''Oru Modhal Oru Kadhal'' () is a 2014 Indian

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romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film written and directed by TG Keerthi Kumar and produced by RR under the banner of Kandan Gearup Entertainment. This film has

Vivek Rajgopal Vivek Rajgopal is an Indian actor who works predominately in Tamil-language films. Personal life Vivek Rajgopal's mother tongue is Malayalam, but he settled in Tamil Nadu. Career Vivek Rajgopal had an interest for acting and subsequently jo ...

who played the role of Karthik and Megha Burman, the lead heroine is a Mumbai based model who has already done ad films for many leading brands. It is loosely based on the love story of director and his wife.

Plot

''Oru Modhal Oru Kadhal'' is a story of Karthik (

), who falls in love with a girl, and their trouble-filled journey from Chennai to Bangalore to Delhi giving troubles to his friends and family, is portrayed hilariously.

Cast

as Karthik *

Megha Burman Megha Burman is an Indian actress working in Hindi and Tamil film industry. She played the role of Razia in Sohan Roy's ''Dam'', which may have been based on the Mullaperiyar Dam dispute between Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The DMK party chief M. Kar ...

as Anusha *

Pyramid Natarajan Pyramid Natarajan is a former Indian actor and producer, who has appeared in character roles in Tamil cinema. He made his breakthrough as an actor playing a role in Mani Ratnam's ''Alaipayuthey'' (2000) portraying the role of Madhavan's father ...

as Karthik's Father *

Meera Krishnan Meera Krishnan (born 1968) is an Indian actress, who has appeared in Tamil-language films and television serials. She started her career as an announcer on the public broadcaster Doordarshan and later became a newsreader for Sun TV before act ...

as Karthik's Mother *

Swaminathan Lollu Sabha Swaminathan (born 31 January 1959) an Indian actor and comedian on working in the Tamil film and media industry. He appeared in prominent roles in Vijay TV's satiric series ''Lollu Sabha'' before becoming a full fledged actor in Tam ...

as Shrinivasan *

Imman Annachi Imman Annachi (born 13 may 1970) is an Indian actor, television presenter, politician and comedian who has appeared in character roles in various Tamil films. Career Imman Annachi made his debut hosting a show named ''Konjam Arattai Konjam Se ...

* Mamta Prasad as Anusha's Aunt * Ammu Ramachandran as Karthik's Sister

Soundtrack

The film has seven songs which were composed by K. R. Kawin Siva with lyrics for most songs by Dr.

Piraisoodan Piraisoodan (6 February 1956 – 8 October 2021) was a Tamil poet and lyricist. He won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Lyricist for his songs in movies like ''Thayagam'', '' En Rasavin Manasile'' and ''Neeyum Naanum'' in 1996, 1991 and ...

. The centerpiece of the soundtrack is the

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song "Punjabi Paartha", sung by

Shankar Mahadevan Shankar Mahadevan (born 3 March 1967) is an Indian singer and composer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio that writes music for Indian films. Personal life and early career Shankar Mahadevan was born in Chembur, Mumbai into a Tami ...

and

Sunidhi Chauhan Sunidhi Chauhan (pronounced ; born 14 August 1983) is an Indian playback singer. Born in Delhi, she began performing in local gatherings at the age of 5 and made her career debut at the age of 13, with the film ''Shastra'' (1996). During the ye ...

, with lyrics by Aditi K.K.

Reception

Critical response

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'' wrote that "The film often has the feel of an amateur effort, its humour is corny, the plot is weak, and the acting by the lead pair is strictly functional". Malini Mannath of ''

The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naid ...

'' wrote that "Oru Modhal Oru Kadhal is a debutant director's efforts gone awry".

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 3599196 2014 films