| Directed by | Siddique |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Appachan |
| Written by | Siddique Gokula Krishnan |
| Starring | Vijay Suriya Ramesh Khanna Devayani Vijayalakshmi |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Cinematography | Anandakuttan |
| Edited by | T. R. Shekar K. R. Gowrishankar |
Production
company |
Swargachitra
|
Release dates
| 14 January 2001 |
Running time
| 167 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Friends is a 2001 Tamil comedy drama film directed by Siddique and produced by Appachan. The film features Vijay, Suriya and Ramesh Khanna, in the title roles, while Devayani, Abhinayashree, Vijayalakshmi, Sriman and Vadivelu amongst others play supporting roles. The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, while Anandakuttan handled cinematography. The film is a remake of the Siddique's own Malayalam film by the same name with actors Mukesh, Sreenivasan and Jayaram. The film released in January 2001 and received positive critical acclaim.
Cast
- Vijay as Aravindan
- Suriya as Chandru
- Ramesh Khanna as Krishnamoorthy
- Devayani as Padmini
- Vijayalakshmi as Amutha
- Abhinayashree as Abhirami
- Vadivelu as Nesamani
- Charle as Gopal
- Sriman as Gautham
- Radha Ravi as Abhirami's father
- Rajeev as Aravindhan and Amutha's father
- V. Natarajan as Gautham's father
- A. R. Srinivasan Padmini's father's friend
- Rathan as Pamini's father
- Joju George
- Saritha as Aravindan and Amutha's mother
- Sathyapriya as Gautham's mother
- S. N. Lakshmi as Gautham and Amudha's grandmother
- Madan Bob as Manager Sundaresan
- Radha Bhai as Padmini and Abhirami's grand mother
- Shanthi Williams as Padmini's father's friend's wife
- Crane Manohar as Nesamani's worker
Soundtrack[edit]
The film featured music composed by Ilaiyaraaja received positive response and topped the charts. All lyrics of the songs were penned by Pazhani Bharathi.
| Friends | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Ilaiyaraaja | ||||
| Released | 2001 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 40.55 | |||
| Label | Star Music Five Star Audio | |||
| Ilaiyaraaja chronology | ||||
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| Track-list | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Thendral Varum" | Hariharan, Bhavatharini | 05:03 |
| 2. | "Kuyilikku Koo Koo" | S. P. Balasubramaniam, Hariharan, Shankar Mahadevan | 05:06 |
| 3. | "Rukku Rukku" | Yuvan Shankar Raja, Vijay Yesudas, Sowmya Raoh | 04:30 |
| 4. | "Manjal Poosum Manjal Poosum" | Sujatha Mohan, Devan Ekambaram | 05:08 |
| 5. | "Penkaloda Potti" | Hariharan,Sujatha Mohan | 05:02 |
| 6. | "Poonkatrae" | Hariharan | 05:26 |
| 7. | "Vaanam Perusuthan" | S. P. Balasubramaniam, Vijay Yesudas, Arun Mozhi | 05:10 |
| Total length: | 40.55 | ||
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