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Power of Women (film)

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Power of Women
DVD cover
Directed byP. Jayadevi
Written byP. Jayadevi
Produced byP. Jayadevi
StarringKhushbu
Hariharan
Riyaz Khan
CinematographyKichas
Music byVidyasagar
Production
company
Jayadevi Films[1]
Release date
  • 27 May 2005 (2005-05-27)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Power of Women is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language drama film, written and directed by P. Jayadevi. The film stars Khushbu, Hariharan and Riyaz Khan. Music for the film was composed by Vidyasagar. The film was released on 27 May 2005, and was a box office failure.[2] It won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Second Best Film, and Khan won for Best Villain.[3]

Plot

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Aatma (Hariharan) is an international fusion singer and social activist, who protests for the emancipation of women and writes books on the subject. His latest book, Marana Sasanam, proves to be controversial and subsequently leads to him being put under house arrest. Through a flashback to visiting students, he narrates the story of the Indian village girl Jyoti (Khushbu) who marries and is then widowed in her formative years, resulting in her dropping out of education. She then marries a wealthy NRI, Shyam (Riyaz Khan), and leaves India to head to Canada.

She copes well with the change in her lifestyle until she discovers that Shyam operates an illegal passport business, hence Jyoti attempts to rebel in vain against her husband. Aatma befriends her and offers her solace and subsequently Shyam suspects his wife and Aatma of having an illicit relationship. Jyothi then hears that her husband is going to blow up the CN Tower in Canada, and decides to tell the police but is killed by Shyam. The film concludes with Aatma revealing the various instances in the holy books of different religions which give woman only a secondary status and remarks about his displeasure at the current status quo. The court subsequently chooses not to ban the book.

Cast

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Production

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Singer Hariharan joined the film's cast in August 2001 and made his acting debut with the venture.[4] Jayadevi initially cast Parthiban for Hariharan's role who agreed to act but later pulled out after the film was getting delayed in entering production.[5] Kausalya was selected to portray another female lead; however she ultimately did not feature.[6] Scenes were shot in Toronto, Canada during May 2002 with Hariharan and Kushboo.[7]

Soundtrack

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The soundtrack was composed by Vidyasagar.[citation needed]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Maragatha Mazhaithuli"Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam 
2."Malare Nee Vazhga"Hariharan, Sujatha Mohan 
3."Panae Undhan"Hariharan 
4."Thathithi Thaththi"Shankar Mahadevan, Anuradha Sriram 
5."All Over Round"Clinton Cerejo 

Critical reception

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Malini Mannath from Chennai Online wrote, "neither do we get to see much oppression here, nor of any serious assertion! It's woman's foolishness, insensitivity and confusion rather than her 'power' that comes across".[8]

References

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  1. ^ "List of Tamil Films Released In 2005 -Producers". Lakshman Sruthi. Archived from the original on 29 May 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  2. ^ "A different tune for Hariharan". The Times of India. 29 May 2008. Archived from the original on 18 April 2025. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Tamilnadu State Film Awards – awards for Vikram, Jyotika". Cinesouth. 13 February 2006. Archived from the original on 18 February 2006. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  4. ^ "News Bits". tfmpage.com. 4 August 2001. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  5. ^ "ஜூனியர் பெரியார்!" (PDF). Kalki (in Tamil). 19 August 2001. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 10 August 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ Mannath, Malini. "Director's Jayadevi's new film – Power of Women". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 24 August 2004. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Secrecy robs the charm". The Hindu. 31 May 2002. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  8. ^ Mannath, Malini (22 June 2005). "Power of Women". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 8 April 2006. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
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