Yaaradi Nee Mohini
| Yaaradi Nee Mohini | |
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| Directed by | Mithran Jawahar |
| Written by | Selvaraghavan |
| Produced by | Dr. K. Vimalageetha |
| Starring | Dhanush Nayantara Karthik Kumar Raghuvaran K. Viswanath Karunas Saranya Mohan Sukumari |
| Cinematography | Siddarth |
| Edited by | Kola Bhaskar |
| Music by | Yuvan Shankar Raja D. Imman (1 song) Dharan Kumar (2 songs) |
Production company | R. K. Productions |
| Distributed by | R. K. Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 3 hours |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Yaaradi Nee Mohini (English: Who are you, beautiful woman) is a 2008 Tamil family drama film directed by Mithran Jawahar. It is a remake of the 2007 Telugu hit Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule, directed by Selvaraghavan that starred Venkatesh with Dhanush, Selvaraghavan's brother, and Nayantara in lead roles, whilst Karthik Kumar, Raghuvaran, legendary Telugu film director K. Vishwanath, Karunas, and Saranya Mohan play supporting roles. The music was scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The title is derived from a song from the 1958 Sivaji Ganesan-Padmini starrer Uthama Puthiran. It was Raghuvaran's last film before his death on 19 March 2008.
Yaaradi Nee Mohini was released on 4 April 2008, becoming highly successful at the box office, emerging as one of the highest grossing Tamil films of the year. It received seven nominations at the 56th Filmfare Awards South.
Plot
Vasudevan (Dhanush) is from a middle-class family. He makes several bids to obtain employment, but all goes in vain due to his poor language skills and inadequate education qualifications. All his friends settle in life, but he continues to struggle in finding work. Vasu has two faithful friends in Cheenu (Karthik Kumar) and Ganesh (Karunaas). His father (Raghuvaran), who is a teacher, is always critical of him for being an irresponsible person. This adds to his woes.
At this juncture, Vasu glimpses a woman named Keerthi (Nayanthara) and immediately falls in love with her. He learns that she works for a software solutions firm. Luckily for him, Vasu secures employment in the same firm. Keerthi eventually turns out to be a short-tempered young woman. On a business trip, Vasu accompanies her with two other colleagues (Jeeva and Manobala), to Australia. Here he reveals his feelings of love to her. She immediately turns him down, saying that she comes from an Orthodox family, and her marriage has already been arranged with her uncle's son.
A depressed Vasu returns to India thereafter. Unable to see his son in depression, his father decides to meet Keerthi. She abuses him for recommending his son's love and accidentally slaps Vasu and his father. Later that night, Vasu's father dies of heart attack. To help change Vasu's mood, Cheenu persuades him to come to his family house in the country. Coincidentally, on the train journey, Keerthi is revealed to be Cheenu's fiance. However, their grandfather's (K. Viswanath) thoughts of getting them married earlier are put aside because Cheenu and Keerthi leave the house to have their own identity. This causes heartburn to their grandfather.
With the passing of a few days, Keerthi and Cheenu's parents decide to get them married to appease their grandfather. After several turns of events, Keerthi realizes that she is in love with Vasu instead. Vasu asks her to forget him because he believes that it would create problems in their happy family. Cheenu overhears their midnight conversation. During the wedding, Cheenu tries to force Vasu and Keerthi to confess their relationship to everyone. But when they hesitate to do so, Cheenu stops the marriage himself, by lying to his elders that he has a secret wife in Chennai. When Cheenu comes under fire from his relatives, Vasu tells them the truth and is driven out of the house. He is joined only by the grandma of the house, who agrees to accompany him as she reminds Vasu of his late father.
