Minsaara Kanavu
Minsaara Kanavu (
1997) is a
Tamil film musical directed by
Rajiv Menon. The film's score and soundtrack is composed by
A. R. Rahman.
It stars
Arvind Swamy,
Prabhu Deva, and
Kajol Devgan.
Kajol Devgan plays a young woman who wishes to become a
nun, whilst at the same time being torn between two competing suitors, played by the two lead actors.
The film was noted for its brilliant, energetic choreography, and the film's music composer
A. R. Rahman earned the Best Music Director award for the second time at the
National Film Awards for his work on the score and soundtrack (his first win was for his work on the film
Roja).
Originally produced in
Tamil, it went on to be dubbed in
Telugu under the title
Merupu Kalalu owing to its popularity and in
Hindi as
Sapnay.
The film has won the following awards since its release:
1997 National Film Awards (India) * Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Music Direction -
A. R. Rahman * Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Choreography -
Prabhu Deva * Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Male Playback Singer -
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam * Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Female Playback Singer -
K. S. ChitraThe soundtrack features 6 songs composed by
A. R. Rahman, with lyrics by Veeturi Sundara Ramamurthy.
* Vennilavae -
Hariharan,
Sadhana Sargam* Poo Pookum Osai -
Sujatha, Malaysia Vasudevan
* Manna Madurai -
Unni Menon,
K. S. Chitra, Srinivas
* Thanga Thamarai -
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam* Strawberry Kannae - Krishnakumar,
Sadhana Sargam* Anbendra - Anuradha Sriram
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