Story of movie Aasai :
Aasai (pronunciation (help·info)) (English: Desire) is a 1995 Tamil romantic thriller film written and directed by Vasanth and produced by Mani Ratnam The film featured Ajith Kumar and debutant Suvalakshmi in the lead, and Prakash Raj in a pivotal role. Jeeva was the cinematographer while Deva composed the music. Upon release, the film received positive reviews and went on to become a commercial success at the box office.The Movie was dubbed into telugu as Asha Asha Asha.
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| Directed by | Vasanth |
| Produced by | Mani Ratnam S. Sriram |
| Written by | Vasanth |
| Starring | Ajith Kumar Suvalakshmi Prakash Raj Rohini Poornam Viswanathan |
| Music by | Deva |
| Cinematography | Jeeva |
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Production company | Aalayam Productions |
| Distributed by | Aalayam Productions |
Release date | 8 September 1995 |
Running time | 145 minutess |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Screenplay
Saraswathi "Yamuna" (Suvalakshmi), one of two daughters of an Orthodox father (Poornam Vishwanathan), comes to Madras for finishing her studies. Major Madhavan (Prakash Raj) is the husband of Yamuna's elder sister Ganga (Rohini), who infatuates about Yamuna after seeing a photo in a letter sent by her. Meanwhile, Yamuna meets Jeevanantham (Ajith Kumar) in a bus, who gives his ticket to her as she had not taken her own. Later one day, Jeeva decides to express his love to Yamuna by writing "1 4 3" (the number of letters in "I love you") in a letter and giving it to her, but he witnesses a group beating a boy who did the same thing, so he crumples the letter, and it is found by Yamuna, who realizes his love. One day when they were walking together, Jeeva tries to remove the dirt from Yamuna's eyes, and he kisses her. Yamuna is angry with him. Jeeva senses it and gets wet in the rain and gets a cold. Hearing this, Yamuna meets him. Jeeva expresses that she is the only medicine to him, and he needs her. Yamuna promises she will marry him. On Yamuna's birthday, Jeeva jumps into her house and presents her a puppy. One day, fearing that Yamuna's father might not marry him to Yamuna, he decides to marry her in a register office, but Yamuna refuses and Jeeva leaves.
Meanwhile, Madhavan settles his father-in-law's debts and earns his trust. He also pays for connecting a landline to Yamuna's house and talks to her regularly, but Ganga is unaware of this. One day, Ganga finds it, and starts to realize his true identity. Madhavan then expresses his love affair on Yamuna to his wife. This makes her so upset that she attempts to go and live with her father and Yamuna. Madhavan prisons her in home, and one day he tells her she can go to her father's house by flight, and tricks her by putting a sleeping pill in milk and making her drink it. She falls unconscious. Madhavan then murders Ganga by suffocating her to death with a polythene cover and tying it around her head by his shoelace, and lies to everyone that she died from heart attack. He then makes Yamuna and her father stay with him in Delhi to look after his baby, but he has other plans.
Jeeva comes to Delhi. One day he sees Yamuna, who ignores him. Later he sees her carrying the puppy he presented and tells why she needs the puppy when she does not need him. Yamuna leaves the puppy in the middle of the road. Later that night, Yamuna comes to take the puppy in the rain. Jeeva sees this and realizes she really loves him. A couple of months later, Yamuna's father decides to get her married to Jeeva. This shocks Madhavan, and he decides to stop the marriage. Yamuna's family meets Jeeva in a restaurant. While Jeeva was talking to Madhavan, a Singh dashes against him. In the confusion, Madhavan steals Jeeva's purse. Later, when Jeeva senses his purse missing, he argues with the Singh. Later, he suspects Madhavan and wants to check him. This angers Yamuna's father as he blindly believes Madhavan.
Later, Madhavan arranges some men to pour liquor into Jeeva's mouth and lay him in the middle of the road. Madhavan makes Yamuna and her father believe Jeeva is a drunkard. Madhavan later gives Jeeva's flight ticket and wants to send him to Madras, but Jeeva makes a fool of Madhavan by tearing the ticket and spending the day with Yamuna. In a rage, Madhavan makes his baby get wet in the rain and calls Yamuna to look for it. Meanwhile, Jeeva complains to Lt. Col Hariharan (Nizhalgal Ravi), a friend and higher officer to Madhavan, but he does not believe Jeeva. Later when celebrating Holi, Madhavan asks Jeeva the puppy he had presented to Yamuna. Jeeva gives it, and Madhavan purposely throws it at a running car. The puppy dies, and Madhavan makes everyone believe that Jeeva threw the puppy. An argument ensues between them, and Madhavan tries to kill Jeeva with a rod, but leaves him on behalf of Yamuna.
