Ragasiyamai

Ragasiyamai
DVD cover
Directed by	Amudhan
Written by	Amudhan
Produced by	John Pandian Graham
Starring	Prasanna Neelam Singh
Cinematography	Amuthan
Music by	Karthik Raja
Production companies	Art and Heart Movie Makers
Release date	27 September 2003 (2003-09-27)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Ragasiyamai (transl. Secretly) is a 2003 Tamil-language romance film directed by Amudhan. The film stars Prasanna and Neelan, while Karunas and Ilavarasu played supporting roles.

Cast

• Prasanna as Amudhan
• Neelam Singh as Vijayalakshmi
• Karunas as Sura Karuppan
• Ilavarasu
• M. S. Bhaskar
• S. N. Lakshmi
• Pyramid Natarajan as Sundara Pandian

Production

The film stars Prasanna, in his second film, and newcomer Neelam Singh. The film was extensively shot in Gujarat and was set in the backdrop of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake. The team shot in the earthquake devastated village of Adhoi in Gujarat and became the first crew in fifty years to go there for a film shooting. A stage came where the crew had to seek police help to continue shooting due to crowd trouble.^[1]

Soundtrack

Ragasiyamai
Soundtrack album by Karthik Raja
Released	25 July 2003
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Language	Tamil
Producer	Karthik Raja
Karthik Raja chronology
Three Roses (2002) Ragasiyamai (2003) Singara Chennai (2004)

The soundtrack of the film was composed by Karthik Raja.^[2]

Track-list

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Raavodu Raava"	Na. Muthukumar	Tippu
2.	"Thevayilla Thevayilla"	Snehan	Tippu
3.	"Kadhal Manniley"	Snehan	Karthik Raja
4.	"Kangalum Kangalum"	Snehan	Bhavatharini, K. K
5.	"Oduthey Oduthey"	Na. Muthukumar	Shreya Ghoshal, Karthik Raja

Reception

Ragasiyamai was released on 27 September 2003 alongside Three Roses and Winner.^[3] A critic from BizHat noted that "A good performance by Prasanna is the highlight of the film. As for his female lead Neelam, there is a long way to go. The stale storyline has nothing to offer".^[4] A critic from Chennai Online wrote that "The makers might as well have kept the film Ragasiyamaiy.. (transl. a secret) from the audience!".^[5] A critic from Sify wrote that "Ragasiyamai stars Five Star fame Prasanna and newcomer Neelam. It is yet another predictable story of two people falling in love, parental opposition, eloping, stunts, chases and a banal climax where everything ends on a happy note".^[6] A critic from The Hindu wrote that "The tense filled moments, when the hero and heroine are separated in the melee, redeem "Ragasiyamaai... " to some extent."^[7]

References

1. "Movie: Ragasiyamai". All Indian Site. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
2. "Ragasiyamai songs download". Raaga. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
3. "Three new releases in the fray". Cinesouth. 27 September 2003. Archived from the original on 11 December 2003. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
4. "Ragasiyamai". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
5. "Ragasiyamaiy". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 6 April 2005. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
6. "Ragasiyamai". Sify. 30 September 2003. Archived from the original on 4 April 2022.
7. Rangarajan, Malathi (3 October 2003). ""Ragasiyamaai"". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 September 2010.

External links

• Ragasiyamai at IMDb