''Agathinai'' is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language

romantic drama 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 ...

film starring Mahima,

Aadukalam Naren Aadukalam Naren (born Narayanan) is an Indian actor who has appears in Tamil and Telugu films, mainly playing supporting and antagonistic roles. He made his debut with the 1997 film '' Raman Abdullah'' but got noticed for his role in the 2011 ...

and newcomer Varma. The film follows the bond between a father and his daughter.

Plot

The daughter, Karthika, and her father develop a close relationship after the mother passes away. The daughter falls in love with a man, Ayyanaar, who is also a servant who works for Karthika's family, after he saves her one-day when she falls in a well while riding on her motorcycle. However, the daughter is engaged to another man. Whom she marries and the issues that arise forms the rest of the story.

Cast

''Source'' * Mahima as Karthika *

as Karthika's father * Varma as Ayyanaar * G. M. Kumar as Ayyanaar's father *

Nalini Nalini (Devanagari: नलिनी) is a female gender Indian people, Indian given name, which means "lotus", "goddess Gayatri","mother of Vedas", "sweet nectar", "Amrit", Feminine "lily" in Sanskrit.''Baby Names''"Nalini" Retrieved on 9 January ...

as Vishnu's mother * Rajashree *

Senthi Kumari Senthikumari Rathinakumar is an Indian actress known for her role in the film ''Pasanga'' and the third season of '' Saravanan Meenatchi'' and ''Vanathai Pola'' as Chellathayi. She played the mother of one of Nayanthara Nayanthara (born ...

as Deivanai * T. R. Srikanth as Adhilingam *

Ramachandran Durairaj Ramachandran Durairaj is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. After working as an associate director, he made his breakthrough as an actor with a negative role in Suseenthiran's '' Naan Mahaan Alla'' (2010). He later won acc ...

* Benito as Vishnu * Black Pandi as Vishnu's friend *

George Maryan George Maryan is an Indian actor and comedian, who has appeared in Tamil cinema. He started his career in theatre, before working in Tamil cinema and has often collaborated with film-makers A. L. Vijay, Siva, M. Manikandan, Lokesh Kanagaraj, ...

as Muthaiah *

Swaminathan Saamy (born 31 January 1959), known professionally as Swaminathan, is an Indian actor and comedian on working in the Tamil film and television industry. He appeared in prominent roles in Vijay TV's satiric series '' Lollu Sabha'' before becom ...

as Mani *

Halwa Vasu Vasu, popularly known as Halwa Vasu, (died 17 August 2017) was a comedian in the Tamil film industry in India. He worked in around 900 films. Career Vasu who hailed from Madurai district, came to Chennai to work in cinemas after his graduatio ...

as Chokka *

Siva Narayana Murthy Pattukottai Sivanarayana Moorthy also known as Siva Narayana Murthy (5 March 1955 – 7 December 2022) was an Indian actor who predominantly worked as a comedian in Tamil films. He mostly appeared in films alongside veteran comedians Vadive ...

Lollu Sabha Manohar Lollu Saba Manohar (born 10 January 1958) is an Indian actor and comedian who has appeared in Tamil cinema. He started his career with the television show '' Lollu Sabha'' alongside other comedians, including Santhanam. Career Manohar first ga ...

* Pakoda Pandi as Ayanaru's friend * Namitha Marimuthu as Kilipula

Production

The film is directed by Maruthu, who previously was a director for the television series ''

Athipookal Athipookal (transl. ''Fig flowers'') was an Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired during weekdays on Sun TV from 3 December 2007 to 14 December 2012 for 1272 episodes. The show starred Devadarshini, Chetan, Sandhya Jagarlamudi, Venkat, ...

''. Actor Varma and Mahima and

were signed to enact the lead roles. The film is a love story that is intended to be family friendly since the film is sans inappropriate content. Mahima plays Naren's daughter in the film, which is set in a village near Karaikudi. Varma made his film debut with this film.

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by Maria Manohar. All of the songs from the film were 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 ...

. *"Thanthaiyum Neeye, Thaai Madi Neeye" - Maria Manohar, Sruthi Jeyamoorthy *"Ilaigalile Sadugudu Nadathuthu" - Maria Manohar,

Shakthisree Gopalan Shakthisree Gopalan is an Indian vocalist, composer, songwriter and performer, famous for her collaborations with the top south-Indian music composers like A.R. Rahman. Aside from the film music, she is a regular in the independent music scene, ...

*"Adiye Kadhaliye" - Maria Manohar,

Haricharan Haricharan Seshadri, known mononymously as Haricharan (born 20 March 1987), is an Indian Carnatic vocalist, playback singer, and musician who predominantly works in Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada Kannada () is a Dravi ...

*"Munthaanai Selakulle" - Maria Maonhar,

Velmurugan Velmurugan is an Indian playback singer. He is known for folk songs including Madura in '' Subramaniapuram'' and Aadungada in '' Naadodigal'' and Otha Sollala in '' Aadukalam''. He considers being called by James Vasanthan as one of the turnin ...

, Akshaya

Release

A critic from ''

The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naidu ...

'' wrote that "With very few moments to relish, the film is an average entertainer". A critic from ''Maalai Malar'' praised the performances of the lead cast, the story, the music, and the cinematography. A critic from '' iFlicks'' opined that "Having chosen a casual village story director U.P.Maruthu has roped in a perfect cast but he could have concentrated more on the climax".

References

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*{{IMDb title, 4018780 Indian romantic drama films 2010s Tamil-language films 2010s Indian films