''Rojavanam'' () is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language

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directed by Selva. The film stars Karthik,

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and Malavika in lead roles. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Bharathwaj.

Plot

Muthu ( Karthik) is the favourite employee at Rojavanam, an old age home jointly by two friends (

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and

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) in Ooty. Sindhu ( Malavika) is a psychology student staying near to the home who falls in love with Muthu. But Muthu develops a liking towards Roja (

), the daughter of his boss, and later learns that the boss and his friend had decided long ago that their children would be married, and this has resulted in the friend's son Siva ( Akash) growing up enamoured of Roja. Roja also has a liking towards Muthu and her father accepts Muthu as his son-in-law, but his friend, angered at this, decides to bulldoze Rojavanam to the ground. Muthu steps in to solve the problem and convinces Roja to marry Siva as per their parents wishes, so that Rojavanam will be saved. Muthu makes Roja understand Siva's love for her and gets them both married. Siva and Roja's parents feel happy and Rojavanam is saved. In the end, Sindhu is married to Muthu.

Cast

* Karthik as Muthu * Malavika as Sindhu *

as Roja * Akash as Siva * Kuyili as Roja's aunt *

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* M. S. Viswanathan * Manorama * Ramesh Khanna * Jai Ganesh * Kaka Radhakrishnan * Thalapathy Dinesh * Ragasudha

Production

The team of the successful tamil film '' Pooveli'' (1998) came together to make ''Rojavanam'' and chose Karthik to essay the lead role again. Initially the team approached Isha Koppikar to play the lead female role, but her unavailability led to the team casting newcomer Laila. Four songs were shot abroad in France and Geneva, Switzerland. Jai Akash, a Tamilian of Sri Lankan origin settled in London, sent his modelling photographs to the "Star Search" service run by

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's entertainment portal website TamilTalkies.com during the late 1990s. K. Balachander, when casting a new actor to portray a small role in the film, used the "Star Search" platform and selected Akash to be in the film.

Critical reception

Balaji wrote:"honorable intention doesn't translate into more than average viewing". Indolink called it "real bore". ''Kalki'' wrote "Director Selva got an amazing concept about old age home but since love was given too many importance, it felt like thorns hanging from the strung flowers".https://archive.org/details/kalki1999-08-22/page/n13/mode/2up

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Bharathwaj collaborating with the Pooveli team for the second time. Lyrics were written by

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and Pazhani Bharathi. * "I Have Fallen" (Enna Idhu) - P. Unnikrishnan,

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* "Unnai Partha Kangal" - Hariharan * "Maname Maname" - Srinivas * "Maname Maname" - SPB * "Adi Aathadi" - SPB * "Pollacchi Santhaiyile" - Yugendran

References

{{Kavithalaya Productions 1999 films 1990s Tamil-language films Films scored by Bharadwaj (composer) Films directed by Selva (director)