Mugavaree
| Mugavaree | |
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| Directed by | V. Z. Durai |
| Written by | Balakumaran |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | P. C. Sriram |
| Edited by | Suresh Urs |
| Music by | Deva |
Production company | NIC Arts |
Release date |
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Running time | 156 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
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Mugavaree (Template:Lang-en) is a 2000 Tamil drama film directed by V. Z. Durai and produced by S. S. Chakravarthy. The film features Ajith Kumar in the lead role as a struggling musician with Jyothika, Raghuvaran, Vivek and K.Vishwanath playing supporting roles. The music is composed by Deva, whilst the film featured award-winning cinematrography by P. C. Sriram.[1]
The story revolves around the conflicting emotions of ambition, love and responsibility that the protagonist, Sridhar played by Ajith Kumar, goes through in his quest to become a successful music composer. The film opened in February 2000 to critical acclaim.[2]
Plot
Sridhar (Ajith Kumar) has been trying to become a music director for eight years. In spite of having earned an M.A., his only dream is to become a music director (he even calls the eight-year wait a "penance"). His family, consisting of his father (K. Vishwanath), his brother Shiva (Raghuvaran), his sister-in-law Shantha (Sitara) and his sister (Preitha Raghav), is fully supportive of him. He runs into Viji (Jyothika) and their friendship soon blossoms into love. She helps him get a foot in the door in the industry but bad luck spoils his chances.
When Viji's sister's marriage is finalised suddenly, Viji's father (Jaiganesh) asks her to get married too. But he is understandably worried when he learns that Sridhar is unemployed and following a dream that has not been realised for 8 years.Her father even offers a job to him also. But he refuses to do that since his primary goal is to become music director. The matters ends there when her father arranges marriage with some other. He fails in love. Back in Sridhar's home, Shiva suffers a heart attack. To support his family he takes up a job. But he continues with hope that in future his dream may come true.
The film initially ended with Sridhar's hope lost and his future looking bleak but the climax was changed after release to a short clip is shown of a few years later of Sridhar living his dream, implying that it finally came true.[3]
Cast
- Ajith Kumar as Sridhar
- Jyothika as Viji
- Raghuvaran as Shiva
- K. Vishwanath as Sridar & Shiva's Father
- Vivek as Ramesh
- Jaiganesh as Viji's Father
- Manivannan as CD Shop Owner
- Sithara as Shantha
- Suchindra as Dhurai
- Cochin Hanifa as AVM Saravanan
- Preetha Raaghav as Sridhar's Sister
- Fathima Babu as Viji's mother
- Soumya as Viji's Sister
- Kavitha as Viji's Friend
Production
The director, V. Z. Durai revealed that he had approached S. S. Chakravarthy to make the film with Ajith Kumar after failing to get noticed for a long period, getting rejected by four producers for the script. Chakravarthy was supportive and maintained a close link with the film from shoot til post-production, Simran was replaced by Jyothika for the film.[4]
Prior to the release of the film, Ajith who has happy with the final product gifted a car to the director. The success of the film led to the producer and the director signing another film together, Kadhal Sadugudu featuring Vikram and Priyanka Trivedi.
Release
The film opened to positive reviews from critics with a reviewer citing that "Durai's presentation and supporting characters lack the depth necessary to make this a commercially successful venture".[5] Rediff.com also gave the film a positive review citing that the real "winners" are "Ajith Kumar, the actor, and P. C. Sriram, the cinematographer". The critic claimed that Ajith "brilliantly portrays the vulnerable and sad Sridhar".[6] A third reviewer also praised the film claiming that Ajith "comes up with another good performance, conveying the hopes and frustrations of a struggling music director well", whilst Jyothika "looks cute and also proves her acting credentials" and Raghuvaran is "dignified as usual".[7]
The film went on to win the second prize for Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Family Film, whilst Brindha won Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Choreographer for her work in the film's songs. The film was later dubbed and released in Telugu as Chirunama.
Soundtrack
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The film's score and chart-topping soundtrack was composed by Deva.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Hey! Keechu Kiliye" | Hariharan, Harini & Chorus | 6:22 |
| 2. | "Yeh Nilavae Nilavae" | Unni Menon | 4:13 |
| 3. | "O Nenje" | Hariharan, Swarnalatha | 5:54 |
| 4. | "Aandae Nootrandae" | Naveen | 7:15 |
| 5. | "Poo Virinchachu" | Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram | 5:48 |
References
- ^ HostOnNet.com. "BizHat.com - Mugavari Review. Ajith, Jyothika, Raghuvaran, Vivek". Movies.bizhat.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ http://ajithkumar.free.fr/filmographie/inter11.htm.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20020224074912/http://www.tamilstar.com/topnews/ajith7.shtml
- ^ "Stories sculpted out of unfulfilled desires". The Hindu. 6 September 2002. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ "Mugavari: Movie Review". Indolink.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ "rediff.com, Movies: Review of Mugavari". Rediff.com. 6 March 2000. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ "Mugavari - Tamil Movie Review". Thiraipadam.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.