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Jeeva (1988 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Jeeva' is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language action film, directed by Pratap Pothen, starring Sathyaraj and Amala. Amala created a sensation by appearing in a bikini onscreen. The film was remade in Hindi as 'Baaz' (1992).
Plot
Jeeva is a carefree unemployed youth living with his widowed mother and sister. When they are murdered, he seeks revenge.
Cast
*Sathyaraj as Jeeva
*Amala as Geetha
*Janagaraj as Dilli
*Nizhalgal Ravi as Anand
*Captain Raju as DSP Dhairiyam
*Pradeep Shakthi as Somnath
*R. S. Shivaji as Henchmen
*Anandaraj as main henchmen
*Lalu Alex as C.J. Dass
*Silk Smitha as Monika
*Oru Viral Krishna Rao
*Thalapathy Dinesh
*Raasi as sister
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Gangai Amaran. Lyrics by him and Pulamaipithan.
Release and reception
'Jeeva' was released on 1 July 1988. On 22 July that month, N. Krishnaswamy of 'The Indian Express' said, "Pratap Pothen, in his attempt to put together a commercial yarn for Satya Movies, totters between two stools of varied height. On the one hand he tries to give a modish feel to his film the jazzy interiors, the costumes that his actors wear, the five-star hotel-ad agency ambiance but on the other he has to give a long rope to hero Satyaraj's attempts to play to a plebeian constituency. Pothen ends up being stylish and moronic. This makes an incongruous mixture."
References
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