Game (2002 film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Game
| image =
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| director = John Amritraj
| producer = S. Soundara Pandi
| screenplay =
| story =
| starring = Karthik
Vinod Kumar Alva
Manoj K. Jayan
Radha
| music = S. P. Venkatesh
| cinematography = T. Damodaran
| editing = Krishna
| studio = Srimasani Amman Pictures
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2002|11|04}}
| country = India
| runtime =
| language = Tamil
}}
Game is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by John Amritraj. The film stars Karthik and Vinod Kumar Alva. The film, produced by Srimasani Amman Pictures, had a musical scores by S. P. Venkatesh and was released after several delays on 4 November 2002 to negative reviews.
Cast
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- Karthik as Raja
- Vinod Kumar Alva as Joseph IPS
- Manoj K. Jayan as Lenin
- Radha as Jaya
- Urvashi as Janaki
- Rajashree as Malar
- John Amritraj as GK
- R. Sundarrajan
- Major Sundarrajan as S. Ramakrishnan I.P.S
- Pandu
- Vichu Vishwanath
- Kazan Khan
- Vijay Krishnaraj as Muthu Krishnan
- Rani
- Divya Dutta
- Manikraj
- Kullamani
- Vincent Roy
- Thideer Kannaiah
- Mahanadi Shankar
- Manager Cheena
}}
Production
John Amritraj had originally planned the film with Karthik in the late 1990s as Koottali which also had Divya Dutta in the cast, though delays meant that the film's budget and cast were subsequently affected.{{cite web|url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/People/97/Dec/kuttisp1.htm|title=1997-98 Kodambakkam babies Page|publisher=|access-date=26 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201551/http://indolink.com/tamil/cinema/People/97/Dec/kuttisp1.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=usurped}}{{cite web |url=http://www.minnoviyam.com/star/track14.html |title=Minnoviyam Star Tracks |website=www.minnoviyam.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990420125444/http://www.minnoviyam.com/star/track14.html |archive-date=20 April 1999 |url-status=dead}} For the film, Karthik participated in a song sequence shot with 100 car lights, sung by Anuradha Sreeram and performed by Rani. The film went through production slowly and changed its name to Game, having a delayed release in 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.reocities.com/hollywood/chateau/4939/tamil1.html|title=tamil movie site|publisher=|access-date=25 January 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060615/http://www.reocities.com/hollywood/chateau/4939/tamil1.html|url-status=dead}}
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by S. P. Venkatesh.{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/game-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1371490854|title=Game (Original motion picture soundtrack)|website=Apple Music|access-date=30 October 2024}}
- "Jimba" - Mano, Swarnalatha
- "Dhak Dhak" - Anuradha Sriram
- "Achacho" - Swarnalatha
- "Dosthu" - Suresh Peters, Krishna Sundar
- "Kuchipudi" - Mano, Sujatha
- "Pesi Pesi" - Anuradha Sriram, Adithyan
Release
The film was released on 4 November 2002 on Diwali day.{{Cite web |date=1 November 2002 |title=Adding glamour to Deepavali |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/11/01/stories/2002110101200500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030704122010/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/11/01/stories/2002110101200500.htm |archive-date=4 July 2003 |access-date=30 October 2024 |website=The Hindu}}
References
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Category:Indian action drama films
Category:2000s Tamil-language films
Category:2002 action thriller films
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