Album (2002 film)

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Album
Directed byVasanthabalan
Produced byRajam Balachander
Pushpa Kandaswamy
Written byS. Ramakrishnan (Dialogues)
Screenplay byVasanthabalan
Story byVasanthabalan
StarringRajesh
Shrutika
Music byKarthik Raja
CinematographyD. K. Bharanidharan
Edited byV. T. Vijayan
Production
company
Release date
4 October 2002
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Album is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Vasanthabalan making his directorial debut, starring newcomer Rajesh and Shrutika. The story portrays the love and affection between two families. The film, produced by Kavithalayaa Productions, was Vasanthabalan's directorial debut and became an average success.[1] It is however best known for featuring the popular chartbuster track "Chellame Chellam" from Karthik Raja's soundtrack to the film, which was award-winning playback singer Shreya Ghoshal's first song in Tamil language. The plot revolves around Jeeva and Viji's family who are neighbours to each other. Viji falls in love with Jeeva and they both start loving each other. How they over come their hurdles and unite forms the story.

Cast[edit]

Release[edit]

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Jaya TV.

Soundtrack[edit]

The soundtrack, featuring seven tracks, was composed by Karthik Raja. The song "Chellame Chellam" became very popular and emerged a chartbuster.[2] It was notably the first Tamil song rendered by acclaimed singer Shreya Ghoshal for a Tamil film soundtrack. Karthik Raja's father, Ilaiyaraaja, and his sister, Bhavatharini, had performed each one song as well.

Track list
No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Thathalikudhey"  Karthik, Sadhana Sargam 5:12
2. "Chellame Chellam"  Shreya Ghoshal, Hariharan 5:13
3. "Kadhal Vanoli"  Harish Raghavendra, Sujatha Mohan 6:18
4. "Muttaikull"  Bhavatharini 2:03
5. "Pillai Thamarai"  Madhu Balakrishnan 5:18
6. "Thaazhampoo"  Ilaiyaraaja, Sadhana Sargam 4:47
7. "Nilave"  Shankar Mahadevan 5:19

Release[edit]

Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu opined that "Acting to avoid a contrived storyline and melodrama is fine. But then, in a film, something has to keep happening for the tempo to be sustained".[3][4][5]

References[edit]

  1. Rangarajan, Malathi (31 July 2011). "Peep into the past". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  2. "Sruthika". www.sify.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2009.
  3. Ranagarajan, Malathi (11 October 2002). "Album". The Hindu.
  4. "Archived copy". chennaionline.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2005. Retrieved 19 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Album".

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