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Kadhalan (English: Boyfriend) is a 1994 Tamil action-romance film written and directed by S. Shankar. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman. The film stars Prabhu Deva and Nagma in the lead roles. Actor Vikram had dubbed his voice for Prabhu Deva in the film. The song Mukkabla from the movie, became a national sensation, and owing to the rage that the song created, Kadhalan was dubbed in Hindi as Humse Hai Muqabala and in Telugu as Premikudu.
The film displayed actor-dancer Prabhu Deva's energetic dance moves and acting which, along with the direction, comedy by Vadivelu and the music, were hugely popular and trend-setting aspects of it. The film received positive reviews from critics and enjoyed a huge commercial success. It won many recognitions and honours, including the Filmfare Best Film Award and Filmfare Best Actress for Nagma and also received four national awards.
Plot
Prabhu, the chairman of Chennai's Government Arts College, is asked by his Principal to invite the Governor of Tamil Nadu, Kakarlal Sathyanarayana Moorthy (Girish Karnad), to be the chief guest on the annual day of the college. When he goes to invite Kakarla, he bumps into his daughter, Shruthi (Nagma), and instantly falls in love with her. To propose his love for her, he even joins in the same dance class as her. She too subsequently gets to know more about him, and falls in love with him. Since there is considerable fear of terrorism in the state, Kakarla does not permit his daughter to travel anywhere without bodyguards. On one occasion, she manages to give them the slip and runs away with Prabhu at a dance festival. Shortly after there is the threat of a bomb being planted. Shruthi is immediately brought home, and Prabhu is arrested. Shruthi is forbidden to see Prabhu. After being beaten severely, Prabhu is released from police custody. He then goes to meet Shruthi, unaware of the changed circumstances. This is where he finds evidence that will lead him to a hideout of terrorist Mallikarjuna (Raghuvaran) who is the mastermind of bomb blasts, and joins forces with Kakarla for killing innocent civilians. Whether Prabhu will become a victim or emerge a victor forms the rest of the story.
Cast
Prabhu Deva as Prabhu (dubbed by actor Vikram)
Nagma as Shruthi
Vadivelu as Vasanth
Raghuvaran as Mallikarjuna
Girish Karnad as Kakarla Sathyanarayana Moorthy
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam as Kathiresan, Prabhu's Elder Brother
Manorama
Allu Rama Lingaiah
Dhamu
Music
The background music score and the soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman. The soundtrack, released as Kadhalan: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, features 9 songs composed by Rahman, with lyrics scored by Vaali, Vairamuthu and S.Shankar who penned the Pettai Rap number. While the entire soundtrack was a runaway hit, one song Mukkabla caught the imagination of the entire nation and became the flavor of the year. The song went down in Tamil cinema history as one of the most popular of all time. The song was plagiarised freely by Bollywood's tunesmiths and nearly a dozen versions of the song were churned out, a feat that earned Mukkabla and Rahman a place in the Limca Book of Records.[1] New styles were experimented with, as in the song "Pettai Rap", a Madras bashai song which was written in a rap-like style, interspersing Tamil with English words. The synthesiser and the keyboard feature while drawing from Tamil folk music. The songs "Mukkabla" and "Urvasi Urvasi" became huge hits and were played everywhere in Southern India. In the North, "Mukkabla" became a rage, resulting in the makers' decision to dub the film in Hindi. This soundtrack cemented the popularity of A. R. Rahman and earned him national acclaim.
No. Title Artist(s) Length
1. "Ennavale Adi Ennavale" P. Unnikrishnan 5:11
2. "Mukkabla" Mano, Swarnalatha 5:23
3. "Erani Kuradhani" S. P. Balasubramanyam, S. Janaki 5:08
4. "Kadhalikum Pennin" S. P. Balasubramanyam, Udit Narayan, Pallavi 4:48
5. "Urvasi Urvasi" A. R. Rahman, Suresh Peters, Shahul Hameed 5:39
6. "Pettai Rap" Suresh Peters, Theni Kunjarammal, Shahul Hameed 4:23
7. "Kollayile Thennai" P. Jayachandran 1:45
8. "Kaatru Kuthirayile" Sujatha 1:31
9. "Indiraiyo Ival Sundariyo" Sunandha, Kalyani Menon, Minmini 1:02
Director Shankar and Raju Sundaram made cameo appearances in the song Kadhalikum Pennin.
