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I Love You Da
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| I Love You Da | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | C. Raajadurai |
| Produced by | Manojkumar |
| Written by | C. Raajadurai, "Vaanavil" N. Raghu (dialogues) |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Bharathwaj |
| Cinematography | A. Karthik Raja |
| Edited by | P. Mohanraj |
Production company | Guru Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
I Love You Da is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language action romance film directed by Raajadurai. The film featured Raju Sundaram and Simran in the lead roles with Raghuvaran and Prakash Raj in supporting roles.[1][2] The film which had music composed by Bharathwaj, released in November 2002 to poor reviews.[3]
Plot[edit]
Raju (Raju Sundaram) is a small time cricketer who makes it big and Priya Simran is his neighbour in love with him. But Raju pretends that he does not care for her, as he knows that his brother Madhan (Ramesh Khanna) has a crush on her. This creates some confusion but finally the lovers get united.
In between Raju is selected in the Indian team and makes it to the World Cup. The finals are played between India and Pakistan. Priya's father (Raghuvaran) is a bookie who tries to induce Raju into match fixing. But he does not fall into his trap and scores the required 20 runs to win the World Cup.
Cast[edit]
- Raju Sundaram as Raju
- Simran as Priya
- Raghuvaran as Rajkishore
- Prakash Raj as Siddharth
- Senthil as Raju's Grandfather
- Janagaraj as Sadasivam
- Venniradai Moorthy as Pattabi
- Alex as Inspector Pandiyan
- Ramesh Khanna as Madhan
- Indhu as Sudha
- Singamuthu as Police constable
Production[edit]
The film marked the debut of choreographer Raju Sundaram as the protagonist in films, after he had appeared in item numbers as well as a supporting role in Shankar's Jeans. The director of the film was to be Raajadurai, who had been an erstwhile assistant of director Manoj Kumar during the making of Vaanavil.[4][5] When the film began production in late 2001, a Telugu version titled I Love You Raa was also planned.[6] Actress Simran, Raju Sundaram's girlfriend during the period, was signed to play the female lead role.[7][8] The couple however split during the production of the film.[9] Early reports suggested that noted South Indian cricketers including Sadagoppan Ramesh, Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid and Javagal Srinath may feature as themselves in the film, but this proved to be untrue.[10]
Despite the completion of the film's scenes by early 2002, production delays meant that the film faced a belated release at the end of the year.[11]
Release[edit]
The film gained unanimously poor reviews upon release, with Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu stating that the film "falls flat due to identifiable reasons — the director has not done his homework properly, the dialogue makes you squirm at times, none of the actors seems involved in the role taken up and to top it all the lead pair fails to make even a slight impression".[12]
Soundtrack[edit]
| I Love You Da | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
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The soundtrack of the film was composed by Bharathwaj. Lyrics were written by Vairamuthu, Snehan and P. Vijay.
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Adicha Sixaru" I | Tippu | Snehan |
| 2 | "Adicha Sixaru" II | Shankar Mahadevan | |
| 3 | "Autograph" | Yugendran, Pop Shalini | P. Vijay |
| 4 | "I Love You Daa" | Karthik, Pop Shalini | Vairamuthu |
| 5 | "MTV Paathuputta" | Mathangi | P. Vijay |
| 6 | "Oh Priya" I | Bharathwaj | Vairamuthu |
| 7 | "Oh Priya" II | Hariharan | |
| 8 | "Ulagae Maayam" | Reshmi | Snehan |
| 9 | "Vandutaandaa" | Mano, Bharadwaj | Vairamuthu |
| 10 | "Yetho Yetho Ennil" | Josh Neelam, Srinivas | Snehan |
References[edit]
- ↑ "I Love You Daa — Tamil Movie". Thiraipadam.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ↑ http://www.spicevienna.org/showMovie.php?m=1306
- ↑ https://m.sify.com/movies/-i-love-you-da-review-tamil-pcluoweajhjbe.html
- ↑ "rediff.com, Movies: Gossip from the southern film industry: Anil Kumble to act?!". Rediff. 31 March 2001. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20010306083553/http://www.chennaionline.com/location/raju.asp
- ↑ "rediff.com, Movies: Dancer in the dark: Raju Sundaram". Rediff. 4 December 2001. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ↑ "I Love You Da". Lollu Express. Archived from the original on 6 May 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ↑ "subas". Cinematoday3.itgo.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ↑ "Tamil Film Statistics - 2002". Cooljilax.com. 6 February 2003. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ↑ "Chinna". Cinematoday2.itgo.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ↑ "A shot in the arm". The Hindu. 17 May 2002. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ↑ "I Love You Da". The Hindu. 13 December 2002. Archived from the original on 30 June 2003. Retrieved 1 December 2016.