abhinayashree]], [[Sriman (actor)|Sriman]], [[Vadivelu]], [[Charle]], and [[Radha Ravi]] play supporting roles. The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]], while Anandakuttan handled cinematography. | ||
''Friends'' released on 14 January 2001. It received positive reviews and became a commercial success.<ref>{{Cite web |title=10. Friends (2001) | Top 20 Best Films of Vijay |url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/slideshow/top-20-best-films-of-vijay/10-friends-2001.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505124046/https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/slideshow/top-20-best-films-of-vijay/10-friends-2001.html |archive-date=5 May 2019 |access-date=5 May 2019 |website=Behindwoods}}</ref> This film also marks the second collaboration of Vijay and Suriya after ''[[Nerrukku Ner]]'' (1997). | |||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
Aravindan, Chandru and Krishnamoorthy have been best friends since | Aravindan, Chandru and Krishnamoorthy have been best friends since childhood. They value friendship above everything else, including family. Thus, Chandru resists the romantic overtures of Aravindan's younger sister Amudha. Chandru, an orphan, stays with Aravindan and is considered by Aravindan's parents as a second son. Some brushes with the law force Aravindan and Chandru to lie low in [[Chennai]] for a couple of days, where they and Krishnamoorthy take up jobs as painters in a mansion under contractor Nesamani, who is Krishnamoorthy's paternal uncle. Aravindan falls in love with Padmini, who lives in the mansion, though Padmini only considers him as a friend; nevertheless, she is grateful to him when he saves her from an accidental electrocution. | ||
However, Padmini's cousin Abhirami has a crush on Aravindan and is enraged when she realizes that he is in love with Padmini. Abhirami sends false letters to him in Padmini's name and makes him believe that his love is reciprocated. When Padmini suddenly gets engaged to another man, Chandru stands up for Aravindan’s love and insults Padmini in front of her entire family, causing her engagement to get cancelled. This makes Padmini decide to marry Aravindan, but with the intention to take revenge on Chandru by breaking his and Aravindan's friendship. But during their marriage, Aravindan and Padmini realise that Abhirami is behind all the mishaps which had taken place, and that Chandru is innocent. Padmini reconciles with Chandru, and Chandru's and Amutha's wedding is fixed. | |||
Five years later, Chandru is a Major in the [[Indian Army]] and has never returned to Aravindan's home since his | Gowtham is Aravindan's cousin who lusts for Amutha. He plans to separate Aravindan and Chandru so that he can marry Amutha. He first sets Amutha's sari on fire while she is cooking in the kitchen. Chandru blames Padmini for the mishap as she was in the kitchen with Amutha at the time, even though Padmini is innocent, but no one, including Aravindan, believes Chandru. Gowtham then turns his eye on the annual bullock race in which Chandru is taking part, by loosening the wheels on Chandru's cart with the intention to cause a serious accident and frame Padmini as the culprit, thus creating a wedge between Chandru and Aravindan. Unfortunately for Gowtham, Aravindan decides to take part in the race in Chandru's place since Chandru is to be married, and manages to win despite using the broken bullock cart. | ||
Chandru accuses Padmini of trying to kill him. Padmini threatens to leave the house if Aravindan remains friends with Chandru and does not throw him out of the house. Aravindan then reveals to her that he had accidentally killed Chandru's deaf-and-dumb younger brother Chinna when they were children, which traumatized him so much that he never told anyone about it. Since then, he has been looking out for Chandru out of the guilt that he had no one else in his life anymore. Gowtham overhears their conversation and makes this known by Chandru. Chandru fights with Aravindan, breaks their friendship and leaves the house. Aravindan tries to convince Chandru to return and marry Amutha, even if he cannot repair their friendship. However, in the process, Aravindan falls from a cliff. | |||
