Three Roses is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language action-adventure film directed by Parameswar, starring Rambha, Jyothika and Laila. The film features Vivek, Urvashi, Rekha Vedavyas, Tony Ooki and Billy Herrington in supporting roles, with the latter two making their Indian debuts. Karthik Raja composed the music and Rajarajan handled the camera. The film took two years to complete production and the eventual delayed release was met with a mixed response from critics and was a box-office bomb. Plot Charu, Nandhu and Pooja are friends who study music abroad. On their return they become embroiled in a case involving their friend Asha, who travels with her lover to Chennai from Dubai on a false passport. She is imprisoned and the three girls garner support for Asha who would be executed if sent back to Dubai. They also end up inadvertently crossing paths with Japanese criminal Hitoshi Nakazawa, who controls prostitution in Dubai with an iron fist, and who seeks to reclaim a sum of US$5 million stolen from him by a desperate Asha. Cast Rambha as Charulatha Jyothika as Pooja Laila as Nandhini (Nandhu) Vivek as Shankar / Bala Mani Bharathi Urvashi as Chandralekha Tony Ooki as Hitoshi Nakazawa, a Japanese Yakuza oyabun Billy Herrington as Billy Darkholme, Hitoshi’s bodyguard Rekha Vedavyas as Asha Vijay Adhiraj as Saleem Rajan P. Dev as a politician Vijay Krishnaraj Manobala Madhan Bob Meera Krishnan Mohan Vaidya Anu Mohan Mahadevan Sampath Ram as Police officer Besant Ravi Govinda as himself (guest appearance in the song Meiyanadha) Abbas (guest appearance) Akash as Akash (guest appearance) Mumtaj as herself (guest appearance) Production Actress Rambha along with her brother, Srinivas (a) Vasu, agreed to produce a Tamil-language film along the lines of the American franchise, Charlie's Angels, and hired leading actresses Jyothika and Laila to appear in key roles alongside her. Parameswaran was signed as director. Initially the producers had approached Simran to play one of the lead roles, though the actress rejected the opportunity after completing the photoshoots for the movie. After much media speculation, the film began its first schedule on 21 November 2001 in Chennai with the producers also revealing they managed to rope in leading Hindi actor Govinda to make a guest appearance in the film. He shot for a song in Chennai. Reports also suggested that Arjun would play a supporting role in the film, although claims proved to be untrue. During the shoot