Seeman (film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Seeman
| image = Seeman film poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Raj Kapoor
| writer = Raj Kapoor
| producer = M. G. Sekar
S. Santhanam
| cinematography = B. Balamurugan
| editing = B. Lenin
V. T. Vijayan
| music = Ilaiyaraaja
| studio = M. G. Pictures
| released = {{film date|1994|4|15|df=y}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
Seeman ({{translation|Rich Man}}) is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by Raj Kapoor. The film stars Karthik and Sukanya and was released on 15 April 1994.{{Cite news |date=15 April 1994 |title=Seeman |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19940415&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=11 January 2019 |work=The Indian Express |pages=4 |via=Google News Archive}}{{cbignore}}
Plot
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Cast
{{cast listing|
- Karthik as Collector Chandru I. A. S
- Sukanya as Bhagyam
- Jai Ganesh as Church Father
- Kavitha as Abirami
- Goundamani as Dawali
- Senthil
- Salim Ghouse as Masanam
- Manorama
- Silk Smitha
- Sindhu as Priya
- Vadivukkarasi (guest appearance)
- Sabitha Anand as Meenakshi (guest appearance)
- Vagai Chandrasekhar
- Thalapathy Dinesh as Dinesh
- Thyagu
- Udayprakash as Mani
- Shanmugasundari
}}
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics by Vaali.{{Cite web |title=சீமான் (1994) |url=https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/seeman-songs-T0002933 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112130227/https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/seeman-songs-T0002933 |archive-date=12 January 2023 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=Raaga.com |language=ta}}{{Cite web |title=Seeman Tamil Film Audio Cassette by Ilayaraaja |url=https://mossymart.com/product/seeman-tamil-film-audio-cassette-by-ilayaraaja/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112130327/https://mossymart.com/product/seeman-tamil-film-audio-cassette-by-ilayaraaja/ |archive-date=12 January 2023 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=Mossymart}}
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! Song !! Singers !! Length | ||
| "Ennamo Nadanthuruku" | Venkataraman, Shanmugasundari | 05:01 |
| "Manu Koduthu" | S. Janaki | 05:32 |
| "Naatukottai Chettiyar" | Mano, Sunandha | 04:57 |
| "Ootu Kettu" | T. L. Maharajan, Mano | 05:08 |
| "Sadu Gudu Thodu" | Mano | 05:47 |
Reception
Malini Mannath of The Indian Express gave a negative review stating that "Raj Kapoor [..] has not done justice to the talented artiste Karthik".{{Cite news |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=22 April 1994 |title=Derring-do |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19940422&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=7 January 2019 |work=The Indian Express |pages=6 |via=Google News Archive}}{{cbignore}} R. P. R. of Kalki criticized the film, remarking that "no matter which donkey the story rides on till the interval, then there is a little suspense, and then there are seven to eight fights to give it a happy end." He noted that this formula had become typical of the series. He also panned Ilaiyaraaja's music but praised cinematography as the film's only positive aspect.{{cite magazine |last=ஆர்.பி.ஆர் |date=22 May 1994 |title=சீமான் |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1994-05-22/page/n25/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230228062226/https://archive.org/details/kalki1994-05-22/page/n25/mode/2up |archive-date=28 February 2023 |access-date=14 February 2023 |magazine=Kalki |page=24 |language=Ta |via=Internet Archive}}
References
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