Five years later, Chandru is a Major in the [[Indian Army]] and has never returned to Aravindan's home since his disappearance. He receives a letter from Krishnamoorthy stating that Aravindan is not dead, but in a [[Persistent vegetative state|vegetative state]], not responding to anyone and only sitting in a corner. Chandru immediately leaves for Aravindan's house, where he also learns that Aravindan and Padmini have a young son whose name is Chandru, in tribute to their friendship. Meanwhile, Gowtham, who has been torturing Padmini and Amutha since Aravindan went into the vegetative state, finds that Chandru has returned and beats him up. On hearing Chandru's cries, Aravindan wakes up and subdues Gowtham and his goons. Ultimately, Aravindan, Chandru and Krishnamoorthy, as well as Padmini and Amutha, are reunited. | |||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
{{ | {{cast listing| | ||
* [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]] as Aravindan | * [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]] as Aravindan | ||
* [[Suriya]] as Chandru | * [[Suriya]] as Chandru | ||
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* [[Abhinayashree]] as Abirami | * [[Abhinayashree]] as Abirami | ||
* [[Vadivelu]] as [[Nesamani]] | * [[Vadivelu]] as [[Nesamani]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Sriman (actor)|Sriman]] as Gowtham | ||
* [[Charle]] as Gopal | * [[Charle]] as Gopal | ||
* [[ | * [[Radha Ravi]] as Ramanathan, Abhirami's father | ||
* [[Rajeev (Tamil actor)|Rajeev]] as Raghuraman, Aravindhan and Amutha's father | |||
* [[Saritha]] as Savithri, Aravindan and Amutha's mother | |||
* Laxmi Rattan as Padmini's father | |||
* [[Pyramid Natarajan]] as Varatharajan, Gautham's father | |||
* [[Sathyapriya]] as Rajalakshmi, Gautham's mother | |||
* [[S. N. Lakshmi]] as Maragatham, Gautham's grandmother | |||
* [[Madhan Bob]] as Manager Sundaresan | * [[Madhan Bob]] as Manager Sundaresan | ||
* | * Radha Bhai as Padmini and Abhirami's grandmother | ||
* [[ | * [[A. R. Srinivasan|A. R. S.]] as Dr. Chandramohan Raja's father | ||
* [[ | * [[Shanti Williams]] as Dr. Chandramohan Raja's mother | ||
* [[Santhana Bharathi]] as 'Singampatti' Sethupathi | * [[Santhana Bharathi]] as 'Singampatti' Sethupathi | ||
* [[Crane Manohar]] as Nesamani's worker | |||
* [[Crane Manohar]] as | |||
* Kottachi as Kottachi | * Kottachi as Kottachi | ||
* | * Vaishnav Balachandran as Chandru, Aravindan's son | ||
* | * Master Jayanth as Young Aravindan | ||
}} | |||
==Production== | ==Production== | ||
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==Soundtrack== | ==Soundtrack== | ||
The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]] who composed for [[Friends (1999 film)|the original Malayalam version]]. Lyrics of the songs were penned by Palani Bharathi. | |||
{{Infobox album | {{Infobox album | ||
| name | | name = Friends | ||
| type | | type = [[Soundtrack]] | ||
| artist | | artist = [[Ilaiyaraaja]] | ||
| cover | | cover = | ||
| alt | | alt = | ||
| released | | released = 2001 | ||
| recorded | | recorded = 2001 | ||
| venue | | venue = | ||
| studio | | studio = | ||
| genre | | genre = [[Soundtrack]] | ||
| length | | length = 40.55 | ||
| label | | label = Five Star Audio | ||
| producer | | producer = | ||
| prev_title = [[Kasi (film)|Kasi]] | | prev_title = [[Kasi (film)|Kasi]] | ||
| prev_year | | prev_year = 2001 | ||
| next_title = [[Kanna Unnai Thedukiren]] | | next_title = [[Kanna Unnai Thedukiren]] | ||
| next_year | | next_year = 2001 | ||
}} | }} | ||
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| length2 = 05:06 | | length2 = 05:06 | ||
| title3 = Rukku Rukku | | title3 = Rukku Rukku | ||
| extra3 = [[Vijay | | extra3 = [[Vijay Yesudas]], [[Sowmya Raoh]], [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]] | ||
| length3 = 04:30 | | length3 = 04:30 | ||
| title4 = Manjal Poosum Vaanam | | title4 = Manjal Poosum Vaanam | ||
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| length7 = 05:26 | | length7 = 05:26 | ||
| title8 = Vaanam Perusuthan | | title8 = Vaanam Perusuthan | ||
| extra8 = Vijay Yesudas, Arunmozhi, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | | extra8 = [[Vijay Yesudas]], [[Arunmozhi]], [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] | ||
| length8 = 05:10 | | length8 = 05:10 | ||
}} | }} | ||
== Critical response == | == Critical response == | ||
''Friends'' was released on 14 January 2001, [[Pongal (festival)|Pongal]] day.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Thala v/s Thalapathy battle begins |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/thala-v-s-thalapathy-battle-begins-news-tamil-objrjgfjhhisi.html |url-status= | ''Friends'' was released on 14 January 2001, [[Pongal (festival)|Pongal]] day.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Thala v/s Thalapathy battle begins |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/thala-v-s-thalapathy-battle-begins-news-tamil-objrjgfjhhisi.