Millennium Stars
2000 Indian film
- 1 January 2000 (2000-01-01)
Millennium Stars is a 2000 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Jayaraj, It Stars Suresh Gopi, Jayaram, Biju Menon and Abhirami in the lead roles. The soundtrack of the film was composed by Vidyasagar. The movie was also the first Malayalam movie to be released in this millennium.[1][2] Biju Menon won the Asianet Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for this film. Later dubbed into Tamil and released as Sivasankar.
Plot
When they were children, Shiva and Shankar went to Mumbai in search of a living. Circumstances puts them in jail, where they meet a bully named Karunan. They escape from jail. Several years later, Shankar and Shiva dream of becoming singers. Karunan is still active as a criminal. Through their hard work, the Shiva-Shankar duo become successful singers and start being called "Millennium Stars". Then the villain enters and tries to separate the two. Karunan convinces them not to separate.
Cast
- Suresh Gopi as Karunan
- Jayaram as Shankar
- Biju Menon as Shivan
- Abhirami as Radha
- Suja Raghuram[3]
- Harisree Asokan
- Devan
- Shishir Sharma
- Kalabhavan Mani
- Manorama
- Laxmi Rattan
- Jagathy Sreekumar
Box office
This film was released with huge expectations but was a box office failure as the producer lost ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000).[4]
Soundtrack
| Millennium Stars | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Vidyasagar | |
| Released | December 1999[5] |
| Studio | Varsha Vallaki, Chennai |
| Genre | Film soundtrack |
| Label | Johny Sagariga T-Series |
The film's music was composed by Vidyasagar, with Malayalam lyrics by Gireesh Puthenchery, Hindi lyrics by Tahir Faraz and English lyrics by Recardo Barrantes. Though the film failed at the box-office, the soundtrack is considered as one of Vidyasagar's career bests.
| Track | Title | Singer(s) | Lyricists | Raga(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | O... Mumbai | K. J. Yesudas, Vijay Yesudas | Gireesh Puthenchery, Tahir Faraz | |
| 2 | Parayaan Njan Marannu | K. J. Yesudas, Hariharan, Vijay Yesudas | Gireesh Puthenchery, Tahir Faraz | |
| 3 | Krishna Krishna | K. J. Yesudas, Vijay Yesudas | Poonthanam Nambudiri | |
| 4 | Kuku Kuku Theevandi | Harikrishnan, Anand Kumar | Gireesh Puthenchery | Kalyani |
| 5 | Maha Ganapathim | K. J. Yesudas, Hariharan, Srinivas, Harish Raghavendra, Vijay Yesudas, Pushpa Raman, Chorus | Muthuswami Dikshitar, Tahir Faraz, Recardo Barrantes | Nata |
| 6 | Shravan Gange | K. J. Yesudas, Hariharan, Vijay Yesudas, Chorus | Gireesh Puthenchery, Tahir Faraz | Charukesi, Bahudari |
References
- ^ "Millenium Stars". .filmibeat.
- ^ "Millenium Stars (2000)". .Malayalasangeetham.
- ^ Rajendran, Gopinath (18 August 2021). "Suja Raghuram turns director for a Hollywood film". Cinema Express. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ Ayyappan, R. "Sleaze time, folks!". Rediff.com. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ^ "Audio CD cover". Facebook.
External links
- Millennium Stars at IMDb
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Films directed by Jayaraj
- Vidhyarambham (1990)
- Aakasha Kottayile Sultan (1991)
- Johnnie Walker (1992)
- Paithrukam (1993)
- Sopanam (1993)
- Highway (1995)
- Desadanam (1997)
- Kaliyattam (1997)
- Millenium Stars (2000)
- Thilakkam (2003)
- 4 the People (2004)
- By the People (2005)
- Anandabhairavi (2007)
- Sila Nerangalil (2008)
- Of the People (2008)
- Vellapokkathil (2008)
- Loudspeaker (2009)
- The Train (2011)
- Naayika (2011)
- Camel Safari (2013)
- Ottaal (2015)
- Veeram (2016)
- Bhayanakam (2018)
- Backpackers (2021)
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