''Dhinamdhorum'' () is a 1998 Indian

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-language romantic drama film directed by Nagaraj. The film stars Murali and

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. The film, which has music by Oviyan, released in February 1998. The film was remade in Telugu as '' Manasichi Choodu''.

Cast

* Murali as Aadhi *

as Booma *

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as M.L.A Kesavamoorthy *

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as Chandra * Kitty as Aadhi's father *

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as Booma's father *

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as Aadhi's mother * Sathyapriya as Booma's mother *

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as Aadhi's sister *Nagaraj as Aadhi's friend *

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as Government officer *

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as Subbaiya *

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as Village man *

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as Guest appearance

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Oviyan. *"Devadhai" -

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, Chorus *"En Vanam Needhana" -

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, Shenoy Balesh *"Nenjathil" -

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, Anuradha Sriram *"O Kannukkul" - Unnikrishnan, Swarnalatha *"Pattadhari" - Shiva, Febi Mani *"Pesathae" - Oviyan *"Pookkal Malaruthu" - Gopal Sharma, Febi Mani

Release

The film won positive reviews upon release, with a critic from Indolink.com noting it was a "good start for Nagaraj" and that the film was "recommended." A critic from ''

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'' noted "this is one of the very rare and good films among recent releases in Tamil". The success of the film prompted the director to add ''Dhinamdhorum'' as a prefix to his industry name. Despite the strong performance of the film, Nagaraj found it difficult to establish his career as a director and several of his later films including ''Vinnai Thoduvom'', with the same cast, during 1998 were cancelled.

References

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