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Saturday 7 July 2012

Saroja tamil movie

Saroja




Saroja (styled as Sa-Ro-Ja) is a 2008 Tamil comedy thriller written and directed by Venkat Prabhu and produced by T. Siva. It starsShiva, Vaibhav Reddy, Premji Amaren, S. P. B. Charan and Vega Tamotia in the lead roles and Prakash Raj, Jayaram, Kajal Aggarwal, Sampath Raj, Nikita Thukral and Nagendran in other vital roles. Several other popular Tamil television artists and crew members make special appearances throughout the film. The score and soundtrack were composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja.
The film, which takes inspiration from the 1993 Hollywood film Judgment Night,[1] follows the journey of four young men who travel fromChennai to Hyderabad to watch a cricket match. Due to a road accident, they are forced to take a diversion off the main road in order to arrive on time, which, however, leads them to a gang who have kidnapped a young schoolgirl, Saroja, the only daughter of a rich millionaire. The film was released on 5 September 2008 to very positive reviews and critically acclaim, while also emerging a high commercial success. Upon release, it was dubbed into Telugu.
Matilda D’ Silva, who sang the song "Cheeky Cheeky" in the film with Yuvan Shankar Raja and Nirdhiya, was a contestant on the reality show Singapore Idol. Saroja also featured a promotional song, an English track written and composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja and sung by Tanvi Shah.
Plot

