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{{Short description|2000 Tamil drama film}}
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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Doubles
| name = Doubles
| image =
| image =
| caption =
| director = [[Pandiarajan]]
| writer = Pandiarajan
| director = [[Pandiarajan]]
| producer = [[K. Rajan (producer)|K. Rajan]]
| starring = [[Prabhu Deva]]<br/>[[Meena Durairaj|Meena]]<br>[[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]]<br>[[Sangeetha Krish|Sangeetha]]<br>[[Pandiarajan]]<br>[[Manivannan]]<br>[[Kovai Sarala]]
| writer = Pandiarajan
| producer = K. Rajan
| starring = [[Prabhu Deva]]<br />[[Meena (actress)|Meena]]<br />[[Sangeetha Krish|Sangeetha]]
| music = [[Srikanth Deva]]
| music = [[Srikanth Deva]]
| cinematography = Raghunath Reddy
| cinematography = R. Raghunatha Reddy
| editing = [[B. Lenin]],<br>[[V. T. Vijayan]]
| editing = [[B. Lenin]]<br />[[V. T. Vijayan]]
| distributor =
| studio = K. R. P. Production
| released = 11 August 2000
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2000|08|11}}
| runtime =
| runtime = 125 minutes
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
}}


'''''Doubles''''' (2000) is a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[drama]] [[Kollywood|film]] directed by [[Pandiarajan]]. The film stars him alongside [[Prabhu Deva]] and [[Meena Durairaj|Meena]] in the lead roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by [[Srikanth Deva]].<ref>http://www.jointscene.com/movies/kollywood/Doubles/4540</ref><ref>http://www.thiraipadam.com/cgi-bin/movie_review.pl?id=107&user_name=bbalaji&review_lang=english&lang=english</ref>
'''''Doubles''''' is a 2000 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[comedy film]] written and directed by [[Pandiarajan]], who also played a guest appearance in the film. Produced by [[K. Rajan (producer)|K. Rajan]], the film stars [[Prabhu Deva]], [[Meena (actress)|Meena]], and [[Sangeetha Krish|Sangeetha]], while [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]], [[Manivannan]], and [[Kovai Sarala]] play supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by debutant [[Srikanth Deva]]. The film was released on 11 August 2000.


==Plot==
==Plot==
The movie starts projecting Prabhu as a shopkeeper who sells toys to kids. He does all possible crazy actions in the world, which really irritates everyone. He has many bad habits, such as drinking and smoking. Prabhu marries Meena, but she wants her husband to be like Sree Ram. Prabhu acts as if he is a nice guy and also gets caught a few times when he tries to overact. Sangeetha, Meena's close friend, comes and stays with Meena as she is doing her final year in Madras Medical College. Prabhu had earlier pinched Sangeetha's hip when she was travelling on a bus. He gets slapped by Sangeetha and was thrown from that bus before she meets him. Sangeetha takes the task of seducing Prabhu to prove that he is a womaniser to Meena and fails in many attempts. The film ends as Meena dies of jaundice and Prabhu realising that his true love was only for Meena. Sangeetha marries Ganesh, who comes for one scene in the ending.
The movie starts projecting Prabhu ([[Prabhu Deva]]) as a Shop Keeper who sells toys to kids. He will be wearing a Mask which is similar to his face and he will be wearing that mask on the backside of his head so that he looks like a "Kilpauk Korangu" and does all possible Crazy actions in the world which really irritates everyone. He has all bad habits like Drinking and smoking . He gets married to Meena ([[Meena Durairaj|Meena]]) who wants her husband to be like Sree Ram. Prabhu Deva Acts as if he is a nice guy and also gets caught few times when he tries to overact.


== Cast ==
Rasika ([[Sangeetha Krish|Sangeetha]]) Meena's close friend comes and stays with Meena as she is doing her Final year in Madras Medical college. Prabhu Deva had pinched Rasika's hip when she was travelling in a bus gets slapped by Rasika and was thrown from that bus before she meets Deva. Rasika takes the task of seducing Prabhu deva to prove that he is a Jollan to Meena and fails in many attempts. The movie ends as Meena dies of Jaundice and Rasika marries Pandiyarajan who comes for one scene in the last.
{{Cast listing|

