Indhu

Indhu is a 1994 Tamil language dance drama film directed by Pavithran and produced by N. A. Sudhakar and K. P. Unnikrishnan. The film featured Prabhu Deva, appearing in his first leading role as the newcomer, alongside Roja, while Sarathkumar and Kushboo play supporting roles. The film was released on 14 April 1994. The film was dubbed and released in Hindi as Aaj Ka Romeo.

Indhu
Poster
Directed byPavithran
Produced byN. A. Sudhakar
K. P. Unnikrishnan
Written byPavithran
StarringPrabhu Deva
Roja
Music byDeva
CinematographyAshok Kumar
Edited byB. Lenin
V. T. Vijayan
Production
company
Anand Associates
Release date
14 April 1994
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Cast
  • Prabhu Deva as Chinnasamy (Pattasu)
  • Roja as Indhu
  • Sukran as Antony Felix Peter
  • Jawahar as Pazhani
  • Rajkumar as Sottai
  • Ponnambalam as Veeraiyan
  • Sandhya Rani as Jameela
  • Kumarimuthu as Tea master
  • Oru Viral Krishna Rao as Millworker
  • Mannangatti Subramaniam as Kanakku
  • Ennatha Kannaiya as Servant
  • Kalidoss as Police inspector
  • Krishnamoorthy as Police inspector
  • Sarath Kumar as Kaasi (guest appearance)
  • Kushboo in a special appearance

Production

The film marked Prabhu Deva's debut as an actor in the leading role, after he appeared as the main dancer in the film Suriyan (1992) and also as a back dancer in several films in the early 1990s.

Soundtrack
Indhu
Soundtrack album by
Deva
Released1994
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelLahari Music

The soundtrack of the film composed by Deva, was well received by the audience. During the audio release of Mattuthavani (2012), Deva paid tribute to the director Pavithran for giving him the opportunity to score the music for his earlier films like Indhu.[1] The lyrics were written by Vaali. The song Aeye Gnanam was inspired by R. D. Burman's Hindi song Jaana O Meri Jaana, sung by Kishore Kumar from the 1982 film Sanam Teri Kasam, which was also inspired by a Sinhala Srilankas native song.

Track list
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Aeye Gnanam"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam3:33
2."Aeye Kuttii Munnal"S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam3:26
3."Eppadi Eppadi"S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam4:29
4."Kothamalli Vasam"Mano, Minmini4:13
5."Metro Channel"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Malgudi Subha5:06
6."Utta Lakkadi"Mano4:46
7."Nagumo"M. Balamuralikrishna8:28

Release

The Indian Express wrote "The film is hence dance oriented with the storyline given a go by".[2] The film's release in Malaysia was marred by heavy censorship, with several fight scenes omitted.[3]

It was reported that Pavithran was considering making a film titled Mookkuthi Kaasi featuring Sarath Kumar's character from Indhu, and the project started in 1996.[4] However Sarath Kumar was ousted from the project soon after and replaced by Bhaskar Raj, who had appeared in Nethaji. The film, which also featured Kushboo and Roja, was later shelved and unreleased.[5]

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References
  1. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/37940.html
  2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19940422&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
  3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wa4mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mhMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3560,148005&dq=indhu+prabhu+deva&hl=en
  4. https://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.tamil/browse_thread/thread/a8ca9085d3c499a3/c5349106c86fc2ed
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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