Santhosham (1998 film)
Santhosham(transl. Happiness) is a 1998 Tamil drama film directed by newcomer Karthik. The film features Saravanan and Suvalakshmi in lead roles, with K. S. Ravikumar, Anand Babu, Prakash Raj, R. Sundarrajan and Thalaivasal Vijay playing supporting roles. The film, produced by Ve. Baabu, had musical score by Deva and was released on 3 April 1998.[1][2]
| Santhosham | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Karthik |
| Produced by | Ve. Baabu |
| Written by | Agathiyan |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Deva |
| Cinematography | Ramsingh |
| Edited by | G. Gopinath |
Production company | Janaki Ammal Movies |
Release date |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
Indran (Saravanan) is a jobless young man despite being a gold medalist graduate. Without revenue, he collapses under debt and has always bad luck so people who know him neglects him. Only Bhavani (Suvalakshmi) befriends him. One day, he meets his college friend Karthik (Anand Babu) who works for the minister Nadesan and Karthik promises to find him a decent job in politics. During the interview, his bad luck continued. Later, with the help of Bhavani, he becomes an auto rickshaw driver. Someday, he carries a pregnant lady in his auto rickshaw to the hospital. The next day, the father of the pregnant lady comes to congrats him for this good deed and gives him a decent job in his company. Then, Indran proposes his love to Bhavani and she accepts to marry him. Finally, Indran gets married with Bhavani and he becomes the happiest man in the world but the happiness was short-lived. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.
Cast
- Saravanan as Indran
- Suvalakshmi as Bhavani
- K. S. Ravikumar
- Anand Babu as Karthik
- Prakash Raj as Nadesan
- R. Sundarrajan
- Thalaivasal Vijay as Kanthaswamy
- Pandu
- Kavithalaya Krishnan as Krishnan
- Sathyapriya
- Chandrakala as Chandra
- Baby Sowmya as Valli
- Kovai Senthil
- T.V. Saravanan as Vadivelu
- Oru Viral Krishna Rao as Tea master
- Idichapuli Selvaraj
- Thideer Kannaiah
- Haja Sheriff
- Salem Vijayaraj
- Mahesh
- Nandakumar
- Premit Kumar
- Kottai Perumal
Soundtrack
| Santhosham | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 1998 |
| Recorded | 1997 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 24:37 |
| Producer | Deva |
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Deva. The soundtrack, released in 1998, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by director Agathiyan.
| Track | Song | Singer(s) | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 'Kaalam Poranthachuda' | Mano | 4:50 |
| 2 | 'Kalaiyil Ezhunthu' | Deva | 5:17 |
| 3 | 'Kondaiyil' | Krishnaraj | 5:00 |
| 4 | 'Sethu Mathava' | P. Unni Krishnan, Anuradha Sriram | 4:31 |
| 5 | 'Subramani' | Deva, Sabesh-Murali | 4:59 |
Reception
The film did reasonably well at the box office.[3]
References
- "Filmography of santhosham". cinesouth.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- "Santhosham (1998) Tamil Movie". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- G. Prasad (8 March 2008). "The Hindu : Back with a bang". hindu.com. Retrieved 10 July 2014.