Jeans Bollywood Film Detail:
Jeans is a 1998 Bollywood romantic comedy film writter & directer S. Shankar; and producer Ashok Amritraj and Murali Manohar. The film stars Prashanth, Aishwarya Rai and Nassar in the lead roles, while Raju Sundaram, Raadhika and Lakshmi play supporting role characters. The film features a soundtrack by A. R. Rahman, while Ashok Kumar and the duo B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan handled the cinematography and editing respectively.
- Directer : S. Shankar
- Producer : Ashok Amritraj,Sunanda Murali Manohar
- Screenplay : S. Shankar
- Story : S.Shankar
- Starring : Prashanth,Aishwarya Rai,Nassar,Lakshmi,Raadhika
- Music : A. R. Rahman
- Cinematography : Ashok Kumar
- Edited : B. Lenin,V. T. Vijayan
- Productioncompany : Amritraj Solomon Communications
- Distributed : Aascar Films
- Art Direction : Aaron Osborne,Thotta Tharani
- Costume Design:Neeta Lulla
- Assistant Director :Joe Abele,Hosimin,R. Madhesh
- Sound Department :Ajith Abraham George
- Visual Effects:Pavan Balagam,Vinnakota Gupta,Ramesh Karthikeyan,Stalin Saravana,Narasimhan Srinivasan
- Genres: Comedy,Drama,Romance,Musical
- Release date : 24 April 1998
- Running time : 172 minutes
- Country : India
- Language : Tamil
Jeans Movie Scenes :
Star Cast:
- Prashanth … Vishvanath / Ram Mohan
- Aishwarya Rai Bachchan… Madhumitha / Vaishnavi (as Aishwarya Rai)
- Nassar … Nachiappan Rajamani / Pachiappan Rajamani
- Senthil … Gino
- S. Ve. Sekar … Madhumitha’s Father
- Raju Sundaram … Madesh
- Geeta Geeta … Nachiappan’s Wife
- Radhika Sarathkuma… Sundaramba, Pachiappan’s Wife (as Raadhika)
- Gandhimathi … Nachiappan’s Mother-in-law
- Janaki Sabesh
- Lakshmi Lakshmi … Krishnaveiny (Grandmother) (as S.N. Lakshmi)
- Sirippu Bhaktan
- Sergio Myers … Man in airport
- Greg Bronson
Production:
Development:
The entire production of the film took about a year and a half to be completed and released. Jeans, unlike Shankar’s other films, was the first to be shot outside of India for major portions of the film. The producers of the film were Ashok Amritraj, Michael Soloman and Murali Manohar, whom all made their Tamil film debuts with Jeans. Amritraj did not work on any Tamil film afterwards.The film reunited Shankar with his award-winning technical crew from his previous film Indian, whilst the cast was finalised by him after he had completed the story.
A difference of opinion exists regarding how the film got its name. According to Amritraj, the title Jeans was selected due to being a homophone of “genes”, and “seem[ed] very appropriate to the movie”. However, the magazine Rashtriya Sahara stated that Genes was the film’s initial title considered by Shankar because the film had Prashanth and Nasser playing dual roles each, adding, “birth of twins is governed by the behaviour of genes”.
The film’s launch was held at the AVM Studios in Vadapalani, Chennai in December 1996. The Jeans invitation was printed, wrapped in denim and hand delivered by Shankar to his close colleagues and friends in Chennai, which included prominent actors in the Tamil filmdom. The cast and crew of the film wore their favourite pair of blue jeans to the launch, as requested by the film’s producers.
Film Casting:
The original actor considered for the dual roles of Vishwanathan and Ramamoorthy was Abbas, who rejected the project citing that his dates were booked for the full year of 1997. The second choice for the lead role, Ajith Kumar, also opted out due to call sheet problems. The role eventually went to Prashanth, who sacrificed seven films in the process, and chose to work exclusively on the project during the period. Aishwarya Rai, Miss World 1994, was the original choice for the roles of Madhumitha and Vaishnavi and collaborated with Shankar after she had been unable to work with him in his previous venture Indian. Rai’s voice was dubbed by Savitha Reddy. The supporting cast included Senthil, Nassar and Raju Sundaram, with the latter making his debut as an actor. Prominent supporting actresses Lakshmi and Geetha were signed up for the film, whilst Radhika agreed to appear in a guest appearance. Another supporting role was taken by S. Ve. Sekhar after playback singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam opted out of the role. Shankar wanted Goundamani to appear in a dual role, but due to the actor’s unavailability, the genre of the film was changed from comedy to romance.
