
In the southern state of Tamil Nadu, 18-year old Roja is a simple village girl born and brought up in Sundarapandiapuram in Tenkasi district. In Srinagar, a Kashmiri terrorist, Wasim Khan, is captured by a team led by Colonel Rayappa. He won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction, Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil and the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director for his work. Rahman debuted as a film composer with this film. (1998), that depict human relationships against a background of Indian politics.Ī. It is the first in Ratnam's trilogy of films, with the others being Bombay (1995) and Dil Se. The film was re-released for international audiences in light of the growing fear of terrorist attacks across the world. The film also gained international acclaim with its nomination for Best Film at the 18th Moscow International Film Festival. The film won three National Film Awards, including Best Film on National Integration, catapulting Ratnam to national acclaim. The film was dubbed and released in Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Marathi languages. The film released on 15 August 1992, to positive reviews, receiving praise for its patriotic theme.

The film's cinematography was handled by Santhosh Sivan and editing done by Suresh Urs. Balachander under his Kavithalayaa Productions and distributed by G. The theme of the film is based on the relationship between Savitri and Satyavan of the Hindu epic, Mahabharata. It follows a simple girl from a village in Tamil Nadu, making desperate efforts to find her husband after he is kidnapped by militants during a secret undercover mission in Jammu and Kashmir. It stars Arvind Swami and Madhubala, with the latter in the title role. Rose) is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film written and directed by Mani Ratnam.
