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Jeans, the 1998 Tamil film, has recently clocked 26 years since its release. Starring Prashanth and Aishwarya Rai, the film was directed by Shankar. And its time to revisit this hit movie
Last Updated: 04.15 PM, Apr 26, 2024
Jeans, the 1998 Tamil film, has recently clocked 26 years since its release. Starring Prashanth and Aishwarya Rai, the film was directed by Shankar. It is a romantic comedy that has an abundance of good music, great performances, humour and beautiful visual scapes. The film is available for streaming on Aha and OTTplay Premium. Here are the reasons why you should revisit Jeans.
Reasons to stream Jeans on Aha and OTTplay Premium
Visual marvel
Jeans is a film that is set in both the US and Tamil Nadu, with scenes shot in both places. The film shows extensive locales in America and was released at a time when it was rare to set Tamil films in foreign locations. However, the icing on the cake is the picturization of the song Pookvukkul, which was shot in front of the seven wonders of the world, including the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Empire State Building, the Great Wall of China, the Taj Mahal, the Egyptian pyramids, the Colosseum and the Eiffel Tower. Jeans was also shot in various other prominent places, like the Grand Canyon and Universal Studios.
AR Rahman’s music
AR Rahman scored the music for Jeans, which makes it one of the most memorable albums in Tamil cinema. The album consists of seven tracks, including one theme song. Songs like Poovukkul, Anbe Anbe, and Enakke Enakka still remain favourites for many. The album of Jeans is evergreen for its contemporary music and for being the perfect mix of genres, from classical to melody. The song Poovukkul was shot in iconic places around the world and compared Aishwarya Rai for being the eighth wonder.
Acting wonders
Uniquely, in Jeans, three actors play dual roles. The film follows an NRI restaurateur who has identical twin sons and is so stubborn that they marry only twin sisters. Nasser plays the role of the father, who himself has a twin brother, while Prashanth plays the twin sons. Besides, Aishwarya Rai, who plays Madhumitha, falls in love with one of the sons and assumes the role of her non-existing twin sister Vaishnavi to convince the groom’s family. Besides them, Jeans also features noted actors like Lakshmy, Radhika Sarathkumar, Senthil and others.
Comedy of errors
Jeans is a romantic comedy, thus paving the way for a lot of laughter. The film is about how a girl deceives her lover’s family into making them believe that she has a twin sister. The film, at its crux, is a comedy of errors about how the girl’s family makes the hero, his brother and father believe someone who is not there. There are parts in Jeans that evoke enough laughter to make your stomach ache.
Unique love story
It is a rarity in Tamil cinema to have a love story that surrounds twins. Jeans is one of the prominent Tamil films to take on the task. Jeans also features a rocking chemistry between Prashanth and Aishwarya Rai. The film also marks the latter’s earlier films before she moved to Hindi cinema.