DramaYear1992Duration2h 17mIMDb8.1

Roja

DramaMusicalRomance

A woman from a village in Tamil Nadu marries a sophisticated city dweller and moves with him to Kashmir, where all is rosy - until he gets kidnapped by militants.

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Arvind Swami

Rishi Kumar

Madhoo

Roja

Pankaj Kapur

Liaqat

Nassar

Colonel Rayappa

Shiva Rindani

Waseem Khan

Janakaraj

Chajoo Maharaj

Vaishnavi Aravind

Shenbagam

Vijaya Chandrika

Roja's mother

Vatsala Rajagopal

Roja's paternal grandmother

C.K. Saraswathi

Village Senior

Sathyapriya

Rishikumar's mother

Sujatha

Chinna Ponnu

Raju Sundaram

Special appearance

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AminuxJun 6, 2023

Marcus PobeeApr 28, 2023

A couple visit India occupied Kashmir, while there is an unrest all over the place because the people of Kashmir want independence from India. One of the guerrilla team abduct the husband in front of the wife. Thus, the wife seeks her husband's release to several of Indian Top authorities. It's an A. R. Rahman's saga. Yes, the music. The music of this movie is everything. I watched it for the good music by the way for Mani Ratnam's direction I appreciate a lot. It's the first of trilogy. Roja, Bombay and Dil se... About the topic, India occupied Kashmir, The Kashmiris are rebellious and they want independent from India. It's a simple logic. The Kashmiris are terrorists on the view of India, on the other hand, the Indians are the terrorists on the view of Kashmir. India once gets independence from British, India fight a lot. But the people of Kashmir can't fight enough for their independents. They are weak to India. All movies in this topic, Kashmir topic, India glorifies their patriotism, but ignore the real voice of the people of Kashmir, what they want. Madhoo did a very well act. The direction, the cinematography are also very good. Recommended music 100%, movie 30%.

user7980524970050Apr 28, 2023

For U.S.viewers unaccustomed to the mix of escapist musical numbers with disturbing plot content, i.e., a "terrorist musical," Mani Ratnam's romantic drama may prove to be frustrating; with those who are more adventurous, fascinating. Most US films clock in at about 2 hours; most Hindi and Tamil films at about three, and that many hours allow for the inclusion of family drama, romance, singing and dancing in places seemingly unrelated to the plot--in short, a little bit of everything for the time spent. This film is more serious than most of it's kind, dealing with the threat of terrorists (director Ratnam followed it up with a second along the same line, Dil Se) and what a community does about them. My biggest complaint with this film is about the quality of color in the DVD; old Technicolor musicals from Hollywood are restored to an amazing brilliance, while this has been allowed to fade and the film shows the wear of time in print quality. All that said, it's an effective example of it's kind, with several touching performances and a poignant finale.

Bhavin PatelApr 28, 2023

I saw this movie 3 times.. lovely songs and locations. The story line is too good..

Ansu JarjuApr 28, 2023

This is the first movie of what was to become director Mani Ratnam's "political trilogy" ("Bombay" and "Dil Se" being the movies to follow). While not quite as accomplished as the later movies, he develops a very simple story of a young married couple, the subsequent kidnapping of the husband and the wife's attempts to persuade the authorities to help free him into a well-rounded movie that works on almost all levels that it encompasses: The love relationship between the two main characters is credible and well-handled; the struggle of the individual citizen vs. government authorities and individual desires vs. the larger scale of politics is dealt with intensely (the scene where the Colonel tells Roja that "everyone is happy" is simply chilling), and even the interplay of the kidnapped and the terrorists works out really well, even if it seems sometimes that Rishi Kumar was lucky ending up with these rather than more ruthless people. The only problem that I have with this movie are a small handful of scenes in which Indian patriotism is showcased in what I felt was a rather blunt manner (but then, coming from a different country, I may lack some essential cultural background to understand it). Apart from this one quibble I think it's a good movie that you should really see, especially I've you've seen Mani Ratnam's other films. Acting is solid, especially from Pankaj Kapoor as the terrorist leader, but also from Arvind Swamy as Rishi (except perhaps when he goes into patriotic overdrive). Also on-screen chemistry between Arvind and Madhoo is fabulous. The music is an early, often charming ("Dil hai chhota sa") score by A. R. Rahman. Watch it.

𝓢𝓸𝓯𝓲𝓪 🌿Apr 28, 2023

I watched this almost after 20 years of its initial release and I regret it that I watched it so late. This is a masterpiece where terrorism is chosen as a topic and mixed up with a romantic drama. A political essence just adds to its panache. Not only directing, the actors have done equally well. Not to mention A R Rahman, the stalwart initiating his glorious career and going on winning two Oscars. Now I know why he deserved that! :D The plot is so cool that it binds perfectly with the realism that our world is experiencing right now (2012) A must watch for everyone!

Domy🍑🍑Apr 28, 2023

What a movie!! Flawless! Music is immortal One the best Indian movies ever made.

🛃سيـــــد العاطفــــة🛂Apr 28, 2023

This movie is inspired from Italian movie Desica's Girasoli, I (1970),neverthless no complaints because i don't believe in originality.The movie is worth watching because of good story and flow of the story.A.R.Rehmans score and P.C.Sreeram's camera is beautiful.The movie has romance and patriotism.Good natural performance by the acting team also.Maniratnam was in great form during this period,he gave continuous hits of Mouna Ragam,Nayagan,Agni Natchathiram,Geethanjali,Anjali,Thalapathi.There were many cute scenes in the movie.It is also visually stunning. Even Vittoria Desica might have been happy watching this movie because such a solid,positive enhancement of his work.

davidoApr 28, 2023

Roja (1992) : Brief Review - An early 90s Sensation about Hardcore Patriotism and Hardcore Love. Roja is first of it's kind of theme by Mani Ratnam where he set the love story in the Terrorism atmosphere. He succeeded fulfilling both of them on high note and most importantly he did it positively and without any gimmicks. Roja is a sensation because it came in early 90s, an year before Riot Events took place in India or else the impact and disturbing theme would have fizzled to stand out. And also because Bollywood and South cinema had just started enjoying Masala Films filled with Machoism and Love Triangle based on Sacrifice, but then Roja came with a Love Story set in Sensitive and more realistic atmosphere. Kashmir's backdrop is always sensitive and fragile topic for Indian Movies because if you make just 1 small mistake, only god knows how people are gonna outburst and make it big issue. Fortunately Roja is a safe film cinematically and logically both. The patriotic theme sustains and evokes people to show thier love for the country and at the same time the Love Story runs smoothly. Arvind Swani and Madhoo both provides solid acts and even supporting cast is really good. Roja is truly by all mean a staggering debut for Music Maestro AR Rahman. Each and Every song is Awesome, even the worst case ends at Good. Dialogues are Fantastic, that's it. Kudos for Mani Ratnam for attempting a gutsy product much earlier than expected. He wrote an amazing script and justified it fully with his direction. Probably, the first time Love Story and Patriotism have been bounded together therefore creating a sensational Roja. I hated his 'Dil Se' for the Dumb characterisation but Roja doesn't have anything like that and lives upto all essential elements of Quality Filmmaking. Roja is an early 90s Classic which still manages to hold its impact despite several attempts on same theme. RATING - 8/10* By - #samthebestest

Ali AliApr 28, 2023

The threat of terrorists in India meshed with mild romance is the summary of this movie. Roja(the rose) the heroine is an innocent girl whose newly wed husband gets kidnapped by Pakistani terrorists. The story revolves around how she runs from pillar to post to get her husband freed. The movie is quite intense in the later parts.

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