One day, Hariharan finds the truth about Madhavan and questions him. An enraged Madhavan kills Hariharan, faking it to be a car accident. Madhavan hides brown sugar in Jeeva's pillows and informs the police. Jeeva lands in jail. One day, while meeting Jeeva in jail, Madhavan tells him how he cruelly killed Ganga for getting Yamuna. Yamuna overhears this and informs her father. They plan to escape, but Madhavan arrives, hits Yamuna's father with a lamp, and holds her imprisoned in his house. Jeeva escapes from jail and arrives there. A fight ensues between Madhavan and Jeeva in which Jeeva gains the upper hand. Yamuna and Jeeva take the baby to the hospital as it fainted. Yamuna's father locks the doors, opens the gas cylinder, and lights a matchstick in which they both die in the explosion. In the end, Jeeva is released from prison and is united with Yamuna and the baby.
- Ajith Kumar as Jeevanantham (Jeeva)
- Suvalakshmi as Saraswathi (Yamuna)
- Prakash Raj as Major Madhavan
- Rohini as Ganga
- Poornam Vishwanathan as Yamuna and Ganga's father
- Nizhalgal Ravi as Lt. Col Hariharan
- Vadivelu as Jeeva's friend
- Dhamu as Jeeva's friend
- S. J. Suryah as Auto Driver
- Monica (child artist)
- Mayilsamy
- Madhan Bob
- Mohan Raman
- Mahanadi Shankar
- Veeraraghavan
- Bayilvan Ranganathan
- Pooja Batra in a special appearance in the song "Shokkadikuthu Sona"
- Anand Krishnamoorthi in a special appearance in the song "Shokkadikuthu Sona"
- Raju Sundaram in a special appearance in the song "Shokkadikuthu Sona"
- Art = Magie
- Dance Choreography = Raju Sundaram
- Lyrics = Vaali, Vairamuthu
- Make-up = R.Sundharamoorthy
- Stunts Choreography = Thiyagarajan
- Stills = Murali Suresh
- Costume Designs = Nalini Sriram
- Story,Screenplay and Dialogue Help = Sankar Raman
The lead role was initially offered by Vasanth to Suriya, son of actor Sivakumar, to make his debut but he rejected the offer citing a lack of interest in an acting career. He was duly replaced by Ajith Kumar, in his first major lead role, after Vasanth and S. Sriram were impressed with Ajith's performance in Pavithra. Suresh dubbed for Ajith Kumar in the film.
Upon release, the film won positive reviews from critics. The film went on to win three awards at the Tamil Nadu State Awards securing honours for the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director for Vasanth, the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director for Deva and the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for Hariharan. The film was later remade in Bollywood with Rajesh Khanna and Mohnish Bahl as Pyaar Zindagi Hai in 2001.
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| Soundtrack album by Deva | ||||
| Released | 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1995 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 35:10 | |||
| Language | Tamil | |||
| Label | Pyramid | |||
| Producer | Deva | |||
| Deva chronology | ||||
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The music was composed by Deva.
| Track list | ||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Konja Naal Poru" | Vaali | Hariharan | 5:10 |
| 2. | "Meenamma Athikalayilum" | Vaali | P. Unni Krishnan, Anuradha Sriram | 5:32 |
| 3. | "Shockkadikuthu Sona" | Vaali | Suresh Peters, G. V. Prakash Kumar | 5:42 |
| 4. | "Pulveli Pulveli" | Vairamuthu | K. S. Chithra, P. Unni Krishnan | 6:26 |
| 5. | "Pulveli Pulveli (Male)" | Vairamuthu | P. Unni Krishnan | 6:36 |
| 6. | "Thiloththama" | Vairamuthu | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Swarnalatha | 5:44 |
| Total length: | 35:10 | |||
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