Name
of the Film: Roja
Name of the Director: Mani
Ratnam
 Plot
Summary: Roja is a young lady born and brought up
in Southern India. She marries Rishi and they leave the village
to settle in the city, where both fall in love. Rishi, who works
for the Indian Government, is instructed to go to the troubled
state of Kashmir on a classified mission, Roja goes along. Then
Roja's world is shattered when Rishi is abducted and held for
ransom by a group of militants who want an independent Kashmir,
and the release of a terrorist held with the Indian military
forces. Roja persists in her efforts to get her husband back.
Filmmaker
Bio:
 Date
of birth (location): 1956 Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Mani
Ratnam is certainly the biggest director in South India today
and a much-respected one all over India as well. He has revolutionized
the Tamil Film Industry with technically strong films that are
beautifully photographed with well picturised songs. Every frame
in a Mani Ratnam film is perfectly composed and beautifully
backlit even if this style involves total violation of tonal,
focal and colour continuity.
Born in 1956 in Madras, he studied at Madras University and
then received a management degree at the Bajaj Institute, Mumbai.
He worked initially as a management consultant before getting
in to films.
Cast
and lead cast bios:
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