Album (2002 film)

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Album
Directed by Vasanthabalan
Written by S. Ramakrishnan (Dialogues)
Screenplay byVasanthabalan
Story byVasanthabalan
Produced byRajam Balachander
Pushpa Kandaswamy
Starring Aryan Rajesh
Shrutika
CinematographyBharani K. Dharan
Edited by V. T. Vijayan
Music by Karthik Raja
Production
company
Release date
  • 4 October 2002 (2002-10-04)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Album is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Vasanthabalan making his directorial debut, starring newcomer Rajesh and Shrutika. [1] The story portrays the love and affection between two families. The film, produced by Kavithalayaa Productions, was Vasanthabalan's directorial debut and became an average success. [2] It is however best known for featuring the popular chartbuster track "Chellame Chellam" from Karthik Raja's soundtrack to the film, which was award-winning playback singer Shreya Ghoshal's first song in Tamil language.

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Plot

The film revolves around Jeeva and Viji's families, who are neighbors to each other. Viji falls in love with Jeeva, and they both start loving each other. How they over come their hurdles and unite forms the story.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack, featuring seven tracks, was composed by Karthik Raja. The song "Chellame Chellam" became very popular and emerged a chartbuster. [3] It was notably the first Tamil song rendered by acclaimed singer Shreya Ghoshal for a Tamil film soundtrack. Karthik Raja's father, Ilaiyaraaja, and his sister, Bhavatharini, had performed each one song as well.

Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Thathalikudhey"Paarthi Bhaskar Karthik, Sadhana Sargam, Tippu 5:12
2."Chellame Chellam" Na. Muthukumar Hariharan, Shreya Ghoshal 5:13
3."Kadhal Vanoli"Na. Muthukumar Harish Raghavendra, Sujatha 6:18
4."Muttaikull"Na. Muthukumar Bhavatharini, Chorus2:03
5."Pillai Thamarai" Kabilan Madhu Balakrishnan 5:18
6."Thaazhampoo"Na. Muthukumar Ilaiyaraaja, Sadhana Sargam4:47
7."Nilave Nilave" Thamarai Tippu, Shankar Mahadevan, Chorus5:19

Release and reception

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Jaya TV.

Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu opined that "Acting to avoid a contrived storyline and melodrama is fine. But then, in a film, something has to keep happening for the tempo to be sustained". [4] Chennai Online wrote "It's a bland affair, where you wait for something to happen. Like, a twist or a turn, or some conflict. And then you keep waiting and waiting, till you realise that there's no more wait since the film has come to an end". [5]

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