''Junior Senior'' is a 2002 Indian

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-language

romantic drama film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typica ...

, Produced by P.Loganathan, directed by J. Suresh starring

Mammootty Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (; born 7 September 1951), known mononymously by the hypocorism Mammootty (), is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films. He has also appeared in Tamil l ...

Hamsavardhan Hamsavardhan is an Indian actor who has acted in Tamil language films. Career Hamsavardhan was initially set to make his debut in ''Anandham Anandham'' which had begun production in 1998, though the film was delayed and later released as '' Va ...

and former

Miss Malaysia Notable winners of Miss Malaysia * Tengku Zanariah Tengku Ahmad (Miss International Malaya 1960) – Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia from 1984 to 1989. *Yasmin Yusoff (Miss Universe Malaysia 1978) – veteran actress, singer, radio presen ...

Leena. The film was dubbed into

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as ''Super'' in 2009.

Cast

as Santhosh aka Senior *

as Shakthi aka Junior * Leena as Indira *

Charulatha Charulatha is an Indian actress. She has acted mainly in Kannada films along with Tamil, Telugu, Odia and Malayalam films. Biography Born as Sonia Singh Walia in Punjab, and brought up in Kerala. She started as a model, then acted in advertis ...

as Varsha *

Ramesh Khanna Ramesh Khanna (also spelt as Ramesh Kanna) is an Indian actor and film director who has worked in Tamil cinema. He has acted in a number of supporting and comedian roles. Early life Khanna was born on 12 June 1954 in Chennai and third child to ...

Charle Velmurugan Thangasamy Manohar (born 6 March 1960), professionally credited as Charle, is an Indian actor who works in Tamil cinema. He has acted in more than 800 Tamil films as a comedian and supporting actor. He was named after the English co ...

Delhi Ganesh Delhi Ganesh is an Indian actor who mostly acts in supporting roles in Tamil cinema and serials. He has acted in more than 400 films from 1976 to present. Before films, he was a member of the Delhi-based theatre troupe, ''Dakshina Bharata Natak ...

Pandu In the Hindu epic ''Mahabharata'', Pandu ( sa, पाण्डु, Pāṇḍu, pale) was a king of the Kuru Kingdom. He was the foster-father of the five Pandava brothers, who were the boons bestowed upon his wife Kunti by a number of deities ...

* K. R. Vatsala

Production

Filming

The film was shot entirely in

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, in

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, since the entire story plays there. Leena, who plays the female lead, is a Malaysia-born Tamilian, who was seen by J. Suresh in Malaysia and eventually given the role of the heroine, Indira. She was brought into the cast after the original choice,

Tejashree Tejashree (born Sonali Jaikumar Khele) is an Indian actress who has appeared predominantly in Tamil films. Besides, she has also acted in Telugu, Kannada, Gujarati and Marathi films. Tejashree is originally a from Nashik ( Tivandha Lane, Bhad ...

, had walked out.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack as well as the film score were composed by

Yuvan Shankar Raja Yuvan Shankar Raja or Abdul Haliq (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer-songwriter. He mainly scores music for Tamil films. Considered a versatile composer, he is particularly known for his use of Wes ...

, who teamed up with director J. Suresh for the second time after

Velai ''Velai'' () is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by J. Suresh and written by Balakumaran, starring Vignesh, Indraja and Nassar. The film, produced by J. Vasudevan, had musical score by Yuvan Shankar Raja and was released on 26 Febr ...

. The soundtrack, which was released on 13 March 2002, features 5 tracks, whilst the lyrics were penned by

Pa. Vijay Pa. Vijay is an Indian actor, poet, writer, director, producer and film lyricist for Tamil cinema. He won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics in India for his song '' Ovvoru Pookalume'' in Cheran's ''Autograph'' (2004). Career Vijay is a na ...

and V. Ilango.

References

External links

Junior Senior
at CineSouth * 2002 films 2000s Tamil-language films 2002 romantic comedy-drama films Indian romantic comedy-drama films Films set in Malaysia Films shot in Malaysia Films shot in Kuala Lumpur Films scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja {{2000s-Tamil-film-stub