Independence Day (2000 film)

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Independence Day
Directed by A. R. Ramesh
Written by E. Ramdoss (Tamil dialogues)
S. S. David (Kannada dialogues)
Screenplay by A. R. Ramesh
Produced byMadhusudhana Reddy
Starring Sai Kumar
Arun Pandian
Roja
Ranjitha
CinematographyA. Ramesh Kumar
Edited byM Saikumar
Music by Deva
Production
company
Saraswathi Film Division
Release date
  • 15 August 2000 (2000-08-15)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesKannada
Tamil

Independence Day is a 2000 Indian action drama film shot in Tamil and Kannada languages, directed by A. R. Ramesh. The film stars Sai Kumar, Arun Pandian, Roja and Ranjitha. Music for the film was composed by Deva and the film opened to mixed reviews in August 2000.

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Cast

Production

The film was launched in 1997 as a bilingual and progressed slowly through production, having a delayed release. [1] [2] A Telugu version was also considered in 1998, but the venture was later dubbed into the language. [3]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Deva. [4] [5]

All lyrics are written by R N Jayagopal, S Keshava Murthy

Kannada
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."College College" K. S. Chithra  
2."Kudi Meeseya Saradara" Mano, Anuradha Sriram  
3."Dilse Dilpar" Anuradha Sriram  
4."Namma Thaayi Mother India" K. S. Chithra, Deepika, Swarnalatha  

Release

The film had a delayed release in Tamil and Kannada during August 2000, and performed poorly at the box office. [6]

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