''Meendum Oru Kadhal Kadhai'' () is a 2016

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-language

musical romance film 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 ...

directed by

Mithran Jawahar Mithran R. Jawahar (born 8 June 1979) is an Indian film director who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. Career Jawahar, an erstwhile assistant of Selvaraghavan, began working on his first film starring Dhanush in December 2004. A remake of ...

, starring Walter Philips and

Isha Talwar Isha Talwar (born 22 December 1987) is an Indian actress and model who predominantly works in Malayalam and Hindi-language films, besides appearing in a few Tamil and Telugu films. She started out as a model and appeared in various commercials, ...

. It is a remake of the

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film ''

Thattathin Marayathu ''Thattathin Marayathu'' () is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan, starring Nivin Pauly and Isha Talwar. The supporting cast includes Aju Varghese, Manoj K. Jayan, Sunny Wayne, Sre ...

''.

Plot

The film is the story of Vinod (Walter Philips) and Aisha (

), belonging to

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and

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respectively, falling in love, and the conflict arising out between them.

Cast

* Walter Phillips as Vinod *

as Aisha *

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as Abdul Kader * Som Shekar as Musthafa *

Thalaivasal Vijay Thalaivasal Vijay is an Indian actor and dubbing artist. He was born on 4 August 1962 in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. He has acted predominantly in numerous Tamil and Malayalam films. Career Vijay's debut film was '' Thalaivaasal'' (1992), ...

as Abdul Rahman *

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as S.I. * Arjunan as Abdul Razak (Abu) *

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as Vinod's mother * Durga Premjith as Asma, the teacher's kid * Shan as Imran *

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as Altaf *

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as Hamzah *

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as Police *

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* Dhivya as Aisha's sister * Roxanne as Nasreen * Harish Ram as Manoj * Kovai Ajith * John Samuel * Walter Leeks * Thiriyuvan * Gayathri

Production

It was reported in 2015 that Mithran Jawahar would direct the Tamil remake of Malayalam film ''Thattathin Marayathu''. Newcomer Walter Philips and Isha Talwar was selected to reprise her role from original. The film's motion poster was released in February 2015.

Soundtrack

G. V. Prakash Kumar G. V. Prakash Kumar is an Indian composer, actor, producer and singer known for his work in Tamil films and a few Telugu films as well. His first film was S Pictures' ''Veyil'' (2006) and he became popular in Tamil cinema by the early 2010s. He ...

composed the songs, while

Na. Muthukumar Nagarajan Muthukumar (12 July 1975 – 14 August 2016) was a Tamil poet, lyricist, and author. Best known for his Tamil language film songs, he received the most Filmfare Awards for Best Lyricist in Tamil and was a two-time recipient of the Nat ...

and

Thamarai Thamarai (born 10 November 1975) is a noted Tamil poet and lyricist. She is a prominent figure in the Tamil literary world. She made her debut in the Tamil film industry through the 1998 film Iniyavale, which was directed by Seeman and music co ...

wrote the lyrics. The music was released on 8 April 2016 by

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Release

The first look (motion Picture) was released on 13 February 2015, The Teaser with runtime of 48 Seconds released on 19 April 2016. Theatrical Trailer with running length of 99 seconds released on 30 July 2016. The film, was first planned to release on 5 August 2016 later it was pushed to 26 August 2016.

References

External links

* {{Mithran Jawahar 2016 films 2010s Tamil-language films Tamil remakes of Malayalam films Films scored by G. V. Prakash Kumar Indian interfaith romance films