Sandhippoma (transl. Shall we meet?) is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Indrakumar.[1] The film stars Suriya and Preetha Vijayakumar, while Raadhika, Prakash Raj, Sarath Babu and Ambika also play significant roles.[2] Deva composed the film's soundtrack while Rathnavelu handled the camera work. The film released on 9 July 1998. It was dubbed into Telugu as Viswam.[3]
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Directed by | T. Indrakumar |
Screenplay by | T. Indrakumar |
Story by | T. Indrakumar |
Produced by | J. Vijayan S. Raja R. B. Choudary |
Starring | Suriya Preetha Vijayakumar |
Cinematography | R. Rathnavelu |
Music by | Deva |
Production company | Golden Picture |
Distributed by | Super Good Films |
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Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Vishwa (Suriya) and Nilani (Preetha Vijayakumar) fall in love. Her mother does not approve, but she goes along with it. Complications arise when Vishwa exhibits "fashion" photos that he has taken of Nilani, which further upsets her mother. Then it comes to light that Surya's father Santhosh (Prakash Raj) had an affair, and things take a dramatic, tragic turn for the lovers. In the end, both families arrive at the airport to prevent Nilani from boarding the flight, but to their bad luck, they could not stop it. Nilani commits suicide by swallowing poison from her ring, and Vishwa hits a wall and loses his sanity.
The film was produced by Malaysia-based Tamil settlers Rajah and Vijayan. Rajah owned Rajah Video Centre in Sentul while his partner, Vijayan, was also a businessman from Sentul. The shoot of the film was carried out in places such as Rajasthan and Goa.
Actor Sivakumar turned down the opportunity to play Suriya's father in the film, and was replaced by Prakash Raj.
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Soundtrack album by Deva | |
Released | 1998 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Label | Star Music |
Producer | Deva |
Music was composed by Deva.[4] The lyrics for the songs were written by Vairamuthu, Ponniyin Selvan, Palani Bharathi and Kalidasan.[5]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Davadikkathe" | Ponniyin Selvan | Deva, Murali | 5:32 |
2. | "Gnabagam Irukriadha" | Vairamuthu | Hariharan, Anuradha Sriram | 5:33 |
3. | "Naanthaan" | Palani Bharathi | Harini | 5:01 |
4. | "Radha Radha" | Vairamuthu | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha | 5:34 |
5. | "Andha Vennila" | Palani Bharathi | Annupamaa | 5:27 |
6. | "Namma Meena" | Kalidasan | Krishnaraj, Swarnalatha | 5:28 |
Total length: | 31:59 |
Indolink.com strongly gave a negative review stating that it's basically supporting actors beheading the lead actors and why do actor's son and daughter come to act in movies and criticized Suriya for his tedious face expressions. Suriya and Preetha vijayakumar could have just watched how Prakash Raj and Raadhika emote during emotional scenes instead of participating as hero and heroine.