Karuppu Roja
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| Karuppu Roja | |
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| Directed by | J. Paneer |
| Written by | Aabavanan |
| Produced by | A. Karunamoorthy Indhumathy |
| Starring | Ramki Amar Siddique Yosika Vineetha |
| Cinematography | Selvakumar |
| Edited by | R.T Annadurai |
| Music by | M. S. V. Raja |
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Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Karuppu Roja (transl. Black Rose) is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language dark fantasy film directed by Paneer, written by Aabavanan and produced by Ayngaran International. The film stars Ramki, Amar Siddique, Yosika, Vineetha amongst others. The project became the first DTS film in Indian cinema, and had music composed by M. S. V. Raja, his first music composing venture.[1][2]
Vinodh and Thulasi meet in college and fall in love and he manipulates her into marrying him. He then takes away her firstborn to kill him as an offering to please Satan in order to cure his mentally ill mother who has been insane since the death of her husband. But Aravindh, a kind exorcist who exorcises the ghosts in the Hindus by chanting Manthras, saves the child by praying to Shiva, and Thulasi is also rescued by him finally. Vinodh dies at the former's hands for spreading Satanism.
Cast
- Ramki as Aravindh
- Amar Siddique as Vinod (voice dubbed by Vikram)
- Yosika as Thulasi
- Vineetha as Meena
- Dubbing Janaki as Thulasi's mother
- S.R. Veeraraghavan as Thulasi's father
- Charle
- Srikanth
- Karikalan
- Kavithashree
- Kokila Gobinathan
- Sangeetha Balan
Production
Karuppu Roja was written by Aabavanan. It was produced jointly by writer Indhumathi and by Karunamoorthy, who made his debut as a producer in the Tamil film industry with his studio Ayngaran International. The film was heavily publicised before releases, with the producers targeting magazines in particular to rave about the new sound system that the venture was introducing. Filming took place exclusively at the Andhra University and Bheemunipatnam regions in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh with some sporadic schedules taking place in and around Chennai.[3]
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by M. S. V. Raja, with lyrics by Aabavanan.[4][5]
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mella Chirithal" | Suresh Peters | 5:03 |
| 2. | "Mangala Roopini" | K. S. Chithra | 1:25 |
| 3. | "Siraiyil" | K. S. Chithra | 2:13 |
| 4. | "Karaiyil Oru" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 5:06 |
| 5. | "Dealiya Poo" | Chandrabose | 4:54 |
| 6. | "Thaayin Madiyil" | P. Jayachandran | 1:24 |
| 7. | "Thottu Vidava Naan" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Swarnalatha | 5:01 |
| 8. | "Siraiyil" (repeat) | K. S. Chithra | 1:54 |
| 9. | "Thaayin Madiyil" (repeat) | Jayachandran | 1:47 |
| 10. | "Thaayin Madiyal" (instrumental) | — | 1:26 |
| Total length: | 30:13 | ||
