''Mathapoo'' is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Nagaraj and starring newcomer Jayan and

Gayathrie Gayathrie Shankar (born 2 May 1993) is an Indian actress who appears in Tamil and Malayalam films. Her Tamil film debut was in 2012 with ''18 Vayasu'', and is best known for her role in ''Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom'' (2012). She had her M ...

Cast

*Jayan as Karthik *

as Pooja * Geetha as Pooja's mother * Sithara as Karthik's aunty *

Ilavarasu Ilavarasu is an Indian cinematographer and actor, who works in the Tamil film industry. He started his career as a cinematographer and worked for 13 films, winning a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for one of them. He, however, became better known ...

as Karthik's uncle * Renuka as Karthik's mother * Kitty as Pooja's father * Pradeep Kottayam as Restaurant worker * Vivek Rajgopal as Maali * Senthi Kumari as Maid *

L. Raja L. Raja is an Indian director and actor who works in predominantly Tamil language, Tamil language films and television series. Career Raja began his career as an assistant to director Rajasekhar (director), Rajasekhar. He debuted as a directo ...

as Police inspector

Production

The film was directed by Nagaraj, who previously directed the film ''

Dhinamdhorum ''Dhinamdhorum'' () is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Nagaraj. The film stars Murali and Suvalakshmi. The film, which has music by Oviyan, released in February 1998. The film was remade in Telugu as '' Manasichi ...

'' (1998) and wrote the dialogues for '' Minnale'' (2001) and '' Kaakha Kaakha'' (2003). Jayan, a graduate of

DG Vaishnav College DG Vaishnav College (Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College), commonly known as DDGDVC, is a Liberal arts, commerce and science college in Chennai, India. It is an autonomous institution affiliated with the University of Madras. It is loc ...

, made his acting debut with this film.

of ''

18 Vayasu 18 Vayasu (English: ''18 years old'') is a 2012 Indian Tamil psychological thriller film written and directed by R. Panneerselvam.The films stars Johnny and Gayathrie in lead roles. The music is by Charles Bosco. Synopsis Karthik, a mentally uns ...

'' and '' Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom'' fame was signed as the main female actress. Velayudham was signed as the music director of the film. He learned music from Veeraraghavan,

M. S. Viswanathan Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (24 June 1928 – 14 July 2015), also known as M.S.V., was an Indian music director, singer and actor who predominantly worked in Tamil film industry. He was popularly known as ''Mellisai Mannar''. He compose ...

's teacher. Music duo Sabesh–Murali composed the background score for the film. The cast and crew were finalized after eight to nine months. The film was shot in sixty days.

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by Velayudham. An audio launch was held on 24 April 2013 after being postponed from December 2012. Several celebrities including

K. Bhagyaraj Krishnasaamy Bhagyaraj (born 7 January 1953) is an Indian director, actor, screenwriter, music director, producer and politician active mainly in Tamil films. He has also written and directed Hindi and Telugu films and TV serials. As an actor, ...

, S. P. Jananathan,

Balasekaran Balasekaran is an Indian film director and writer of Tamil and Telugu-language films. He is known for his work '' Love Today'', starring Vijay. He was once an assistant to K. Balachander. He also worked in Tamil serials as writer in ''Nandin ...

, Azhagam Perumal,

Pandiraj Pandiraj (பாண்டிராஜ் in Tamil) is an Indian film director and producer, writer who works in Tamil cinema. His debut film, ''Pasanga'' (2009), was commercially successful and won several awards, including the National Film Aw ...

, Suseenthiran, Sasi and

Kalanjiyam Mu. Kalanjiyam is an Indian film director who has made Tamil films. A winner of the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Story Writer, Kalanjiyam has also featured in the lead role in his films. Career Kalanjiyam's first film, ''Poomani'' (199 ...

attended the event.

Release

''The Times of India'' gave the film two out of five stars and wrote that "What makes this protracted film just that bit bearable are the supporting actors who makes us relate to the characters". ''Behindwoods'' gave the film one-and-a-half out of five stars and write that "The excessively slow paced drama also gives a TV ‘mega-serial’ effect every now and then". A critic from ''

Maalaimalar ''Maalai Malar'' is a daily evening Tamil newspaper. It is owned by Daily Thanti group. It was founded by S. P. Adithanar in 1977 at Coimbatore. Maalai Malar has twelve editions published from Chennai, Vellore, Dindigul, Thanjavur, Tirunelve ...

'' called the film old.https://cinema.maalaimalar.com/cinema/review/2013/09/13220800/mathapoo-cinema-review.vpf

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 2946426 Indian romantic drama films 2013 romantic drama films 2013 films 2010s Tamil-language films