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Irattai Roja
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Wikipedia article
'Irattai Roja' is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Keyaar. The film stars Urvashi, Ramki and Kushboo. The film, produced by K. C. Sekar Babu, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 5 April 1996 to positive reviews. It is a remake of the Telugu film 'Subhalagnam' (1994).
Plot
Uma (Urvashi) marries Balu (Ramki), an honest civil engineer. Uma thinks that he is rich and receives a lot of bribes but it turns out, Balu is from a middle-class family like her. Uma is a miser and dreams to become rich. A few years later, they have two children. In the meantime, Priya (Kushboo), the daughter of Balu's boss Rajasekhar (Rajasekhar), falls in love with Balu and asks him to marry her unaware of Balu's marriage and his two children. Balu refuses to marry her as he was already married but she compels him. When Priya meets Uma, she offers her one crore rupees in exchange for marrying Balu. Uma immediately agrees and she starts forcing Balu for remarriage. Finally, Balu agrees with a heavy heart as Uma threatens to commit suicide. Soon, Balu also starts falling in love with Priya. Uma slowly realizes her mistake and wants to get Balu back. The rest of the story is what happens to Balu, Uma and Priya.
Cast
*Urvashi as Uma
*Ramki as Balu
*Kushboo as Priya
*Suhasini Maniratnam as Geetha
*Srividya as Lawyer
*Venniradai Moorthy as Uma's father
*Kavitha as Uma's mother
*Rajasekhar as Rajasekhar, Priya's father
*Chinni Jayanth
*Pandu
*Thyagu
*Anuja
*Shakeela
*Sharmili as Girija
*M. R. Krishnamurthy
*Oru Viral Krishna Rao as Doctor
*Junior Balaiah
*Swaminathan
*Disco Shanti
*Ajay Rathnam
*Baby Sridevi as Sumathi
*Master Prabhu
*Visu as an anchor (Guest appearance)
Awards
*Won - Cinema Express Award for Best Actress Tamil - Kushboo
*Won - Screen Videocon Award for Best Actress Tamil - Urvashi
Soundtrack
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The soundtrack, released in 1996, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali.
References
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