''Manjal Veiyil'' () is a 2009

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film directed by Vaseegaran, starring Prasanna, Sandhya, R. K., and Bala. The music was composed by

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, and the film released on 12 June 2009.

Plot

The movie deals with two best friends, Gayathri and Vijay. The conflict arises when in Gayathri's sister Savitri's wedding, the groom gets attracted towards Gayathri and vows to marry her instead of Savitri.

Cast

* Prasanna as Vijay * Sandhya as Gayathri * R. K. as Rajesh * Bala as Ravi *

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as Gayathri's father * M. S. Bhaskar *

Tharika Tharika is an Indian actress who has appeared in Tamil films and television serials. She first appeared in a character role in Bharathiraja's ''Eera Nilam'' before she shifted to item numbers. She participated in season 1 of the reality dance ...

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* Sriranjini as Gayathri's mother * Cool Suresh

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by

and lyrics written by Pa. Vijay. The album received negative reviews from critics.

Critical reception

''Behindwoods'' wrote "Manjal Veyil is about friendship and love, but it is hard to fall in love with this movie. There are too many pitfalls, enough to negate the universal appeal of the subject. Vaseegaran could have come up with a more pleasing account of two of the most wonderful emotions." ''The Hindu'' wrote "A decent film, no doubt, but is it the only criterion for a film to be worth a watch? The narration needs to be lucid, the story, plausible, the cast, suitable and the performances laudable. ‘Manjal Veyil’ has just about a little of everything." ''Rediff'' wrote "Vaseegaran has obviously come in with honourable intentions -- but the screenplay simply doesn't hold water."

References

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