In time, the rest of Cheenu and Keerthi's family comes to stay with him for a few days. But Cheenu's grandfather refuses to enter the house, telling Vasu he is still angry with him and needs time to change himself somehow. The movie ends when Vasu and Keerthi become a happy couple and live together happily.[2]
Cast
- Dhanush as Vasudevan "Vasu"
- Nayanthara as Komalavalli (Keerthi)
- Raghuvaran as Vasu's Father
- Karthik Kumar as Cheenu
- K. Vishwanath as Keerthi's Grandfather
- Karunas as Ganesh
- Saranya Mohan as Anandhavalli (Pooja)
- Sukumari as Sharadha
- Manobala as Bala
Character map of remakes
| Aadavari Matalaku Ardhale Verule Telugu (2007) |
Yaaradi Nee Mohini Tamil (2008) |
Anthu Inthu Preethi Banthu Kannada (2008) |
100% Love Bengali (2012) |
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| Ganesh (Venkatesh) |
Vasu (Dhanush) |
Shivu (Aditya Babu) |
Rahul (Jeet) |
| Keerthi (Trisha Krishnan) |
Keerthi (Nayantara) |
Preethi (Divya Spandana) |
Anuradha (Koel Mallick) |
| Vasu (Srikanth) |
Cheenu (Karthik Kumar) |
Harish (Harish Raj) | |
| Ganesh's father (Kota Srinivasa Rao) |
Vasu's father (Raghuvaran) |
Shivu's father (Srinivasa Murthy) | |
| Keerthi's grandfather (K. Viswanath) |
Keerthi's grandfather (K. Viswanath) |
Preethi's father | |
| Seenu (Sunil) |
Ganesh (Karunas) |
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| Pooja (Swathi) |
Pooja (Saranya Mohan) |
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| Ganesh's colleague (Jeeva) |
Vasu's colleague (Manobala) |
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| Item Number (I) (Meghna Naidu) |
Item Number (I) (Rachana Maurya) |
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| Item Number (II) (Mumaith Khan) |
Item Number (II) (Ragasya) |
Soundtrack
| Untitled | |
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The music of Yaaradi Nee Mohini was scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, who had composed the music for the original film as well. The first release of the soundtrack, released on 9 February 2008, contained five tracks, which were all retained from the original version with the song "Manasa Manninchamma" missing initially. Later a version of "Paalakattu Pakkathile" remixed by D. Imman, though initially Yuvan Shankar Raja was reported to be the composer[3]) was recorded and included in the film; the producers decided to bring out a second release. This release features 16 tracks, including the earlier released five songs, two more versions of the song "Engeyo Paartha" (sung by Udit Narayan and Naveen, respectively), two more remixes of the song "Paalakattu Pakkathile" (remixed by Dharan), the Tamil version of "Manasa Manninchamma", "Penne Ennai Kodu", the song "The Person Is The Looser" [sic], which runs during the opening credits apart from four "film score tracks". The lyrics were provided by Na. Muthukumar.
| No. | Song | Singers | Length (m:ss) |
| 1 | "Engeyo Paartha" | Udit Narayan | 5:27 |
| 2 | "Oh! Baby Oh! Baby" | Haricharan, Naveen, Andrea Jeremiah, Bhargavi | 5:44 |
| 3 | "Oru Naalaikkul" | Karthik, Rita | 5:45 |
| 4 | "Vennmegam" | Hariharan | 4:40 |
| 5 | "Nenjai Kasakki" | Udit Narayan, Suchitra | 5:11 |
| No. | Title | Music | Singers | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Penne Ennai Kodu" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Karthik | 4:32 |
| 7. | "The Person Is The Looser [sic]" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Yuvan Shankar Raja | 2:00 |
| 8. | "Palakattu (D.Imman's Mix)" | D. Imman | Haricharan, Suchitra & Vinaya | 4:49 |
| 9. | "Engeyo Paartha (2)" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Karthik, Yuvan Shankar Raja | 5:20 |
| 10. | "Yaaradi Nee Mohini Theme 1 (BGM)" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Instrumental | 0:31 |
| 11. | "Yaaradi Nee Mohini Theme 2 (BGM)" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Instrumental | 1:10 |
| 12. | "Yaaradi Nee Mohini Theme 3 (BGM)" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Instrumental | 0:33 |
| 13. | "Yaaradi Nee Mohini Theme 4 (BGM)" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Instrumental | 0:35 |
| 14. | "Palakattu (Dharan's Mix) feat Dr.Burn" | Dharan | Jaidev, Vinaya & Dr. Burn (Rap) | 4:56 |
| 15. | "Engeyo Paartha (3)" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Naveen & Yuvan Shankar Raja | 5:32 |
| 16. | "Palakattu (Dharan's Mix)" | Dharan | Jaidev & Vinaya | 5:00 |
Release
The satellite rights of the film were sold to Sun TV.[4]
Box office
Yaaradi Nee Mohini had taken the best ever opening for a Selvaraghavan film. It was the most successful of the year.[5]
References
- ^ Yaradi Nee Mohini censored - Sify.com
- ^ Yaaradi Nee Mohini - It's All About the Tamil Movie Preview - AllIndianSite.com
- ^ "A new song in 'Yaradi Nee Mohini'". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
- ^ "Sun TV Afternoon Movie Promo - "Yaradi Nee Mohini" Sunday @2pm". Youtube. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ YNM is the second most successful film of 2008
