Boys is a 2003 Indian Tamil coming-of-age musical film directed by S. Shankar. It stars newcomers Siddarth, Genelia, Bharath, Nakul, Manikandan and Sai Srinivas Thaman in the lead roles. The score and soundtrack are composed by A. R. Rahman. Boys was simultaneously released in Telugu as well with the same title.
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Directed by | Shankar |
Produced by | A. M. Rathnam |
Written by | Shankar Sujatha |
Starring | Siddharth Genelia D'Souza Bharath Nakul S. Thaman Manikandan |
Music by | A. R. Rahman |
Cinematography | Ravi K. Chandran K. V. Anand (1 Song) V. Manikandan (1 Song) |
Edited by | V. T. Vijayan |
Production company | Sri Surya Movies |
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Running time | 170 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
The story centers on six youngsters, who experience the downfalls of teenage life. Despite all of its lead characters being debutantes, the film was the second most expensive Tamil film produced at that time, only behind Shankar's own 1998 film Jeans.
Screenplay
Munna (Siddharth), Babu Kalyanam alias Bob Galy (Bharath), Krishna (Thaman), Kumar (Manikandan) and Juju (Nakul) are five friends. They come from different backgrounds – Munna from a middle-class family, Bob Galy from a Telugu-speaking family, Juju from an academically-inclined family, Krishna from a rich family, and Kumar from a poor family. But all of them have common interests – spending their time smoking, downing alcohol, ogling girls, watching pornography, and complaining about their parents. Much to their parents' chagrin, they have no interest in studies. Their obsession with sex is such that they even go as far as hiring a prostitute Rani (Bhuvaneswari) while Munna's parents are out of town, but all of them back out at the last moment. One day, they meet Mangalam (Vivek) a depressed middle-age man, in a bar and help him home after he passes out. Although they first use him as a source to get alcohol, Mangalam enjoys their company and becomes a mentor of sorts for the boys.
One day, the boys see a teenage girl Harini (Genelia D'Souza), a science student, and all of them decide to ask her out. Everyone’s try ends in disaster, but they eventually become friends with her and her friends Sampatha (Swetha), Padma (Amanda), Ankita (Sindhuri), and Teju (Reshu). However, Munna is still in love with Harini and cannot forget her. He conveys his feelings to her while on a day-out in a resort, but she rejects him. Later, Sampatha tells Munna that Harini would accept him only if he streaks on Mount Road, which is not true. But he believes her, does it and gets arrested. When Harini finds out what Munna had done, she bails him out of jail and accepts his love.
Eventually, Munna's and Harini's parents find out about their relationship and are furious, as they want them to focus on their studies. Harini's father Chandra Shekar (Raviprakash), who is a powerful Indian Revenue Service officer, holds a meeting involving Munna, his friends, their parents, Mangalam, and Harini's friends at his house; both sets of parents decide that Munna and Harini will not contact each other till their studies are over. After that, if they are still in love, the parents will not stand in their way. Although the kids agree to this, they continue to long for each other. Harini and Munna eventually run away from their homes and elope at Tirumala. On hearing the news, Munna and Harini are disowned by their parents. Munna's friends walk out of their homes too, in a show of solidarity for Munna and Harini.
Mangalam helps the teenagers find a modest residence and they take up part-time jobs to support themselves, including their education. This does not prove successful, so Mangalam encourages them to explore their natural musical talents. The teenagers form a band named "Boys", composing modern versions of popular Tamil devotional songs, and eventually gain recognition. Soon, they are approached by a Naxalite group to compose songs against the government. They do it for the money and are eventually arrested under POTA. They are also expelled from their respective colleges.
After they are released from prison, the teenagers show more resolve to succeed in their musical career. After a few unsuccessful attempts, they are finally signed by Sony Music and record their first album. While celebrating their success, a drunk Krishna accidentally tells Harini about their earlier encounter with Rani. Harini, who is deeply hurt at this revelation, leaves Munna and returns to her parents, despite Munna pleading that he and Harini didn't know each other before the encounter and that he did not have sex with Rani. As Rani is the only one who can prove that Munna did not have sex with her, the friends begin searching for her. Kumar spots her on a moving bus and tries to get on it. In the process he falls under the wheels of the bus and dies. Munna decides that his words were more than enough proof for Harini and accepts her decision.
The gang's album soon releases and becomes a huge hit. But without Harini, the lead female vocal, the record labels are unwilling to sign them. When the boys request Harini’s presence for a live show on MTV, her parents accept, but on the condition that Munna signs the divorce papers. Munna agrees, realising that their career is more important than their love. The group has a very successful live debut. They dedicate their first live success in memory of Kumar. They also dedicate their success to Mangalam, whom Krishna calls their godfather.
On the day of the divorce hearing, Mangalam, now the pop group’s manager, fields many calls to replace Harini with another girl. When Harini looks at the pictures of all the pretty girls vying to be the group’s new lead female vocal, a bout of jealousy strikes her. She gets angry and starts hitting Munna. As the two fight, they share a kiss and it is implied that they are back together.
