Jeeva (1988 film)
Jeeva is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language action film, directed by Pratap Pothen, starring Sathyaraj and Amala. Amala created a sensation by appearing in a bikini onscreen. The film was remade in Hindi as Baaz (1992). Plot. Jeeva is a carefree unemployed youth living with his widowed mother and sister. When they are murdered, he seeks revenge. Soundtrack. The soundtrack was composed by Gangai Amaran. Lyrics by him and Pulamaipithan. Release and reception. "Jeeva" was released on 1 July 1988. On 22 July that month, N. Krishnaswamy of "The Indian Express" said, "Pratap Pothen, in his attempt  to put together a commercial yarn for Satya Movies, totters between two stools of varied height. On the one hand he tries to give a modish feel to his film – the jazzy interiors, the costumes that his actors wear, the five-star hotel-ad agency ambiance – but on the other he has to give a long rope to hero Satyaraj's attempts to play to a plebeian constituency. Pothen ends up being stylish and moronic. This makes an incongruous mixture."