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Wikipedia article
'Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala' is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written, directed and produced by T. Rajendar, who also composed the music and portrays the main lead role. Murali, Roja, Karan, Livingston, Swathi and Vadivelu play other important roles.[https://archive.org/details/kalki2001-06-10/page/52/mode/2up 'Kalki' review] The film released on 18 May 2001.
Plot
T. R. (T. Rajendar) investigates a case in which Roja (Roja) is the lead female singer. Roja works in a finance firm and has a big family of three sisters, a brother (Kuralarasan Rajendar), an alcoholic father (Manivannan), and a mother (Vadivukkarasi) to support. Murali (Murali), her office colleague, loves her and makes his intention clear in every opportunity that he gets. However, Roja has no time for him. T. R. has a sister named Saro (Swathi), who is married to a corrupt cop named Inbaraj (Karan). Inbaraj, furious about T. R. exposing him in his newspaper, harasses Saro, egged on by his avaricious mother (Y. Vijaya) and sister (Bhuvaneswari). The burden of taking care of the family becomes a little too much for Roja. Finally T. R., against all odds, advises Roja to accept Murali's love.
Cast
*T. Rajendar as T. R. (director)
*Murali as Murali
*Roja as Roja
*Karan as Inspector Inbaraj
*Vadivukkarasi as Roja's mother
*Manivannan as Roja's father
*Vadivelu as Roja's brother-in-law
*Kuralarasan as Roja's brother
*Kovai Sarala as Roja's elder sister
*Rajashree as Roja's sister
*Livingston as Roja's uncle
*Khushbu as Mumtaj
*M. N. Nambiar as Mumtaj's father
*Swathi as Saro, T. R.'s sister
*Y. Vijaya as Inbaraj's mother
*Venniradai Moorthy as Inbaraj's father
*Bhuvaneswari as Inbaraj's sister
*Rajeev as Roja's boss
*Pandu as Film Director
*Idichapuli Selvaraj as Constable
*Mumtaj as Chitra
*Charle
*Madhan Bob
*Anu Mohan
*Dhamu
*V. K. Ramasamy
*Vaiyapuri
*Silambarasan in a special appearance in 2 songs
Production
T. Rajender announced that his son Silambarasan would play the lead role in 'Kadhal Azhivathillai' in 2000. After failing to find a suitable lead actress to appear opposite Silambarasan, Rajender postponed the project and started to make 'Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala'. Bobby, actress Rajashri's sister, was cast in a leading role, but the actress opted to work on other Telugu films instead. Subsequently, her role in 'Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala' was shortened, as Rajender continued to shoot without her.
Soundtrack
There are eight songs composed by T. Rajendar.
#"Chukkumala Chukkumala" - Silambarasan Rajendar, Tippu
#"Kaathalikka Theriyuma" - Krishnaraj, T. Rajendar
#"Mullaaga Kuththakoodaathu" - Silambarasan Rajendar
#"Rosaappoove" - Balesh, K. J. Yesudas
#"Sonnalthaan" - K. S. Chithra, Hariharan
#"Sonnalthan" - Hariharan
#"Vaada Vaada" -
#"Vela Vela" - T. Rajendar, Shankar Mahadevan
Reception
Although the film was an average grosser at the box office, the soundtrack was somewhat a success. The film won two separate awards the following year; a Tamil Nadu State Film Award and a Filmfare Award.
References
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