Dhaya (film)

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Dhaya
Vijay Milton
Edited byV. Jaishankar
Music byBharadwaj
Production
company
Release date
  • 14 February 2002 (2002-02-14)
Running time
163 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Dhaya (transl. Mercy) is a 2002 Indian

National Film Award—Special Jury Award for Best Actor
was awarded for Raj for this movie. The film released on 14 February 2002 and received positive reviews from critics and audience.

Plot

Dhaya (Prakash Raj) is a rowdy in Chennai with enough political clout to make the police look the other way when he indulges in his nefarious activities. Thulasi (Meena) moves into his neighbourhood, but all her attempts to reform him fail. Rudhraiya (Raghuvaran), an ex-army man who has a score to settle with Sharada Amma (Lakshmi), hires Dhaya to discredit her. Sharada Amma runs an orphanage for abandoned children and is a good woman who turns a deaf ear to Thulasi's warnings about Dhaya's real character. Dhaya earns Sharada Amma's trust and gets himself hired as her car driver, while secretly planning her downfall.

Cast

Production

The film's director, Senthil Kumar, used to be an erstwhile assistant of Agathiyan.[1]

Soundtrack

Dhaya
Feature film soundtrack
Length29:12
ProducerBharadwaj
Bharadwaj chronology
Pandavar Bhoomi
(2001)
Dhaya
(2002)
Roja Kootam
(2002)

All music is composed by Bharadwaj[2]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Annathe Nadantha"SnehanTippu04:55
2."Dhaya Dhaya"SnehanManikka Vinayagam, Bharadwaj04:22
3."Aan Azhaga"SnehanP. Unnikrishnan, Sujatha Mohan04:42
4."Kadavulai Parthathillai"NandalalaBharadwaj02:39
5."Thorakatha Pottiye"Pa. VijayAnuradha Sriram, Manikka Vinayagam04:31
6."Guru Brahma Guru Vishnuee"SnehanReshmi, Chorus03:23
7."Dhaya Dhaya Oorellam"SnehanTippu, Chorus04:40

Reception

Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote that "Daya is interesting at places, but could have been crafted better".[3] A critic from Thiraipadam.com wrote that "Dhaya is another in the long list of movies featuring a rowdy as hero but employs sufficient plot points to seem different from other run-of-the-mill stories".[4] A critic from Cinema Today wrote that "A film with life, it manages to also make an impact on our minds and thus succeed".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "14th film in the year 2002". Cinematoday3.itgo.com. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Dhaya Songs Download: Dhaya MP3 Tamil Songs Online Free on". Gaana. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Daya". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 13 March 2005. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  4. ^ Balasubramaniam, Balaji. "Movie Review: Dhaya (2002)". Thiraipadam. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010.