==Cast==
*[[Prabhu Deva]] as Prabhu
*[[Prabhu Deva]] as Prabhu
*[[Meena Durairaj|Meena]] as Meena
*[[Meena (actress)|Meena]] as Meena
*[[Pandiarajan]] as Ganesh (Cameo)
*[[Sangeetha Krish|Sangeetha]] as Sangeetha
*[[Sangeetha Krish|Sangeetha]] as Sangeetha
*[[Manivannan]] as Meena's father
*[[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]]
*[[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] as Vivek
*[[Manivannan]]
*Prabhukanth as Rapist
*[[Kovai Sarala]]
*[[Ishari K. Ganesh]] as Ramki
*[[Shanmugasundaram]] as Sangeetha's father
*[[S. Rajasekar]] as Doctor
*[[Kovai Sarala]] as Meena's mother
*Laxmi Rattan as Doctor
*Yuvan Swang as Hotel worker
*Amirthalingam as Devotee
*Sharmili as Prostitute
*Roshini as Sangeetha's friend
*T. N. Raju as Aarthi, Prabhu's friend
*Rama Rao as Prabhu's friend
*Johnny as Prabhu's friend
*[[Sridhar (choreographer)|Sridhar]] as Prabhu's friend
*Japan Kumar as Prabhu's friend
*[[Udayaraj|Master Udayaraj]] as Vivek's son
*Shathiga as Vivek's daughter
*Deepa as Woman taking shower (uncredited role)
*Lekhasri in a special appearance
*K. Rajan in a cameo appearance
*[[Pandiarajan]] as Ganapathy (cameo appearance)
}}


==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Srikanth Deva]], son of music composer [[Deva (composer)|Deva]], who made his debut as composer with this film. All lyrics were written by [[Vairamuthu]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Doubles (Tamil) |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/doubles-tamil/2X71v,NW5oI_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707093025/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/doubles-tamil/2X71v%2CNW5oI_ |archive-date=7 July 2023 |access-date=7 July 2023 |work=[[JioSaavn]]|date=20 September 2000 }}</ref> ''Indiainfo'' wrote the album "does not have any extraordinary songs" but Srikanth "shows a flair for mass-oriented music".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.indiainfo.com/tamil/audio/doubles.html|title=An unimpressive debut|website=Indiainfo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011211031106/http://movies.indiainfo.com/tamil/audio/doubles.html|archive-date=11 December 2001|access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref>
Soundtrack was composed by Srikanth Deva, son of music composer Deva who made his debut as composer with this film.<ref>http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/doubles-t0000255</ref> "Adi Kadhal Oru Kannil" was a chartbuster.


{{track listing
*Colourful Nilavu - Vasundhara Das, Timmy
| headline = Track listing
*Hey Pondattikkum - Devan, Sujatha
| extra_column = Singer(s)
*Adi Kadhal - Unnikrishnan, Sujatha
| total_length = 28:02
*Rama Rama - Swarnalatha, Anuradha Sriram
| title1 = Colourful Nilavu
*Naan Ippo - Hariharan
| extra1 = [[Vasundhara Das]], Timmy
| length1 = 5:02
| title2 = Hey Pondattikkum
| extra2 = [[Sukhwinder Singh]], [[Sujatha Mohan]]
| note2 = 1
| length2 = 4:01
| title3 = Hey Pondattikkum
| extra3 = [[Devan Ekambaram]], Sujatha Mohan
| note3 = 2
| length3 = 4:01
| title4 = Adi Kadhal
| extra4 = [[P. Unnikrishnan]], [[Harini (singer)|Harini]]
| length4 = 5:17
| title5 = Rama Rama
| extra5 = [[Swarnalatha]], [[Anuradha Sriram]]
| length5 = 5:14
| title6 = Naan Ippo
| extra6 = [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]]
| length6 = 4:27
}}

== Reception ==
''Tamil Star'' wrote, "Pandiyarajan seems confused about how to handle Doubles. The ultimate moral he has tried to convey through the movie is that one must be faithful to one's wife. But he doesn't seem to be clear on the story to convey it through, the tone to adopt, or even the character of the hero. So we get a movie with a one-line story that is chock-full of double entendres for the most part but ends with an attempt at cheap sentiments".<ref>{{cite web |title=Movie: Doubles |url=http://www.tamilstar.com/reviews/doubles/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050824115703/http://www.tamilstar.com/reviews/doubles/ |archive-date=24 August 2005 |access-date=23 August 2022 |website=Tamil Star}}</ref> Krishna Chidambaram of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' wrote though the story is rather dull, the humorous touch throughout the film makes its presentation interesting.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=சிதம்பரம் |first=கிருஷ்ணா |date=27 August 2000 |title=டபுள்ஸ் |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki2000-08-27/page/n33/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230702114414/https://archive.org/details/kalki2000-08-27/page/n33/mode/2up |archive-date=2 July 2023 |access-date=2 July 2023 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=32 |language=ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> K. N. Vijiyan of ''[[New Straits Times]]'' called the film somewhat "disjoint" due to poor editing.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vijiyan |first=K. N. |date=23 August 2000 |title=A disjointed comedy |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JlpIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cCEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5666%2C2564941 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702121822/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JlpIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cCEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5666%2C2564941 |archive-date=2 July 2024 |access-date=19 January 2024 |work=[[New Straits Times]] |pages=Spot On 7 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 22:49, 20 October 2024

