''Melnaattu Marumagan'' () is a 2018 Tamil

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directed by MSS and produced by Mano Udhayakumar of Udhaya Creations. The film stars

Rajkamal Rajkamal is an Indian actor who has worked on Tamil films and television series. After making a breakthrough as an actor through television serials, he has worked on films including ''Sandikuthirai'' (2016) and ''Melnaattu Marumagan'' (2018). ...

and

Andreanne Nouyrigat Andreanne Nouyrigat is a French actress, who lives and works primarily in India. She has appeared in supporting and leading roles in Tamil cinema.contestant of Cooku with comali Season 4 Career Andreane Nouyrigat was born in France, but settle ...

in the leading roles, with

Lollu Sabha Manohar Lollu Sabha Manohar is an Indian actor and comedian who has appeared in Tamil cinema. He started his career with the television show ''Lollu Sabha'' alongside other comedians, including Santhanam. Career Manohar first garnered attention through ...

and Muthukaalai in supporting roles. V. Kishorkumar composed the original score and soundtrack for the film, while Goutham Krishna handled the cinematography. Having begun production in September 2013, the film had gone through production delays before being released on 16 February 2018.

Cast

as Sakthi * Andreanne as Andreanne *

Muthukaalai Muthukaalai is an Indian actor, comedian who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Early life and career Muthukaalai was born in Rajapalayam and dreamt of becoming of a Stunt Choreographer. He attained black belt in Karate at the age of 18. He ...

Production

In September 2013, director MSS convinced television actor

to play the lead role in his film on a Tamil tour guide falling in love with a tourist. MSS chose to make ''Melnaatu Marumagan'' after his debut project ''Neengatha Ennam'' starring

Bhanu Chander Bhanu Chander (Madduri Venkatasatya Subramanyeswara Bhanuchander Prasad; born 2 July 1952) is an Indian actor, director and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu and Tamil cinema. He is the son of veteran music composer Master Ven ...

's son Jayanth, was shelved. ''Melnaatu Marumagan'' was to be produced by Bahadur Sha, with music by Kishore Kumar and cinematography by Gautham Krishna.

, a resident of

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who has appeared in Tamil cinema, was then recruited to star in the lead role alongside Rajkamal. In the film, she dubbed her own lines in Tamil. The film was completed by January 2015, but a potential release date in February 2015 was bypassed. Following three years of delays and a change of producer, the team began promotions planning to release the film in early 2018. The team also announced plans of potentially releasing the film in France.

Release

The film was released on 16 February 2018 across

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. In their review of the film, critic Suganth of ''

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'' gave the film 0.5 stars out of 5, adding "it is the kind of film that makes you wonder why it was made in the first place and for whom". The critic added "and the all-round bad acting only makes it worse" and "by the time we reach the interval point, you stop worrying about the movie’s existence and start questioning your own".

Soundtrack

The film's music was composed by V. Kishorkumar. The soundtrack was released on 22 August 2016 through Auro Music. The song "Yaroival" was written by lyricist

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 ...

within thirty minutes on a car journey he had to Chennai airport.

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* {{IMDb title, tt8033688 2018 films 2010s Tamil-language films 2010s Indian films Indian action films 2018 directorial debut films 2018 action films