Dancer (2005 film)

Dancer
Directed by	Keyaar
Produced by	Yogesh KR
Written by	Keyaar
Starring	Kutty Robert Kanika
Music by	Pravin Mani
Cinematography	J. A. Robert
Edited by	R. T. Annadurai
Production company	KR Infotainment Pvt. Ltd.
Release date	12 January 2005 (2005-01-12)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Dancer is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language dance film written and directed by Keyaar. The film was produced by Yogesh KR under KR Infotainment Pvt. Ltd. The film which revolves around a handicapped dancer with one leg was released on 12 January 2005.

Cast

• Kutty as Kutty
• Robert as Arun
• Kanika as Divya
• Chinni Jayanth
• Kaka Radhakrishnan
• Manivannan
• Delhi Ganesh
• Vasu Vikram
• T. P. Gajendran
• Meera Krishnan
• Swaminathan
• Master Udayaraj as Kutty's friend

Production

Keyaar was inspired to direct the film with Kutty, a one legged handicapped dancer after seeing him dancing at a concert. Kutty did not appear in further films after he died by falling down stairs in 2007.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Pravin Mani and lyrics were written by Pa. Vijay and Na. Muthukumar.

• "Dancer" — Karthik, Suresh Peters
• "Jingulu Jingale" — Rafi, Suchithra
• "Kothavaranga" — Mathangi, Gopal
• "Iraiva" — S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
• "Sonnathu" — Srinivas

Reception

Indiaglitz wrote "Though Keyar has taken up a message in the movie, he seems to have made the movie interesting by adding commercial elements at right mix."

Bibliography

• Dhananjayan, G. (2014). Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2013. Blue Ocean Publishers. ISBN 978-93-84301-05-7.