May Maadham (transl. The Month of May) is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Venus Balu. The film stars Vineeth and Sonali Kulkarni, and has music by A. R. Rahman. It is based on the 1953 American film Roman Holiday.[1] The film was released on 9 September 1994. It was remade in Hindi as Love You Hamesha (2022).
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Directed by | Venus Balu |
Written by | Balu Crazy Mohan (dialogues) |
Produced by | G. Venkateswaran |
Starring | Vineeth Sonali Kulkarni |
Cinematography | P. C. Sreeram |
Edited by | B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan |
Music by | A. R. Rahman |
Production company | GV Films |
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Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
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Sandhya is the only daughter of big shot who always controls her life and schedules her activities. When she finds out he has planned to get her married with a US immigrant, she decides to run away from her family to Madras. Due to some unfortunate events, Sandhya loses her money because of a young photographer Eeshwar and now she is stuck with him until he repays her cash. As the story unfolds, her family finds her in Madras and love blossoms between the two.
The film marks Sonali Kulkarni's Tamil film debut.[4] She was encouraged to audition for the film by Mani Ratnam.[5] The song "Madrasa Suthi" was filmed in Marina Beach.[6]
The soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman with lyrics by Vairamuthu.[7] Rahman reused the songs in May Maadham's Hindi remake Love You Hamesha (2022),[8] and the Telugu dub Hrudayaanjali.[9] The song "Margazhi Poove" is set in Hindolam raaga,[10] while "Enmel Vizhundha Mazhaithuli" is set in Kapi.[11] In a 2018 interview, Vairamuthu recalled that after he had written most of the lyrics for the song "Margazhi Poove", Rahman wanted him to write further lyrics for "a short tune that plays between the BGM". Vairamuthu felt it was impossible to fit words into the tune but Rahman remained adamant. Though irritated, Vairamuthu accepted the challenge and found the perfect lyrics: "Venba... Paadivarum Vandukku/ Senthaen... Thandhuvidum sempookkal/ Konjam... Paadavarum Pennukku/ Sandham... Thandhuvidum Mynahkkal".[12]
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Adi Paru Mangatha" | Suneeta Rao, T. K. Kala and G. V. Prakash Kumar | 04:26 |
2. | "Palakkattu Machanukku" | G. V. Prakash Kumar, Noel James, A. R. Rahman (backing vocals) | 04:37 |
3. | "Marghazhi Poove" | Shoba Shankar, Chorus | 06:18 |
4. | "En Mel Vizhunda" | P. Jayachandran, K. S. Chithra | 05:05 |
5. | "Madrasai Suthi" | Shahul Hameed, Swarnalatha, G. V. Prakash Kumar and Manorama | 04:51 |
6. | "Minnalae" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 05:37 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Achampeta Mangatha" | Veenelakanti | Anupama, Suneeta Rao, T. K. Kala and G. V. Prakash | 04:26 |
2. | "Madarasu Chuttivaste" | Ghantasala Ratnakumar | Srinivas, Swarnalatha, G. V. Prakash Kumar, Noel David and Malgudi Subha | 04:51 |
3. | "Maanasa Veena" | Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry | K. S. Chithra & Chorus | 06:18 |
4. | "Edapai Jarina" | Bhuvana Chandra | K. S. Chithra, Unnikrishnan | 05:05 |
5. | "Palakollu Mavayya" | Bhuvana Chandra | G. V. Prakash, Gopal Rao | 04:37 |
May Maadham was released on 9 September 1994.[13] Malini Mannath of The Indian Express wrote on the same day, "Despite its flaws, May Maadham is an engaging little film that is worth viewing".[14] Indolink wrote "Its A.R.Rehmaan who again comes to the rescue in this love story that loses direction to say the least. A simple story of love that doesnt have any unnecessary opposition (thank heavens) should have been more efficiently handled as there isnt much scope for melodrama here. So the director decided to adopt a tongue-in-cheek attitude, with Crazy Mohan's script coming in handy, but after the half way stage, it fails to grip you and you just wait there for it to end".[15] Thulasi of Kalki appreciated the film for Sreeram's cinematography, Rahman's music, Mohan's dialogues and the cast performances.[16] The film was commercially unsuccessful, breaking GV Films' success streak that began in 1990.[17] The film was subsequently dubbed in Telugu under the title Hrudayanjali in 1998.[18] It was remade in Hindi as Love You Hamesha, which was not released until 2022 on YouTube, despite being shot around 1999-2000.[19]
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