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230225945/https://www.sify.com/movies/thala-v-s-thalapathy-battle-begins-news-tamil-objrjgfjhhisi.html |archive-date=30 December 2019 |access-date=30 December 2019 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> Malathi Rangarajan of ''The Hindu'' stated, "With friendship as the theme, Siddique presents a decent entertainer, which of course could have been crisper."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rangarajan |first=Malathi |date=26 January 2001 |title=Film Review: Friends |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/film-review-friends/article27912820.ece |url-status=live |access-date=30 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230225941/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/film-review-friends/article27912820.ece |archive-date=30 December 2022}}</ref> Shilpa Kannan from [[Zee TV]] noted "at last, we have one thoroughly enjoyable picture this year" and "except for the end, which is a bit melodramatic, ''Friends'' is an excellent movie for debutant director Siddique."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kannan |first=Shilpa |title=Fun, friends and some misunderstandings |url=http://cinema.zeenext.com/reviews/2302reviewfriends.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010408174438/http://cinema.zeenext.com/reviews/2302reviewfriends.asp |archive-date=8 April 2001 |access-date=12 January 2022 |website=zeenext.com}}</ref> ''[[Ananda Vikatan]]'' rated the film 42 out of 100.<ref>{{Cite web |last=சார்லஸ் |first=தேவன் |date=22 June 2021 |title=பீஸ்ட் : 'நாளைய தீர்ப்பு' டு `மாஸ்டர்'... விஜய்க்கு விகடனின் மார்க்கும், விமர்சனமும் என்ன? #Beast |url=https://cinema.vikatan.com/tamil-cinema/how-vijay-movies-scored-in-vikatan-reviews |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008100344/https://cinema.vikatan.com/amp/story/tamil-cinema/how-vijay-movies-scored-in-vikatan-reviews |archive-date=8 October 2021 |access-date=7 December 2021 |website=[[Ananda Vikatan]] |language=ta}}</ref>Despite facing competition with [[Ajith Kumar]]'s ''[[Dheena]]'', ''Friends'' emerged a commercial success, running for more than 175 days in theatres and became a hit for both Vijay and Suriya.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 December 2018 |title=Tamil actor Vijay completes 26 years in the industry. Take a look at his journey, in pictures |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/south-gossip/photo-gallery/tamil-actor-vijay-completes-26-years-in-the-industry-take-a-look-at-his-journey-in-pictures/324783 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531094321/https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/south-gossip/photo-gallery/tamil-actor-vijay-completes-26-years-in-the-industry-take-a-look-at-his-journey-in-pictures/324783 |archive-date=31 May 2019 |access-date=31 May 2019 |website=[[Times Now]]}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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[[Category:Films shot in Palani]] | [[Category:Films shot in Palani]] | ||
[[Category:Films shot in Pollachi]] | [[Category:Films shot in Pollachi]] | ||
[[Category:Films shot in Coimbatore]] | |||
[[Category:Films shot in Chennai]] | |||
[[Category:Films set in country houses]] | [[Category:Films set in country houses]] | ||
[[Category:Indian Army in films]] | [[Category:Indian Army in films]] | ||
[[Category:Indian buddy films]] | [[Category:Indian buddy films]] | ||
[[Category:Indian drama films]] | [[Category:Indian drama films]] | ||
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Malayalam films]] | [[Category:Tamil remakes of Malayalam films]] | ||
[[Category:Super Good Films films]] | |||
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| Friends | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Siddique |
| Produced by | Appachan |
| Screenplay by | Siddique |
| Based on | Friends (Malayalam) |
| Starring | Vijay Suriya Ramesh Khanna Devayani Vijayalakshmi Vadivelu |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Cinematography | Anandakuttan |
| Edited by | B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan |
Production company | Swargachitra |
| Distributed by | Vadivelu Corp. |
Release date | 14 January 2001 |
Running time | 167 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Friends is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by Siddique in his Tamil debut and produced by Appachan. It is the Tamil remake of Siddique's own 1999 Malayalam film of the same name. The film stars Vijay, Suriya and Ramesh Khanna as the friends, while Devayani, Vijayalakshmi, Abhinayashree, Sriman, Vadivelu, Charle, and Radha Ravi play supporting roles. The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, while Anandakuttan handled cinematography.
