Jeeva is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language action film, directed by Pratap Pothen, starring Sathyaraj and Amala. Amala created a sensation by appearing in a bikini onscreen.[2] The film was remade in Hindi as Baaz (1992).[citation needed]
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Directed by | Pratap Pothen |
Written by | A. L. Narayanan (dialogues) |
Screenplay by | Pratap Pothen |
Story by | Pratap Pothen |
Produced by | T. G. Thyagarajan G. Saravanan |
Starring | Sathyaraj Amala |
Cinematography | Ashok Kumar |
Edited by | B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan[1] |
Music by | Gangai Amaran |
Production company | Sathya Jyothi Films |
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Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
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Jeeva is a carefree unemployed youth living with his widowed mother and sister. When they are murdered, he seeks revenge.
The soundtrack was composed by Gangai Amaran. Lyrics by him and Pulamaipithan.[3][4]
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Abracadabra" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |
2. | "Hero Vandhachu" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra | |
3. | "Pattuvanna Rosa" | K. S. Chithra | |
4. | "Sangeetham" | Malaysia Vasudevan, Sunanda (singer), S. N. Surendar | |
5. | "Thagudu" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |
6. | "O Thendrale" | K. J. Yesudas |
Jeeva was released on 1 July 1988.[5] On 22 July that month, N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express said, "Pratap Pothen, in his attempt to put together a commercial yarn for Satya Movies, totters between two stools of varied height. On the one hand he tries to give a modish feel to his film – the jazzy interiors, the costumes that his actors wear, the five-star hotel-ad agency ambiance – but on the other he has to give a long rope to hero Satyaraj's attempts to play to a plebeian constituency. Pothen ends up being stylish and moronic. This makes an incongruous mixture."[6]
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