The other substitution in the project involved the cinematographer. Despite reports that Shankar would again sign on Jeeva, whom he had worked with in Kadhalan, Gentleman and Indian, Santhosh Sivan was announced as the cinematographer for the film. Though between the time of the announcement and the finishing stages of the film, cinematographer Ashok Kumar was publicised as the official cinematographer for the film. In mid-1997, film organisation FEFSI struck and in the midst of this, the film’s art director Thotta Tharani, a FEFSI supporter, refused to sacrifice his position in FEFSI and stopped working in Jeans. Without much choice, Shankar signed a newcomer Bala to take over the set design and art work for the film. The film’s art direction is credited with both Thotta Tharani and Bala. S. T. Venky was signed up to deal with the special-effects in the film, with Jeans. The film also was assisted in graphics effects created by Pentafour Company.
Film Shooting:
The Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World seen in the film
The initial scenes of the Rajamani family’s catering company was filmed in Las Vegas, whilst other scenes were shot in California at the Universal Studios, where shooting of foreign films is usually not permitted. However, with influence from the film’s producer Ashok Amritraj they were able to obtain special permission to film a few scenes inside. Besides the King Kong set, Jeans was also shot in the “simulated earthquake experience” sets. The filming in Los Angeles received much publicity as well as the filming at the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Other Jeans shooting locations in the United States of America included the Valley of Fire, Manhattan Beach, Malibu Lake and many scenic spots throughout California. The song Columbus was picturised as it at the shores of Venice Beach, California with some foreign male and female dancers. Originally it was shoot on a set made by Art Director Thotta Tharani in Pondicherry Serenity Beach. Shankar also filmed in New Jersey and New York City at the World Trade Center when co-producer Michael Salomon and his wife, Luciana Paluzzi visited the sets of Jeans.
After a 45-day schedule in the United States, Shankar and the team returned to India to film a couple of scenes in the climax. The team then visited several other countries to picturise the song Poovukkul, with featured scenes with seven prominent buildings in the world, dubbing Aishwarya Rai as the “eighth wonder of the world”. Shankar admitted that due to no real list being present, thought had been put into which wonders were selected. The team made a thirty-day trip around the world stopping to can scenes at the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Empire State Building, the Great Wall of China, the Taj Mahal, the Egyptian pyramids, the Roman Colosseum and the Eiffel Tower. During the shooting in Paris, Diana, Princess of Wales had died and shooting was delayed as a result of her death. Three weeks prior to the release of the film, on 1 April 1998 a screening was held labelled the Making of Jeans with prominent personalities invited, however the short film showed the real manufacture of jeans courtesy of a company named Diana Garments. The prank was claimed by a Tamil journal who utilised an April Fools joke.
Release:
Jeans was released worldwide on 24 April 1998. With 240 prints, the films holds the 1998 record for a Tamil film. Upon release the film was subsequently dubbed into two languages, Telugu and Hindi. The film completed 100 days of screening in the theatres in the state of Tamil Nadu, and the Tamil and Telugu versions were commercially successful. At the Mumbai box office, it performed poorly
Jeans Movie Songs/Music:
The of Jeans was composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics by Vairamuthu. The audio launch took place in March 1998. To make the audio cassettes more “elegant and memorable”, cassette store owners were told to wrap the cassettes in jeans clothing before giving them to customers.
- “Hai Rabba”—————-Kavita Krishnamurthy, Udit Narayan
- “Columbus”—————-Sonu Nigam, A. R. Rahman
- “Ajooba”——————–Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam
- “Kehta Hai Mera Dil”—-Kavita Krishnamurthy
- “Kehne Ko Dadi”———Sonu Nigam, Sukhwinder Singh, Kavita Paudwal, Sangeetha Rajeshwaran
- “Tauba Tauba”———–Hariharan, Anuradha Sriram
- “Love Theme”———–Harini, Anupama, Febi Mani
- “Zindagi Mujhe Tu”—-Sonu Nigam
“Hai Rabba” Full Video Song:
- Song:”Hai Rabba”
- Singer:Kavita Krishnamurthy, Udit Narayan
- Musiccomposer: A. R. Rahman
- Lyrics: Vairamuthu.
“Tauba Tauba” Full Video Song:
- Song: “Tauba Tauba”
- Singer: -Hariharan, Anuradha Sriram
- Musiccomposer: A. R. Rahman
- Lyrics: Vairamuthu.
Jeans Movie Review:
This film review are Mostly Positive from Critics, IMDB Public Reviewing site give 6.5 Star Out Of 10 Star with Reviewers are 3133.
Critics H.Bala from Amazon give 2 star out of 5 Star.
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