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Ajay Raj (Shiva), Ganesh (Premji Amaren), Jagapathi Babu (SPB Charan), and Ram Babu (Vaibhav) are close friends who spend a lot of time together in Chennai. Ajay is a TV serial artist, Ganesh is a fun-loving man who falls in love with every woman he sees, Jagapathi Babu is an engineer who is married and has a six-year-old daughter, and Ram Babu is Jagapathi's younger brother.
Ram is in love with Pooja (Kajal Aggarwal) but, before he has a chance to tell her, Pooja tells Ram that she is in love with Ajay. Pooja and Ajay eventually get engaged, and Ram is heartbroken. He soon forgets his grief and has a good time with his friends Ajay, Ganesh, and Jagapathy.
One day, the four friends decide to go in Ajay's old ramshackle caravan (a Volkswagen Samba) to Hyderabad to watch a cricket match.
Vishwanath (Prakash Raj) is a business tycoon in Hyderabad who has no time for his wife and teenage daughter Saroja (Vega Tamotia). One day, Saroja is kidnapped, and the police enter the scene, with Vishwanath's friend ACP Ravichandran (Jayaram) handling the case.
Meanwhile, a huge tanker lorry carrying highly inflammable and dangerous chemicals overturns on the National Highway between Chennai and Hyderabad and the four friends are stuck in a massive traffic jam. They attempt to take a shortcut to Hyderabad, but they end up in a dark, desolate area where their real troubles begin.
After arguing about which direction to take at a crossroad, Ajay convinces the others to drive the car into a forest, receiving instructions from Venkat Prabhu in a cameo appearance. As they proceed further, an injured man (played by Bose Venkat) suddenly falls on their car from above. Wanting to save the dying man, Jagapathi Babu asks Ganesh and Ram Babu to ask for help in a nearby building. Ajay, horrified by the injured man's bullet wounds, is even more shocked when the dying man urges Jagapathi and Ajay to escape. Jagapathi, however, attempts to save the man, who repeatedly urges them to leave quickly.
A few men arrive in a jeep and start to shoot at them from a distance. Ajay rushes to the driver's seat and attempts to flee from the area. Their van gets hit by the other vehicle and is overturned, throwing the injured man outside. Shiva and Jagapathi remain inside the van. Sampath, the leader of the gang in the black jeep, steps out of his vehicle and shoots the dying man after a short conversation. Sampath then discovers that two men (Jagapathi and Ajay) had attempted to save the injured man, and he orders his henchmen to kill them. Upon hearing Sampath's order to kill them, Ajay and Jagapathi run for their lives.
Meanwhile, Ganesh and Ram Babu have entered the abandoned factory in search of help. Finding the place empty, they walk out and wander around for some time. They soon reach the place where the van had overturned and realize that their friends are missing. At the same time, Ajay and Jagapathi are trapped inside a room within close range of one of the hitmen and escape narrowly. Ganesh and Ram continue to search the area for their friends and eventually find them after fighting with a few hitmen. Realizing that they are caught in a dangerous situation, all four run away from the factory toward the distant sound of a train. They barely manage to board the train's last car. Jagapathi does not board the train; he sees that his pocket has been torn, and he deduces that his wallet had fallen somewhere inside the factory. Ajay and Ram frantically attempt to convince Jagapathi to board the train. Jagapathi fears that the assassins might cause problems for his wife and child, since his wallet (containing his identity) might be in the hands of the gangsters. Thus, all four friends return to the factory to recover the lost wallet.
After a short argument in which the frightened Ajay hesitates to go along with Jagapathi to the factory, Ganesh is pushed to accompany him. Jagapathi and Ganesh enter the room where the wallet was dropped. One of the gangsters momentarily walks into the room, in the view of Ganesh. Ganesh hides and tries to warn Jagapathi to stay out of sight. When Jagapathi finds the wallet and turns around he realizes that Ganesh has disappeared. After searching the room thoroughly, Jagapathi decides to leave. When he walks out, Ajay and Ram are waiting alone, and there is no sign of Ganesh. This sparks off another argument; Ajay asserts that he would not leave the place without Ganesh. Meanwhile, it is revealed that Ganesh had wandered into another room to save himself. Finding Saroja tied up inside, he frees her and explains to her that he is not a member of the gang. In his usual manner, he falls in love and tries to impress her. Saroja and Ganesh then sneak out of the room. The other three set out to rescue Ganesh, but they get caught in the process.
Sampath continues to demand money from Vishwanath to release his daughter. ACP Ravichandran consoles Vishwanath and does all he can to help rescue Saroja. Meanwhile, the gangsters taunt the three men they have captured and continue to do so until Kalyani (Nikita Thukral), Sampath's girlfriend, walks in and informs the group that Saroja has escaped. Sampath sends all of his men to find the girl, leaving a single gangster with the three captives. Ram attacks the gangster and kills him. They run out of the factory and catch up with Ganesh and Saroja. They are soon trapped in a building with a single entry. The henchmen follow them and await them in front. The friends are convinced that the only way to escape is to fight the gangsters. Suddenly, Jagapathi comes up with the idea of designing a contraption using objects in the building as weapons in a grand "Rube Goldberg machine." In the meantime, Sampath asks Vishwanath to come to the area at once to take his daughter in exchange for the ransom money. Soon, Vishwanath and ACP Ravichandran arrive, and Ravichandran is disguised as Vishwanath's driver.
The four friends and Saroja finally arrive at the railway station to escape. They soon realize to their horror that the railway station is actually the exact spot where Sampath is planning to collect the ransom money from Vishwanath and Ravichandran. Vishwanath and Ravichandran are standing on the other side of the tracks. Saroja leaves the hideout, crosses the tracks, and embraces Ravichandran out of relief.
Just as Vishwanath is overjoyed that his daughter is back in safe hands, Ravichandran pulls out a gun and points it at Saroja. At that moment, Vishwanath realizes that Ravichandran is actually the mastermind behind Saroja's abduction and that Sampath is just another henchman responsible for carrying out Ravichandran's orders. A flashback reveals that Ravichandran and Sampath are good friends and that they have long been jealous of Vishwanath for his social status and wealth.
In the nick of time, the heroes emerge from the hideout and fight the goons with all their might. Vishwanath finally shoots and kills Ravichandran, and Saroja is reunited with her family. As everyone returns home, the four friends try to recall the name of the girl they have just rescued.

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Cast

Special appearances by actors during the song "Aaja Meri Soniye" (in alphabetical order) by:
Special appearances by actors and crew members throughout the film (in alphabetical order) by:

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Production

After the success of Chennai 600028, Venkatprabhu announced his next project in 2007 titled "Saroja" inspired from a hit song of his previous hit film[2]. Film launch was held on December 5 at Green Park Hotel in Vadapalani, Chennai[3]. Shruthi Haasan was initially offered the role of the titular character but later rejected it[4]. Jai wanted to appear in the film but director said big no as there is no scope for him, Jai still accepted to play a small role in the film[5]. Venkatprabhu added that saroja is a thriller[6]. The film was shot as a bilingual by making Srihari to play inspector role in telugu version[7].

