''Navarasa Thilagam'' is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language

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directed by Kamran, starring

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and

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. Produced by Sudharshan Vembatty, the film began production in early 2015 and released in February 2016.

Cast

as Moorthy *

as Chithra *

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as Alangaram *

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as Chithra's mother *

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as Paneerselvam *

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as Thangadurai * Mahadevan as Adaikalam *

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as Namo Narayana *

Siddharth Vipin Siddharth Vipin is an Indian composer, who mainly produces film scores and soundtracks in the Tamil film industry. He recently married Shriya Mohandas who is an advocate. Early life Siddharth was born in Salem,Tamil Nadu. Finished his schoolin ...

as Thirunavukkarasu *Revathi as Chithra's grandmother *Amirtha Lingam as Alangaram's uncle *Cheran Raj as Politician *Porali Dileepan as Arul Prasath *Lakshmi Rahul as Meenakshi * Bava Lakshmanan *Hello Kandhasamy *Anjali Varadarajan

Production

Ma Ka Pa Anand shot for the film simultaneously alongside his commitments for ''

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'', ''Atti'' and ''Deepavali Thuppakki''. The film was predominantly shot in

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and was completed by September 2015. Songs were also shot in Kutralam and Thenkasi. The lead pair refused to shoot a kissing scene in the film, and stated that the director failed to disclose the shot in the original narration of the script.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

. *"Ayyayyo Vasama" - Karthik,

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*"Oru Kattu" - Jagadish, Vishnupriya *"Dummy Davali" - Jagadish,

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*"Kolla Azhagukari" -

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*"Angaliya" - Anthony Daasan

Reception

''Times of India'' wrote "Navarasa Thilagam is a film that thinks of itself as a comedy while not making an effort to be one. The writing is quite bland (there is zero effort in building up the central romantic track) and the narrative predictable (we even get a hapless 'foreign mapillai'), and it is left to the cast to shore up the film." ''Indiaglitz'' wrote "Navarasa Thilagam is a "Kalavani" kind of film which is not as entertaining but a watchable film that engages the viewer in most parts." ''New Indian Express'' wrote "The screenplay is more verbal in its take. The script may have seemed good on paper, but on the screen it falls flat. If only it had some punch and was crafted more interestingly .Navarasa Thilagam is, at most, a promising effort from a debutant maker." ''Sify'' wrote "Overall, Navarasa Thilagam is a damp squib and the joke is only on us!."

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 5500928 2016 films 2010s Tamil-language films Films scored by Siddharth Vipin Indian comedy films 2016 comedy films Films shot in Pollachi 2016 directorial debut films