Friends released on 14 January 2001. It received positive reviews and became a commercial success.[1] This film also marks the second collaboration of Vijay and Suriya after Nerrukku Ner (1997).
Plot[edit | edit source]
Aravindan, Chandru and Krishnamoorthy have been best friends since childhood. They value friendship above everything else, including family. Thus, Chandru resists the romantic overtures of Aravindan's younger sister Amudha. Chandru, an orphan, stays with Aravindan and is considered by Aravindan's parents as a second son. Some brushes with the law force Aravindan and Chandru to lie low in Chennai for a couple of days, where they and Krishnamoorthy take up jobs as painters in a mansion under contractor Nesamani, who is Krishnamoorthy's paternal uncle. Aravindan falls in love with Padmini, who lives in the mansion, though Padmini only considers him as a friend; nevertheless, she is grateful to him when he saves her from an accidental electrocution.
However, Padmini's cousin Abhirami has a crush on Aravindan and is enraged when she realizes that he is in love with Padmini. Abhirami sends false letters to him in Padmini's name and makes him believe that his love is reciprocated. When Padmini suddenly gets engaged to another man, Chandru stands up for Aravindan’s love and insults Padmini in front of her entire family, causing her engagement to get cancelled. This makes Padmini decide to marry Aravindan, but with the intention to take revenge on Chandru by breaking his and Aravindan's friendship. But during their marriage, Aravindan and Padmini realise that Abhirami is behind all the mishaps which had taken place, and that Chandru is innocent. Padmini reconciles with Chandru, and Chandru's and Amutha's wedding is fixed.
Gowtham is Aravindan's cousin who lusts for Amutha. He plans to separate Aravindan and Chandru so that he can marry Amutha. He first sets Amutha's sari on fire while she is cooking in the kitchen. Chandru blames Padmini for the mishap as she was in the kitchen with Amutha at the time, even though Padmini is innocent, but no one, including Aravindan, believes Chandru. Gowtham then turns his eye on the annual bullock race in which Chandru is taking part, by loosening the wheels on Chandru's cart with the intention to cause a serious accident and frame Padmini as the culprit, thus creating a wedge between Chandru and Aravindan. Unfortunately for Gowtham, Aravindan decides to take part in the race in Chandru's place since Chandru is to be married, and manages to win despite using the broken bullock cart.
Chandru accuses Padmini of trying to kill him. Padmini threatens to leave the house if Aravindan remains friends with Chandru and does not throw him out of the house. Aravindan then reveals to her that he had accidentally killed Chandru's deaf-and-dumb younger brother Chinna when they were children, which traumatized him so much that he never told anyone about it. Since then, he has been looking out for Chandru out of the guilt that he had no one else in his life anymore. Gowtham overhears their conversation and makes this known by Chandru. Chandru fights with Aravindan, breaks their friendship and leaves the house. Aravindan tries to convince Chandru to return and marry Amutha, even if he cannot repair their friendship. However, in the process, Aravindan falls from a cliff.
Five years later, Chandru is a Major in the Indian Army and has never returned to Aravindan's home since his disappearance. He receives a letter from Krishnamoorthy stating that Aravindan is not dead, but in a vegetative state, not responding to anyone and only sitting in a corner. Chandru immediately leaves for Aravindan's house, where he also learns that Aravindan and Padmini have a young son whose name is Chandru, in tribute to their friendship. Meanwhile, Gowtham, who has been torturing Padmini and Amutha since Aravindan went into the vegetative state, finds that Chandru has returned and beats him up. On hearing Chandru's cries, Aravindan wakes up and subdues Gowtham and his goons. Ultimately, Aravindan, Chandru and Krishnamoorthy, as well as Padmini and Amutha, are reunited.
