''Moscowin Kavery'' () is a 2010 Tamil

romantic drama film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

written and directed by cinematographer

Ravi Varman S. Ravi Varman ISC is an Indian cinematographer, filmmaker, producer and writer. He predominantly works in Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi film industries. Varman began his career in Malayalam cinema. He directed a romantic film in Tamil titled ' ...

, making his directorial debut, besides handling the cinematography. The film, which has lyrics written by

Vairamuthu Vairamuthu Ramasamy (born 13 July 1953) is an Indian lyricist, poet, and novelist working in the Tamil film industry. He is a prominent figure in the Tamil literary world. A master's graduate from the Pachaiyappa's College in Chennai, he firs ...

and music scored by

Thaman Ghantasala Sai Srinivas Sivakumar (born 16 November 1983), professionally credited as Thaman S, is an Indian composer and playback singer known for his works majorly in Telugu and Tamil cinema. He is the recipient of the National Film Award for ...

, stars debutante

Rahul Ravindran Rahul Ravindran (born 23 June 1981) is an Indian actor, director, and screenwriter who works in Telugu and Tamil films. He made his debut in the Tamil film ''Moscowin Kavery'' (2010), before playing leading roles as a man with cerebral palsy in ...

and

Samantha Ruth Prabhu Samantha Ruth Prabhu (born 28 April 1987) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Telugu and Tamil films. One of South India's highest-paid actresses, Samantha is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards So ...

in the titular roles with

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, Santhanam and

Seeman Senthamizhan Seeman () (born 8 November 1966) is an Indian politician, actor and former filmmaker. He is the leader and chief-coordinator of the Naam Tamilar Katchi political party in Tamil Nadu. He is a strong advocate for regional autonomy ...

playing supporting roles. This movie was released on 27 August 2010, after nearly three years of production, the film was penned by critics and was a disaster commercially.

Plot

Moscow (

) and Kaveri (

) are two IT professionals working in Chennai. Kaveri has abandoned her family in her hometown due to family disputes and the violence that followed. Moscow is an orphan who has ancestral properties in his native village. Both fall in love, buy a house and live together. Soon, they have differences of opinions and plan to part ways. Then comes Azhagan (

), a most feared criminal on the police's wanted list. Azhagan comes across the couple's house and plans to murder them. But due to the timely intervention of the police, Azhagan is arrested and Moscow and Kaveri reunite. Kaveri also reconciles up with her estranged father (

K. Selva Bharathy K. Selva Bharathy is an Indian film director and dialogue writer, who works in Tamil cinema. He was one time assistant of late director-actor Manivannan. He was also an erstwhile dialogue writer for director Sundar C. He has directed nine films ...

) and family members.

Cast

Production

The film began production in 2007. Ravi saw some modelling photos of

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and quickly said that she would be the heroine of the movie. He also signed

as hero of the film.

Soundtrack

Film score and the soundtrack are composed by

. Despite being Thaman's first Tamil assignment as a composer, several of his later films had released prior to the release of ''Moscowin Kavery''. The album was released in May 2009. The tune of the song "Gore Gore" was reused in the 2009 Telugu movie ''

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''. All lyrics written by

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' wrote that "''Moscowin Kaveri'' looks good. But that's about all that can be said about it". A critic from ''Behindwoods'' wrote that "The major plus point in the film is its short duration (100 minutes) and thankfully the ordeal comes to an end soon".

References

External links

* 2010 films 2010s Tamil-language films 2010s Indian films Films scored by Thaman S 2010 romantic drama films Indian romantic drama films 2010 directorial debut films Tamil-language Indian films {{2010s-Tamil-film-stub