Dancer (2005 film)

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Dancer
Directed by Keyaar
Written byKeyaar
Produced byYogesh KR
StarringJ. Kutty
Robert
Kaniha
CinematographyJ. A. Robert
Edited byR. T. Annadurai
Music by Pravin Mani
Production
company
KR Infotainment Pvt. Ltd.
Release date
  • 12 January 2005 (2005-01-12)
Running time
99 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Dancer is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language dance film written and directed by Keyaar. The film was produced by Yogesh KR under KR Infotainment Pvt. Ltd. The film which revolves around a handicapped dancer with one leg was released on 12 January 2005.

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Cast

Production

Keyaar was inspired to direct the film with Kutty, a one legged handicapped dancer after seeing him dancing at a concert at Kamarajar auditorium. [2] [3] Kutty did not appear in further films aside from By the People (2005) and Lee (2007) as he died by falling down stairs in 2007. [4]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Pravin Mani and lyrics were written by Pa. Vijay and Na. Muthukumar. [5]

Reception

IndiaGlitz wrote "Though Keyar has taken up a message in the movie, he seems to have made the movie interesting by adding commercial elements at right mix". [6] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote, "Despite a logical story line, a docu-feel does crop up now and then [...] The ideal is lofty. But the insensitivity in execution (for the most part) is disconcerting". [7] Malini Mannath wrote for Chennai Online, "Though Dancer is predictable story-telling, it's a film you would not regret watching". [8]

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References

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