''Marumunai'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Mariesh Kumar starring Maruthi and

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Plot

Cast

*Maruthi as Kathir *

as Charumathi *

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* M. S. Bhaskar as Kathir's father *

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as a resort owner * Rajasimman *Cheran Raj * C. Ranganathan *

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*Anjali Devi *

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as Charu's mother *John Ranjith *

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in a special appearance

Production

Mariesh Kumar, who worked as an assistant to K. Bhagyaraj and R. Pandiarajan, and wrote television serials before directing this film. Maruthi worked as an assistant director to

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and

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before becoming an actor. The producers PL Balu and PL Subbu handled film distribution in

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area. The film was shot in 60 locations in

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including

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Soundtrack

Songs by debutante Sathyadev, who worked for musician Prem Kumar. The soundtrack is composed of four songs: *"Vazhkaithan" is written and is sung by

*"Penne Penne" is written by Mariesh Kumar and is sung by

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and

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*"Kadhal Endru" is written by

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and is 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''. He considers being called by James Vasanthan James Vasanthan i ...

* "Ivan Thano Margazhi" is written by Pazhani Bharathi and is sung by

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Release and reception

''Marumunai'' is released on 28 March 2014. Malini Mannath of ''

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'' opined that "''Marumunai'' is an attempt to be different and a promising effort from a debutant". A critic from ''

The Times of India ''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest ...

'' gave the film a rating of two out of five stars and wrote that "Mariesh Kumar succeeds in getting your attention. His problem is he has trouble retaining it for the entire film". A critic from '' Maalaimalar'' criticised the title, old age story while praising the songs.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=13070626 2014 films 2014 romantic drama films Indian romantic drama films 2010s Tamil-language films