Roja Kootam

Roja Kootam
Soundtrack album by Bharadwaj
Released	2 January 2002
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Star Music
Producer	Bharathwaj
Bharadwaj chronology

Roja Kootam
	Poster
Directed by	Sasi
Produced by	V. Ravichandran
Written by	Sasi
Starring	Srikanth; Bhumika
Music by	Bharathwaj
Cinematography	M. V. Panneerselvam
Edited by	Peter Bhabiyaa
Distributed by	Aascar Film Pvt. Ltd
Release date	22 February 2002;
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Roja Kootam (transl. A Bunch of Roses) is a 2002 Indian Tamil romance film directed by Sasi. The film stars Srikanth and Bhumika Chawla as the lead pair. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Bharathwaj. This was Srikanth's debut movie.[1] The film was remade in Kannada as Manasina Maathu with Ajay Rao and Aindrita Ray. The film was dubbed into Telugu with the title Roja Poolu.

Plot

Ilango (Srikanth) and Sriram (Akash) are best friends. Ilango is the only son of Radhika and Raghuvaran, who aren't interested in anything but his academics. He falls in love with Manohari (Bhumika), who also eventually happens to reside opposite their house, with her loudmouthed sub-inspector mother (Rekha). With the responsibilities of a brother to get his sisters married, Sriram leaves for Libya on a job received through Ilango's parents. Before he leaves, he tells Ilango that Mano and himself are in love, and asks Ilango to look after his lover until he is back. Ilango swallows his love secret for the sake of friendship. Meanwhile, Manohari's mother arranges for her to marry Vijay Adhiraj for his wealth. At this juncture, Mano and Ilango lie that they are already married. They both leave their parents, and Ilango starts earning to support Mano. Finishing his job assignment, Sriram returns, only to give yet another family responsibility as an excuse. He apologizes for not being able to marry Mano as he is a tight corner to marry somebody else for the sake of his sister's marriage. Later, Mano leaves to Mumbai after a job opportunity. Ilango's parents come to know the truth that he and Mano are not married. They accept them. Radhika knows Mano as the girl Ilango loved, but he would not accept it since Mano might think wrong of him. Later in the train station, things turn plates and Mano comes to know that she is the girl he loved and accepts him.[2][3]

Cast

Srikanth as Ilango
Bhumika as Manogari aka Mano
Akash as Sriram
Raghuvaran as Ilango's father
Raadhika Sarathkumar as Ilango's mother
Vivek as Auto Aarumugam
Suvarna Mathew as Kiran
Vijay Adhiraj as Mano's arranged husband
Shanthi Williams as Sriram's mother
Rekha as Mano's mother
Bava Lakshmanan as Auto Aarumugam's passenger
Raghava Lawrence in the song Suppamma
Mumtaj in the song Suppamma

Production

This was director Sasi's second film. This was Bhumika's second Tamil film after Badri, in which she co-starred with Vijay. This was Srikanth's first film.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Bharathwaj. The songs were received well by the audience and were chartbusters.

SL. No.	Song Title	Singer(s)	Lyrics	Duration (mins)
1.	Anna Saalaiyil	Karthik	Vairamuthu	5:34
2.	Apple Penne Neeyaaro	Srinivas		5:32
3.	Azhagin Azhage Nee	Tippu		5:14
4.	Mottugale Mottugale	Sadhana Sargam, Hariharan		4:57
5.	Putham Pudhu Rojaave	P. Unnikrishnan		4:55
6.	Subbammaa	Malgudi Subha, Manicka Vinayagam		5:29
7.	Uyir Konda Rojaave	Bharadwaj		5:08

Awards

ITFA Best New Actor Award
Best Music Director Award (2002)[4]

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References

"Roja Koottam Review". lavan.fateback. Archived from the original on 18 August 2004. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
"Roja Koottam". The Hindu. 1 March 2002. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
http://popcorn.oneindia.in/movie-synopsis/3676/roja-kootam.html
Filmfans Association Award

External links

Roja Kootam on IMDb

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[1] "Roja Koottam Review". lavan.fateback. Archived from the original on 18 August 2004. Retrieved 2012-07-05.

[2] "Roja Koottam". The Hindu. 1 March 2002. Retrieved 1 December 2016.

[3] ttp://popcorn.oneindia.in/movie-synopsis/3676/roja-kootam.html

[4] Filmfans Association Award