Love & Love Only

Love & Love Only
Promotional Poster
Directed by	Julian Karikalan
Written by	Julian Karikalan
Produced by	Julian Karikalan Esh Julian
Starring	Rohit Kalia Georgia Nicholas
Cinematography	Dion Wilton
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Release dates	13 August 2015 (2015-08-13)(San Jose, California)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English

Love & Love Only is a 2015 English-language Australian film directed by Indian-born Australian filmmaker Julian Karikalan starring Rohit Kalia, who was Mr. India Australia in 2014 and Georgia Nicholas in lead roles.

A cross-cultural romantic film where an Indian falls in love with an Australian girl features background score and songs by India's legendary composer Ilaiyaraaja. This is the first-ever English-language feature film for which he has composed original songs. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The film was launched for online audience on 22 November 2016 and is available on YouTube in countries that allow paid content, while for the rest of the world, the movie is available on Vimeo on demand and VHX.

Summary

Krishna is forcefully sent to Australia by his parents to learn business and life, but he struggles to adapt to Australian ways as he was always pampered by his mom. In Australia, he falls in love with Stacey, his co-worker, a school dropout from a broken family. Krishna's struggle with cultural differences create problems in their relationship. ^[1]

Cast

• Rohit Kalia as Krishna
• Georgia Nicholas as Stacey

Production

Cast and crew

The casting call for actors was advertised online in a casting website called Starnow. The male lead role was initially offered to an interstate actor of Australia, however, due to several delays in filming and constraints in budget, the role was offered to Rohit Kalia who was supposed to do another role in the film. He is a student of Anupam Kher’ s acting school, and is an IT professional during the week. Though there was an overwhelming response for the female lead role, Julian wasn't keen in casting anyone of them and his search led him to an extra named Georgia Nicholas. ^[1]

Contrary to regular industry practice, the composer of the film came aboard only after the whole film was edited and ready for a preliminary viewing. Being a huge fan of Ilaiyaraaja, Julian couldn't think of anyone else for the music, but being his first feature film that was made on an innovative methodology, he himself wasn't sure about the outcome. So, he wanted to complete the film in the first place. Once he saw the finished product, he was confident enough to approach the legendary composer and made a trip to India to meet Ilaiyaraaja through his musical co-ordinator Subbiah. The meeting was successful and Ilaiyaraaja happily consented to support the project, despite its budgetary constraints. ^{[5] [6] [7]} The entire background score was completed within 6 days including recording and technical post-production.

Filming

The film was shot in the Sydney metropolitan area. The film was also shot at the University of Wollongong. ^[1]

Music

Love & Love Only
Soundtrack album by Ilaiyaraaja
Released	3 May 2016
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	1:05:44
Language	English
Label	Juvi Digital Co
Ilaiyaraaja chronology
Kida Poosari Magudi (2016) Love & Love Only (2016) Amma Kanakku (2016)
External audio Love & Love Only – Jukebox on YouTube

Apart from two background music tracks, there are two songs as well in the film. Being an English film, the composer Ilaiyaraaja was keen in getting native western voices. After advertising online in Australia, Rachael Leahcar, the South Australian singer was chosen to render her voice for the first ever song composed by Ilaiyaraaja for an English film. ^[8] The background tracks were recorded in Prasad Studios, Chennai and the voice was recorded and mixed in Australia. ^{[1] [9]}

Track listing ^[10]

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"The First Song"	Rachael Leahcar	3:37
2.	"Shock of a Lifetime"	—	0:43
3.	"Dad Makes a Deal"	—	1:48
4.	"The Australian Job"	—	2:15
5.	"The First Day Out"	—	0:49
6.	"A Silverlining"	—	2:59
7.	"The First Night Out"	—	2:38
8.	"A Walk in the Moonlight"	—	4:41
9.	"Kris Goes into Hiding"	—	4:14
10.	"Stacey's Confrontation"	—	1:51
11.	"Stacey's Perseverance"	—	4:04
12.	"The Night Together"	—	4:28
13.	"Am I in Love?"	Rachael Leahcar	3:51
14.	"Kris Plans Ahead"	—	6:21
15.	"Love" (The Indian Way)	—	4:24
16.	"A Surprise Proposal"	—	2:10
17.	"Lovers Discord"	—	3:13
18.	"Pain of Separation"	—	2:16
19.	"Stacey's Realisation"	—	2:54
20.	"An Indian Waltz" (Painful Joy)	—	4:15
21.	"An Indian Waltz" (Bliss)	—	2:13
Total length:			1:05:44

References

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4. "ராஜா கணக்கு தப்பாது!". குங்குமம் சினிமா. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
5. "இளையராஜாவின் ஆங்கில படம்.....லவ் அண்ட் லவ் ஒன்லி". vikatan. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
6. "Composer Ilayaraaja's Film Soundtrack Released". The Indian Telegraph. 3 May 2015. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
7. "Ilaiyaraaja Scores First-Time Filmmaker's 'Love And Love Only'". Forbes . 19 May 2015. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
8. "All for love…". indianlink. 25 February 2016. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
9. "Ilayaraja goes international with English film 'Love and Love Only'". Business Standard. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
10. "Love and Love Only - Ilaiyaraaja". JioSaavn . 3 May 2016.

External links

• Love & Love Only at IMDb