Chembaruthi (1992)

செம்பருத்தி

Raja, a rich lad falls in love with Chembaruthi, a maid who works in his grandmother's house. His family rejects their love due to social differences.

Date of release
1992-04-17
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
2h 26m
Genres
Drama, Action, Romance
Director
R K Selvamani

Casting

Interesting facts

Chembaruthi (transl. Hibiscus) is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language teen romantic drama film written and directed by R. K. Selvamani and produced by Kovaithambi. The film stars Prashanth and Roja, while P. Bhanumathi, Nassar, Radha Ravi, and Mansoor Ali Khan play supporting roles. It was partially re-shot in Telugu as Chamanti with Satyanarayana replacing M. N. Nambiar. The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, while editing was done by V. Udhayashankar and cinematography by Ravi Yadav. The film was released on 17 April 1992 and was a major box office success. It was remade in Bangladeshi as Ontore Ontore and in Hindi as Aao Pyaar Karen.

Production

After the success of Captain Prabhakaran (1991), director R. K. Selvamani decided to make a film completely with newcomers which became Chembaruthi. He initially cast debutants such as Raman Kapoor from Mumbai, Suchithra Krishnamurthy and Gayathri (of Aranmanai Kili) in lead roles; however after shooting half of the film, he was unimpressed and scrapped it. Selvamani eventually cast Prashanth and Roja in the lead roles.

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