Idhayam (film)

Idhayam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kathir
Written by	Kathir
Produced by	T. G. Thyagarajan G. Saravanan
Starring	Murali Heera Rajagopal
Cinematography	Abdul Rehman
Edited by	B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Sathya Jyothi Films
Distributed by	Sathya Jyothi Films
Release date	6 September 1991
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Idhayam (transl. Heart; pronunciation (help·info)) is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Kathir in his directorial debut. It stars Murali and Heera Rajagopal while Chinni Jayanth, Janagaraj, Manorama, and Vijayakumar play supporting roles. The music was composed by Ilayaraja. It was popular and trend setter in between 1990s lovers was an iconic blockbuster with trend setting music. The film was dubbed into Telugu with the name Hrudhayam.

Plot[]

Raja (Murali), an introvert medical student, falls in love with his fellow college mate Geetha (Heera) but does not have courage to express his love to her. When he decides to convey his love, he misunderstands that Geetha is in love with someone else, but in fact, she was helping her sister and the latter's lover unite. Her father does not accept her sister's love, and the pair commits suicide. Towards the end of the final year of college, Raja finally conveys his love to Geetha when she is in the college mourning her sister's death. On the last day of college, Raja comes to know that the Geetha is about to be engaged soon to someone else. He could not cope with the news, and he suffers a mild heart stroke and gets hospitalized. In the meantime, Geetha starts falling in love with Raja. She visits the hospital to express her love only to find that he has left to catch a train to his native village. She rushes to the railway station and searches for him. She finds her father on the way, and her father accepts her love, she finds Raja's friend Chinni instead and comes to know of Raja's heart condition that he cannot digest very happy or sad news. Chinni urges Geetha not to meet Raja then and promises that after Raja recuperates, he will unite them. The film ends as Geetha looks at the departing train.

Cast[]

Production[]

Idhayam is the directorial debut of Kathir.^[2]

Soundtrack[]

Tamil version[]

The soundtrack for this film was composed by Ilaiyaraaja in his only collaboration with director Kathir. The lyrics for the songs were penned by Vaali and Piraisoodan.^[3]

Telugu version[]

This film was dubbed into Telugu as Hrudayam.^[4] All lyrics were written by Rajashri.^[5]

Release and reception[]

Idhayam was released on 6 September 1991.^[6] N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express stated, "[T]he unimaginative, half-baked and immature treatment of the story often invites derision." About the cast performances, he said, "Murali, who is more accustomed to action films does not seem to fit into the role [of] the inwardly harried student ... Newface Hira, who has little to do except look serenely at everything around her, is well cast." Krishnaswamy added that Chinni Jayanth was "vibrant as the comedian".^[7]

References[]

External links[]

• Idhayam at IMDb