Doubles
Directed byPandiarajan
Written byPandiarajan
Produced byK. Rajan
StarringPrabhu Deva
Meena
Sangeetha
CinematographyR. Raghunatha Reddy
Edited byB. Lenin
V. T. Vijayan
Music bySrikanth Deva
Production
company
K. R. P. Production
Release date
  • 11 August 2000 (2000-08-11)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Doubles is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written and directed by Pandiarajan, who also played a guest appearance in the film. Produced by K. Rajan, the film stars Prabhu Deva, Meena, and Sangeetha, while Vivek, Manivannan, and Kovai Sarala play supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by debutant Srikanth Deva. The film was released on 11 August 2000.

Plot

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The movie starts projecting Prabhu as a shopkeeper who sells toys to kids. He does all possible crazy actions in the world, which really irritates everyone. He has many bad habits, such as drinking and smoking. Prabhu marries Meena, but she wants her husband to be like Sree Ram. Prabhu acts as if he is a nice guy and also gets caught a few times when he tries to overact. Sangeetha, Meena's close friend, comes and stays with Meena as she is doing her final year in Madras Medical College. Prabhu had earlier pinched Sangeetha's hip when she was travelling on a bus. He gets slapped by Sangeetha and was thrown from that bus before she meets him. Sangeetha takes the task of seducing Prabhu to prove that he is a womaniser to Meena and fails in many attempts. The film ends as Meena dies of jaundice and Prabhu realising that his true love was only for Meena. Sangeetha marries Ganesh, who comes for one scene in the ending.

Cast

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  • Prabhu Deva as Prabhu
  • Meena as Meena
  • Sangeetha as Sangeetha
  • Manivannan as Meena's father
  • Vivek as Vivek
  • Prabhukanth as Rapist
  • Ishari K. Ganesh as Ramki
  • Shanmugasundaram as Sangeetha's father
  • S. Rajasekar as Doctor
  • Kovai Sarala as Meena's mother
  • Laxmi Rattan as Doctor
  • Yuvan Swang as Hotel worker
  • Amirthalingam as Devotee
  • Sharmili as Prostitute
  • Roshini as Sangeetha's friend
  • T. N. Raju as Aarthi, Prabhu's friend
  • Rama Rao as Prabhu's friend
  • Johnny as Prabhu's friend
  • Sridhar as Prabhu's friend
  • Japan Kumar as Prabhu's friend
  • Master Udayaraj as Vivek's son
  • Shathiga as Vivek's daughter
  • Deepa as Woman taking shower (uncredited role)
  • Lekhasri in a special appearance
  • K. Rajan in a cameo appearance
  • Pandiarajan as Ganapathy (cameo appearance)

Soundtrack

[edit]

The soundtrack was composed by Srikanth Deva, son of music composer Deva, who made his debut as composer with this film. All lyrics were written by Vairamuthu.[1] Indiainfo wrote the album "does not have any extraordinary songs" but Srikanth "shows a flair for mass-oriented music".[2]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Colourful Nilavu"Vasundhara Das, Timmy5:02
2."Hey Pondattikkum" (1)Sukhwinder Singh, Sujatha Mohan4:01
3."Hey Pondattikkum" (2)Devan Ekambaram, Sujatha Mohan4:01
4."Adi Kadhal"P. Unnikrishnan, Harini5:17
5."Rama Rama"Swarnalatha, Anuradha Sriram5:14
6."Naan Ippo"Hariharan4:27
Total length:28:02

Reception

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Tamil Star wrote, "Pandiyarajan seems confused about how to handle Doubles. The ultimate moral he has tried to convey through the movie is that one must be faithful to one's wife. But he doesn't seem to be clear on the story to convey it through, the tone to adopt, or even the character of the hero. So we get a movie with a one-line story that is chock-full of double entendres for the most part but ends with an attempt at cheap sentiments".[3] Krishna Chidambaram of Kalki wrote though the story is rather dull, the humorous touch throughout the film makes its presentation interesting.[4] K. N. Vijiyan of New Straits Times called the film somewhat "disjoint" due to poor editing.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Doubles (Tamil)". JioSaavn. 20 September 2000. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  2. ^ "An unimpressive debut". Indiainfo. Archived from the original on 11 December 2001. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Movie: Doubles". Tamil Star. Archived from the original on 24 August 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  4. ^ சிதம்பரம், கிருஷ்ணா (27 August 2000). "டபுள்ஸ்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 32. Archived from the original on 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ Vijiyan, K. N. (23 August 2000). "A disjointed comedy". New Straits Times. pp. Spot On 7. Archived from the original on 2 July 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024 – via Google News Archive.
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