Cast[edit | edit source]
- Vijay as Aravindan
- Suriya as Chandru
- Ramesh Khanna as Krishnamoorthy
- Devayani as Padmini
- Vijayalakshmi as Amutha
- Abhinayashree as Abirami
- Vadivelu as Nesamani
- Sriman as Gowtham
- Charle as Gopal
- Radha Ravi as Ramanathan, Abhirami's father
- Rajeev as Raghuraman, Aravindhan and Amutha's father
- Saritha as Savithri, Aravindan and Amutha's mother
- Laxmi Rattan as Padmini's father
- Pyramid Natarajan as Varatharajan, Gautham's father
- Sathyapriya as Rajalakshmi, Gautham's mother
- S. N. Lakshmi as Maragatham, Gautham's grandmother
- Madhan Bob as Manager Sundaresan
- Radha Bhai as Padmini and Abhirami's grandmother
- A. R. S. as Dr. Chandramohan Raja's father
- Shanti Williams as Dr. Chandramohan Raja's mother
- Santhana Bharathi as 'Singampatti' Sethupathi
- Crane Manohar as Nesamani's worker
- Kottachi as Kottachi
- Vaishnav Balachandran as Chandru, Aravindan's son
- Master Jayanth as Young Aravindan
Production[edit | edit source]
After appearing together in Nerukku Ner (1997), Vijay and Suriya came together again in this film, a remake of the 1999 Malayalam film Friends.[2] Ramesh Khanna was selected to play the role which was enacted by Sreenivasan in original. First Meena was approached to play the female lead as she did the original Malayalam version. Due to dates problem, she could not be part of it.[3][4] Later Jyothika was signed along with Suvalakshmi to play the lead actresses in the film but soon backed out due to date problems and were replaced by Devayani and new girl Vijayalakshmi from Mysore.[5] Shooting was held in a fast pace on Tamil Nadu locations (Ooty, Pollachi, Pazhani, Coimbatore, Udumalaipettai and Chennai).[5] The song 'Thendral Varum Vazhiye' was shot in New Zealand.
Soundtrack[edit | edit source]
The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja who composed for the original Malayalam version. Lyrics of the songs were penned by Palani Bharathi.
| Friends | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 2001 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 40.55 | |||
| Label | Five Star Audio | |||
| Ilaiyaraaja chronology | ||||
| ||||
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Thendral Varum" | Bhavatharini, Hariharan | 05:03 |
| 2. | "Kuyilikku Koo Koo" | Hariharan, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Shankar Mahadevan | 05:06 |
| 3. | "Rukku Rukku" | Vijay Yesudas, Sowmya Raoh, Yuvan Shankar Raja | 04:30 |
| 4. | "Manjal Poosum Vaanam" | Sujatha, Devan | 05:08 |
| 5. | "Manjal poosum (film version)" | Sujatha, Srinivas | |
| 6. | "Penkaloda Potti" | Sujatha, Hariharan | 05:02 |
| 7. | "Poonkatrae" | Hariharan | 05:26 |
| 8. | "Vaanam Perusuthan" | Vijay Yesudas, Arunmozhi, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 05:10 |
| Total length: | 40.55 | ||
Critical response[edit | edit source]
Friends was released on 14 January 2001, Pongal day.[6] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu stated, "With friendship as the theme, Siddique presents a decent entertainer, which of course could have been crisper."[7] Shilpa Kannan from Zee TV noted "at last, we have one thoroughly enjoyable picture this year" and "except for the end, which is a bit melodramatic, Friends is an excellent movie for debutant director Siddique."[8] Ananda Vikatan rated the film 42 out of 100.[9]Despite facing competition with Ajith Kumar's Dheena, Friends emerged a commercial success, running for more than 175 days in theatres and became a hit for both Vijay and Suriya.[10]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "10. Friends (2001) | Top 20 Best Films of Vijay". Behindwoods. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ↑ "Ilayathalapathy Vijay thanks Suriya for his sweet gesture". India Today. 30 April 2021. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ↑ ""Director தான் கெட்ட வார்த்தை பேச சொன்னார்" - Actress Meena Interview | Vijay | Karoline Kamakshi". Galatta Tamil. Galatta Tamil. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ↑ "Guess Why Actress Meena Never Acted As Thalapathy Vijay's Heroine!". astroulagam.com.my. Astro Ulagam. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Friends". Cinematoday2.itgo.com. 24 June 2012. Archived from the original on 24 June 2012.
- ↑ "Thala v/s Thalapathy battle begins". Sify. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ↑ Rangarajan, Malathi (26 January 2001). "Film Review: Friends". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
{{cite news}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 30 December 2019 suggested (help) - ↑ Kannan, Shilpa. "Fun, friends and some misunderstandings". zeenext.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2001. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ↑ சார்லஸ், தேவன் (22 June 2021). "பீஸ்ட் : 'நாளைய தீர்ப்பு' டு `மாஸ்டர்'... விஜய்க்கு விகடனின் மார்க்கும், விமர்சனமும் என்ன? #Beast". Ananda Vikatan (in தமிழ்). Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ↑ "Tamil actor Vijay completes 26 years in the industry. Take a look at his journey, in pictures". Times Now. 3 December 2018. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.