Seshu is a 2002 Indian

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 Telugu film starring Dr. Rajasekhar in the lead role, directed by his wife Jeevitha Rajasekhar. It is a remake of the 1999 Tamil film Sethu

Sethu

Sethu is a 1999 Tamil romantic tragedy film directed by debutant Bala. The film stars Vikram and Abitha in the lead roles with Sivakumar and Sriman in other pivotal roles...

, directed by Bala

Bala (director)

Bala is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer, working in Tamil cinema. Bala is frequently credited with having "revolutionized Tamil cinema", through his realistic, dark and disturbing films that have garnered high critical acclaim...

, starring Vikram

Vikram (actor)

Vikram is an Indian film actor who has predominantly appeared in Tamil language films. During his years in the Indian film industry, he has won five Filmfare Awards as well as one National Film Award and Tamil Nadu State Film Award amongst other recognitions and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate...

 as the protagonist. The film, starring Kaveri

Kaveri (actress)

Kaveri, also known as Kalyani, is an Indian Malayali film actress and film producer, who works in the South Indian film industries. Making her debut as a child artist in the 1986 Malayalam film Ammanam Kili, she appeared in several Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada-language films...

, Jyoti Lakshmi, Ganesh and Nassar

Nassar

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 in supporting roles, was released on 28 February 2002. It marks the Telugu film debut of popular Tamil film music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja

Yuvan Shankar Raja

Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan...

, son of the music composer Ilaiyaraaja

Ilaiyaraaja

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.

Cast

• Dr. Rajasekhar as Seshu
• Kaveri
  Kaveri (actress)
  Kaveri, also known as Kalyani, is an Indian Malayali film actress and film producer, who works in the South Indian film industries. Making her debut as a child artist in the 1986 Malayalam film Ammanam Kili, she appeared in several Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada-language films...
  
  as Abhitu
• Jyoti Lakshmi
• Ganesh
• Nassar
  Nassar
  Nassar is a Tamil actor, producer, writer, director, lyricist, and singer. He has appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and English films. He is often cited as part of India's specialist character actors, along with the likes of Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri and Nana Patekar...
  
  as Seshu's brother
• Sriman
  Sriman (actor)
  Sriman is a character artist who appears in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films. He is primarily known for his prominent roles in Aayutha Ezhuthu, Panchathanthiram, Pokkiri and Aegan. He is the son of noted producer, Prakash Reddy.- Early life :Sriman was born in Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh...
  
  
• Mohini Patel
• Mohan Vaidya

Crew

• Dialogues, Direction: Jeevitha Rajasekhar
• Story, Screenplay: Bala
  Bala (director)
  Bala is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer, working in Tamil cinema. Bala is frequently credited with having "revolutionized Tamil cinema", through his realistic, dark and disturbing films that have garnered high critical acclaim...
  
  
• Production: Baby Shivani
• Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
  Yuvan Shankar Raja
  Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan...
  
  
• Cinematography: Hari Anumolu
• Editing: Gowtam Raju
• Banner: Siva Sivani Movies
• Lyrics: Chandrabose & Sri Harsha

Soundtrack

The music, including film score and soundtrack, was composed by noted Tamil film composer Yuvan Shankar Raja

Yuvan Shankar Raja

Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan...

, who debuted in Telugu with this film. Incidentally, his father Ilaiyaraaja

Ilaiyaraaja

Ilaiyaraaja is an Indian film composer, singer, and lyricist mainly in the Tamil film Industry. He is regarded as one of the finest music composers in India. Ilaiyaraaja is also an instrumentalist, conductor, and a songwriter...

 had composed music for the original version

Sethu

Sethu is a 1999 Tamil romantic tragedy film directed by debutant Bala. The film stars Vikram and Abitha in the lead roles with Sivakumar and Sriman in other pivotal roles...

. The soundtrack features 8 tracks, out of which 4 songs were retained from the original soundtrack. Interestingly, the soundtrack doesn't feature any female vocals. The lyrics were penned by Chandrabose and Sri Harsha.

Track	Song	Singer(s)	Duration	Notes
1	'Aakasam Kindundi'	Tippu Tippu (singer) Tippu is a South Indian playback singer who has performed in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu languages. Tippu's original name, as told by him in Koffee with Anu, is Ekambaresh. He is married to playback singers Harini. Tippu did his schooling at St. John's Matriculation Higher Secondary School... , Yuvan Shankar Raja, Srinivas Murthy	4:27
2	'Cheeya Cheeya'	Devan	3:49
3	'Edidari Batasari'	S. P. Balasubramanyam	5:00	Reused song "Enge Sellum Inthe Paathai" from Sethu Sethu Sethu is a 1999 Tamil romantic tragedy film directed by debutant Bala. The film stars Vikram and Abitha in the lead roles with Sivakumar and Sriman in other pivotal roles...
4	'Goodu Vidichina'	S. P. Balasubramanyam	5:00	Reused song "Vaarthai Thavari Vittai" from Sethu
5	'Mana Seshu Anna'	S. P. Balasubramanyam	2:39	Reused song "Sethuvukku Sethuvukku" from Sethu
6	'Merisi Merisi'	Unni Krishnan	1:04	Reused song "Vidiya Vidiya" from Sethu
7	'Sayantram Cheruvyindo'	Shankar Mahadevan Shankar Mahadevan Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian music composer and singer. He is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that composes for Indian films and a playback singer.-Early life:...	4:06	Reused in the Tamil film Kadhal Samrajyam Kadhal Samrajyam Kadhal Samrajyam is an unreleased Tamil comedy film which was shot from 2001 onwards. The film, directed by Agathiyan and produced by Panchu Arunachalam's son, Subbu Panchu, starred an array of children of famous actors and technicians... as "Kalluri Padam"
8	'Theme Music'	Instrumental Instrumental An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....	0:54

External links

• Seshu review at Idlebrain
• Seshu Photography at Seshu Photography