''Muruga'' is a 2007 Indian

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film written and directed by

R. T. Neason R. T. Neason is an Indian film director, he earlier worked as assistant director in film like '' Iraniyan'', '' Prematho Raa'', ''Thavasi'', '' Ondagona Baa'' and also with Director Bhagyaraj as a screenplay writer. Neason also assisted in sto ...

, starring Ashok,

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and

Vadivelu Kumaravadivel Natarajan (born 12 September 1960), known professionally as Vadivelu, is an Indian actor, comedian and playback singer, having acted in supporting and lead roles in Tamil cinema. He gained widespread acclaim in Kollywood in the 2 ...

. The story, screenplay and dialogues are by RT Neason, who has worked as an assistant to

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and

Vincent Selva Vincent Selva is an Indian film director and screenwriter associated with the Tamil film industry. This director is best known for his debut flick, ''Priyamudan'' starring Vijay, Kausalya. Other directors such as Mysskin and S. P. Jananathan w ...

. Ram Senthil Kumar's Cocktail Dream Productions distributed the movie. The camera operator was Padmesh and the music is by Kartik Raja.

Plot

Murugan ( Ashok) falls in love with his schoolmate Amudha (

), a rich girl who does not love him in return. When the news of Murugan's love reaches her family, Amudha's uncle Selvam (

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) tries to kill him, ultimately banishing Murugan and his mother from the village. Saddened, Murugan goes to

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and ends up with a job as a delivery boy. Having given up all hope of ever seeing Amutha again, he bumps into her when making a delivery at a medical college. Forgetting the past and her family's issues, the two become good friends, and this friendship develops into love. After completing her studies, Amutha returns to the village, only to discover that wedding preparations are underway as her parents had arranged for her to marry Selvam. Finally, Murugan and Amudha succeed in getting married with Amudha's father's blessings.

Cast

* Ashok as Murugan *

as Amudha *

as "Courier" Gopu *

as Selvam * Mahadevan *

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as Amudha's Mother *

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* Pandi * R. Thyagarajan * Bava Lakshmanan * Samiksha Singh as an item number

Reception

''India Glitz'' congratulated debutant director R. T. Neason for not creating a formulaic Tamil film. Ashok and Sruthi Sharma were praised for making the best advantage of their roles, but Vadivelu's character's humour was panned. Special note was taken of Mahadevan for the solidity he brought to his character, and to the musical score created by Karthik Raja. While noting that the film's length could have benefited from trimming, the reviewer wrote, "The director has made an honest and sincere attempt to give a film which has a good storyline and interesting screenplay." ''

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'' review felt the film did not make an impact. The review concluded, "If the Director conceived more twistful and interesting sequences in the screenplay, the film could be more enjoyable."

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack had its official launch in November 2006.

Track list

Lyrics written by

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. # "Kuthuna" by

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# "En Kathali" by Karthik # "Chinnanchiru Chitte" by

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and

Sangeetha Rajeshwaran Sangeetha Rajeshwaran is a playback singer in the Tamil film industry. She lives in Chennai with her husband and two sons. Seetal Iyer, former World Space RJ, is her cousin sister. She recently participated in the ''Zee Tamil Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2009 ...

# "Melathe Kottu" by Tippu, Sujatha and

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# "Pollatha Kirukku" by

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and

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References

{{R. T. Neason 2007 films 2000s Tamil-language films 2007 directorial debut films Films scored by Karthik Raja