''MGR Magan'' () is a 2021 Indian

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-language

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directed by

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and produced by Screen Scene Media Entertainment Pvt Ltd. The film stars

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and Mirnalini Ravi in lead roles and the music is composed by

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. It was released on 4 November 2021 on

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and opened to mostly negative reviews from critics and became a commercial failure.

Plot

Naturopathy practitioner, MG Ramasamy's relationship with his son turns sour, but the duo must reunite in order to save a medicinal mountain from the claws of a cunning businessman.

Cast

Production

The principal photography of the film began on 25 September 2019 and the initial schedule of the film was shot in

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. Mirnalini Ravi who debuted in ''

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'' was cast in the film as the female lead opposite to

. Initially

's role was offered to

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but he declined the offer due to the schedule conflicts. The shooting of the film completed at the end of November 2019.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack and score is composed by

. The soundtrack album featured four songs written by

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, Murugan Manthiram and Anthony Daasan. The audio rights were acquired by

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Release

Streaming

''MGR Magan'' was cleared by the

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on 28 August 2020. The film was initially planned for theatrical release on

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2020, but was postponed due to the delay in theatres reopen from the

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. The trailer of the film was released on 14 November 2020. In late November 2020, the team was planning to push the film for the

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release but it didn't happen. Later the film makers announced the film will be released on 23 April 2021 with the 50% occupancy in the theatres but was forced to postpone the release again due to the new lockdown restrictions imposed by the

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ahead of COVID-19-second wave in India. In October 2021, the theatrical release was cancelled in favour of a

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release on

, on 4 November 2021.

Home Media

The satellite rights of the film is sold to

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Reception

Vishal Menon of ''

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'' wrote, "The father-son conflict in MGR Magan is neither pushed hard enough to make things funny nor does it succeed in creating tension." Siby Jeyya from ''India Herald'' wrote, "MGR Magan is a great family film that has a good mix of laughs, action, thrills, and emotions. If you look underneath the layer of comedy, it strives to convey a message, and even if the actors' delivery is a little sloppy at times, the concept finally catches up with you." ''

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'' gave a rating of 2.5 out on 5 and wrote, "Ponram's 'MGR Magan' isn't bad. But it also doesn't provide us the kind of fun that his onramearlier films have made us expect of him." Avinash Ramachandran from ''

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'' gave a rating of 2 out on 5 and wrote, "MGR Magan manages to be is a rickety ride in a defunct carnival that had clearly seen better days."

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 11569456 2020s masala films 2020s Tamil-language films 2021 direct-to-video films Disney+ Hotstar original films Indian direct-to-video films Films scored by Anthony Daasan