- Siddharth as Munna
- Bharath as Babu Kalyanam 'Bob Galy'
- Nakul as Juju
- S. Thaman as Krishna
- Manikandan as Kumar
- Genelia D'Souza as Harini
- Sweta Ravi as Sampatha
- Amanda as Padma
- Sindhuri as Ankita
- Reshu as Teju
- Vivek as Mangalam (Sundaram)
- Senthil as Anna Veri Kannaiyan
- Raviprakash as M. Chandra Shekar, Harini's father
- Anita Ratnam as Harini's mother
- A. V. Ramanan as Munna's father
- Janaki Sabesh as Renuka, Munna's mother
- Ilavarasu as Kumar's father
- Kalairani as Kumar's mother
- Subhashini as Bob Gally's mother
- Raviraj as Juju's father
- K. B. Mohan as Krishna's father
- Kamal Chopra
- Bhuvaneswari as Rani
- Chitti Babu as Hari
- Delhi Kumar as Judge
- Solomon Pappaiah as Judge
- A. C. Murali Mohan
- Hariharan in a Cameo appearance as Himself
- Blaaze in a Cameo appearance as a Music Award Show Host
Development
In December 2001, it was announced that Shankar would make a film titled Boys featuring newcomers. He had postponed the making of Robot featuring Kamal Haasan and Preity Zinta in the lead roles to start this film, with the announcement prompting hundreds of applications from youngsters who wanted to feature in it. Shankar opted to introduce five debutants to play the lead characters and held auditions in 2002, with over 500 applicants being video tested.
Siddharth had initially worked as an assistant director to Mani Ratnam in Kannathil Muthamittal, and the script writer of that film, Sujatha, were insistent that Siddharth auditioned for Boys. After consulting with Mani Ratnam, he met Shankar, auditioned, and got the role of Munna. Shankar had seen Bharath at a dance programme, Inspirations at the Music Academy by 'Swingers', and called him to appear in screen tests that included delivering dialogues and dancing before selecting him to do the role of Bob Galy. Shantanu Bagyaraj was initially earmarked to play the lead role in the film before the team found Siddharth. Sai Srinivas, a percussionist and a drummer, who had worked with leading music directors was added after a successful audition in which he had to play the drums and went on to help out with the background score. Nakul, brother of actress Devayani, was a second-year college student who was also chosen. His family had sent some pictures of Nakul's elder brother Mayur to Shankar's office and, after seeing Nakul in one of the pictures, Shankar approached him. Manikandan, a visual communications graduate who had featured in Kala master’s dance troupe doing stage shows, was also selected. Genelia D'Souza, who was shooting for Hindi film Tujhe Meri Kasam, was chosen among 300 girls after Shankar was impressed by her Parker Pen commercial alongside Amitabh Bachchan, her voice was dubbed by Rathi of Solla Marandha Kadhai.
Ravi K. Chandran was the principal director of photography; he introduced the linking of 62 cameras for the first time and the use of time-freeze technology in Boys. Cinematographers K. V. Anand and V. Manikandan were credited for filming two songs, while directors Gandhi Krishna and Balaji Sakthivel were a part of Shankar's assistant team.
Filming
Boys was launched at the Kalaivaanar Arangam in Chennai with Rajinikanth attending the event was chief guest and the new cast was introduced to the media. Filming began later that day, and two days later a teaser trailer of the film was broadcast on television.
The song "Ale Ale" was picturised at the Bridestowe Estate Lavender Farm in Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia where cinematographer Ravi K. Chandran linked 62 cameras, using a new 'time-freeze' technique with the help of Australian cinematographer Mark Ruff's rig. Mark Kobe, who had been a part of the teams of Godzilla and Independence Day, carried out the computer graphic effects for Boys and created a 3D female to feature in the song "Girlfriend". Another song, "Dating", was shot at a set created by Sabu Cyril on the Chennai seashore where he created a seaside swimming pool, restaurant, water volleyball, and discothèque for the song sequence. For "Boom Boom", Cyril made a set out of waste materials like steel, tin sheets, bottles, used cans of Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Dalda (oil) and wood waste to create the backdrop, whilst the actors in the song were dressed by designer Arjun Fazil in matchsticks, film rolls, videotape, and crisps covers. "Maro Maro" was picturised on 500 young dancers at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi, while for "Secret of Success", the team were given permission to use the MTV logo as the scene saw the band performing at the MTV Awards. The background score for both these songs were sung by Gulzar, Sherefa, Ranya and Sameera.
The film opened to mixed reviews. Siddhu Warrier of Rediff cited that the film "gets enmeshed in an intricate array of sub-plots. And somewhere along the way, the story begins to meander", adding that "college students, especially guys, might watch Boys more than once for the titillating scenes, the non-veg jokes, and, most importantly, the skimpy, transparent clothing sported by the heroine." Guru Subramaniam, also from Rediff stated that "Shankar's overconfidence in selling situations to the audience has failed this time. Many scenes, including the climax, look ordinary without any build-up sequences." The film became a hit, although not as big as Shankar's previous movies. Shankar later pointed out that "only youngsters" came to watch as he failed to appeal to "other age groups" as well.
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Soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman | ||||
Released | 28 June 2003 15 August 2012 (Hindi) | |||
Recorded | Panchathan Record Inn | |||
Genre | Pop, pop rock, dance music, world music | |||
Label | Star Music (Tamil) Aditya Music (Telugu) Pen Music (Hindi) | |||
Producer | A. R. Rahman | |||
A. R. Rahman chronology | ||||
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The soundtrack, featuring seven songs composed by A. R. Rahman, was launched on 28 June 2003. It was the seventh collaboration of Shankar and Rahman, a combination that is one of the most successful in India. About the making of "Girlfriend", Shankar said,
"I had told my crew and associates in the beginning itself that we
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