Daas is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film written and directed by newcomer Babu Yogeswaran. The film stars Jayam Ravi and Renuka Menon in lead and Vadivelu, Adithya Menon, Shanmugarajan, Monica, Abhinay, and Salim Ghouse, among others, in supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film released on 29 July 2005 to mixed reviews but become a hit.
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| Directed by | Babu Yogeswaran |
| Written by | Babu Yogeswaran |
| Produced by | K. Muralitharan V. Swaminathan G. Venugopal |
| Starring | Jayam Ravi Renuka Menon |
| Cinematography | Vijay K. Chakravarthy Srinivas Devamsam |
| Edited by | Anthony |
| Music by | Yuvan Shankar Raja |
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Running time | 155 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
editThe film begins in a small village in Tirunelveli district where a few upper-caste men hold a chariot festival. Antony Daas (Jayam Ravi), along with his friends, pulls the chariot into their slum. The friends naturally incur the wrath of a local leader named Annachi (Shanmugarajan). Meanwhile, his daughter Rajeshwari (Renuka Menon) falls in love with Daas. Her sister Punitha (Monica) elopes to marry a lower-caste boy named Guna (Abhinay), who is a classmate of Daas. Coming to know about this, Annachi sends his men to bump off Punitha and Guna. He eventually sets them ablaze in front of Daas. An angry Rajeshwari, in order to teach her father a lesson, elopes with Daas and vows to get married. The couple then seeks refuge in Nasser's (Krishna) house in Madurai. He promises to get them married. However, coming to know about their hideout, Annachi's men reach Madurai to foil their plans. Nasser's father Vappa (Salim Ghouse) promises to get them united. Enters Nasser's brother Anwar (Adithya Menon), who plans to let loose terror in the Madurai town in the name of Jehad. How Daas emerges triumphant from all the troubles and marries Rajeshwari forms the rest of the story.
Cast
edit- Jayam Ravi as Antony Daas
- Renuka Menon as Rajeshwari (Daas's love interest)
- Vadivelu as College Hostel Warden
- Janaki Sabesh as Janaki, Daas's mother
- Ashish Vidyarthi as DCP Sivasubramaniam IPS, Daas's father
- Seetha as Sevanthi (Rajeshwari's mother)
- Shanmugarajan as Annachi (Rajeshwari's father)
- Adithya Menon as Anwar
- Monica as Punitha (Rajeshwari's sister)
- Abhinay as Guna (Punitha's love interest)
- Salim Ghouse as Vappa
- Five Star Krishna as Naseer (Vaappa's son and Anwar's brother)
- Livingston as Allapichai
- Nizhalgal Ravi as ACP Rajendran IPS, Daas's brother
- Nadhiya as Thangalakshmi, Daas's sister
- Pithamagan Mahadevan as Minister Gurumoorthy
- FEFSI Vijayan as Police Officer
- Tharika as Maimun
- Nirosha
- Thyagu
- Singamuthu
- Citizen Mani
Production
editThe film was initially titled as Rascal before it got changed as Daas named after the character of protagonist.[1] Daas was Jayam Ravi's third film and his first original film following two remakes,[2] the film featured him as a football player.[3] The filming was held at Pollachi for 25 days while the climax was shot at MGR Engineering College for 15 days.[4]
Soundtrack
edit| Daas | ||||
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| Released | 21 April 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2004–05 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 27:51 | |||
| Label | Hit Musics Vega Music Mass Audios Bayshore Divo Think Music | |||
| Producer | Yuvan Shankar Raja | |||
| Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology | ||||
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The musical score as well as the soundtrack were composed by noted music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja. The soundtrack, released on 21 April 2005, features 6 songs, the lyrics for which are written by Pa. Vijay, Viveka and Yugabharathi. The song "Vaa Vaa" was reused from Ilaiyaraaja's old song "Adiye Manam Nilluna Nikkathadi" from the 1984 film Neengal Kettavai.[5] The song "Saami kitta" was a critical acclaim for the singers and the music director. Shreya Ghoshal received a nomination from Tamil Isai Viruthugal.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Yennoda Raasi" | Pa. Vijay | Venkat Prabhu | 4:28 |
| 2. | "Saami Kittay" | Pa. Vijay | Hariharan, Shreya Ghoshal | 4:47 |
| 3. | "Nee Enthan" | Yugabharathi | Karthik | 4:55 |
| 4. | "Shaheeba Shaheeba" | Pa. Vijay | Hariharan, Sujatha Mohan | 3:58 |
| 5. | "Vaa Vaa" | Pa. Vijay | Shankar Mahadevan, Mahalakshmi Iyer | 5:22 |
| 6. | "Sakka Podu" | Viveka | K. K., Sadhana Sargam | 4:21 |
| Total length: | 27:51 | |||
Release and reception
editThe film took an even bigger opening than his previous ones and was declared a hit as well.[6] He garnered positive remarks from critics, with Sify's reviewer claiming that Ravi was a "hundred percent convincing as an action hero," further labelling his performance as "impressive."[7] Lajjavathi of Kalki called it "one time watchable".[8]
References
edit- ^ "All in the Name of a Film - II - Tamil News". 21 March 2010. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ "Jeyam Ravi on a hat-trick". Rediff. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ "Interview : 'Jayam' Ravi". Behindwoods. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ "Das". Chennai Online. 11 July 2005. Archived from the original on 5 December 2005. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Track list". Raaga. 29 September 2012. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
- ^ "Welcome to". Sify. 20 January 2007. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ "Movie Review:Dass". Sify. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ லஜ்ஜாவதி (21 August 2005). "தாஸ்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 96. Retrieved 21 April 2024.