Selvaa
1996 Indian film
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Selvaa is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film directed by A. Venkatesh.[2] The film was produced by director Pavithran.[3] The film stars Vijay, Swathi, Riva and Raghuvaran. The music is composed by Sirpy. The film was a successful venture.[4][5]
| Selvaa | |
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| Directed by | A. Venkatesh |
| Screenplay by | A. Venkatesh |
| Story by | Majeeth |
| Produced by | Pavithran |
| Starring | Vijay Swathi Raghuvaran Riva |
| Cinematography | S. Saravanan |
| Edited by | B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan |
| Music by | Sirpy |
Production company | A. R. S. International |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | ₹40 lakh |
| Box office | ₹1.75 crore[1] |
Plot
Selva lives in a colony. He is the son of lawyer Varatharajan but he lives separately. It turns out that he is the adopted son of Varatharajan and he gets shocked whenever Selva speaks or fights against injustice. He is a man who hates injustice and fights against it. Meanwhile, a minister's daughter moves into the colony. She becomes friendly with Selva. Sumathi who is in love with Selva mistakes their friendship. Vartharajan works for a terrorist group that kidnaps the minister's daughter. Selva goes to the rescue of the girl. However, Selva kills his father because Varatharajan was going to kill Kamini. Finally, they will come out of the clutch of the terrorists.
Cast
- Vijay as Selva
- Swathi as Sumathi
- Riva as Kamini
- Raghuvaran as Varatharajan, Selva's father
- Rajan P. Dev as Vaappa
- Senthil as Magic Guruji
- Manivannan as Cellular Mani Selva s friend (voice dubbed by Mayilsamy for some scenes)
- Jayachitra as CBI officer
- Vichithra as Jyothi
- Shanmugasundari as Deaf grandmother
- C. R. Saraswathi as Bhama, Sumathi's mother
- Vatsala Rajagopal as Church mother
- Mannangatti Subramaniam as Gopalu, Sumathi's father
- Tiruppur Ramasamy as Ramasamy
- Kalidoss as Varatharajan’s assistant
- Jayaprakasam as Soosai
- Diamond Babu as Kamini’s father
- Krishnamoorthy as Deputy inspector general of police
- Bonda Mani as Colony man
- Prathapachandran as Director general of police
- Peter Hein as Fighter
- A. Venkatesh as Vaappa's henchman
Production
- Vijay performed a risky jump stunt in the film without using a double.[5]
- Initially, actress Abhinaya Saraswathi Saroja Devi was slated to play the role of heroine Swathi mother, Bhama character in this film.
- However, due to hip pain at the time, she was unable to act, and actress C. R. Saraswathi played the role of Bhama instead.
- It is noteworthy that, in a scene, director A. Venkatesh included a moment where actress Swathi angrily pokes C. R. Saraswathi (who played Bama) in the hip, seemingly as a way of mocking Saroja Devi's hip pain.
Soundtrack
All songs were written by Vaali and music was composed by Sirpy.[6]The audio rights were acquired by Sony Music.
| Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|
| "Chicken Kari" | Vijay, Sirpy, Swarnalatha | 5:02 |
| "Don't Care Master" | Mano | 3:46 |
| "Lappu Tappu" | Suresh Peters, Swarnalatha, Deepika | 4:41 |
| "Potta Pulla Manasu" | Mano, Sujatha | 4:46 |
| "Tharaiyil Natakkuthu" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Swarnalatha | 4:43 |
Reception
Ananda Vikatan rated the film 30 out of 100.[7] R. P. R. of Kalki praised Vijay for acting with life and performing stunts and called Raghuvaran's performance as the only entertaining thing from the film but felt the film had no plot and two of the actresses were underutilised.[8]
