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.
Cast
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. 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.
Soundtrack Soundtrack was composed by Pravin Mani and lyrics were written by Pa. Vijay and Na. Muthukumar. "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". Malini Mannath wrote for Chennai Online, "Though Dancer is predictable story-telling, it's a film you would not regret watching".
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