Sandhippoma

Sandhippoma
Poster
Directed by	T. Indrakumar
Screenplay by	T. Indrakumar
Story by	T. Indrakumar
Produced by	J. Vijayan S. Raja R. B. Choudary
Starring	Suriya Preetha Vijayakumar
Cinematography	R. Rathnavelu
Music by	Deva
Production company	Golden Picture
Distributed by	Super Good Films
Release date	9 July 1998 (1998-07-09)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Sandhippoma (transl. Shall we meet?) is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Indrakumar.[1] The film stars Suriya and Preetha Vijayakumar, while Radhika, Prakash Raj, Sarath Babu and Ambika also play significant roles. This film marks Suriya's first solo lead role in a film and Preetha's Tamil film debut. Deva composed the film's soundtrack while Rathnavelu handled the camera work. The film released on 9 July 1998.

Plot

Vishwa (Suriya) and Nilani (Preetha Vijayakumar) fall in love. Her mother does not approve, but she goes along with it. Complications arise when Vishwa exhibits "fashion" photos that he has taken of Nilani, which further upsets her mother. Then it comes to light that Surya's father Santhosh (Prakash Raj) had an affair, and things take a dramatic, tragic turn for the lovers. In the end, both families arrive at the airport to prevent Nilani from boarding the flight, but to their bad luck, they could not stop it. Nilani commits suicide by swallowing poison from her ring, and Vishwa hits a wall and loses his sanity.

Cast

• Suriya as Vishwa
• Preetha Vijayakumar as Nilani
• Prakash Raj as Santhosh, Vishwa's father
• Ambika as Ambika, Nilani's mother
• Radhika as Vishwa's mother
• Sarath Babu as Nilani's father
• Manivannan
• Anandaraj
• Vaiyapuri as Hospital patient
• Rani
• Alphonso
• Baby Jennifer as Vishwa's sister

Production

The film was produced by Malaysia-based Tamil settlers Rajah and Vijayan. Rajah owned Rajah Video Centre in Sentul while his partner, Vijayan, was also a businessman from Sentul. The shoot of the film was carried out in places such as Delhi, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, Goa and Himachal Pradesh.[2][3]

The film was initially set to star Vishva, the brother of actresses Ambika and Radha, alongside Simran, but later went through a change of cast.[4]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Deva.[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Davadikkathe"	Ponniyin Selvan	Deva, Murali	5:32
2.	"Gnabagam Irukriadha"	Vairamuthu	Hariharan, Anuradha Sriram	5:33
3.	"Naanthaan"	Palani Bharathi	Harini	5:01
4.	"Radha Radha"	Vairamuthu	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha	5:34
5.	"Andha Vennila"	Palani Bharathi	Annupamaa	5:27
6.	"Namma Meena"	Kalidasan	Krishnaraj, Swarnalatha	5:28
Total length:				31:59

Release

References

1. Rangarajan, Malathi (9 June 2000). "Each step is a measured one". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
2. Vijiyan, K. N. (21 July 1998). "Tamil movie made by Malaysians". New Straits Times. pp. Arts 3. Archived from the original on 25 August 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024 – via Google News Archive.
3. "தோல்விகள் என் தோழர்கள்!" (PDF). Kalki (in Tamil). 16 October 2005. pp. 24–27. Retrieved 26 April 2024 – via internet Archive.
4. "1997–98'ன் கோடம்பாக்கக் குஞ்சுகள்" [1997-98 Kodambakkam babies]. Indolink. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
5. "Sandhippoma". JioSaavn. January 1998. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.

External links

• Sandhippoma at IMDb