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Kadhal Rojavae (transl. The rose of love) is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Keyaar, which was a remake of the 1991 Hindi film Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin by Mahesh Bhatt. The film stars newcomers George Vishnu and Pooja Kumar, while Sarath Babu, Charle and S. S. Chandran play supporting roles. The film's music is composed by Ilaiyaraaja, and the film opened in January 2000 to a negative response at the box office.[1]

Kadhal Rojavae
CD cover
Directed by	Keyaar
Written by	N. Prasanna Kumar (dialogues)
Story by	Robin Bhatt
Produced by	B. Balaji Prabhu
Starring	George Vishnu Pooja Kumar
Cinematography	B. Logesh
Edited by	B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Oscar Films International
Release date	14 January 2000 (2000-01-14)
Running time	122 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

Production

Keyaar had planned to make the film with Prashanth during 1996, but the actor's commitments to Shankar's Jeans (1998), meant that he could not allot dates to start the project.[2] Consequently, Bhaskar of Oscar Movies signed George Vishnu, the son of former actress Sheela to debut in his production, Kadhal Rojavae in 1997 and according to the deal signed, Vishnu was not supposed to act in any other film until Kadhal Rojavae had been completed and released. However, during production, Vishnu could not wait and starred in a Malayalam film, while Keyaar was still shooting causing a rift between the actor and producer Bhaskar during the making of the project.[3] Pooja Kumar, who was crowned Miss India USA in 1995, was selected to make her debut as heroine and during production she was signed and dropped from other Tamil films of the period including V. I. P and Chinna Raja. The actress notably returned more than a decade later starring in the lead role in Kamal Haasan's bilingual Vishwaroopam. Kadhal Rojavae released after a delay in production in 2000.

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The soundtrack features 10 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali, Muthulingam and Vaasan.[4][5] The audio cassette was launched at a ceremony in Chennai, with A. V. M. Saravanan and Sivakumar presiding over the event as chief guests during early 1997.[6]

Release

The film opened in January 2000 to mixed reviews with Savitha of The Hindu mentioning "Both the newcomers have a long way to go in honing their acting skills". The critic also added that "the high point of the film is the music by Ilaiyaraja. The same can be said about the background score that lifts the mood of the film to some extent."[7] The film went largely unnoticed at the box office due to low profile nature of the cast.

References

External links

• Kadhal Rojavae at IMDb

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