Student Number 1 Explained

Student Number 1
Director:Selva
Story:Pruthvi Raj
Starring:Sibiraj
Sherin
Manivannan
Yugendran
Nassar
Producer:Sarath
Music:Maragatha Mani
Cinematography:U. K. Senthil Kumar
Editing:Raghu Babu
Studio:Sena Films
Runtime:126 minutes
Country:India
Language:Tamil

Student No.1 is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language coming of age action film directed by Selva. The film starring Sibiraj in his debut and Sherin in lead role while also features Manivannan, Yugendran and Nassar among others. This movie is a remake of the 2001 Telugu film of the same name. Student Number 1 was panned by critics and flopped at the box office.

Production

Shooting was commenced at Chennai, for a fifteen-days schedule, after which the unit moved to Russia to shoot two songs. The rest of the songs were shot at locations in Andhra Pradesh. A set at a cost of about two lakhs was erected on the beach in Visakhapatnam and it took six days to picturise a song. Choreographing the dance steps was dance choreographer Tarunraj. Sibiraj said that first scene which was shot on him was "where I enter the college library, and find Sherin and her friends dancing to taped music. I stop the tape and advice the girls".[1]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Maragatha Mani and released by Pyramid Music. Lyrics were written by Na. Muthukumar, Kabilan and Annamalai. Except "Kadhal Thozhi" (which replaced "Kaastha Ninnu"), all other tunes were retained from the original.

Reception

Sify wrote "The problem with the story is that it is too hackneyed and predictable. No one expects too much reality from a launch film of a star son, but the plot here is silly".[2] Chennai Online wrote "The original film in Telugu starring NTR Jr., was a big success. But this version has turned out to be just an average entertainer. The plus point is that it has given yet another promising hero to Tamil films. Sibiraj (son of hero Satyaraj) goes through the entire gamut of emotions which the role has offered him without much hitch".[3] Krishna Chidambaram of Kalki felt Sibiraj recited dialogues without emotion and should work on his acting capabilities by joining a film school but praised Senthilkumar's cinematography for showing Russia beautifully and concluded saying we express our worries to Sathyaraj and express our sympathies to the people who watched the film.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Student No.1 . Chennai Online . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030215184221/http://www.chennaionline.com/location/studentno1.asp . 15 February 2003 . dead.
  2. Web site: Student No: 1. https://web.archive.org/web/20161020070928/http://www.sify.com/movies/-student-no-1-review-tamil-pcluzngcjehff.html. dead. 20 October 2016. .
  3. Web site: Student Number 1 . Chennai Online . 19 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030819040038/http://www.chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov251.asp . 19 August 2003 . dead.
  4. சிதம்பரம் . கிருஷ்ணா . 9 March 2003 . ஸ்டூடண்ட் நம்பர்-1 . 20 February 2024 . . 80 . ta . Internet Archive.