Independence Day (2000 film)

Independence Day
Directed byA. R. Ramesh
Written byE. Ramdoss (Tamil dialogues)
S. S. David (Kannada dialogues)
Screenplay byA. R. Ramesh
Produced byMadhusudhana Reddy
StarringSai Kumar
Arun Pandian
Roja
Ranjitha
CinematographyA. Ramesh Kumar
Edited byM Saikumar
Music byDeva
Production
company
Saraswathi Film Division
Release date
  • 15 August 2000 (2000-08-15)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesKannada
Tamil

Independence Day is a 2000 Indian action drama film shot in Tamil and Kannada languages, directed by A. R. Ramesh. The film stars Sai Kumar, Arun Pandian, Roja and Ranjitha. Music for the film was composed by Deva. The film performed poorly at the box office.

Cast

Production

The film was launched in 1997 as a bilingual and progressed slowly through production, having a delayed release.[1][2] A Telugu version was also considered in 1998, but the venture was later dubbed into the language.[3]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Deva.[4][5]

All lyrics are written by R N Jayagopal, S Keshava Murthy

Kannada
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."College College"K. S. Chithra 
2."Kudi Meeseya Saradara"Mano, Anuradha Sriram 
3."Dilse Dilpar"Anuradha Sriram 
4."Namma Thaayi Mother India"K. S. Chithra, Deepika, Swarnalatha 

Release

The film had a delayed release in Tamil and Kannada during August 2000, and performed poorly at the box office.[6]

References

  1. ^ "A-Z Continued..." Indolink. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Tamil Movie News--Pudhu Edition 3". Google Groups. 1 July 1997. Archived from the original on 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  3. ^ "The multilingual trip". Rediff.com. 28 October 1998. Archived from the original on 21 October 1999. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Independence Day (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 2 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Sundara Pandian - Independence Day Tamil Film Audio cd By Deva". Banumass. Archived from the original on 7 March 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  6. ^ "A R Ramesh". Nettv4u. Archived from the original on 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.