Shyama

<p>Viswanathan, a famous filmmaker, is haunted by the death of his wife and a young man whom he accidentally hit while driving. Later he meets Shyama, the daughter of his friend, still struggling with the death of her boyfriend, the man whom Viswanathan had killed. They fall in love but Viswanathan tries to avoid her. In the climax, he reveals the truth to Shyama. He tries to leave the town but is stopped by her brother Chandran. They have a fight and Viswanathan is hurt. The film ends where Shyama and Viswanathan console each other and are united. After the success of , Dennis Joseph started receiving offers from various producers. However, none of them materialized. After a few months, Joseph decided to ask Joshiy to take him as so that he could learn filmmaking. As he was planning to ask , he got a call from . He was informed that due to some issues a project with and did not work out. Joseph was asked to prepare a script with the same cast of in 4 days, as the shooting was planned to start 5 days from then. However, Joseph was reluctant as he could not prepare a script in the given time. Joshiy recommended Joseph to develop a script based on a story he had discussed with him on the sets of in . On their insistence Joseph finally agreed. was one of Joseph’s closest friends. Rajav had earlier made his debut as lyricist with (1984). It was Joseph who recommended him as lyricists for the film. had earlier produced Joshiy’s and had a commitment to him. Hence, he was chosen to be the music director. Joseph was asked to narrate a few scenes to Kumar so that he could compose the songs. The songs were composed in one morning, after which Kumar immediately left by flight to Chennai for meeting up with his assistant Rajamani so that the orchestration and other arrangements can be finalized. However, the song’s lyrics hadn’t been penned yet. The music was put into an audio cassette and given to Shibu Chakravarthy who boarded a train to Chennai, during when he wrote the lyrics with the aid of a headset and a cassette player. Joseph had not yet started to develop the script and had just made a rough outline of the story. The film’s opening shot was with the 18th scene in Shyama’s ( ) house. However, Joseph had only written till scene 2 by then. As shooting was starting in 2 days, he began writing the scenes which featured Shyama’s house first. He wrote the complete script in 2 nights and 2 days. The soundtrack consists of a total of 4 songs. The songs were composed by , with lyrics by and . The was composed by . It was released on 23 January 1986 as an album on the Ranjini Music Company label. It was Dennis Joseph who recommended Shibu Chakravarthy as a lyricist for the film. Raghu Kumar was also a producer and had earlier produced Joshiy’s Since the film was a commercial failure Joshiy had a commitment to him. Hence, he was chosen to be the music director. The song is picturized on and , set in the raga. All the film’s songs were chartbusters and stayed in the charts for several months following its release. The song was a staple in marriages at the time. Shibu Chakravarthy had his breakthrough as lyricist through the success of the film’s soundtrack. The film was commercial success.</p>