1999 (film)

2009 film by Lenin M. Sivam August 2020 1999 1999movieposter.jpg 1999 international poster Lenin M. Sivam Lenin M. Sivam K. S. BalachandranAmpalavanar Katheeswaran Suthan MahalingamThelepan SomasegaramKaandee KanaDeva GasparsonVince JeradSutha ShanMadona T. AlphonseMannoge RajananGobiraj Thiruchelvam Raj Thillaiyampalam Sabesan Jeyarajasingam Sabesan JeyarajasingamJeya Subramaniyam Arul Shankar Khatpanalaya Production IncBagavan Productions yes 2009 10 14 Vancouver International Film Festival 2009 10 23 Canada 101 minutes Canada Tamil 1999 is a 2009 Canadian Tamil-language crime drama film written and directed by Lenin M. Sivam. It had its world premiere at the 2009 Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF). The film explores a Toronto Sri Lankan gang scene in the late 1990s. With a time frame that spans less than 24 hours, it attempts to delve deep inside the Tamil gang community. It opens with a shooting that results in the end of a peace treaty between two rival gangs in Scarborough. With investigators closing in and rival gang members out for revenge, 1999 maps out the toll that gang participation takes not only on the individual, but the direct impacts it has on family and community. The film received the CBC Audience Choice Award at the 2010 ReelWorld Film Festival,https://reelworldfilmfestival.wordpress.com/ Awards reelworldfilmfestival 28 October 20232010-04-02 '1999' film selected for ReelWorld Film Festival Lanka Reporter https://lankareporter.com/blog/1999-film-selected-for-reelworld-film-festival 2024-03-04 Lankareporter en-US was one of the top 10 Canadian films at Vancouver International Film Festival,Award Winning Director Lenin M. Sivam https://tamilculture.com/award-winning-director-lenin-m-sivam 2024-03-04 TamilCulture.com en and received the Midnight Sun Award at the 2010 Oslo Tamil Film Festival.http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/2010/1999-won-norway-festival-150210.html https://archive.today/20120713004053/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/2010/1999-won-norway-festival-150210.html dead 2012-07-13 Canadian Tamil film 1999 won in Norway festival Shankar Settu 2010-02-15 OneIndia 29 March 2010 The film addresses the topic of crime in TorontoBookman Sonia Mackenzie Katelyn Bernier Austin 2022-01-02 Crime Film and the City: Imagining Toronto through Entanglements of Place, Culture, and Crime https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02722011.2022.2028248 American Review of Canadian Studies en 52 1 46–63 10.1080/02722011.2022.2028248 247027101 0272-2011 subscription by "exploring the rivalry between two gangs" in the city.Das Sonia N. https://books.google.com/books?id=Il7jDQAAQBAJ&dq=%221999%22+film+-wikipedia+Lenin+Sivam&pg=PT321 Linguistic Rivalries: Tamil Migrants and Anglo-Franco Conflicts 2016-10-27 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-067544-8 en Cast Thussanth as Anpu Thelepan Somasegaram as Kumar Kaandee Kana as Ahilan Ampalavanar Ketheeswaran as Suntharam K. S. Balachandran as Ahilan's grandfather Madona T. Alphonse as Udumpan Vince Jerad as Mathan Deva Gasperson as Moddayan Gobiraj Thiruchelvam as Kannan Ajith Nagarajah as Nanthan Jeron Thanabalasingam as Jeevan Sutha Shan as Aavi Anojan Thavaraja as Sathi Mannoge Rajanan as Murali Satheeskumar Ehamparam as Soonan Visnumathan Vilvaraja as Maranai's brother Thavakumar Ketharanathan as Suganthan Latheepan Tharmanathan as Kiruban Pathmini Rajanan as Selvi Acca Sugunathan Mahendrarajah as taxi driver Soundtrack The soundtrack of 1999 was composed by Raj Thillaiyampalam except for tracks "Struggle" and "Angel Remix", which were composed by Hemo from Lyrically Strapped. It was produced by Lenin M. Sivam. Track # Song Singer(s) Lyrics 1 "Mozhi" S P Balasubramaniam Sutharshan 2 "Angel" Karthik, Lyrically Strapped Raj Thillaiyampalam 3 "Malare" Tippu / Harini Sutharshan 4 "Struggle" Lyrically Strapped Lyrically Strapped 5 "Nenjathai" Tippu / Prashanthi Raj Thillaiyampalam 6 "Angel Remix" Lyrically Strapped Lyrically Strapped 7 "1999 Theme" Instrumental Instrumental Production The film, "an exploration of Tamil youth gangs that once fought in the streets of Scarborough, was informed by the director’s interviews with ex-gang members and youth workers."2013-08-20 Scarborough filmmaker Lenin M. Sivam's movie at Montreal World Film Festival https://www.toronto.com/news/scarborough-filmmaker-lenin-m-sivam-s-movie-at-montreal-world-film-festival/article_9ca0f3dc-73e6-5d29-a0af-d9a6c975aab7.html 2024-03-04 Toronto.com en The film was described by Variety as the director's "breakout first feature (...) set on Toronto’s late ‘90s Sri Lankan gang scene."Hopewell John 2022-07-19 Alarm Pictures Closes North America on Lenin M. Sivam's 'The Protector' (EXCLUSIVE) https://variety.com/2022/film/global/lenin-sivam-the-protector-alarm-hewes-1235319880/ 2024-03-04 Variety en-US Awards and recognitions CBC Reel Audience Choice Award, ReelWorld Film Festival in April 2010 Best Film Award (Midnight Sun), Oslo Tamil Film Festival in February 2010 Top 10 Canadian Films, Vancouver International Film Festival in October 2009 Official Selection, Toronto Tamil Studies Conference in May 2010 Best Feature Film Award, Toronto Independent Art Film Society (IAFS) in June 2010 Official Selection, University of Toronto Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU) in March 2010 Official Selection, York University Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) in September 2010 Part of the 'Best Features' Showcase, Toronto 2010 Moving Image Film Festival (MIFF) in October 2010 Official Selection, Swiss South Indian Film Festival (SSIFF) in October 2010 Official Selection, Illankai Tamil Sangam (ITS) in November 2010 Official Selection, Canadian Tamil Film Festival (CTFF) in January 2011 Official Selection, London Happy Soul Festival (HSF) in June 2011 Best Feature Film Award, Chennai Ulagayutha International Tamil Film Festival (CUITFF) in July 2011 References External links http://www.1999Movie.com 1458389 1999 Category:2009 films Category:2009 crime drama films Category:Films set in Toronto Category:Films set in 1999 Category:Canadian crime drama films Category:2009 crime thriller films Category:2000s gang films Category:2009 Tamil-language films Category:2009 Canadian films Category:Sri Lankan diaspora in Canada