''Mathapoo'' is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language

romantic drama Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

film directed by Nagaraj and starring newcomer Jayan and

Gayathrie Gayathrie Shankar (born 2 May 1993) is an Indian actress who appears in Tamil and Malayalam films. Her Tamil film debut was in 2012 with ''18 Vayasu'', and is best known for her role in ''Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom'' (2012). She had her M ...

Cast

*Jayan as Karthik *

as Pooja * Geetha as Pooja's mother * Sithara as Karthik's aunty *

Ilavarasu Ilavarasu is an Indian cinematographer and actor, who works in the Tamil film industry. He started his career as a cinematographer and worked for 13 films, winning a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for one of them. He, however, became better known ...

as Karthik's uncle *

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as Karthik's mother * Kitty as Pooja's father *

Pradeep Kottayam Pradeep K. R. (1961 – 17 February 2022), professionally credited as Pradeep Kottayam, was an Indian actor who primarily worked in Malayalam films and some Tamil films. He is best known for his comedic roles. His role in the 2010 Tamil film '' ...

as Restaurant worker *

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as Maali *

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as Maid *

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as Police inspector

Production

The film was directed by Nagaraj, who previously directed the film ''

Dhinamdhorum ''Dhinamdhorum'' () is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Nagaraj. The film stars Murali and Suvalakshmi. The film, which has music by Oviyan, released in February 1998. The film was remade in Telugu as '' Manasichi ...

'' (1998) and wrote the dialogues for ''

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'' (2001) and ''

Kaakha Kaakha ''Kaakha Kaakha'' (), titled ''The Police'' in the UK, is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. It stars Suriya and Jyothika, with Jeevan playing the antagonist. The film featured music ...

'' (2003). Jayan, a graduate of

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, made his acting debut with this film.

of ''

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'' and ''

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'' fame was signed as the main female actress. Velayudham was signed as the music director of the film. He learned music from Veeraraghavan,

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's teacher. Music duo

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composed the background score for the film. The cast and crew were finalized after eight to nine months. The film was shot in sixty days.

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by Velayudham. An audio launch was held on 24 April 2013 after being postponed from December 2012. Several celebrities including

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Pandiraj Pandiraj (பாண்டிராஜ் in Tamil) is an Indian film director and producer, writer who works in Tamil cinema. His debut film, ''Pasanga'' (2009), was commercially successful and won several awards, including the National Film Aw ...

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, Sasi and

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attended the event.

Release

''The Times of India'' gave the film two out of five stars and wrote that "What makes this protracted film just that bit bearable are the supporting actors who makes us relate to the characters". ''Behindwoods'' gave the film one-and-a-half out of five stars and write that "The excessively slow paced drama also gives a TV ‘mega-serial’ effect every now and then". A critic from '' Maalaimalar'' called the film old.https://cinema.maalaimalar.com/cinema/review/2013/09/13220800/mathapoo-cinema-review.vpf

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*{{IMDb title, 2946426 Indian romantic drama films 2013 romantic drama films 2013 films 2010s Tamil-language films