Daas (2005 film)

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Daas
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byBabu Yogeswaran
Written byBabu Yogeswaran
Produced byK. Muralitharan
V. Swaminathan
G. Venugopal
Starring Ravi Mohan
Renuka Menon
Cinematography Vijay K. Chakravarthy
Srinivas Devamsam
Edited by Anthony
Music by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Production
company
Release date
  • 29 July 2005 (2005-07-29)
Running time
155 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Daas is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film written and directed by newcomer Babu Yogeswaran. The film stars Ravi Mohan (credited as Jayam Ravi) and Renuka Menon in lead and Vadivelu, Adithya Menon, Shanmugarajan, Monica, Abhinay, and Salim Ghouse, among others, in supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film released on 29 July 2005 and become a commercial success. [1]

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Plot

The film begins in a small village in Tirunelveli district where a few upper-caste men hold a chariot festival. Antony Daas, along with his friends, pulls the chariot into their slum. The friends naturally incur the wrath of a local leader named Annachi. Meanwhile, his daughter Rajeshwari falls in love with Daas. Her sister Punitha elopes to marry a lower-caste boy named Guna, who is a classmate of Daas. Coming to know about this, Annachi sends his men to bump off Punitha and Guna. He eventually sets them ablaze in front of Daas. An angry Rajeshwari, in order to teach her father a lesson, elopes with Daas and vows to get married. The couple then seeks refuge in Nasser's house in Madurai. He promises to get them married. However, coming to know about their hideout, Annachi's men reach Madurai to foil their plans. Nasser's father Vappa promises to get them united. Enters Nasser's brother Anwar, who plans to let loose terror in the Madurai town in the name of Jehad. How Daas emerges triumphant from all the troubles and marries Rajeshwari forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Production

Daas, the directorial debut of Babu Yogeswaran, was initially titled Rascal. [2] It is Ravi's third film and his first original film following two remakes. Since he plays a footballer, he took training in the sport. [3] While Ravi dismissed reports of his brother Raja having "ghost-directed" the film, he said Raja did offer some suggestions. [1] The filming was held at Pollachi for 25 days while the climax was shot at MGR Engineering College for 15 days. [4]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. [5] The song "Vaa Vaa" was reused from "Adiye Manam Nilluna Nikkathadi", composed by Yuvan's father Ilaiyaraaja for the 1984 film Neengal Kettavai . [6]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Yennoda Raasi" Pa. Vijay Venkat Prabhu 4:28
2."Saami Kittay"Pa. Vijay Hariharan, Shreya Ghoshal 4:47
3."Nee Enthan" Yugabharathi Karthik 4:55
4."Shaheeba Shaheeba"Pa. VijayHariharan, Sujatha Mohan 3:58
5."Vaa Vaa"Pa. Vijay Shankar Mahadevan, Mahalakshmi Iyer 5:22
6."Sakka Podu" Viveka K. K., Sadhana Sargam 4:21
Total length:27:51

Critical reception

Sify claimed that Ravi was a "hundred percent convincing as an action hero," further labelling his performance as "impressive." [7] Lajjavathi of Kalki called it "one time watchable". [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "'It is my hat trick': Jayam Ravi". Sify . 2 August 2005. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  2. ↑ Warrier, Shobha (5 July 2005). "Jeyam Ravi on a hat-trick". Rediff.com . Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "Interview : 'Jayam' Ravi". Behindwoods. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  4. ↑ Mannath, Malini (11 July 2005). "Das". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 5 December 2005. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Daas (2005)". Raaga.com . Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  6. ↑ S, Karthik. "Yuvan Shankar Raja [Tamil]". ItwoFS . Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Dass". Sify . Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  8. ↑ லஜ்ஜாவதி (21 August 2005). "தாஸ்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 96. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024– via Internet Archive.
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