Success (2003 film)

Success
Poster
Directed bySuresh Prasanna
Produced byIsakki Sundar
StarringDushyanth
Sonia Agarwal
Nandhana
CinematographyRavindhar
Music byDeva
Production
company
Issakki Creations
Release date
  • 5 September 2003 (2003-09-05)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Success is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by Suresh Prasanna. The film featured newcomer Dushyanth in the lead role, a grandson of actor Sivaji Ganesan, while Sonia Agarwal and Nandhana played supporting roles. The film was released in September 2003.[1][2]

Cast

Production

Producer Issaki Sundar saw Dushyanth, the son of Ramkumar Ganesan and grandson of Sivaji Ganesan, at the Sivaji Productions office and offered him the opportunity to make his acting debut. He initially rejected the offer, but ultimately agreed after consulting with his uncle Prabhu and cousin Vikram Prabhu.[3] Dushyanth was also credited as Junior Sivaji during the production of the film. The film was named Success, after the first on screen dialogue of Sivaji from the film Parasakthi (1952).[4][5]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Deva, while lyrics were written by Vaali, Kabilan, Snehan and Viveka.[citation needed]

Song Singers Lyrics Length
Hey Un Vayasena Karthik, Mathangi Viveka 05:01
Othu Konjam Othu Udit Narayan Vaali 05:16
Kodi Muppathu Tippu, Kovai Kamala 05:09
Marathi Kutti KK, Mahalakshmi Iyer Snehan 04:32
Kanna Un Anuradha Sriram, P. Unnikrishnan Kabilan 05:27

Reception

The reviewer from AllIndianSite.com noted "To sum up 'Success' is not the right film for Jr Ganesan to be successful."[6] Shobha Warrier of Rediff.com wrote "Director Suresh Prasanna is directionless and clueless from the beginning. It seems like the only direction he had is to make a Sivaji Ganesan film and make Dushyant another Sivaji".[7]

References

  1. ^ "Success". BizHat. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  2. ^ Mannath, Malini (8 September 2003). "Success". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 23 October 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. ^ Warrier, Shobha (2 September 2003). "'They can call me Junior, not Sivaji'". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Miles to go before I 'succeed': Junior Sivaji". Sify. Archived from the original on 28 April 2004. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Enter junior Sivaji". The Hindu. 27 January 2003. Archived from the original on 4 November 2003. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Success". AllIndianSite.com. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  7. ^ Warrier, Shobha (4 September 2003). "You can't fool the audience!". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2023.