''Aayiram Muthangaludan Thenmozhi'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Shanmugarajan and starring Venkatesh and Akshara.
Cast
*Venkatesh as Ramesh
*Akshara (Sharanya Turadi Sundaraj) as Thenmozhi
Production
The director Shanmugharajan, an associate of
Cheran, used seventy one newcomers as actors for the film. A month long training camp was set up before the film began shooting. Each of the film's sixty-two scenes were each shot individually in a single shot, which was the trial shot. The shots were then edited and reshot.
Soundtrack
The songs were composed by
Taj Noor
Taj Noor is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, who has predominantly scored music for Tamil films.
Career
Taj Noor was born in town of Salem, Tamil Nadu to a district collector Usman Ali Khan and his wife Habibonisha and has two elde ...
.
*"Satham Sathamindri" - written by Tharangai Surya sung by Swetha.
*"Karaikkal" written by the director and sung by
Harish Iyer
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and Hemambika
*"Palodu Thaen Sera" - written by
Yugabharathi
Yugabharathi is a Tamil poet and lyricist. His birth name was "Santhanam Desan" and he was known as "Santhanam" by his family and friends. During the early 1990s when he began writing poems for magazines he started using the pen name "Yugabharat ...
and sung by Raheeb Aalam and Rajalakshmi.
*"Dan Dan Dan" - written by Gnanakaravel and sung by
Velmurugan
Velmurugan is a Tamil film playback singer. He is known for folk songs including Madura in ''Subramaniapuram'' and Aadungada in '' Naadodigal'' and Otha Sollala in ''Aadukalam
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, Ananthu and
A. R. Reihana.
*"Un Peyer Enna,' written by Uvari Sukumar and sung by Niwas.
*"My Dear Purusha" written by Eknath and sung by Ananthu, Priyadarshini and Shanmugaraj.
*"Theendatha Theeyai" - written by Gnanakaravel and sung by
Karthik and Padmalatha.
Reception
A critic from ''
The Times of India
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'' wrote that "To be fair to Venkatesh and Akshara, they have ably delivered what was demanded of them. They are unfortunately let down by a poor screenplay". A critic from ''Behindwoods'' wrote that "Director Shanmugaraj has been successful in portraying how small issues turn into bigger ones in a relationship. But, the problem is that film is full of these small issues only". A critic from ''Nowrunning'' wrote that "Director Shanmugharaj has a trove of the most ridiculous ideas. It's ridiculous to the point of being original; maybe even, creative".
References
{{Reflist
2010s Tamil-language films