''Mathil Mel Poonai'' () is a 2013

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written and directed by Barani Jayapal.

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and Vibha Natarajan play the lead roles in the film. The villains in the film are Karthik, Prabha, Ramesh. Thambi Ramayya and Meera Krishna share screen space also playing the key roles in the movie. The lyrics for ''Mathil Mel Punai'' have been penned by

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and

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. The Ganesh Raghavendra musical, LK Vijay cinematography and Praveen-Srikanth editorial is to hit the international screens on 8 March. The film is based on the 2008 British film ''

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''. The film was panned by critics and became a

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Cast

as Karthik * Vibha Natarajan as Divya * Karthik as Johnny *

Thambi Ramaiah Thambi Ramaiah is an Indian actor, director and comedian who works in the Tamil film industry. He has also worked occasionally as a lyricist. He directed three films, ''Manu Needhi'' (2000), '' Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan'' (2008) and '' Maniy ...

* G. Gnanasambandam as Divya's father * Prabha * Ramesh *

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* Kamalakkannan * Sairam Ramachandran

Production

The director is Bharani, who was an assistant of director

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. The film songs received worse reviews than the film had received. The scenes were choreographed by Michael master. The film has been shot in

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and

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. The crew spent the hardship of 75 days in thick forests for shooting. Shanthini Theva, who made her debut in ''

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'', directed by

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and produced by Sasikumar, was playing the heroine in ''Madhil Mel Poonai''. But Vibha Natarajan became the heroine later.

Soundtrack

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* {{IMDb title, 3421394 2013 films Indian thriller films 2013 thriller films 2010s Tamil-language films 2010s survival films