Mazhai

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Mazhai
Directed by S.Rajkumar
Produced by SP Balasubramanyam
Written by S.Rajkumar, Veera Potla
Starring Jayam Ravi
Shriya
Vadivelu
Kalabhavan Mani
Ambika
Cochin Haneefa
Rahul Dev
Venkat Prabhu
Music by Devi Sri Prasad
Distributed by SP Balasubramanyam
Release date(s) 2005
Language Tamil
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Mazhai (2005) is a Tamil film directed by S.Rajkumar. It is a remake of the multi award-winning Telugu film Varsham. The remake stars Jayam Ravi, Shriya, Vadivelu, Kalabhavan Mani, Venkat Prabhu and Rahul Dev. The film's music is composed by upcoming music director, Devi Sri Prasad.

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[edit] Plot

Arjun (Jayam Ravi), an unemployed youngster and Deva (Rahul Dev) a powerful don both fall in love with Sailaja (Shriya), a middle-class beauty, at the same time on a rainy day at a railway station. Arjun keeps bumping into Sailaja coincidentally every time it rains. This makes them both feel that it is perhaps the rain that keeps bringing them together, and they start to fall in love. Deva, on the other hand, takes the back-door route to get the girl, with the help of her good-for-nothing father (Kalabhavan Mani). After learning of the Arjun and Sailaja's love, Deva and Sailaja's father work up devious plans to break them up. And finally they succeed in creating a rift between the two lovers. Though Arjun realizes what is really happening, Sailaja falls prey to the foils of the Deva and her father. The young lovers part ways; Sailaja becomes a leading lady in the movies and Arjun works with his uncle in a quarry as a demolition expert. Deva is cheated out of some money by Sailaja's father, and as revenge, he finds out where Sailaja now lives and kidnaps her from right under her parents' noses. Sailaja's father realizes that the only person who is daring enough and cares enough to get his daughter back is Arjun and goes to him with his pleas. It takes much convincing, but Arjun finally decides to rescue Sailaja but for reasons other than love.

[edit] Cast

Actor Role
Jayam Ravi Arjun
Shriya Shailaja
Vadivelu
Rahul Dev Deva
Kalabhavan Mani Shailaja's father
Venkat Prabhu Kasi
Ambika Shailaja's mother
Charlie

Full cast and credit listing available.

[edit] Soundtrack

The soundtrack features 6 songs composed by Devi Sri Prasad

  • Nee Varumbodhu - Chitra, Raqueeb-Alam, Kalpana
  • Thappe Ille - SP Balasubramanyam, Harini
  • Isthanbul - Jassie Gift, Kalpana
  • Muthu Mazhaiye - Sagar, Sumangali
  • Mannile - SPB. Charan, Sumangali
  • Kuchikaruvadu -Tippu, Srilekha Parthasarathy

[edit] Trivia

  • 3 whole tankers of water were used for this film.
  • Mazhai means rain in Tamil.
  • Shriya stars in her first Tamil film as heroine and therefore gained the role of the heroine in Sivaji: The Boss.
  • Being a poor remake of a Telugu blockbuster, the film is an average grosser. It played for 75 days.[citation needed]
  • Interestingly after release of this movie, the state of Tamil Nadu received copious rains. So much so that the initial two weeks normal life was completely affected.

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