Doubles is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written and directed by Pandiarajan, who also played a guest appearance in the film. Produced by K. Rajan, the film stars Prabhu Deva, Meena, and Sangeetha, while Vivek, Manivannan, and Kovai Sarala play supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by debutant Srikanth Deva. The film was released on 11 August 2000.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Pandiarajan |
| Written by | Pandiarajan |
| Produced by | K. Rajan |
| Starring | Prabhu Deva Meena Sangeetha |
| Cinematography | R. Raghunatha Reddy |
| Edited by | B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan |
| Music by | Srikanth Deva |
Production company | K. R. P. Production |
Release date |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
editThe movie starts projecting Prabhu as a shopkeeper who sells toys to kids. He does all possible crazy actions in the world, which really irritates everyone. He has many bad habits, such as drinking and smoking. Prabhu marries Meena, but she wants her husband to be like Sree Ram. Prabhu acts as if he is a nice guy and also gets caught a few times when he tries to overact. Sangeetha, Meena's close friend, comes and stays with Meena as she is doing her final year in Madras Medical College. Prabhu had earlier pinched Sangeetha's hip when she was travelling on a bus. He gets slapped by Sangeetha and was thrown from that bus before she meets him. Sangeetha takes the task of seducing Prabhu to prove that he is a womaniser to Meena and fails in many attempts. The film ends as Meena dies of jaundice and Prabhu realising that his true love was only for Meena. Sangeetha marries Ganesh, who comes for one scene in the ending.
Cast
edit- Prabhu Deva as Prabhu
- Meena as Meena
- Sangeetha as Sangeetha
- Manivannan as Meena's father
- Vivek as Vivek
- Prabhukanth as Rapist
- Ishari K. Ganesh as Ramki
- Shanmugasundaram as Sangeetha's father
- S. Rajasekar as Doctor
- Kovai Sarala as Meena's mother
- Laxmi Rattan as Doctor
- Yuvan Swang as Hotel worker
- Amirthalingam as Devotee
- Sharmili as Prostitute
- Roshini as Sangeetha's friend
- T. N. Raju as Aarthi, Prabhu's friend
- Rama Rao as Prabhu's friend
- Johnny as Prabhu's friend
- Sridhar as Prabhu's friend
- Japan Kumar as Prabhu's friend
- Master Udayaraj as Vivek's son
- Shathiga as Vivek's daughter
- Deepa as Woman taking shower (uncredited role)
- Lekhasri in a special appearance
- K. Rajan in a cameo appearance
- Pandiarajan as Ganapathy (cameo appearance)
Soundtrack
editThe soundtrack was composed by Srikanth Deva, son of music composer Deva, who made his debut as composer with this film. All lyrics were written by Vairamuthu.[1] Indiainfo wrote the album "does not have any extraordinary songs" but Srikanth "shows a flair for mass-oriented music".[2]
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Colourful Nilavu" | Vasundhara Das, Timmy | 5:02 |
| 2. | "Hey Pondattikkum" (1) | Sukhwinder Singh, Sujatha Mohan | 4:01 |
| 3. | "Hey Pondattikkum" (2) | Devan Ekambaram, Sujatha Mohan | 4:01 |
| 4. | "Adi Kadhal" | P. Unnikrishnan, Harini | 5:17 |
| 5. | "Rama Rama" | Swarnalatha, Anuradha Sriram | 5:14 |
| 6. | "Naan Ippo" | Hariharan | 4:27 |
| Total length: | 28:02 | ||
Reception
editTamil Star wrote, "Pandiyarajan seems confused about how to handle Doubles. The ultimate moral he has tried to convey through the movie is that one must be faithful to one's wife. But he doesn't seem to be clear on the story to convey it through, the tone to adopt, or even the character of the hero. So we get a movie with a one-line story that is chock-full of double entendres for the most part but ends with an attempt at cheap sentiments".[3] Krishna Chidambaram of Kalki wrote though the story is rather dull, the humorous touch throughout the film makes its presentation interesting.[4] K. N. Vijiyan of New Straits Times called the film somewhat "disjoint" due to poor editing.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Doubles (Tamil)". JioSaavn. 20 September 2000. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ "An unimpressive debut". Indiainfo. Archived from the original on 11 December 2001. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Movie: Doubles". Tamil Star. Archived from the original on 24 August 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ சிதம்பரம், கிருஷ்ணா (27 August 2000). "டபுள்ஸ்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 32. Archived from the original on 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Vijiyan, K. N. (23 August 2000). "A disjointed comedy". New Straits Times. pp. Spot On 7. Archived from the original on 2 July 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024 – via Google News Archive.
