Millennium Stars


Millennium Stars is a 2000 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Jayaraj. It stars Suresh Gopi, Jayaram, Biju Menon and Abhirami in the lead roles. The soundtrack of the film was composed by Vidyasagar. It became the first Malayalam movie to be released in the new millennium. Biju Menon won the Asianet Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for this film. Later dubbed into Tamil and released as Sivasankar.

Plot

When they were children, Shiva and Shankar went to Mumbai in search of a living. Circumstances put them in jail, where they meet a bully named Karunan. They escape from jail. Several years later, Shankar and Shiva dream of becoming singers. Karunan is still active as a criminal. Through their hard work, the Shiva-Shankar duo become successful singers and start being called "Millennium Stars". Then the villain enters and tries to separate the two. Karunan convinces them not to separate.

Cast

Soundtrack

The film's music was composed by Vidyasagar, with Malayalam lyrics by Gireesh Puthenchery, Hindi lyrics by Tahir Faraz and English lyrics by Recardo Barrantes. Though the film failed at the box-office, the soundtrack is considered as one of Vidyasagar's career bests.
TrackTitleSingerLyricistsRaga
1"O... Mumbai"K. J. Yesudas, Vijay YesudasGireesh Puthenchery, Tahir Faraz
2"Parayaan Njan Marannu"K. J. Yesudas, Hariharan, Vijay Yesudas, Sujatha Mohan Gireesh Puthenchery, Tahir Faraz
3"Krishna Krishna"K. J. Yesudas, Vijay YesudasPoonthanam Nambudiri
4"Kuku Kuku Theevandi"Harikrishnan, Anand KumarGireesh PuthencheryKalyani
5"Maha Ganapathim"K. J. Yesudas, Hariharan, Srinivas, Harish Raghavendra, Vijay Yesudas, Pushpa Raman, ChorusMuthuswami Dikshitar, Tahir Faraz, Recardo BarrantesNata
6"Shravan Gange"K. J. Yesudas, Hariharan, Vijay Yesudas, ChorusGireesh Puthenchery, Tahir FarazCharukesi, Bahudari

Box office

This film was released with huge expectations but was a box office failure as the producer lost.