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Majaa is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by Shafi, starring Vikram, Asin, Pasupathy, Vadivelu, Anu Prabhakar, Vijayakumar, Manivannan, Murali and Biju Menon (in his Tamil debut).The music is composed by Vidyasagar. It tells the story of two adopted children changing from their old, mischievous ways of life. The film is a remake of Shafi's own Malayalam film Thommanum Makkalum.

Majaa
Poster
Directed by	Shafi
Screenplay by	Viji
Story by	Benny P Nayarambalam
Based on	Thommanum Makkalum (Malayalam)
Produced by	Rockline Venkatesh
Starring	Vikram Asin Thottumkal Pasupathy Vadivelu Manivannan Biju Menon
Cinematography	Balasubramaniem
Edited by	V. T. Vijayan
Music by	Vidyasagar
Production company	Rockline Entertainment
Distributed by	Aascar Films International
Release date	1 November 2005 (2005-11-01)
Running time	138 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Govindan (Manivannan) is a thief who has two sons: Aadhi (Vikram) and Maari (Pasupathy). Years go by and the brothers decide to stop stealing, mend their ways, and lead a hardworking life with their father. They migrate to a neighboring village and meet a retired agricultural officer Chidambaram (Vijayakumar), who is in deep debt and is under pressure from the village's landlord Kalingarayar (Murali) to clear his debts. In efforts to help Chidambaram, Mathi confronts Seetha Lakshmi (Asin), Kalingarayar's daughter, who comes to collect the money Chidambaram owes her father. Seetha Lakshmi starts to acquire a liking for Mathi, but keeps it hidden due to her father's atrocious temper. In an attempt to teach Kalingarayar a lesson, Mathi forcibly ties the mangalsutram around Seetha's neck. Kalingarayar, realizing his daughter's love for Mathi, comes down to arrange a grand remarriage between the two. But things go awry when Manicka Vel (Biju Menon), Seetha Lakshmi's maternal uncle, comes to town in an effort to stop the wedding between the two as he has plans of marrying her and wiping her family fortune.

Cast

Production

Vikram watched the Mammootty starrer Thommanum Makkalum, and requested director Shafi to remake it with him, in Tamil.[1] The film was launched at AVM Studios in 2005, a huge set of village was erected at studios.[2] The film was launched at AVM Studios in 2005, a huge set of village was erected at studios.[3] Initially, Trisha and Jyothika was considered for the lead female role, due to their unavailability Asin was chosen for the role.[4] The crew went to Austria to shoot a song.[5] Vikram worked as an assistant director under Shafi for this film.[1]

Soundtrack

Majaa
Soundtrack album by Vidyasagar
Released	6 October 2005
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Ayngaran Music An Ak Audio Aditya Music
Producer	Vidyasagar
Vidyasagar chronology
Kaiyoppu (2005) Majaa (2005) Periyar (2005)

Song title	Singers	Lyrics
"Aiyyarettu"	Shankar Mahadevan, Anuradha Sriram	P. Vijay
"Chi Chi Chi"	Harini, Shankar Mahadevan, Savitha Reddy, Viji	Yugabharathi
"Hey Pangaali"	Udit Narayan, Tippu, Manikka Vinayagam	P. Vijay
"Podhumadaa Saami"	Kailash Kher
"Sollitharavaa"	Madhu Balakrishnan, Sadhana Sargam	Kabilan

Release

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Raj TV.[6] The film was released on 1 November 2005 on the Diwali Day.

Reception

Sify wrote:"The major flaw of Majaa is its wafer-thin story and screenplay, a mediocre subject to be remade from Malayalam, sic the film gives you a dreary sense of déjà vu, a feeling that one has seen it before".[7][8][9][10]

Box office

It was declared as an average grosser.[11][12]

References

External links

• Majaa at IMDb

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