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Soundtrack

Saroja
Soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Released
15 July 2008 (India)
Recorded2008
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length26:19
LabelThink Music
ProducerYuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Anthu Inthu Preethi Banthu
(2008)		Saroja
(2008)		Aegan
(2008)
After the success of Chennai 600028 (2007), director Venkat Prabhu teamed up with his cousin Yuvan Shankar Raja again for the musical score of Saroja. The soundtrack was released on 15 July 2008 at the Chennai Trade Center Convention Hall in Nandambakkamby composer A. R. Rahman.[8] It features six tracks, out of which one song ("My Life") was designed as a promotional song, which would feature in television channels and popularize the film.[8][9] The song, also composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, was performed by Indian band "Yodhakaa" from Mumbai. The lyrics were provided by 'Kavignar' Vaali, Gangai Amaran and Yuvan Shankar Raja himself. The song "Cheeky Cheeky" was sung by Mathilda D'Silva, along with Yuvan Shankar Raja and Nirdhiya, who was a contestant of the reality show Singapore Idol.[10]
No.SongSingersLength (m:ss)LyricsNotes
1"Aaja Meri Soniye"Vijay Yesudas,S. P. B. Charan, Premgi Amaren4:30Gangai AmarenPicturised on Shiva, Vaibhav Reddy, SPB Charan, Premji Amaren, & Kajal Aggarwal and several television actors and actress (see underCast)
2"Dosth Bada Dosth"Haricharan, Naveen, Rahul Nambiar4:40VaaliPicturised on Shiva, Vaibhav Reddy, SPB Charan, & Premji Amaren
3"Nimirindhu Nil"Shankar Mahadevan4:53Gangai AmarenPicturised on Shiva, Vaibhav Reddy, SPB Charan, Premji Amaren, & Vega Tamotia
4"Cheeky Cheeky"Yuvan Shankar Raja, Matilda D'Silva, Nrithya Maria Andrews3:50Vaali andYuvan Shankar RajaPicturised on Vega Tamotia & Yuvan Shankar Raja
5"Kodaana Kodi"Suvi Suresh, Rahul Nambiar4:57Gangai AmarenPicturised on Sampath Raj & Nikita Thukral
6"My Life"Tanvi Shah3:29Yuvan Shankar RajaSoundtrack film performed by the band "Yoddhakka"

