Maayavi

Maayavi (English: Magician) is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language action dramedy film directed by Singampuli that stars Suriya and Jyothika who plays a fictional version of herself, whilst Vijayakanth makes a cameo.[1] The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The plot is loosely based on the novel The Fan Club by Irving Wallace.

This article is about the 2005 Tamil film. For the Malayalam cartoon strip, see Mayavi. For other uses, see Mayavi (disambiguation).

Maayavi
Directed bySingampuli
Written bySingampuli
Viji (dialogues)
Produced byKalaipuli S. Dhanu
Bala
StarringSuriya
Jyothika
Sathyan
CinematographyR. Rathnavelu
Edited bySuresh Urs
Music byDevi Sri Prasad
Production
companies
B Studios
V. Creations
Release date
  • 10 March 2005 (2005-03-10)
Running time
135 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Abhes Balaiya (Suriya), the guide conman thief, is footloose and fancy-free. He and his acolyte Sathyaraj (Sathyan) have no hangups in life. Balaiya’s problems start when he and Sathyaraj land up in a huge villa on the beachfront. It is actually actress Jyothika’s (Jyothika) house. When they realize it, they want to replace what they have taken. As it happens, the actress catches them and creates a huge issue out of it. For their efforts, they are put behind bars. Jyothika does not like Balaiya at all. Balaiya goes out to take revenge on her and kidnap her. Just about when the whole industry and her family tries to trace Jyothika, she understands the real Balaiya. In the end, Balaiya comes to see her and gives her a gift, which is the photographs they took together.

Cast

Production

Director Bala forayed into production with this film.[3] Jyotika dubbed for herself.[4]

Soundtrack
Maayavi
Soundtrack album by
Devi Sri Prasad
Released
  • 11 February 2005 (2005-02-11)
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length24:45
LabelAyngaran Music
An Ak Audio
ProducerDevi Sri Prasad
Devi Sri Prasad chronology
Thirupaachi
(2005)		 Maayavi
(2005)		 Bunny
(2005)

The film's soundtrack, was scored by Devi Sri Prasad, marking his first collaboration with Suriya. Devi Sri Prasad recycled the songs "Gongura Ura Thotakada" and "Mass to Pettunkute Madathadi Poddi" (Silakemo) from Venky and reused them as "Kaathadi Pole" and "Tamizh Naattil", respectively.[5] The song "Kaathadi Pole" is similar to "Thamarai Poovukkum" from Pasumpon (1995).[6]

No.TitleLyricssinger(s)Length
1."Jo Jo Jothika"Palani BharathiTippu, Sudha5:32
2."Kadavul Thantha Azhakiya Vaalvu"Palani BharathiKalpana, S. P. B. Charan4:34
3."Tamizh Naattil"KabilanPaalakadu Sriram, Malathy Lakshman3:37
4."Oru Dhevaloga Raani"YugabharathiSumangali4:22
5."Mayavi"Pa. VijayK. S. Chithra, Ranjith, Devi Sri Prasad4:21
6."Kaathadi Pole"Na. MuthukumarPushpavanam Kuppusamy, Kalpana Raghavendar2:19

Release

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Jaya TV.[7] The Hindu wrote how the idea of an actress being kidnapped was present in the film Vaaname Ellai.[6] Behindwoods noted that "Surya has given a superb performance. Jyothika is cute but does her bit of overacting".[8][9][10]

References
  1. "Suriya goes nostalgic, recalls his experiences onTwitter". Sify. 12 March 2015.
  2. "THE MOST FAMOUS UNKNOWNS!". Behindwoods.
  3. "Maayavi, Bala's production venture". The Hindu. 21 September 2004.
  4. "Jyothika's voice". Behindwoods. 3 March 2005.
  5. "Kidnap". Indiaglitz. 6 October 2006.
  6. ""Maayavi"". The Hindu. 18 March 2005.
  7. "Maayavi on Thursday 24, September 1:30 PM on Jaya TV". burrp!TV Guide. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  8. "Maayavi Movie Review". Behindwoods. 19 March 2005.
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20070309034437/http://movies.bizhat.com/review_mayaavi.php
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20061014120515/http://www.chennaionline.com/film/Moviereviews/2005/03maayavi.asp
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