''Amara'' () is a 2014

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film written, filmed and directed by

M. Jeevan M. Jeevan is an Indian director, cinematographer and still photographer, who has worked in the Tamil, and Telugu film industries. Career Jeevan began his career as a still photographer and worked on big-budget films including Mani Ratnam's '' ...

. The film was produced by S.A. Jalavudhin who had previously produced '' Sengathu'' (2006). Starring Amaran, Sruthi Ramakrishnan and

Ashish Vidyarthi Ashish Vidyarthi (born 19 June 1962) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Odia, Marathi and Bengali films. He is noted for his antagonist and character roles. In 1995, he received t ...

, the film released on 28 February 2014.

Cast

* Amaran as Amara * Sruthi Ramakrishnan as Thenmozhi *

as Sethupathi *

Sampath Raj Sampath Raj (born 25 December 1968) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil language, Tamil and Telugu language, Telugu films, in addition to Kannada and Malayalam films. He is best known for appearing in each film of director Ven ...

as Sakthivel *

Ganja Karuppu Ganja Karuppu is an Indian actor who has predominantly appeared in comedy roles in Tamil cinema. After making his debut in Bala's '' Pithamagan'' (2003), Ganja Karuppu experienced success in the late 2000s with his roles in '' Raam'' (2005), ...

as Adaikkalam *

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as Sebastian *

Vaiyapuri Vaiyapuri (born 23 October 1968 as Ramakrishnan) is an Indian actor who has worked in Tamil-language films. He rose to fame by appearing in supporting roles in the late 1990s and early 2000s, often portraying supporting comedic characters. His ...

Mahanadi Shankar Mahanadi Shankar is an Indian stage, film and television actor, who has appeared in Tamil language films and serials as supporting actor and negative roles. He has appeared in films including ''Mahanadi'' (1994), ''Baashha'' (1995), ''Ratchagan ...

* Gowthami Vembunathan *

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in a special appearance

Soundtrack

The soundtrack is composed by

D. Imman Immanuel Vasanth Dinakaran (born 24 January 1983), better known as D. Imman, is an Indian film composer and singer, predominantly working in Tamil cinema. Also worked in Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, and Hindi film industry. His first film as mu ...

Critical reception

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gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Director Jeevan has tried hard to come up with a story that hasn't been told on screen before...Unfortunately for him, his twists aren't backed enough by logical sequences, thereby making the film and its story totally unconvincing" and further stated, "''Amara''...comes across as a tiresome affair".

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wrote, "a meandering screenplay and insipid narration ensures that the film is a tiring, monotonous experience...With nothing going for it, ''‘Amara’'' is a wasted effort".

References

External links

* 2014 films 2010s Tamil-language films {{2010s-Tamil-film-stub