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GOA TAMIL MOVIE

GOA TAMIL MOVIE





Goa (Tamil: கோவா, Kōvā, IPA: [Goːʋɑː] ?) is a 2010 Tamil romantic comedy film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu, who with the project, directed his third film following two previous successes. Starring his "regular cast" consisting of Jai, Vaibhav and Premji Amaran in the lead roles along with Sneha, Piaa Bajpai and the debutant Australian model Melanie Marie in other roles, the film is the first production of Soundarya Rajinikanth's Ocher Picture Productions. Actors Silambarasan Rajendar, Nayantara and Prasanna make guest appearances in the film, which features music composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, whilst cinematography is handled by Sakthi Saravanan and the film is edited by K. L. Praveen and N. B. Srikanth.
The film follows the journey of three young men, Ramarajan, Vinayagam and Saamikannu, who flee from their remote, conservative village to escape their overly strict families and travel to the international tourist-destination Goa, after encountering a friend who had fallen in love with a Caucasian girl whilst on holiday there. The film explores their time in Goa, the people they meet ranging from gayhoteliers to suave casino owners, and dwells on the relationships they encounter in the region.
The film, which began pre-production work in August 2008, became highly anticipated before release due to the successes of the director's prior two films. Filming began in April 2009 and took place in various locations: in the title location of Goa as well as inPannapuram, Tamil Nadu and Langkawi, Malaysia with the latter being used due to the monsoonal season of Goa, forcing the team to relocate.[2] Before release, the film was given an adult rating by the Central Board of Film Certification, despite much contention from the team with the film also avoiding a court case in regard to the producer's loan.[3] The film released on 29 January 2010 to mostly mixed reviews.
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The plot begins in a remote village in Tamil Nadu named Pannaipuram (the birthplace of director Venkat Prabhu). Samikannu/Sami (Premji), son of a karagattam artist, Vinayakam/Vinay (Jai), son of a military man, and Ramarajan/Ram (Vaibhav Reddy), son of the local bigwig and the village Casanova, are three rebellious youths who try various attempts to flee their village and see the outside world but are usually caught and punished by the conservative elders. After being punished harshly, they attempt one last escape and succeed. The trio runs away to the town of Madurai, hoping to stay with Vinayakam's friend Azhagar.
On arriving at Azhagar's place, they find him getting married to an American woman named Angelina Jolie. Azhagar tells them that he had met her in Goa and that they will spend their honeymoon in London. The three friends are inspired to travel to Goa, meet a foreign woman there and marry her. Upon realizing that they have mistakenly brought along a sacred golden jewel from their village temple and thus can never return, they pack their bags and head to Goa.
At Goa, they meet a fellow Tamil named Jack (Aravind Akash) who provides food and shelter and introduces them to the party culture of Goa. Vinayakam falls in love with Roshini (Piaa Bajpai), a club singer, while Samikannu attempts to woo an American named Jessica Alba (Melanie Marie) whom he had seen earlier at the wedding in Madurai. The three friends are given a makeover by Jack and Roshini, and they begin a new lifestyle in Goa.
At this point, enters hotelier Danny (Sampath Raj), who is Jack's gay lover. Danny is attracted by Samikannu's innocence and begins making affectionate advances toward him; Samikannu is oblivious. This invokes the jealousy of Jack, who hires ninja-themed henchmen to beat up Samikannu. In an awkwardly heroic scene, Sami nullifies their attack.
Ramarajan's life takes a twist after he comes across Suhasini Fernando (Sneha). They begin dating, and Ram learns that she is a wealthy entrepreneur who owns a luxury cruise ship named Casino Royale. The two eventually get married, and Ram gifts her the golden jewel from his village, which she locks in a secret room aboard her yacht. Soon the trouble starts. Ram learns that Suhasini is slightly neurotic: a fact revealed to him by her former husband Shakthi (Prasanna). The marriage takes a bitter turn, and Ram turns to his friends for help. Together they plan a covert mission and successfully retrieve the jewel.
Vinay and Sami are successful in their romance. The three boys eventually return to their native village, along with Roshini, Jessica, Danny and Jack. There, a surprise awaits Ram, in the form of Nayantara. The epilogue takes place in Goa, showing Suhasini falling in love with Madhan Kumar (Silambarasan Rajendar). As they hug, Madhan's nose begins to bleed, indicating that Suhasini has become a victim of Manmadhan.
The film parodies various themes prevalent in Tamil cinema, as well as many popular Tamil songs. Director Venkat Prabhu makes several cameos throughout the film.

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Guest appearances (in order of appearance)

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[edit]Development

Even before the release of his second directorial venture Saroja, director Venkat Prabhu mentioned that he was going to direct his next project very soon: Goa.[4][5] He also revealed that it would be produced by the famous Hollywood production company Warner Bros. in association with Soundarya Rajinikanth's production company Ocher Studios, who will produce this film, after their maiden venture, the animation film Sultan: The Warrior starring Soundarya's father Rajinikanth, directed by Soundarya herself. Interestingly, the script was first narrated to Rajinikanth; following Rajinikanth's recommendation, his daughter got to listen to the script and she immediately agreed to produce it.[6]
In April 2009, Warner Bros. was said to have backed out of the project, bringing forward the argument that they asked for complete details about the film, including script and expenses. Since the Goa team was not able to do so, because they were running out of time regarding the actors' dates and couldn't provide the details, Warner Bros. opted out.[7]In May 2009, producer Soundarya Rajinikanth denied that Warner Bros. opted out of the project, disclosing that "any rumor that suggests otherwise is simply not true", that Warner Bros. and Ocher Studios have "established a very successful relationship" and that they are still a part of the Goa project.[8][9]
According to the director, Goa would be a "fun film" and a "jolly good" one like the Hollywood films American Pie and Road Trip.[10] Moreover, it was rumored, that the film was based on a real-life incident, the murder case of the 15-year-old English teenager Scarlett Keeling that happened in Goa in February 2008.[11] However, this plot was not part of the completed film.

