''Amudhae'' is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language

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 ...

directed by

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, starring

Jai Akash Jai Akash, also known as Akash, is an Indian actor, who acted in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. He is famously known for the film '' Anandam'' (2001). Career Jai Sathish, of Sri Lankan Tamil origin settled in London, sent his modelling phot ...

Prakash Raj Prakash Raj (born Prakash Rai; 26 March 1965) is an Indian actor, film director, producer, television presenter, and politician. Known for his works in Telugu language, Telugu, Tamil language, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English language, Engl ...

Madhumitha Madhumitha (born Swapna Madhuri) is an Indian actress who appears in Telugu and Tamil films. Career Madhumitha started her acting career under her birth name Swapna Madhuri with the 2002 Telugu film '' Sandade Sandadi'' (2002) doing a pivota ...

, and

Uma Shankari Uma Shankari is an Indian actress who appeared in regional Indian language films. Career In 2006, she appeared in Sakthi Chidambaram's '' Kovai Brothers'' opposite Sibiraj, featuring as Sathyaraj's niece and also featured in ''Thodamaley'' a ...

Plot

Nancy, who is in love with Dinakar, marries a millionaire, Victor. Later, Dinakar marries his cousin, Vinaya. How Nancy reunites with Dinakar forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Production

After

saw a special screening of ''

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'', he signed

for his next film ''Amudhae''. The film was to be produced by a thirty five person unit, which later became a twenty eight person unit. The film was based on a novel written by Manimala.

was cast as the heroine. The film was shot in several locations in Kerala including Alappuzha, Munnar, Kuttanad, Chalakudy and Vazhachal and also at Mumbai and Chennai. The filming was done within 35 days.

Soundtrack

Newcomer Sunil Xavier, who worked as an assistant to S. A. Rajkumar, composed the music for the film and lyrics were written by debutant Tamil Amudhan. The audio was launched at 18 February 2005 at Shree Theatre of

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. *"Anbe Adu Oru Kalam" –

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, Sujatha Lyricist Tamilamudhan *"Enna Enna Nan Solla" – Lyricist Tamilamudhan

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*"Madura Jilla" – Lyricist Tamilamudhan

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Critical reception

A critic from ''

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'' opined that "The film lacks technical finesse and offers little in the way of surprise", praised the performances of Raj, Madhumitha, and Uma while criticising Jai Akash's "wooden", emotionless performance. Malathi Rangarajan of ''

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'' opined that "Flashes of brilliance and food for thought the story offers — you could disagree with the logic or feasibility of the proposition tabled, but the point is, it is something different". Malini Mannath of ''Chennai Online'' wrote that "If he zhilhad worked on the screenplay better, etched his characters in a more convincing way, and had a tighter grip on his narration, it would have turned out to be a more engaging entertainer". Visual Dasan of ''

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'' called the film "above average".

References

External links

* * {{Ezhil 2000s Indian films 2000s Tamil-language films 2005 romantic drama films Films based on Tamil novels Films directed by S. Ezhil Films shot in Alappuzha Films shot in Chalakudy Films shot in Kerala Films shot in Munnar Indian romantic drama films Tamil-language Indian films Tamil-language romantic drama films