Mutham
| Mutham | |
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| Directed by | S. A. Chandrasekhar |
| Screenplay by | S. A. Chandrasekhar |
| Produced by | M. Arul Moorthy |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | R. Selva |
| Edited by | L. Justin Roy |
| Music by | Bharani |
Production company | Digital Magic Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Mutham (transl. Kiss) is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language slasher film directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. The film stars Arun Vijay (known at the time as Arunkumar), Sathyan, Nagendra Prasad, Ajayan, Charulatha, Nanditha Jennifer and Anjali. The film, produced by M. Arul Moorthy, had musical score by Bharani and was released on 6 December 2002 to negative reviews.[1][2][3][4][5]
Plot
Joseph (Ajayan) and Sudha (Anjali) get married against their parents' wishes and they elope with their friends' help. Sudha's father (Vincent Roy), a politician, wants to kill Sudha and her friends. They arrive at a beach resort where they meet an old man (Thalaivasal Vijay) who warns them about the dangers at the resort. He tells them that the place is haunted and murders can take place. The friends arrange for the couple's honeymoon, ignoring his pleadings to vacate the place. However, in the forest, all the friends get murdered one by one, it turns out that the old man was the one who committed these killings as he explains his flashback of his granddaughter getting killed in the name of sacrifice by unscrupulous businessmen for the sake of buying the forest where the resort has been built as for that he kills each and every person who visits this resort. In the end, the old man gets stabbed and Arun and his lover escape from the place being worried about the situation.
Cast
- Arunkumar as Bharath
- Sathyan as Pazhani
- Nagendra Prasad as Anand
- Ajayan as Joseph (Joe)
- Charulatha as Bindu
- Nanditha Jennifer as Aarthi
- Anjali as Sudha
- Thalaivasal Vijay
- Madhan Bob as Unnikrishnan
- M. S. Bhaskar as Maya
- Vincent Roy as Sudha's father
- Nithya Ravindran as Sudha's mother
- Baby Divya
- Alphonsa in a special appearance
Production
The film was developed under the title Muthamidalaama and was touted as India's first digital film made for theatres. The film was shot for fifty days in forests across Tirupati, Hogenakkal Falls, Yelagiri hills and Alappuzha.[6]
Soundtrack
| Mutham | ||||
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| Released | 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 28:42 | |||
| Producer | Bharani | |||
| Bharani chronology | ||||
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The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Bharani. The soundtrack, released in 2002, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by Pa. Vijay, Snehan, Thamarai and Newton.[7][8]
| Track | Song | Singer(s) | Lyrics | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "La La La" | Tippu, Harini | Snehan | 4:59 |
| 2 | "Laiko Laiko" | Malgudi Subha | Thamarai | 4:56 |
| 3 | "Orampo Orampo" | Harish Raghavendra, K. S. Chithra | Snehan | 4:54 |
| 4 | "Oru Murai Nee Yennai" | P. Unni Krishnan, S. A. Chandrasekhar | Newton | 3:31 |
| 5 | "Saturday Sunday" | Tippu | Pa. Vijay | 5:05 |
| 6 | "Tigirtana" | Harish Raghavendra, Swarnalatha | Newton | 5:17 |
References
- ^ "Filmography of muththam". cinesouth.com. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Movie Review : Mutham". Sify.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Mutham: Kiss of the future". rediff.com. 25 January 2003. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ Balaji Balasubramaniam. "MUTHAM". bbthots.com. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ Mannath, Malini (13 December 2002). "Mutham". chennaionline.com. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ "Muthamidalaama". 27 September 2003. Archived from the original on 27 September 2003.
- ^ "Download Muthamidalama". music.ovi.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Mutham Idalaama - Bharani". thiraipaadal.com. Retrieved 26 December 2012.