[edit]Casting

Following the successes of Chennai 600028 and Saroja, director Venkat Prabhu stated he would continue his trend of introducing new actors and using relatively young actors for his next film. The four lead male characters were announced to be Jai, Aravind Akash, Vaibhav Reddy and Premji Amaren, with the former two collaborating with Venkat after their roles in Chennai 600028, whilst Vaibhav was a part of Venkat's Saroja. Premji, Venkat's brother, had been a part of both of Venkat's previous ventures and was consequently signed on for a role. Supporting actor Sampath Raj was also signed, renewing his association with Venkat, appearing in his third straight film.
At a press conference in December 2008, Venkat revealed that there would be three lead female roles in the film, one of which would be a non-Indian, "white girl", playing a foreigner in Goa whilst declaring his interest in signing Hollywood actress Jessica Alba with Sneha and Genelia D'Souza.[12][13] A bound script of the film was sent to Alba who, despite expressing interest to be a part of the project by decreasing her salary from 14 crores to 9 crores, was still too costly for the project, since the entire budget of the film was just around 9 crores, resulting in Alba's drop out.[14] Denying this, Kartik Gangadharan, chief marketing officer of Ocher Studios, clarified that the reason for Alba's drop out was not the money, which "was not an issue" and "could have been negotiated", but her unavailability and the impossibility of reworking the schedules "around her dates".[1] Since Alba's departure, unsuccessful talks were held with Amanda Seyfried of Mamma Mia! fame,[15] before the role was eventually handed to popular American television actress and modelJulie Fine.[16][17] However Fine, too, was no longer part of the project, as she was surreptitiously replaced by a Swedish actress and model, Nouva Monika Wahlgren, who predominantly works in India, having earlier acted in several Indian films, including Fun Aur Masti and the Shriya Saran-starrer The Other End Of The Line. She also appeared in Indian advertisements and who was finally said to be confirmed to play the foreign character. Before Wahlgren was roped in, it was reported that an Australian actress, Melanie Marie Jobstreibitzer, was approached and confirmed for the role.[18] Eventually, it turned out, that indeed Melanie Marie was roped in for the role. Early rumors suggested, that the foreign girl would play the murdered Scarlett Keeling, which were later revealed to be fictitious,[1] with the character actually portraying Premji Amaren's pair.[16]
Regarding the other two lead female roles, it turned out that discussions with Genelia D'Souza proved to be unsuccessful, with the actress citing she had no available dates until June 2009, having already signed up for a couple of Hindi Language films,[19] whereas talks with Sneha resulted in success as the actress signed on to be a part of the film in late January 2009.[20][21] It was widely rumored at the time that Sneha's character has negative shades, which would be her first role of this kind.[22] Venkat Prabhu himself, however, revealed that Sneha doesn't have a villainous role as described by the media.[23] The role initially offered to Genelia was subsequently taken over by Pooja.[24][25] According to reports, Pooja was signed after Preetika Rao, sister of Hindi film actress Amrita Rao, who was supposed to do the role, backed out at last-minute for reasons unknown.[26] In June 2009, however, Piaa Bajpai, who had acted in films like Poi Solla Porom and Aegan earlier, joined the crew,[27] and was said to have replaced Pooja again, who was apparently busy completing her Sinhalese projects.[28] Bajpai's role plays the love interest of Jai.[28]
In November 2009, additionally Nayantara was roped in to do a cameo appearance in the last scene of the film.[29][30] Reports indicated that she shot for the scene, involving herself and the lead cast, for one day without taking any remuneration as she was a "big fan of Venkat Prabhu's movies".[29]
The technical crew remained mostly the same as in Venkat Prabhu's earlier ventures. His cousin Yuvan Shankar Raja composes the musical score, whereas his songs featured lyrics provided by veterans 'Kavignar' Vaali and Gangai Amaran. Sakthi Saravanan, Videsh and Vasuki Bhaskar were signed as the cinematographer, art director and costume designer, respectively, joining Venkat Prabhu for the third time in his third venture. Praveen K. L. and Srikanth N. B. were selected to edit the film, whilst dance moves were choreographed by Kalyan again, who is joined by Ajay Raj and Saravana Rajan. Whilst the former had worked with Venkat Prabhu in his debut venture, Chennai 600028, the latter was part of Prabhu's second film, Saroja. Kalyan was a choreographer in all Venkat Prabhu films.

