| Boys and Girls | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | V. Rajagopal |
| Written by | V. Rajagopal |
| Produced by | V. Rajagopal |
| Starring | Arjun Singh Shyla Lopez |
| Cinematography | Dadly |
| Edited by | Suresh Urs |
| Music by | Sirpy |
Production company | All Light Productions |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Boys and Girls is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by V. Rajagopal and starring Arjun Singh and Shyla Lopez.
Plot
The film opens with an injured, homeless Kailash wandering aimlessly, smoking, and snorting a drug. He walks to H.M. Prison in London to meet his school teacher, Simran.
The film goes into a flashback to when Kailash was attending St. Johnson Junior College. Kailash's millionaire father, Rajesh, stalks Simran after first seeing her in the gym, since he has an infatuation for her. Meanwhile, Simran plays cards with her grandmother when her grandmother drops a king of diamonds card with the image of a software engineer named Kumar. Simran gets engaged to Kumar, and her grandmother decides their honeymoon will be in Switzerland. Simran returns from Switzerland, injured after Kumar died in an accident. Simran feels bad as she was genuinely in love with him.
A parallel track shows Kailash enjoying his time at college, interacting with his female friends and his boy bestie, Chandra. Simran joins St. Johnson Junior College and is Kailash's new teacher. Kailash slowly develops an infatuation for Simran, and, unbeknownst to him, his father also feels the same towards her. Kailash slowly starts to spend more time with Simran and gets her phone number, but Simran does not know that he loves her. Rajesh is shown to be a pervert and constantly looks at Simran's body features. One day Simran leaves the college, and Kailash inquires with one of the school workers about her, who happens to be Simran's friend. He, with the help of his friends, goes in search of her house. After Kailash enters his house and sees Simran, he is also in awe of her body features, like his father was. He tells her that he needs help with trigonometry, but she is surprised to see him pull out a book on sex instead.
Meanwhile, Rajesh meets Simran a few times. He starts a company called Kailash Air and influences Simran to join the company. Kailash enters Simran's house again, and upon seeing her clothes on the sofa, he puts them inside his pants, unable to control his infatuation for her. Simran keeps the relationship with Kailash formal, but after seeing Kailash cry, she kisses him, hoping to make him feel better. He takes her bra home as a symbol of his love for her. Kailash's grandmother is surprised to find various magazines with ladies on the cover on his bed. Two of Kailash's female friends, Keerthi and Christie, engage in a one-sided relationship with him, which Kailash uses as a means of escapism for the fact that he can't be with Simran. Kailash's mother, Khushboo, sees Rajesh engage with Simran in a jewelry shop, much to her despise.
Kailash continues to go to Simran for math tuition, but the teacher is confused about whether he is studying math or not. Kailash's mother gets mad at Kailash and his father after she finds out about their weird romantic behavior. An enraged Kailash's father storms to Simran's house and sexually assaults her. An enraged, injured Simran shoots him to death. Meanwhile, flashback to the present day: Kailash proposes his love to a pregnant Simran in jail. The film ends with a message about the importance of studying while in school and not falling in love during that time.[1]
Cast
- Arjun Singh as Kailash
- Shyla Lopez as Simran
- Prithvi as Kumar
- Prithviraj as Rajesh
- Vizag Prasad as Simran's father
Production
Govinda's nephew Arjun Singh (who acted with Shah Rukh Khan in an advert film)[2] and former Miss India winner Shyla Lopez (who appeared in music videos)[3] made their film debut.[4]
The film is based on a real life incident that happened in a junior college in the US because of a student's infatuation for his teacher. The film was predominately shot in Germany and London with a few scenes shot in Hyderabad and Mumbai. When asked if the film would receive censhorhip problems, due to the film's content a crewmember said "Not at all ... such themes have been handled before in films".[5] The film was reportedly called "pragmatic" due to its unique subject.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Sirpy.[6]
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Madana Manmadana" | Srilekha Parthasarathy | 4:43 |
| 2. | "Yeazhunalil Onde" | Haricharan | 4:15 |
| 3. | "Vasiyam Vasiyam" | Suchitra | 4:51 |
| 4. | "Aagamega" | Sukhwinder Singh | 5:12 |
| 5. | "Eppothum" | Ranjith, Dhinakamal | 5:06 |
| 6. | "Un Nenjile" | Karthik | 4:59 |
| 7. | "Soole Soo" | Sangeetha | 3:56 |
| 8. | "Rap" | Earl | 5:06 |
| Total length: | 38:08 | ||
Release and reception
The film was a box office failure and Arjun Singh did not sign any other films.[2]
The film was dubbed into Telugu with the same name and released on 29 June 2007, a crowded release date when Chandrahas, Bahumati and Aa Roje were released subsequently.[7] Regarding the Telugu dubbed version, a critic from Filmibeat wrote that "These kinds of films are best not released as they neither have entertainment value nor do they put out a message" and added that "If a filmmaker wants to educate the average filmgoer, he should not try to do it portraying the act itself. Mere skin show and obscene scenes doesn't serve as good entertainment. The scenes in the film are not related the Indian mind, mindset or way of functioning".[8]
References
- ↑ "Boys And Girls | Telugu Movie Review". Filmibeat. 30 June 2007. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- 1 2 "The big, fat Govinda family". Bangalore Mirror. 30 November 2007. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ↑ "Mini Menon, Alamjeet Chauhan, Shyla Lopez: Miss India winners you didn't know". IBNLive. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023 – via News18.
- ↑ "Govinda's son, Tamil hero!". Behindwoods. 7 April 2005. Archived from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ↑ "Govinda's son in Tamil flick". The Hindu. 27 May 2005. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ↑ "Boys and Girls(Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Sirpy". Apple Music. 9 December 2013. Archived from the original on 25 March 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ↑ "Four films for release in three days". Indiaglitz. 29 June 2007. Archived from the original on 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ↑ "Boys And Girls | Telugu Movie Review". Filmibeat. 30 June 2007. Archived from the original on 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
External links
- Telugu dubbed version of Boys and Girls at IMDb