Millennium Stars

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Millennium Stars
File:Millennium Stars.jpg
Directed byJayaraj
Produced byN. Krishnakumar (Kireedam Unni)
Screenplay byVinod Ranganath
Story byJayaraj
StarringJayaram
Biju Menon
Suresh Gopi
Music byVidyasagar
Release date
  • 1 January 2000 (2000-01-01)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Millennium Stars is a 2000 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Jayaraj, starring Jayaram and Biju Menon in lead roles, and also features Suresh Gopi. The soundtrack of the film was composed by Vidyasagar. The movie was also the first Malayalam movie to be released in this millennium.[1][2] Biju Menon won the Asianet Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for this film. Later dubbed into Tamil and released as Sivasankar.

Plot[edit]

When they were children, Shiva and Shankar went to Mumbai in search of a living. Circumstances puts them in jail, where they meet a bully named Karunan. They escape from jail. Several years later, Shankar and Shiva dream of becoming singers. Karunan is still active as a criminal. Through their hard work, the Shiva-Shankar duo become successful singers and start being called "millennium stars". Then the villain enters and tries to separate the two. Karunan convinces them not to separate.

Cast[edit]

Box office[edit]

This film was released with huge expectations but was a box office failure as the producer lost 1.5 crore (US$210,000).[3]

Soundtrack[edit]

Millennium Stars
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedDecember 1999[4]
StudioVarsha Vallaki, Chennai
GenreFilm soundtrack
LabelJohny Sagariga
T-Series

The film's music was composed by Vidyasagar, with Malayalam lyrics by Gireesh Puthenchery, Hindi lyrics by Tahir Faraz and English lyrics by Recardo Barrantes.

Track Title Singer(s) Lyricists Raga(s)
1 O... Mumbai K. J. Yesudas, Vijay Yesudas Gireesh Puthenchery, Tahir Faraz
2 Parayaan Njan Marannu K. J. Yesudas, Hariharan, Vijay Yesudas Gireesh Puthenchery, Tahir Faraz
3 Krishna Krishna K. J. Yesudas, Vijay Yesudas Poonthanam Nambudiri
4 Kuku Kuku Theevandi Harikrishnan, Anand Kumar Gireesh Puthenchery Kalyani
5 Maha Ganapathim K. J. Yesudas, Hariharan, Vijay Yesudas, Pushpa Raman, Chorus Muthuswami Dikshitar, Tahir Faraz, Recardo Barrantes Nata
6 Shravan Gange K. J. Yesudas, Hariharan, Vijay Yesudas, Chorus Gireesh Puthenchery, Tahir Faraz Charukesi, Bahudari

References[edit]

  1. "Millenium Stars". .filmibeat.
  2. "Millenium Stars (2000)". .Malayalasangeetham.
  3. Ayyappan, R. "Sleaze time, folks!". Rediff.com. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  4. "Audio CD cover". Facebook.

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