Mayabazaar 1995
| Mayabazaar 1995 | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Directed by | Keyaar |
| Screenplay by | Keyaar |
| Story by | Panchu Arunachalam |
| Produced by | Meena Panju Arunachalam |
| Starring | Ramki Urvashi |
| Cinematography | J. A. Robert[1] |
| Edited by | B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
Production company | P. A. Art Productions |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Mayabazaar 1995 is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language comedy horror film directed by Keyaar and produced by Meena Panchu Arunachalam. The film stars Ramki and Urvashi, with Suvarna Mathew, Visu, Vivek and Ajay Rathnam in supporting roles. It was released on 12 August 1995.[2]
Plot
[edit]Suji is the only daughter of billionaire Vishwanathan and plays pranks on the unsuspecting. One such prank she does is conducting an interview for choosing a personal secretary for her father, in which she chooses Ram as the secretary. Vishwanathan's friend Moorthy, manager Ajay, and Swarna want to take over Vishwanathan's property, so Moorthy sets up Raja to marry Suji. However, Suji marries Ram.
Vishwanathan suddenly dies of a heart attack, and Suji goes to Ooty but is killed by Ram, Moorthy, and Ajay. Suji becomes a ghost and decides to take revenge. Suji witnesses Mayamma, a lookalike who works as a fake exorcist and asks her to act as herself. Suji witnesses that the real Ram is kidnapped by the villains and it is Raja whose face was changed as Ram through plastic surgery.
All the baddies suspect that she might not be Suji and finds out that she is Mayamma. In the climax, Ram signs all the documents, brilliantly ties up his look-alike Raja, and gets him burnt. All three villains meet their fate: Swarna turns insane after seeing a skeleton, Suji possesses Moorthy's body and kills Ajay, and Moorthy is hanged.
Cast
[edit]- Ramki as Ram/Raja
- Urvashi as Suji/Mayamma
- Suvarna Mathew as Swarna
- Visu as Vishwanathan (Suji's father)
- Vivek as Kuppu
- Kitty as Moorthy
- Ajay Rathnam as Ajay
- Chinni Jayanth
- Kamalesh PK as Fake Raja
- Kutty Ramesh as Ramesh
- Sridharan Sampathkumaran (Auditor Sridhar) as Sridhar
- S. Rajasekar
- Thyagu as Thangam
- Pandu as Police officer
- Junior Balaiah
- Swaminathan as Swaminathan
Soundtrack
[edit]The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[3][4]
| Song | Singers | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| "Oru Oorile" | Urvashi, S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Viji Manuel | Panchu Arunachalam |
| "Birthday Party" | K. S. Chithra, Viji Manuel, Sivakumar, Anuradha | |
| "Adada Angu" | Jolly Abraham, Master Easwar, Baby Narmadha, Baby Vaishnavi, Geetha | |
| "Adada Oru" | K. S. Chithra | |
| "Muthu Muthu" | K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |
| "Naan Poranthathu" | Lekha, Devie Neithiyar, S.Arundhathi, Viji, Geetha, Anuradha, Arunmozhi, Ilaiyaraaja | Ilaiyaraaja |
Reception
[edit]K. Vijiyan of New Straits Times wrote that the film "has its own charm, definitely because of Urvasi's personal magic".[5] R. P. R. of Kalki criticised the film for lack of originality.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "பாலைவனச்சோலை பட இயக்குனர் ராபர்ட் மரணம்". Dinakaran (in Tamil). 1 December 2018. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "மாயா பஜார் 1995 / Mayabazar 1995 (1995)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Mayabazar 1995". Gaana. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "Maya Bazar Tamil film Audio Cassette". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ Vijiyan, K. (2 September 1995). "Influence of 'Ghost' is all too evident". New Straits Times. p. 44. Archived from the original on 7 June 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2022 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ ஆர். பி. ஆர். (10 September 1995). "மாயா பஜார் 1995". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 64. Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023 – via Internet Archive.