''Moondram Ulaga Por'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language

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written and directed by Sugan Kartthi. The film stars Sunil Kumar (

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fame) and

Akhila Kishore Akhila Kishore (born 2 April 1989) is an Indian actress who has appeared in Kannada and Tamil language films. After making her debut in the Kannada film ''Padhe Padhe'' (2013).She won critical acclaim for her performances in ''Kathai Thiraikat ...

, with cinematography handled by Dheva, editing by Richard and music composed by

Ved Shankar Vedshanker is an Indian music composer. A former student of A. R. Rahman's school. he made his debut in the Tamil film ''Paalai'' (2010) and then made a breakthrough with his work in ''Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom'' (2012). Career Ved Shank ...

. The film was dubbed into Hindi as ''Ek Aur Mahayudh'' by Goldmines Telefilms in 2018.

Synopsis

An Indian soldier must fight for his life after he gets captured by the Chinese enemy camp during a war between India and China. He faces many hardships but does not lose hope. He tries to runaway from the prison but is recaptured by Chinese army. However, he kills the colonel of Chinese army too. But there's Indian traitor in the Army who is planning everything. After killing the colonel of Chinese army, he uses his phone to call home where he informs his wife that they are in danger, she too tells him that she is two months pregnant. He also records that how china is planning economic war against India and sacrifice his life for the nation

Cast

* Sunil Kumar as Major Saravanan *

as Madhivadhani * Wilson Ng as Lim Bai Huai *

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as Subramaniam *

Jeeva Ravi Jeeva Ravi is an Indian actor, casting director and television actor who has worked in Tamil-language films and television. He made a breakthrough as an actor with his performances in '' 3'' (2012) and '' Jeeva'' (2014), with the latter film bei ...

as Ravi *

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as Saravanan's mother * Sabari as Mugundhan * Nafi as Dr. Nafi * Hamsa * Raj Kish * Siva Ganesh as Kiran Nair * Aravind as Robhindra Singh * Karthick Rajendran as Pon Manickam

Production

The film, focusing on the plot of a fictional war between India and China in 2025, was revealed to be approaching completion in September 2014. The director, Sugan, stated he was inspired by life in his village of Pallipatti in Dharmapuri, and his days in the National Cadet Corps, while scripting the film, while the film's shoot was completed within a period of 45 days. Sunil Kumar was signed to play the lead character as Major Saravanan, after the director was impressed with his role in ''

''.

was signed on to portray a soldier's wife in the film. It took one year to complete the extensive CG work. The film's distribution rights were bought by Dream Factory in early 2016, increasing the financial viability of the project with good publicity.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album of Moondram Ulaga Por was composed by Ved Shankar and consists of three tracks sung by

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Chinmayi Chinmayi Sripaada is an Indian playback singer, working mainly for the South Indian film industry. She is also a voice actor, television presenter, radio jockey, and an entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of a translation services company ...

Shakthisree Gopalan Shakthisree Gopalan (born 9 October 1988) is an Indian vocalist, songwriter and performer, famous for her collaborations with the top south-Indian music composers like A.R. Rahman. Aside from the film music, she is a regular in the independent ...

and

, himself. Lyricist Annamalai has written all the songs in the movie while Sherief has done the choreography.

Reception

Baradwaj Rangan Baradwaj Rangan is an Indian film critic, writer, and formerly the deputy editor of ''The Hindu''. He later became a senior editor of Film Companion. Rangan won the National Film Award for Best Film Critic in 2006. Before joining ''The Hindu'' ...

of ''

The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...

'' wrote that "An imaginative premise, that’s about it". Nandita Ravi critic of ''

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'' gave 2 stars out of 5 and stated that "but sometimes, cameraman Deva's shots more than make up for what's missing in the film. Sadly though, what was a promising script, seems to have fizzled out, with no saving grace."

References

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