7G Rainbow Colony

7G Rainbow Colony
Directed by Selvaraghavan
Produced by A. M. Rathnam
Written by Selvaraghavan
Starring Ravi krishna
Sonia Agarwal
Suman Shetty
Music by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Cinematography Arvind Krishna
Editing by Kola Bhaskar
Studio Sri Surya Movies
Release date(s) 15 October 2004
Running time 185 min.
Country India
Language Tamil

7G Rainbow Colony is a 2004 Tamil drama film written and directed by Selvaraghavan, starring Ravi Krishna, who debuted in this film, and Sonia Agarwal in lead roles, with music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography handled by Arvind Krishna. The film, released on 15 October 2004, met with critical acclaim and commercial success upon release.[1][2] Moreover, Ravi Krishna received the Filmfare Best Male Debut (South) for his acting performance, whilst Yuvan Shankar Raja was awarded the Filmfare Best Music Director Award for his highly praised musical score. The film was simultaneously released in the Telugu language as 7G Brindhavan Colony, and in Bengali Language as Prem Amar which too became very successful.[3][4][5]

Contents

Plot

Kadhir (Ravi Krishna) belongs to a lower middle class family, living with his parents and his younger sister in Rainbow Colony. He is perceived as a good for nothing person as he skips classes, fails in exams, and gets involved in fights. Kadhir believes that his father hates him and often quarrels with him, even threatening to leave the house, only to be persuaded not to do so by his mother.

Kadhir's life changes when a Hindi speaking North Indian family moves into the same colony. Kadhir finds himself attracted to the daughter of that family, Anita (Sonia Agarwal). Although he tries to woo her, Anita treats him with disdain.

Kadhir confesses to Anita that he loves her. He tells her that having always been ridiculed, he found respite in the fact that she at least cared to look at him. He promises to wipe her thoughts out of his mind, as he is not right for her.

Despite himself, Kadhir continues pursuing her. Anita realizes that Kadhir is not such a useless fellow when his best friend tells her that he can dismantle and assemble a motorcycle within minutes. She takes Kadhir to a Hero Honda dealer and asks them to offer him a job. He is promised a job if he can assemble a bike. Initially, Kadhir is disinterested and gives up the task. She tells him that she loves him and asks how he would take care of her without a job. Kadhir then demonstrates his skill in motorcycle assembly, securing a job with the dealer.

His father feels proud of his son for the first time, when Kadhir gives him his offer letter. Though he refuses to openly praise Kadhir, he does so secretly to Kadhir's mother that night. Overhearing the conversation, Kadhir realizes his father's love for him and weeps.

The intimacy between Kadhir and Anita is discovered by her mother and she refuses to permit their marriage even as Kadhir's father tries to persuade her otherwise. Anita's family is heavily indebted to another Hindi family that has been supporting them since Anita's father suffered business losses. Anita's parents want Anita to marry the son of the family who has helped them.

Anita escapes her home and meets Kadhir and they end up in a hotel room. Anita reveals that she has made the biggest decision of her life by deciding to sleep with him, as he should not regret falling in love with her when she marries the man her parents chose. Though stunned by her decision, Kadhir makes love to her. The next morning Kadhir and Anita argue when Kadhir says he wants Anita to live with him, while Anita accuses him of being attracted to her only because of the sex.

They continue arguing as they exit the hotel. Crossing the road, Anita is knocked down by a truck as a helpless Kadhir watches. Kadhir is also hit by a speeding vehicle. Later, in a hospital, everyone mourns Anita's demise as a badly wounded Kadhir tries to see her, but his friends stop him. Kadhir learns the only remains from the accident are her hand. He lies to Anita's father that she was innocent and that he deceived her into following him

Kadhir is later shown unsuccessfully trying to commit suicide by throwing himself off a bridge and onto the path of vehicles. His attempts lead to chaos on a busy city interchange and the crowd beats him up before he is rescued by a group of nuns. As they are talking to him he sees Anita passing by. He confronts her and Anita asks Kadhir not to commit suicide as God wants him to continue living. Kadhir continues with his life. Although he seems quite normal, it is implied at the end of the movie that Kadhir is living in hope of meeting his love who has turned into his guardian angel

