''Irattai Roja'' () is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language film directed by

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. The film stars

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and

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. The film, produced by K. C. Sekar Babu, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 5 April 1996 to positive reviews. It is a remake of the

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'' Subhalagnam'' (1994).

Plot

Uma marries Balu, an honest civil engineer. Uma thinks that he is rich and receives a lot of bribes but it turns out, Balu is from a middle-class family like her. Uma is a miser and dreams to become rich. A few years later, they have two children. In the meantime, Priya, the daughter of Balu's boss Rajasekhar, falls in love with Balu and asks him to marry her unaware of Balu's marriage and his two children. Balu refuses to marry her as he was already married but she compels him. When Priya meets Uma, she offers her one crore rupees in exchange for marrying Balu. Uma immediately agrees and she starts forcing Balu for remarriage. Finally, Balu agrees with a heavy heart as Uma threatens to commit suicide. Soon, Balu also starts falling in love with Priya. Uma slowly realizes her mistake and wants to get Balu back. The rest of the story is what happens to Balu, Uma and Priya.

Cast

as Uma *

as Balu *

as Priya *

Suhasini Maniratnam Suhasini Maniratnam (born 15 August 1961) known mononymously as Suhasini, is an Indian actress, director, producer and writer in the Tamil film industry. She has worked as an actress in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She made her ...

as Geetha *

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as Lawyer *

Vennira Aadai Moorthy Vennira Aadai Moorthy (born 25 July 1936) is an Indian actor and comedian in Tamil cinema. He has starred in many Tamil films and television serials as a comedian and also played supporting roles. He is a lawyer by education, and holds a B.L. ...

as Uma's father * Kavitha as Uma's mother *Rajasekhar as Rajasekhar, Priya's father *

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* Pandu *

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*Anuja *

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*Sharmili as Girija * M. R. Krishnamurthy *

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as Doctor *

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* Swaminathan *

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*Baby Sridevi as Sumathi *Master Prabhu *

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as an anchor (Guest appearance)

Awards

*Won - Cinema Express Award for Best Actress – Tamil - Kushboo *Won - Screen Videocon Award for Best Actress – Tamil - Urvashi

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The soundtrack, released in 1996, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali.

References

External links

* {{Keyaar 1996 films Tamil remakes of Telugu films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja 1990s Tamil-language films Films directed by Keyaar