Roja Malare

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Roja Malare
Directed by T. M. Jayamurugan
Written byT. M. Jayamurugan
Produced byNirmaladevi Jayamurugan
Starring
Cinematography A. Venkatesh
Edited byL. Kesevan
Music by Adithyan
Production
company
Kamalam Movies
Release date
  • 5 December 1997 (1997-12-05)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Roja Malare is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by T. M. Jayamurugan. The film stars Murali, Reeva, Arun Pandian and Anand Babu. It was released on 5 December 1997. [1]

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Plot

Kannan is a singer in a musical ensemble with his friends. Kannan falls in love with, a college student, Malarvizhi but he cannot express his love. Malarvizhi gets engaged with Arun, a strict businessman. Will Malarvizhi accept Kannan's love forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Production

Songs from the film were shot at St. Mary's Islands. [2]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Adithyan, with lyrics written by T. M. Jayamurugan. [3] The song "Azhagoviyam" attained popularity. [4]

SongSinger(s)DurationLyrics
"Anandam Vandadhadi" Mano 4:41
"Azhagoviam" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 5:49T. M. Jayamurugan
"Bombay Reeva" Mano 5:07
"Kettavaram" Mano 4:16
"Poopupuva" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 6:15
"Rojamalarin"Jeemon KJ4:56
"Udhayathu" Jayachandran 5:27

Reception

A writer for Indolink wrote, "The fact that all these stars [Murali, Arunpandian, Anandbabu and Reeva] packed up to picturize the songs in St. Mary's Island seems to be the sole asset to this film". [2] Two years after release, the producers were given a 5 lakh subsidy by the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi along with ten other films. [5]

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