Roja Kootam

Roja Kootam
File:Roja Kootam.jpg Poster
Directed by	Sasi
Produced by	V. Ravichandran
Written by	Sasi
Starring	Srikanth Bhumika
Music by	Bharathwaj
Cinematography	M. V. Panneerselvam
Edited by	Peter Bhabiyaa
Distributed by	Aascar Film Pvt. Ltd
Release date	22 February 2002 (2002-02-22)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Roja Kootam (transl. A Bunch of Roses) is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Sasi. The film stars Srikanth and Bhumika Chawla as the lead pair. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Bharathwaj. This was Srikanth's debut movie. The film was remade in Kannada as Manasina Maathu with Ajay Rao and Aindrita Ray. The film was dubbed into Telugu with the title Roja Poolu.

Plot

Ilango (Srikanth) and Sriram (Akash) are best friends. Ilango is the only son of Radhika and Raghuvaran, who aren't interested in anything but his academics. He falls in love with Manohari (Bhumika), who also eventually happens to reside opposite their house, with her loudmouthed sub-inspector mother (Rekha). With the responsibilities of a brother to get his sisters married, Sriram leaves for Libya on a job received through Ilango's parents. Before he leaves, he tells Ilango that Mano and himself are in love, and asks Ilango to look after his lover until he is back. Ilango swallows his love secret for the sake of friendship. Meanwhile, Manohari's mother arranges for her to marry Vijay Adhiraj for his wealth. At this juncture, Mano and Ilango lie that they are already married. They both leave their parents, and Ilango starts earning to support Mano. Finishing his job assignment, Sriram returns, only to give yet another family responsibility as an excuse. He apologizes for not being able to marry Mano as he is a tight corner to marry somebody else for the sake of his sister's marriage. Later, Mano leaves to Mumbai after a job opportunity. Ilango's parents come to know the truth that he and Mano are not married. They accept them. Radhika knows Mano as the girl Ilango loved, but he would not accept it since Mano might think wrong of him. Later in the train station, things turn plates and Mano comes to know that she is the girl he loved and accepts him.

Cast

• Srikanth as Ilango
• Bhumika as Manogari aka Mano
• Akash as Sriram
• Raghuvaran as Ilango's father
• Raadhika Sarathkumar as Ilango's mother
• Vivek as Auto Aarumugam
• Suvarna Mathew as Kiran
• Vijay Adhiraj as Mano's arranged husband
• Shanthi Williams as Sriram's mother
• Rekha as Mano's mother
• Bava Lakshmanan as Auto Aarumugam's passenger
• Raghava Lawrence in the song Suppamma
• Mumtaj in the song Suppamma

Production

This was Sasi's second film as a director. This was Bhumika's second Tamil film after Badri, in which she co-starred with Vijay. This was Srikanth's first film.

Soundtrack

Roja Kootam
Soundtrack album by Bharathwaj
Released	2 January 2002
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Star Music
Producer	Bharathwaj
Bharathwaj chronology
Dhaya (2002) Roja Kootam (2002) Gemini (2002)

The soundtrack was composed by Bharathwaj. The songs were received well by the audience and were chartbusters.

S. No.	Song Title	Singer(s)	Lyrics	Duration (mins)
1.	"Anna Saalaiyil"	Karthik	Vairamuthu	5:34
2.	"Apple Penne Neeyaaro"	Srinivas		5:32
3.	"Azhagin Azhage Nee"	Tippu		5:14
4.	"Mottugale Mottugale"	Sadhana Sargam, Hariharan		4:57
5.	"Putham Pudhu Rojaave"	P. Unnikrishnan		4:55
6.	"Subbammaa"	Malgudi Subha, Manicka Vinayagam		5:29
7.	"Uyir Konda Rojaave"	Bharadwaj		5:08

Awards

• ITFA Best New Actor Award
• Best Music Director Award (2002)

External links

• Roja Kootam on IMDb