''Yathumaagi'' is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language
romance film
Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...
written and directed by S. Balakumar that stars newcomer Sachin and
Sunaina
Sunaina is an Indian actress and model. She predominantly works in Tamil movies as well as few Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She made her film debut with Telugu film ''Kumar Vs Kumari'' (2005) and her Tamil debut ''Kadhalil Vizhunthen'' (2 ...
in lead roles. The film's score and soundtrack composed by
James Vasanthan
James Vasanthan is an Indian Television (Tamil) host, a film music composer, and a filmmaker and a motivational speaker. For more than two decades, he has worked as an anchor in popular Tamil satellite television channels like Sun TV and Vijay ...
. The film, produced by Sakthi Sangavi and Mohana Sangavi under the Chola Creations banner, was released on 12 March 2010 to negative reviews.
Plot
Anand (Sachin) is an advertisement photographer. Quite typical to such genre of films, he comes across Annalakshmi (
Sunaina
Sunaina is an Indian actress and model. She predominantly works in Tamil movies as well as few Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She made her film debut with Telugu film ''Kumar Vs Kumari'' (2005) and her Tamil debut ''Kadhalil Vizhunthen'' (2 ...
), who is conservative in her looks. After a few initial encounters, Annalakshmi develops love for Anand. However, Anand has other plans. The mystery is soon unraveled and is made known that Anand hails from a family of doctors. When everyone thinks that Anand will tie the knot to Annalakshmi, the twist occurs in the form of Anand accepting an arranged marriage. What transpires between the lead couple forms the rest of the story, which ends in an interesting climax.
Cast
* Sachin as Anand
*
Sunaina
Sunaina is an Indian actress and model. She predominantly works in Tamil movies as well as few Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She made her film debut with Telugu film ''Kumar Vs Kumari'' (2005) and her Tamil debut ''Kadhalil Vizhunthen'' (2 ...
as Annalakshmi
*
Riyaz Khan
Riyaz Khan is an Indian actor and bodybuilder. He predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil films and television series, besides acting in a few Telugu and Kannada films, as well as two Hindi films. Riyaz debuted in Malayalam through the 1994 ...
* Aniruthan
* Azhagan Thamizhmani as Annalakshmi's father
*
Ramesh Khanna
Ramesh Khanna (also spelt as Ramesh Kanna) is an Indian actor and film director who has worked in Tamil cinema. He has acted in a number of supporting and comedian roles.
Early life
Khanna was born on 12 June 1954 in Chennai and third child to ...
*
Pandu
In the Hindu epic ''Mahabharata'', Pandu ( sa, पाण्डु, Pāṇḍu, pale) was a king of the Kuru Kingdom. He was the foster-father of the five Pandava brothers, who were the boons bestowed upon his wife Kunti by a number of deities ...
*
S. S. Kumaran
Reception
''The Times of India'' gave the film two out of five stars and wrote that "The film's thin storyline is not at fault, only it loses out to poor, unimaginative narration". Indiaglitz praised Sachin's and Sunaina's performance. They stated that Sachin "plays his part well".
Behindwoods praised Sachin, claiming that he performed well and Sunaina was also praised for her performance and looks.
Soundtrack
The film's soundtrack is composed by
James Vasanthan
James Vasanthan is an Indian Television (Tamil) host, a film music composer, and a filmmaker and a motivational speaker. For more than two decades, he has worked as an anchor in popular Tamil satellite television channels like Sun TV and Vijay ...
, which features six tracks.
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, id=4316024
2010 films
Films set in Chennai
Indian romance films
2010s Tamil-language films
Films scored by James Vasanthan
2010 romance films