''Manjal Veiyil'' () is a 2009 Indian

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directed by Vaseegaran, starring Prasanna, Sandhya, R. K., and

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. The music was composed by Bharadwaj, and the film was released on 12 June 2009.

Plot

The film 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 *

as Ravi *

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as Gayathri's father *

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as Gayathri's mother *

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Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Bharadwaj and lyrics were written by

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. The lead actress Sandhya made her singing debut with this film. The album received a rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars from ''

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''.

Critical reception

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'' 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.com'' wrote "Vaseegaran has obviously come in with honourable intentions – but the screenplay simply doesn't hold water." ''Chennai Online'' wrote, "The director could not come up with fresh ideas to depict the friendship and the love. The drama that takes place in the marriage atmosphere too looks childish. So is the case with the so called twists".

References

External links

* *{{Rotten Tomatoes 2000s Indian films 2000s romance films 2000s Tamil-language films 2009 films Films scored by Bharadwaj (composer) Indian romance films Tamil-language Indian films Tamil-language romance films