Minsara Kanavu/SapnayLast Updated : 07-01-2010Category : Movies > TamilYear : 1997
Minsara Kanavu – Soundtrack
- The soundtrack features 6 songs composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics by Vairamuthu.
- The Hindi version of the soundtrack was titled Sapnay and had lyrics penned by Javed Akhtar.
- A new song titled Teri Meri Baat was added to this version.
- The soundtrack earned A. R. Rahman the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for the second time.
- K. S. Chitra and S. P. Balasubrahmanyam won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer and National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the tracks Ooh La La La and Thanga Thamarai respectively.
- Sadhana Sargam and Sujatha were hot contenders for the award but missed the award by a whisker to Chithra.
Minsara Kanavu - Tracklist
Cassettes/CDs : AVMMusic : A R Rahman | Lyrics : Vairamuthu
Director : Rajive Menon | Actors : Prabhu Deva,Arvind swami,Kajol
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- POO POOKUM OSAI SINGER : SUJATHA & MALAYSIA VASUDEVAN
- MANA MADURAI SINGERS : SUNEETHA RAO, G V PRAKASH & T.S.KALA
- VENILAVAE PART 1 SINGERS : HARIHARAN & SADHANA SARGAM
- STRAWBERRY KANNE SINGERS : K KAY & FEBI MANI
- ANBENDRA MAZHAYILAE SINGERS : ANURADHA SRIRAM
- THANGA THAAMARAI SINGERS : SPB, SHUBA
- VENILAVAE PART 2 SINGERS : SHANKAR MAHADEVAN & SADHANA SARGAM (Extra)
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- HARMONY : GANGA, KANCHANA, RENUKA & ANUPAMA
- GUITAR : RUPERT FERNANDES
- DRUM PROGRAMMING : RANJIT BAROT
Sapnay - Hindi Dubbed – Tracklist
Cassettes/CDs : Saregama/HMVLyrics : Javed Akhtar
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- AWAARA BHANWRE SINGERS : HEMA SARDESAI & MALAYSIA VASUDEVAN
- EK BAGIYA SINGERS : SHANKAR MAHADEVAN, CHITRA & SHREENI
- CHANDA RE PART 1 SINGERS : HARIHARAN & SADHANA SARGAM
- STRAWBERRY AANKHEN SINGERS : KAVITA PAUDWAL & K.K
- ROSHAN HUI RAAT SINGERS : ANURADHA SRIRAM & CHORUS
- DOOR NA JA MUJHSE SINGERS : SPB & SHUBHA
- CHANDA RE PART 2 SINGERS : Shankar Mahadevan & SADHANA SARGAM (Extra)
- TERI MERI BAAT SINGERS : ABHIJEET & HEMA SARDESAI (Extra)
Minsara Kanavu/Sapnay - Details
Minsara Kanavu (Tamil:மின்சார கனவு) is a 1997 Tamil film musical directed by Rajiv Menon. The film's score and soundtrack is composed by A. R. Rahman. Originally produced in Tamil, it went on to be dubbed in Telugu under the title Merupu Kalalu(మెరుపు కలలు) owing to its popularity and in Hindi as Sapnay(सपने).
It stars Arvind Swamy, Prabhu Deva, and Kajol Devgan. Kajol Devgan plays a young woman who wishes to become a nun, whilst at the same time being torn between two competing suitors, played by the two lead actors.
The film was noted for its musical-like quality and choreography. The film's music composer A. R. Rahman earned the Best Music Director award for the second time at the National Film Awards for his work on the score and soundtrack (his first win was for his debut work on the film Roja).
The movie concerns a love triangle between characters played by Kajol, Arvind Swamy and Prabhu Deva.
Minsara Kanavu/Sapnay - Cast and Crew
- Directed by Rajiv Menon
- Produced by M. Balasubramaniam | M. Saravanan | M. S. Guhan
- Starring
- Music by A. R. Rahman
- Cinematography Ravi K. Chandran
Minsara Kanavu/Sapnay - Awards
The film has won the following awards since its release:1997 National Film Awards (India)
- Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Music Direction - A. R. Rahman
- Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Choreography - Prabhu Deva
- Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Male Playback Singer - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
- Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Female Playback Singer - K. S. Chitra
- Won - Best Actress Award - Kajol
- Won - Best Music Director - A. R. Rahman
Minsara Kanavu/Sapnay - Trivia
- Actor vikram has given his voice for prabhu deva in some scenes as he got throat infection while in the middle of making this movie.
- Actress revathi has dubbed for kajol.
- This is rajiv menon's first directorial venture.
- S.P.B got national award for the first time in Tamil in this movie.
- The movie ran for more than 175 days all over Tamil Nadu.
- The movie was remade in Hindi titled Sapnay but it did not do that well.
