Ivan (2002 film)
Ivan | |
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Directed by | Parthiban |
Written by | Parthiban |
Produced by | Abi Keerthi Rakki |
Starring | Parthiban Meena Soundarya |
Cinematography | Fowzia Fathima |
Edited by | M. N. Raja |
Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Ivan (transl. Him) is a 2002 Indian Tamil language film directed, written and produced by Parthibhan. The film stars him along with Soundarya and Meena. The film though was a runway hit.[1][2][3]
Plot[edit]
Jeevan (Parthiban) is a tempo driver and a socially conscious middle-aged man who wants to clean up society. His motivation is his late father (Thalaivasal Vijay) who was murdered as he tried to be a crusader. Jeevan is intelligent enough to realize that he is not a one-man-army to fight the evils and corruption in society. So what he does is to motivate the public to fight for their rights. He lives in a small place with four friends and together they do what little they can to improve the condition around. The Carnatic singer Dheetchanya (Soundarya) has a silent admiration for Jeevan, but it is the Telugu woman Meena Kumari (Meena) who wins him over and forces him to marriage by telling a lie that she has cancer, But she dies afterwhile. There are about 18 antagonists, who make their entry and exit. Thereafter, Jeevan brings them all together and each of them gets a chance to support his stand and speak on the circumstances which forced them to take to crime. Jeevan gives a long lecture and transforms them into being good citizens. At last Jeevan is leaving the court with Dheetchanya.
Cast[edit]
- Parthiban as Jeevan
- Soundarya as Dheetchanya, a carnatic singer (voice-over by Deepa Venkat)
- Meena as Meena Kumari
- Anandaraj as “Diesel” Raj
- Nizhalgal Ravi as Kathiresan
- Kitty as Seth
- Devan
- FEFSI Vijayan as Police inspector
- Thalaivasal Vijay as Jeevan's Father
- B. V. Balaguru
- Mahanadi Shankar as Rowdy
- Bala Singh as Politician
- S. V. Ramadas
- Rowdy Rathnam
- M. S. Bhaskar as Meena Kumari's father
- Gandhimathi as Slum dweller
- Manochithra as Dikshanya's mother
- Subhashini as Meena Kumari's mother
- Anuradha as Lady pimp
- C. R. Saraswathi as Drug dealer
- Theni Kunjarammal as Slum dweller
- Vandana as Janani
- Reena Reddy
- Baby Prithivi as Valli
- Senbhaga Muthu as Slum dweller
- Singamuthu as Singamuthu
- Nellai Siva as Slum dweller
- Ooty Mani as Slum dweller
- Kanal Kannan as Rowdy
- Dubbing Venkat
- Thalapathy Dinesh as Counterfeiter
- Idichapuli Selvaraj as Swamy
- T. P. Gajendran as Politician
- Vetri Vigneshwar as Adult film producer
- Benjamin
- Veera Raghavan
- Set Govindaraj as Slum dweller
- Y. S. D. Sekhar as Slum dweller
- C. Duraipandian as Lawyer
- Kovai Senthil as Demonstrator
- Vijay Ganesh as Ration shop worker
- Raaghav as Journalist (uncredited role)
- Preetha as Preetha (uncredited role)
- Hemalatha as Teenage girl
- Srilatha as Government employee
- Abhinayashree in a special appearance
- Subbudu as himself (cameo appearance)
Production[edit]
Music critic Subbudu made his cinematic debut appearing as himself.[4]
Soundtrack[edit]
Soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[5][6]
No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
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1 | "Appadi Pakrathuna" | Mathangi, P. Unnikrishnan | Palani Bharathi | 05:55 |
2 | "Bhajanai Seivom" | S. N. Surendar, Arunmozhi, Febi Mani | Ilaiyaraaja | 01:03 |
3 | "Ennai Yenna Seithai Vengulalae" | Sudha Ragunathan | Vaali | 06:18 |
4 | "Enakkinai Yaar" | Muthulingam | 01:09 | |
5 | "Kannan Nee En" | 04:51 | ||
6 | "Male Toppula" | Karthik, Malgudi Subha | Kabilan | 04:40 |
7 | "Pattukku Pogathinga" | Arunmozhi | Ilaiyaraaja | 00:47 |
8 | "Thoolu Thoolu" | Karthik, Sujatha | Na. Muthukumar | 04:43 |
9 | "Ulagame Nee" | Palakkad Sreeram | Mu. Metha | 05:03 |
Awards[edit]
Won[edit]
Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress - Meena
References[edit]
- ^ "Breaking convention". The Hindu. 21 August 2002.
- ^ "Ivan". The Hindu. 22 August 2002.
- ^ "IVAN". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 5 April 2005. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ "The Hindu : A success team reunites". www.thehindu.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Starmusiq.fun".
- ^ "Ivan Audio Cover". avdigital. Retrieved 14 October 2021.