Majaa

Majaa is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by Shafi, starring Vikram, Asin, Pasupathy, Vadivelu, Anu Prabhakar, Vijayakumar, Manivannan, Murali and Biju Menon (in his Tamil debut). The music was composed by Vidyasagar. It tells the story of two adopted children changing from their old, mischievous ways of life. The film is a remake of Shafi's own Malayalam film Thommanum Makkalum.

Majaa
Poster
Directed byShafi
Screenplay byViji
Story byBenny P Nayarambalam
Based onThommanum Makkalum (Malayalam)
Produced byRockline Venkatesh
StarringVikram
Asin
Pasupathy
Vadivelu
Manivannan
Biju Menon
CinematographyBalasubramaniem
Edited byV. T. Vijayan
Music byVidyasagar
Production
company
Distributed byAascar Films International
Release date
  • 1 November 2005 (2005-11-01)
Running time
138 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Govindan is a thief who has two sons: Aadhi and Mathi. Years go by and the brothers decide to stop stealing, mend their ways, and lead a hardworking life with their father. They migrate to a neighboring village and meet a retired agricultural officer Chidambaram, who is in deep debt and is under pressure from the village landlord Kalingarayar to clear his debts. In efforts to help Chidambaram, Mathi confronts Seetha Lakshmi, Kalingarayar's daughter, who comes to collect the money Chidambaram owes her father. Seetha Lakshmi starts to acquire a liking for Mathi, but keeps it hidden due to her father's atrocious temper. In an attempt to teach Kalingarayar a lesson, Mathi forcibly ties the mangalsutram around Seetha's neck. Kalingarayar, realizing his daughter's love for Mathi, comes down to arrange a grand remarriage between the two. But things go awry when Manicka Vel, Seetha Lakshmi's maternal uncle, comes to town in an effort to stop the wedding between the two as he has wicked plans of marrying her and usurping her family fortune.

Cast

Production

Vikram watched the Mammootty starrer Thommanum Makkalum, and requested director Shafi to remake it with him, in Tamil.[1] The film was launched at AVM Studios in 2005, a huge set of village was erected at studios.[2] The film was launched at AVM Studios in 2005, a huge set of village was erected at studios.[3] Initially, Trisha and Jyothika was considered for the lead female role, due to their unavailability Asin was chosen for the role.[4] The crew went to Austria to shoot a song.[5] Vikram worked as an assistant director under Shafi for this film.[1]

Soundtrack
Majaa
Soundtrack album by
Vidyasagar
Released6 October 2005
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelAyngaran Music
An Ak Audio
Aditya Music
ProducerVidyasagar
Vidyasagar chronology
Kaiyoppu
(2005)		 Majaa
(2005)		 Periyar
(2005)
Song titleSingersLyrics
"Aiyyarettu"Shankar Mahadevan, Anuradha SriramP. Vijay
"Chi Chi Chi"Harini, Shankar Mahadevan, Savitha Reddy, VijiYugabharathi
"Hey Pangaali"Udit Narayan, Tippu, Manikka VinayagamP. Vijay
"Podhumadaa Saami"Kailash Kher
"Sollitharavaa"Madhu Balakrishnan, Sadhana SargamKabilan

Release

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Raj TV.[6] The film was released on 1 November 2005 on the Diwali Day.

Reception

Sify wrote:"The major flaw of Majaa is its wafer-thin story and screenplay, a mediocre subject to be remade from Malayalam, sic the film gives you a dreary sense of déjà vu, a feeling that one has seen it before".[7] A critic from Chennai Online wrote that "'Thomanum Makkalum', the film's original Malayalam version, in which Mammootty starred, had some perfect casting for the trio. But here the combination of Vikram, Pasupathi and Manivannan somehow fails to jell together as a team".[8] A critic from Behindwoods wrote that "On seeing the movie spectators are enfolded with action, comedy, love, and emotion. Members of the family can sit together and enjoy this movie".[9] A critic from webindia123 wrote that "Overall it is a clean family entertainer worth a watch".[10] A critic from Kungumam called the film a Tamil film from a Malayalam origin made in a Telugu style and added that the film can be enjoyed in theatres during Diwali if you watch the film ignoring the pre-release hype.[11]

Box office

It was declared as an average grosser.[12][13]

References
  1. "Malayalam Cinema News | Malayalam Movie Reviews | Malayalam Movie Trailers - IndiaGlitz Malayalam". Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  2. "interview - Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  3. "Maja begins in a grand way". Indiaglitz. 18 June 2005. Archived from the original on 25 November 2005.
  4. "Asin with Vikram in Maja". Indiaglitz. 8 June 2005. Archived from the original on 11 June 2005.
  5. "www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/17259.html". Archived from the original on 9 August 2017.
  6. "Majaa Movie on Raj TV". In.com. 1 October 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  7. "Majaa Review". Sify. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013.
  8. "Maja". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 14 October 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  9. "Tamil movie review : Maja". Behindwoods.
  10. "Majaa review-Majaa Tamil Movie review". webindia123.
  11. "மஜா". Kungumam. 13 November 2005. pp. 10–11.
  12. "Chennai Box-Office (Nov 04-06)". Sify. 8 November 2005. Archived from the original on 24 January 2014.
  13. "Chennai Box-Office (Nov 11-13)". Sify. 16 November 2005. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017.

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