Release
Kadhalan has won the following National Film Awards since its release:
Won – Best Male Playback Singer – Unnikrishnan
Won – Best Audiography – A. S. Laxmi Narayanan, V. S. Murthy
Won – Best Editing – B. Lenin, V. T. Vijayan
Won – Best Special Effects – Venky
Kadhalan (English: Boyfriend) is a 1994 Tamil action-romance film written and directed by S. Shankar. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman. The film stars Prabhu Deva and Nagma in the lead roles. Actor Vikram had dubbed his voice for Prabhu Deva in the film. The song Mukkabla from the movie, became a national sensation, and owing to the rage that the song created, Kadhalan was dubbed in Hindi as Humse Hai Muqabala and in Telugu as Premikudu.
The film displayed actor-dancer Prabhu Deva's energetic dance moves and acting which, along with the direction, comedy by Vadivelu and the music, were hugely popular and trend-setting aspects of it. The film received positive reviews from critics and enjoyed a huge commercial success. It won many recognitions and honours, including the Filmfare Best Film Award and Filmfare Best Actress for Nagma and also received four national awards.
Plot
Prabhu, the chairman of Chennai's Government Arts College, is asked by his Principal to invite the Governor of Tamil Nadu, Kakarlal Sathyanarayana Moorthy (Girish Karnad), to be the chief guest on the annual day of the college. When he goes to invite Kakarla, he bumps into his daughter, Shruthi (Nagma), and instantly falls in love with her. To propose his love for her, he even joins in the same dance class as her. She too subsequently gets to know more about him, and falls in love with him. Since there is considerable fear of terrorism in the state, Kakarla does not permit his daughter to travel anywhere without bodyguards. On one occasion, she manages to give them the slip and runs away with Prabhu at a dance festival. Shortly after there is the threat of a bomb being planted. Shruthi is immediately brought home, and Prabhu is arrested. Shruthi is forbidden to see Prabhu. After being beaten severely, Prabhu is released from police custody. He then goes to meet Shruthi, unaware of the changed circumstances. This is where he finds evidence that will lead him to a hideout of terrorist Mallikarjuna (Raghuvaran) who is the mastermind of bomb blasts, and joins forces with Kakarla for killing innocent civilians. Whether Prabhu will become a victim or emerge a victor forms the rest of the story.
Cast
Prabhu Deva as Prabhu (dubbed by actor Vikram)
Nagma as Shruthi
Vadivelu as Vasanth
Raghuvaran as Mallikarjuna
Girish Karnad as Kakarla Sathyanarayana Moorthy
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam as Kathiresan, Prabhu's Elder Brother
Manorama
Allu Rama Lingaiah
Dhamu
Music
The background music score and the soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman. The soundtrack, released as Kadhalan: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, features 9 songs composed by Rahman, with lyrics scored by Vaali, Vairamuthu and S.Shankar who penned the Pettai Rap number. While the entire soundtrack was a runaway hit, one song Mukkabla caught the imagination of the entire nation and became the flavor of the year. The song went down in Tamil cinema history as one of the most popular of all time. The song was plagiarised freely by Bollywood's tunesmiths and nearly a dozen versions of the song were churned out, a feat that earned Mukkabla and Rahman a place in the Limca Book of Records.[1] New styles were experimented with, as in the song "Pettai Rap", a Madras bashai song which was written in a rap-like style, interspersing Tamil with English words. The synthesiser and the keyboard feature while drawing from Tamil folk music. The songs "Mukkabla" and "Urvasi Urvasi" became huge hits and were played everywhere in Southern India. In the North, "Mukkabla" became a rage, resulting in the makers' decision to dub the film in Hindi. This soundtrack cemented the popularity of A. R. Rahman and earned him national acclaim.
No. Title Artist(s) Length
1. "Ennavale Adi Ennavale" P. Unnikrishnan 5:11
2. "Mukkabla" Mano, Swarnalatha 5:23
3. "Erani Kuradhani" S. P. Balasubramanyam, S. Janaki 5:08
4. "Kadhalikum Pennin" S. P. Balasubramanyam, Udit Narayan, Pallavi 4:48
5. "Urvasi Urvasi" A. R. Rahman, Suresh Peters, Shahul Hameed 5:39
6. "Pettai Rap" Suresh Peters, Theni Kunjarammal, Shahul Hameed 4:23
7. "Kollayile Thennai" P. Jayachandran 1:45
8. "Kaatru Kuthirayile" Sujatha 1:31
9. "Indiraiyo Ival Sundariyo" Sunandha, Kalyani Menon, Minmini 1:02
Director Shankar and Raju Sundaram made cameo appearances in the song Kadhalikum Pennin.
Release
Kadhalan has won the following National Film Awards since its release:
Won – Best Male Playback Singer – Unnikrishnan
Won – Best Audiography – A. S. Laxmi Narayanan, V. S. Murthy
Won – Best Editing – B. Lenin, V. T. Vijayan
Won – Best Special Effects – Venky
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