''Idhayam'' (; ) is a 1991 Indian

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-language romantic drama film directed by

Kathir Kathir is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. Early life Kathir was born in kalkarai, a small village in the Radhapuram Taluk of Tirunelveli District, state of Tamil Nadu, India. Kathir ...

in his directorial debut. It stars Murali and Heera Rajagopal while Chinni Jayanth,

Janagaraj Janagaraj is an Indian actor who has appeared in over 200 films predominantly in Tamil cinema as a comedian or in supporting roles. He also starred in few Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi films. Early life Janagaraj was born to Vadivelu and Muthul ...

, Manorama, and Vijayakumar play supporting roles. The music was composed by

Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan, 3 June 1943) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, instrumentalist, lyricist and singer, popular for his works in Indian Cinema, prominently in Tamil films. Reputed to be one of ...

. The film was released on 6 September 1991.

Plot

Raja, an introverted medical student, falls in love with his fellow college mate Geetha but does not express his love to her. When he decides to convey his love, he misunderstands that Geetha is in love with someone else, but in fact, she was helping her sister and the latter's lover unite. Her father does not accept her sister's love, and the pair commits suicide. Towards the end of the final year of college, Raja finally conveys his love to Geetha when she is in the college mourning her sister's death. On the last day of college, Raja learns that the Geetha is about to be engaged soon to someone else. He could not cope with the news, and he suffers a mild heart stroke and is hospitalised. In the meantime, Geetha falls in love with Raja. She visits the hospital to express her love only to find that he has left to catch a train to his native village. She rushes to the railway station and searches for him. She finds her father on the way, and her father accepts her love, she finds Raja's friend Chinni instead and learns of Raja's heart condition that he cannot digest very happy or sad news. Chinni urges Geetha not to meet Raja then and promises that after Raja recuperates, he will unite them. The film ends as Geetha watches the departing train.

Cast

* Murali as Raja * Heera as Geetha * Chinni Jayanth as Chinni *

as College Professor * Manorama as Raja's mother * Vijayakumar as Geetha's father * Mohan Raman as Doctor * Typist Gopu * Kumarimuthu * Gundu Kalyanam * Meesai Murugesan * Krishnan * Silk Smitha (special appearance) * Prabhu Deva (special appearance in the song "April Mayilae") *

Raju Sundaram Basuva Raju Sundaram is an Indian dance choreographer, actor and director, who works primarily in Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. He appeared as an actor in films such as but not limited to: ''Jeans'' (1998), '' 123'' (2002), ''I Love You Da' ...

(special appearance in the song "Ooh Party Nalla") * Bharathiraja as himself (special appearance) *

Gangai Amaran Gangai Amaran is an Indian music composer, singer, lyricist, writer, film director and actor in Tamil films. Personal life Gangai Amaran was born in Pannaipuram in Theni district, Tamil Nadu in December 1947, as the youngest son of Daniel Ram ...

as himself (special appearance)

Production

''Idhayam'' is the directorial debut of Kathir. Despite her initial apprehensions, Heera was convinced by Thyagarajan to become an actress, and she obliged, crediting the professional approach and continued determination of the film's team to sign her on.

Soundtrack

Tamil version The soundtrack for this film was composed by

in his only collaboration with director Kathir. The lyrics for the songs were penned by Vaali and Piraisoodan. Telugu version All lyrics for the Telugu dubbed version were written by

Rajasri Rajasree (Rajasree Thota Panchajanyam, Kusuma Kumari, born 31 August 1945), also known as Rajasri or Rajashri, is an Indian actress active from 1956 to 1979. She is particularly famous for her portrayal as a princess in several folklore Telug ...

Release and reception

''Idhayam'' was released on 6 September 1991. N. Krishnaswamy of ''

The Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split betw ...

'' stated, " e unimaginative, half-baked and immature treatment of the story often invites derision." About the cast performances, he said, "Murali, who is more accustomed to action films does not seem to fit into the role fthe inwardly harried student ... Newface Hira, who has little to do except look serenely at everything around her, is well cast." Krishnaswamy added that Chinni Jayanth was "vibrant as the comedian". The film performed well at the box office, and has since been discussed as a "cult film" in

Tamil cinema Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywood' ...

. The film was dubbed in

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under the title ''Hrudayam''.

References

External links

* {{Sathya Jyothi Films 1990s Tamil-language films 1991 directorial debut films 1991 films 1991 romantic drama films Films directed by Kathir Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Films set in Chennai Films shot in Chennai Indian romantic drama films