Dancer (2005 film)

Dancer is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language dance film written and directed by Keyaar. The film was produced by Yogesh KR under KR Infotainment Pvt. Ltd. The film which revolves around a physically challenged dancer with one leg was released on 12 January 2005.

Dancer
Poster
Directed by	Keyaar
Written by	Keyaar
Produced by	Yogesh KR
Starring	J. Kutty Robert Kaniha
Cinematography	J. A. Robert
Edited by	R. T. Annadurai
Music by	Pravin Mani
Production company	KR Infotainment Pvt. Ltd.
Release date	12 January 2005 (2005-01-12)
Running time	99 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• J. Kutty as Kutty
• Robert as Arun
• Kaniha as Divya
• Chinni Jayanth
• Kaka Radhakrishnan
• Manivannan
• Delhi Ganesh
• Vasu Vikram
• T. P. Gajendran
• Meera Krishnan
• Swaminathan
• Master Udayaraj as Kutty's friend
• Bayilvan Ranganathan

Production

Keyaar was inspired to direct the film with Kutty, a one legged handicapped dancer after seeing him dancing at a concert at Kamarajar auditorium.^[2][3] Kutty did not appear in further films aside from By the People (2005) and Lee (2007) as he died by falling down stairs in 2007.^[4]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Pravin Mani and lyrics were written by Pa. Vijay and Na. Muthukumar.^[5]

• "Dancer" — Karthik, Suresh Peters
• "Jingulu Jingale" — Rafi, Suchitra
• "Kothavaranga" — Mathangi, Gopal
• "Iraiva" — S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
• "Sonnathu" — Srinivas

Reception

Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote, "Despite a logical story line, a docu-feel does crop up now and then [...] The ideal is lofty. But the insensitivity in execution (for the most part) is disconcerting".^[6] Malini Mannath wrote for Chennai Online, "Though Dancer is predictable story-telling, it's a film you would not regret watching".^[7]