Cast

Soundtrack

7G Rainbow Colony:
The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Released 21 May 2004
Recorded 2004
Genre Soundtrack
Length 41:55
Label Five Star
Producer Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Perazhagan
(2004)		 7G Rainbow Colony
(2004)		 Manmadhan
(2004)

For the music, director Selvaraghavan teamed up once again with musician Yuvan Shankar Raja after Thulluvadho Ilamai and Kaadhal Kondein. The soundtrack released on 21 May 2004 and features 10 tracks overall, two of which are Instrumentals. The lyrics were penned by Na. Muthukumar. Yuvan Shankar Raja used live music for the score, for which he worked with a 40-piece orchestra for one month.[6] As it was the case with Kaadhal Kondein, an "Original Soundtrack", consisting of 25 tracks, which are pieces of the film score and were titled as "Theme Music", was released afterwards. It includes one bit song "Idhu Enna Maatram" (Theme Music 14), sung by legendary singer P. B. Sreenivas.

Composer Yuvan Shankar Raja received universal critical acclaim for the musical score as the songs and the film score were hailed as "excellent" [7] and the album as a "great" and "must buy".[8] Particularly, the instrumental track in the album was very much lauded, described as "highly innovative" and "eminently haunting" [9] and even hailed as "one of the most haunting instrumental tracks ever".[8] The song became very popular and were topping the charts for some time.[9][10] Yuvan Shankar Raja received his first Filmfare Best Music Director Award in Tamil for the music, at the age of 25, becoming the youngest composer ever to win this award.

Track listing

No. Title Singer(s) Length
1. "Ninaithu Ninaithu Parthal"   Shreya Ghoshal 4:37
2. "Kanaa Kaanum Kaalangal"   Harish Raghavendra, Madhumitha, Ustad Sultan Khan 5:31
3. "Naam Vayathukku"   Unnikrishnan, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Shalini, Ganga 5:06
4. "Music of Joy"   Instrumental 3:53
5. "Kan Pesum Varthaigal"   Karthik 5:50
6. "Idhu Porkkalama"   Harish Raghavendra 3:08
7. "Kanaa Kaanum Kaalangal"   Madhumitha, Ustad Sultan Khan 5:32
8. "January Madham"   Madhangi, Kunal Ganjawala 5:12
9. "Walking Through The Rainbow (Theme Music)"   Instrumental 3:21
10. "Ninaithu Ninaithu Parthen"   K. K. 4:16
11. "Idhu Enna Maatram"   P.B. Sreenivas 2:16

All music composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja.

Awards

Box office

The film opened in 92 screens throughout Tamil Nadu. It grossed $3 million at the box office.[11][12]

Telugu Version

It was a bilingual film taken in Telugu also in the name 7G Brindavan Colony. The Telugu version was the same as the Tamil version. The only difference was that the character played by Ravi Krishna was named Ravi instead of Kadhir. The song "Ninaithu Ninaithu Parthen" known as "Thalachi Thalachi" in the Telugu version had a shorter duration as compared to the Tamil version.

References

  1. ^ http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2004/dec/21sld5.htm
  2. ^ http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2004/12/31/stories/2004123101620100.htm
  3. ^ http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/2004retrospect-movielist.html
  4. ^ http://www.sify.com/movies/Top-Ten-Telugu-films-of-2004-imagegallery-movies-jdwmDuigaff.html?html=5
  5. ^ http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/feb/16ss.htm
  6. ^ "`Technology has killed music'". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2005-03-15. http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/03/15/stories/2005031500400100.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-02. 
  7. ^ "Movie Review : '7G Rainbow Colony': different and delectable". musicindiaonline.com. http://www.musicindiaonline.com/ar/i/movie_name/6863/1/. Retrieved 2009-08-02. 
  8. ^ a b "7G Rainbow Colony - A cut above other current albums". indiaglitz.com. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/musicreview/7116.html. Retrieved 2009-08-02. 
  9. ^ a b "‘Rainbow Colony’ still rules". indiaglitz.com. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/9893.html. Retrieved 2009-08-02. 
  10. ^ "7-G Rainbow Colony back on top". musicindiaonline.com. http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/i/tamil/986/. Retrieved 2009-08-02. 
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