Arinthum Ariyamalum (English: Knowingly and Unknowingly) is a 2005 Indian Tamil crime-drama film written and directed by Vishnuvardhan that stars Navdeep along with Arya, Sameksha, Adithya Menon and Prakash Raj and in crucial roles. The film's music is composed by top director, Yuvan Shankar Raja. "Punnagai Poo" Gheetha, a RJ at a Malaysian radio station THR Raaga, produced the film. The film released on 20 May 2005 and completed a 175-day run at the box office.
Arinthum Ariyamalum | |
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Directed by | Vishnuvardhan |
Produced by | Punnagai Poo Gheetha |
Written by | Neelan.K.Sekar N. Ramana Gopinath (Dialogue) |
Screenplay by | Vishnuvardhan |
Story by | Vishnuvardhan |
Starring | Navdeep Arya Prakash Raj Sameksha Sangili Murugan Krishna |
Music by | Yuvan Shankar Raja |
Cinematography | Nirav Shah |
Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
Production company | SG Films |
Distributed by | SG Films |
Release date | 20 May 2005 |
Running time | 132 min |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Upon release, the film was dubbed into Telugu and released as Kalisunte. The film eventually went on to receive Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South for Arya.
Screenplay
The innocent Brahmin-boy Satya (Navdeep) comes from Nagercoil to Chennai to join an engineering college. His problems begin one by one when he encounters the dreaded don Adhi Narayanan (Prakash Raj), who is actually his father, and Adhi's hot-blooded adopted son Kutty (Arya). Satya's girlfriend Sandhya (Sameksha) is accidentally wounded in a shootout between Adhi's gang and his rivals. Satya, on the prodding of ACP Thiagarajan (Adithya Menon), is all set to identify Kutty as the culprit. Intimidated and threatened by the gang and in a state of confusion, Satya is shocked when Adhi suddenly changes track and makes friendly overtures to him, claiming kinship with him. With Kutty too going overboard with his brotherly overprotective attitude, Satya's life takes a comical and drastic turn.
- Navdeep as Sathya Narayanan
- Arya as Kutty Narayanan
- Prakash Raj as Adhi Narayanan
- Sameksha as Sandhya
- Sangili Murugan as Ganapathy
- Krishna as Krishna
- Adithya Menon as ACP Thiyagarajan
- Yog Japee as Mani
- Punnagai Poo Gheetha as Collector (cameo role)
Arinthum Ariyamalum | ||||
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Soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja | ||||
Released | 10th April 2005 (India) | |||
Recorded | 2004-2005 | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Length | 21:00 | |||
Label | Mass Audios | |||
Producer | Yuvan Shankar Raja | |||
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology | ||||
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The soundtrack and film score were composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, joining again with director Vishnuvardhan after Kurumbu (2003). The soundtrack was released on 10 April 2005 and features 5 tracks with lyrics penned by Pa. Vijay and Snehan. Yuvan Shankar Raja garnered high praise for the "racy" and "peppy songs", the album becoming one of the most successful albums of 2005, while Behindwoods placed "Yuvan's music in Arindhum Ariyamalum" on the fifth spot in the list of Top 5 Innovations of the year in Tamil cinema. The song "Theepidika", in particular, gained cult status, becoming the "anthem of the season". The album features the singers Mahua Kamat and Anushka Manchanda, former members of the Filmi pop girl group Viva!, foraying into the Tamil Music industry.
Track list | ||||
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No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
1. | "Yela Yela" | Snehan | Ranjith, Sujatha Mohan | 4:13 |
2. | "Konjam Konjam" | Pa. Vijay | Mahua Kamat | 4:54 |
3. | "Theepidika" (Incorporates elements of the song "Bhoomiyil Maanida" from the 1941 Tamil film Ashok Kumar, featuring the voice of M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar; composed by Papanasam Sivan) | Pa. Vijay | Anushka Manchanda, Premji Amaran | 4:35 |
4. | "En Kannodu" | Pa. Vijay | Yuvan Shankar Raja, Nidesh Gopalan | 3:25 |
5. | "Sil Sil" | Pa. Vijay | Sathyan, Chinmayi | 3:53 |
Total length: | 21:00 |