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Pop Carn
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Wikipedia article
'Pop Carn' is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Nassar. The film stars Mohanlal and Simran, and introduces newcomers Kunal Shah and Jyothi Naval. The title is short for the phrase "Pop Carnival", with a story-line focusing on why marriages between celebrities can suffer due to conflicts between egos.
Plot
Popular music director Vikramaditya returns from a long sabbatical to work with a young music troupe and falls in love with a fusion dancer Jamuna. The two marry but fall apart due to their clashing artistic egos. Vikramaditya's daughter Megha attempts to reunite her father and mother, but fails. The rest of the movie shows how Vikramadithya and Jamuna reuniting which forms the rest of the story.
Cast
* Mohanlal as Vikramaditya
* Simran as Jamuna
* Jyothi Naval as Megha
* Kunal Shah as Satish
* Urvashi
* Vivek
* Sriman
* Anju
* Pop Shalini
* K. Sivasankar
*Vagai Chandrasekhar
*Janagaraj
*Delhi Ganesh
*Thyagu
*Madhan Bob
*M. S. Viswanathan
*Laxmi Ratten
*Alphonsa (cameo appearance)
Production
The film was initially set to be titled 'Theem Thari Kida'. In July 2002 the film was reported as being "in the finishing stages." Cinematography is by Sridhar and Vikram Dharma is the stunt master.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja and features seven tracks, the lyrics of which were written by Vaali. Although the film's lead actor, Mohanlal, was said to sing one of the songs, titled "Amme Inge Vaa", it did not feature either in the soundtrack or in the film itself.
Reception
Director Nassar predicted that 'Pop-Corn' would be "a big hit", and 'Sify' wrote that 'Pop-corn' "is modern family drama about relationships, expanding that director Nassar and his music director Yuvan Shanker Raja "created a new fusion music thats elevated and uplifting."
Malini Mannath wrote in 'Chennai Online', "While Nasser has been able to build up skillfully the relationship between the lead characters, the same cannot be said of his Pop Carnival scenes. Appalling are the flaws in the scripting and narration".
References
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