''Time'' is a 1999 Indian

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directed by Geetha Krishna. The film stars

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and Radhika Chaudhry. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

Cast

as Srinivasa Murthy *

as Thulasi * Radhika Chaudhry as Priya *

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as Dhilip * Charle as Chittappa, Srinivasa Murthy's friend *

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as Appasamy * Nassar as Govindarajan, Thulasi's father *

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as Natarajan * Devan as Seetharaman, Dhilip's father *Bobby Poonia as David * Pandu as Priya's father *

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as Servant *Thadi Balaji as Srinivasa Murthy's friend *

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as Srinivasa Murthy's mother *

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as Natarajan's wife *

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as Dhilip's mother * Chandra Mohan as Car driver * J. V. Ramana Murthi as Shop owner *Raviraj as Govindarajan's friend *

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as Postman *Sharmili as Priya's mother *Radhabhai as Dhilip's grandmother *Bhanusri as Servant *Lekhasri *Manga Reddy as Lakshmi, Thulasi's mother *

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as Chittappa's mother * Baby Jennifer as Priya's sister *Master Bharathkumar as Thulasi's brother *Sahadevan as Postman *Mahadevan as Postman * Harikumar as Srinivasa Murthy's friend *Gopi as Srinivasa Murthy's friend *Johnny as Srinivasa Murthy's friend *Ajay as Srinivasa Murthy's friend *Krishna as Srinivasa Murthy's friend * Anandaraj as Local don (guest appearance)

Production

The film marked the directorial debut of Geetha Krishna in Tamil, and began as a quadrilingual venture in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam.

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was initially announced as the hero in the film as early as November 1997 when the movie launch took place. Prashanth started working for the film in Kodaikanal during October 1998 but later backed out, while Ajith Kumar also refused the film due to lack of time. After several delays,

was subsequently selected to play the lead role and the film was made only in Tamil. Two debutant actresses were announced to portray the lead female roles, Menaka Senail and Radhika Chaudhari, though the former was later replaced by

. Model Bobbu Poonai made his acting debut as the antagonist.

Music

The songs were composed by Ilaiyaraaja and lyrics were written by Pazhani Bharathi. To compose the songs, Ilayaraaja and Geetha Krishna, had gone on a recce to

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and had longlisted thirty songs for the film, before picking six.

Reception

The film received negative reviews from critics. BBThots wrote the film "has Ilaiyaraja's music and good photography. But inept direction and a muddled screenplay make a mess of the already flimsy story". ''Thiraipadam'' wrote "The ending is implausible, the storyline weak, but you can watch it once, I guess, if you have the time (no pun intended) and if you're an avid lover of Tamil movies." ''New Straits Times'' wrote the film has shades of ''Kadhal Kottai'' "the story gets a little muddled in the end".

Legacy

The song "Kadhal Neethana" was played in a commerically successful film Love Today (2022 film), as the main character Uthaman Pradeep's ( Pradeep Ranganathan) ringtone.

References

{{reflist 1999 films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja 1990s Tamil-language films Indian romantic drama films Films shot in Visakhapatnam Films shot in Kerala Films shot in Singapore 1999 romantic drama films