Yuva / Aayudha Ezhuthu (2004) Increasingly confident of his hold on the North Indian audience, Mani Ratnam made this film simultaneously in two languages, Tamil and Hindi, with different headliners in each language.
The logistics involved -- a large number of scenes were shot simultaneously, which meant having to get the three heroes, as many heroines and support casts, from each language to one locale on one day -- make for a story in itself.
The film blends the story of three men whose lives collide in one apocalyptic moment; it is another attempt by the director to limn India's propensity for self-destructive violence.
Abhishek Bachchan as Lallan (Hindi) / Madhavan as Inbashekar (Tamil) is a criminal don, settled in Calcutta. He loves, marries, and abuses his wife, Sashi Biswas (Rani Mukerji) / Sasi (Meera Jasmine). Michael Mukherjee (Ajay Devgan) / Michael (Surya) is a student leader, who wants politicians like Prosonjeet Bhattacharya (Om Puri) / (Director Bharathiraja) Selva Nayagam , to keep away from college elections; He loves Radhika (Esha Deol) / Geetha (Esha Deol). And then there is Arjun (Vivek Oberoi) /Arjun (Siddharth) carefree and spoilt, in love with Mira (Kareena Kapoor) / Meera (Trisha Krishnan), who he just met, and who at one time wanted to relocate to the U.S., but then after meeting Michael, changes his mind and wants to be a politician. The paths of these three young men cross each others', resulting in violent changes in all their lives.
Soundtrack (Yuva)
The soundtrack features six songs by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics by Mehboob:
Dhakka Laga Bukka - A. R. Rahman, Karthik, Mehboob
Khuda Hafiz - Sunitha Sarathy, Lucky Ali, Karthik
Kabhi Neem Neem - A. R. Rahman, Madhushree
Dol Dol - Rap and lyrics by Blaaze, featuring ethnic vocals by Shahin Badar
Baadal - Adnan Sami, Alka Yagnik
Fanaa - A. R. Rahman, Sunitha Sarathy, Tanvi
Khuda Hafiz - Sunitha Sarathy, Lucky Ali, Karthik
Kabhi Neem Neem - A. R. Rahman, Madhushree
Dol Dol - Rap and lyrics by Blaaze, featuring ethnic vocals by Shahin Badar
Baadal - Adnan Sami, Alka Yagnik
Fanaa - A. R. Rahman, Sunitha Sarathy, Tanvi
Soundtrack (Aayitha Ezhuthu )
Hai Goodbye Nanba - Sunitha Sarathy, Shankar Mahadevan, Lucky Ali, Karthik
Sandai Kozhi - Madhushree, A. R. Rahman
Nenjam Ellam - Adnan Sami, Sujatha
Dol Dol - Blaaze, Shahin Badar
Yaakai Thiri - Sunitha Sarathy, A. R. Rahman, Shalini Singh
Jana Gana Mana - A. R. Rahman, Karthik
Cinematography by Ravi K Chandran , Art Direction by Sabu Cyril
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