February 14 (film)
| February 14 | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | S. P. Hosimin |
| Written by | S. P. Hosimin |
| Produced by | Salem Chandrasekharan |
| Starring | Bharath Renuka Menon |
| Cinematography | R. Rathnavelu |
| Edited by | Suresh Urs |
| Music by | Bharadwaj |
Production company | Sri Saravanaa Creations |
Release date |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
February 14 is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by debutant S. P. Hosimin.[1] Produced by Salem Chandrasekharan, the film stars Bharath and Renuka Menon, whilst its soundtrack was composed by Bharadwaj.
Plot
Shiva enters into St. Peters college, Bangalore and meets Pooja, who was born and brought up in the United States and has come to India to stay with her grandparents while completing her college education. Shiva falls in love with her but soon realises that their characters are totally different. Pooja feels alone, like a fish out of water in India and she wants to return to the US. So Shiva thinks about a plan to get her to stay and he expresses his love to her by creating a fictitious character Mr. X but never reveals the identity of the character till the end. Pooja who got impressed by Mr. X refuses to see him in the later stage but understand and accepts Shiva's true love.
Cast
- Bharath as Shiva / Mr. X
- Renuka Menon as Pooja
- Vadivelu as Ezhumalai, Canteen owner
- Sathyan as Arvind Swamy
- Santhanam as College Student
- Suman Setty as Suman
- Pyramid Natarajan as Pooja's grandfather
- Raviprakash as Shiva's father
- Chithra Kumar as Shiva's mother
- Ajmal Ameer as Vicky, college student
- Bava Lakshmanan in a deleted scene
- Mayilsamy as Himself
- Halwa Vasu as Canteen employee
- Bonda Mani as Canteen employee
- Vijay Ganesh as Canteen employee
- Vengal Rao as Canteen employee (credited as Rao)
- Jennifer as Gayathri, Shiva's sister
- Ragasya as Special appearance in "Othayya Rettaya"
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Bharadwaj.[2][3]
| Song | Singers | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| "Laila Majnu" | Karthik, Sadhana Sargam | Na. Muthukumar |
| "Aantha Avasthai" | Shreya Ghoshal | Kabilan |
| "Nanba Nanba" | Bharadwaj, Karthik, Srinivas, Janani Bharadwaj | Pa. Vijay |
| "Un Peyarennada" | Anuradha Sriram | S. P. Hosimin |
| "Idhu Kathala" | Haricharan | |
| "Ennachu Enakku" | Shri Krishna | |
| "Othayya Rettaya" | Pushpavanam Kuppusamy, Anuradha Sriram | |
| "Jana Gana" | Arjun Thomas, Donnan, Andrea |
Critical reception
Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote, "The director's half-hearted attempts at lacing his narration with comedy scenes proves futile, their not quite fitting into his narration. Where he scores is in his song picturisation. The dance numbers are attractively shot, canned by Ratnavelu's camera, which throughout gives a rich glossy look to the frames".[4] Visual Dasan of Kalki found Rathnavelu's cinematography as the film's only positive.[5]
References
- ^ "Looking to shine bright!". The New Indian Express. 20 September 2011. Archived from the original on 21 April 2025. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ "February 14 (2005)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ^ "February 14 Tamil Film Audio CD by Baradwaj". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 21 April 2025. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ Mannath, Malini (29 July 2005). "February 14". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 6 October 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ லஜ்ஜாவதி (7 August 2005). "பிப்ரவரி 14". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 16. Archived from the original on 21 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024 – via Internet Archive.
