Boys (2003 film)
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| Directed by | Shankar |
| Produced by | A. M. Rathnam |
| Written by | Shankar Sujatha |
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Siddharth Genelia D'Souza Bharath Nakul S. Thaman Manikandan |
| Music by | A. R. Rahman |
| Cinematography | Ravi K. Chandran |
| Edited by | V. T. Vijayan |
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Sri Surya Movies
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Running time
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170 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
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| Soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman | ||||
| Released | 28 June 2003 15 August 2012 (Hindi) |
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| Recorded | Panchathan Record Inn | |||
| Genre | Pop, pop rock, dance music, world music | |||
| Label | Star Music (Tamil) Aditya Music (Telugu) Pen Music (Hindi) |
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| Producer | A. R. Rahman | |||
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Boys is a 2003 Indian Tamil coming-of-age film directed by S. Shankar. It stars newcomers Siddarth, Genelia, Bharath, Nakul, Manikandan and Sai Srinivas Thaman in the lead roles. The score and soundtrack are composed by A. R. Rahman. Boys was simultaneously released in Telugu as well with the same title.
The story centers on six youngsters, who experience the downfalls of teenage life. The film conveys a message about the importance of a good education and career over other distractions, such as romance and sex. Despite all of its lead characters being debutantes, the film was the second most expensive South Indian film produced at that time, only behind Shankar's own 1998 film Jeans.
Munna (Siddharth), Babu Kalyanam alias Bob Galy (Bharath), Krishna (Thaman), Kumar (Manikandan) and Juju (Nakul) are five friends. They come from different backgrounds – Munna from a middle-class family, Bob Galy from a Telugu-speaking family, Juju from an academically-inclined family, Krishna from a rich family and Kumar from a poor family. But all of them have common interests – spending their time smoking, downing alcohol, ogling girls, watching pornography and complaining about their parents. Much to the chagrin of their parents, they have no interest in studies. Their obsession with sex is such that they even go as far as hiring a prostitute Rani while Munna's parents are out of town, but all of them back down at the last moment. One day, they meet Mangalam (Vivek) a depressed middle-age man, in a bar and help him home after he passes out. Although they first use him as a source to get alcohol, Mangalam enjoys their company and becomes a mentor of sorts for the boys.
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