Jeans (film)
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| Directed by | Shankar |
| Screenplay by | Shankar |
| Story by | Shankar |
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| Produced by | Ashok Amritraj Dr. Murali Manohar |
| Starring | Prashanth Aishwarya Rai |
| Cinematography | Ashok Kumar |
| Edited by | B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan |
| Music by | A. R. Rahman |
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Running time | 172 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | ₹20 crore |
Jeans is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Shankar, and produced by Ashok Amritraj and Murali Manohar. The film stars Prashanth and Aishwarya Rai in the lead roles, while Lakshmi, Radhika Sarathkumar, Nassar, Senthil and Raju Sundaram play supporting roles. The background score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman, while Ashok Kumar and the duo B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan handled the cinematography and editing, respectively.
Jeans released on 24 April 1998 and was the most expensive film to be made in Indian cinema at that time. The film won four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil (Rahman) and the National Film Award for Best Special Effects. It was also India's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.