Dancer (2005 film)

Dancer
Dancer
	Poster
Directed by	Keyaar
Written by	Keyaar
Produced by	Yogesh KR
Starring	J. Kutty; Robert; Kaniha
Cinematography	J. A. Robert
Edited by	R. T. Annadurai
Music by	Pravin Mani
Production; company	KR Infotainment Pvt. Ltd.
Release date	12 January 2005;
Running time	99 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Dancer is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language dance film written and directed by Keyaar. The film was produced by Yogesh KR under KR Infotainment Pvt. Ltd. The film which revolves around a physically challenged dancer with one leg was released on 12 January 2005.

Cast

Production

Keyaar was inspired to direct the film with Kutty, a one legged handicapped dancer after seeing him dancing at a concert at Kamarajar auditorium.^[2]^[3] Kutty did not appear in further films aside from By the People (2005) and Lee (2007) as he died by falling down stairs in 2007.^[4]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Pravin Mani and lyrics were written by Pa. Vijay and Na. Muthukumar.^[5]

"Dancer" — Karthik, Suresh Peters
"Jingulu Jingale" — Rafi, Suchitra
"Kothavaranga" — Mathangi, Gopal
"Iraiva" — S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
"Sonnathu" — Srinivas

Reception

IndiaGlitz wrote "Though Keyar has taken up a message in the movie, he seems to have made the movie interesting by adding commercial elements at right mix".^[6] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote, "Despite a logical story line, a docu-feel does crop up now and then [...] The ideal is lofty. But the insensitivity in execution (for the most part) is disconcerting".^[7] Malini Mannath wrote for Chennai Online, "Though Dancer is predictable story-telling, it's a film you would not regret watching".^[8]

References

^ Dhananjayan 2014, p. 436.
^ "Dancer". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "உற்சாகமாய் ஒற்றை காலில்..!" (PDF). Kalki (in Tamil). 11 January 2004. pp. 4–6. Retrieved 19 October 2023 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Tamil actor J Kutty passes away". Hindustan Times. 4 April 2007. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
^ "Dancer (2005)". Mio. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
^ "Dancer Review". IndiaGlitz. 14 January 2005. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ Rangarajan, Malathi (14 January 2005). "Dancer". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 November 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
^ Mannath, Malini (17 January 2005). "Dancer". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 15 October 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2023.

Bibliography

Dhananjayan, G. (2014). Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931–2013. Blue Ocean Publishers. OCLC 898765509.

External links

Dancer at IMDb

[FOOTNOTEDhananjayan2014436-1] Dhananjayan 2014, p. 436.

[2] "Dancer". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[3] "உற்சாகமாய் ஒற்றை காலில்..!" (PDF). Kalki (in Tamil). 11 January 2004. pp. 4–6. Retrieved 19 October 2023 – via Internet Archive.

[4] "Tamil actor J Kutty passes away". Hindustan Times. 4 April 2007. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.

[5] "Dancer (2005)". Mio. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.

[6] "Dancer Review". IndiaGlitz. 14 January 2005. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[7] Rangarajan, Malathi (14 January 2005). "Dancer". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 November 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2023.

[8] Mannath, Malini (17 January 2005). "Dancer". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 15 October 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2023.

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