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Before starting the filming, a photo shoot of the film was held in the "City studio" in the last week of February 2009, featuring Sneha and Premji Amaran.[31] The shooting was slated to start on 11 March 2009 but had to be postponed, because of the complaint lodged against actor Jai at the Tamil Film Producer's council, who had stated that some of his forthcoming films would flop at the box office.[32][33] Producer Soundarya Rajinikanth is said to have approached the council and requested to lift the ban, explaining the loss due to the ban, after which the ban on Jai was revoked and the filming started.[34][35]
The first schedule of film shooting was held in Theni, Pannaipuram and surrounding places in Theni district in Tamil Nadu. It included a folk song, which is said to be the introduction song and which was shot from 31 March 2009 onwards in Goa featuring Jai, Vaibhav, Aravind Akash, Premji and Sneha, along with Ajay Raj, who choreographs the song, Payal and around 500 Goans.[36]
The second schedule, lasting 40 days, was completely shot in Goa itself, which featured only the male lead actors: Jai, Vaibhav and Premji Amaran.[37] It was completed in mid-June, after which the crew returned to Chennai.[38] The third and last schedule was shot from July 5 onwards on the Langkawi Islands, an archipelago of around 100 small islands in the Andaman Sea, which belongs to Malaysia, where many popular Tamil and Hindi film were shot.[2] Though initially Venkat Prabhu had wanted to complete the remaining parts of the film in Goa as well, he eventually had to move to Langkawi, because of the monsoon season that had set in heavy rains, affecting the west coastal area of India.[2] He chose Langkawi as it has "very similar locations and looks" to Goa and has a very good climate.[2] It was reported that music director Yuvan Shankar Raja would perform one of the songs himself live on the beaches there.[2] In late 2009, two more songs were filmed in Kerala and Goa itself, with which the film's shooting was completed.

[edit]Release

The film's release, initially expected to happen in late 2009, got postponed several times. It was released on January 29, 2010 worldwide with Thamizh Padam and the controversialJaggubhai. The film was censored one week before its theatrical release by the Indian Central Board of Film Certification, which gave the film an "A" certificate, an adult rating, reportedly because of its content that "requires a mature audience",[39] while also describing it as a "path breaking entertainer which explores human sexuality very beautifully".[3]The film released with over 200 prints in Tamil Nadu.[3]

[edit]Reception

The film opened to mostly positive reviews especially from the youth, who were Venkat Prabhu's target. It also received mixed reviews. On the opening weekend, it collected 1.12crores at Chennai alone.[40] The movie showed highly positive return and initially topped at the box office collections before becoming an average grosser.[41] [41]

[edit]Accolades

CeremonyAwardCategoryNameOutcome
2011 Edison Awards[42]
Edison Award
Best Romantic MovieWon
2011 Vijay Music Awards[43]
Vijay Music Award
Best Folk Song of the Year 2010Adida NayandiyaNominated
Popular Melody of the Year 2010Idhu VaraiNominated
Popular Duet of the Year 2010Andrea Jeremiah & Ajeesh for Idhu VaraiWon
Popular Female Singer of the Year 2010Andrea Jeremiah for Idhu VaraiNominated
Best Debut Male Playback Singer (Jury)AjeeshNominated
5th Vijay Awards
Vijay Award
Vijay Award for Best Supporting ActorSampath RajNominated
Vijay Award for Best Female Playback SingerAndrea JeremiahNominated
Vijay Award for Best LyricistGangai AmaranNominated
Mirchi Music Awards[44]
Mirchi Music Award
Mirchi Listeners’ Choice – Best Song of the YearIdhu VaraiNominated[45]
Technical – Sound MixerRamji & Guru for Idhu VaraiWon
Best Upcoming Singer of the Year – MaleAjeesh for Idhu VaraiWon

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Main article: Goa (soundtrack)
Film score and soundtrack for Goa are composed by Venkat Prabhu's cousin and regular music composer, Yuvan Shankar Raja. Since approximately the first twenty minutes of the film are set in the 1980s, it is known that the music for the affected scenes and a couple of the songs were recorded live (as it was done during that time) to "do justice to the scenes".[46] Yuvan Shankar Raja had started the re-recording works for the film score on 21 December 2009, after having watched the entire film[47] and had finished it within seven days with the help of his cousin and assistant Premji Amaran.[48]
The soundtrack, after several postponements, was finally released on 4 January 2010.[49] The album features 9 songs overall.[50] 18 singers have lent their voices for the songs, including composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, his father Ilaiyaraaja, his siblings Karthik Raja and Bhavatharini, his cousins Premji Amaran and director Venkat Prabhu,[51][52] S. P. Balasubrahmanyam,[53] K. S. Chitra and actress-singer Mamta Mohandas.[54]
Contrary to earlier reports that suggested that merely three or four numbers would feature in the film,[29] seven out of the nine songs were used in their entirety, besides two more additional tracks.[48]

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