''Marumunai'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Mariesh Kumar starring Maruthi and

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Plot

Cast

*Maruthi as Kathir *

as Charumathi *

Manobala Balachandar (8 December 1953 – 3 May 2023), known by his stage name Manobala (), was an Indian actor, film producer, director, comedian, and YouTuber who predominantly played supporting roles in Tamil-language films. He worked predominantly i ...

M. S. Bhaskar Muthupettai Somu Bhaskar (born 13 September 1957) is an Indian actor and dubbing artiste who appears in Tamil films. His career begun as a theatre artist, and he made his debut in 1987 in a minor role in the film '' Thirumathi Oru Vegumathi'' ...

as Kathir's father *

Rajendran Arunachalam Rajendran, also known as A. Rajendran (born 1 June 1957) and better known/credited as Mottai Rajendran or ''Naan Kadavul'' Rajendran, is an Indian stunt double and actor working mainly in Tamil cinema. He debuted in 2003 with the Ta ...

as a resort owner * Rajasimman *Cheran Raj *

C. Ranganathan C. Ranganathan is an Indian film director and screenwriter who has worked on Tamil films. He made his debut with the 1996 romantic drama film, ''Coimbatore Mappillai'' starring Vijay and Sanghavi. Career Ranganathan is a distant relative of R ...

Bonda Mani Kedheeswaran, better known as Bonda Mani (19 September 1963 – 23 December 2023), was an Indian actor who appeared in Tamil language films. He came to Tamil Nadu from Sri Lanka as a refugee. He predominantly worked in comedy and supporting ro ...

*Anjali Devi *

Dr. Sharmila Dr. Sharmila (born 15 November 1974) is a doctor, actress, social activist and YouTuber from Tamil Nadu, India. She debuted in a STAR Vijay show, ''Puthira Punithama?'' along with N. Mathrubootham, which made her popular. She went on to act in ...

as Charu's mother *John Ranjith *

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in a special appearance

Production

Mariesh Kumar, who worked as an assistant to K. Bhagyaraj and R. Pandiarajan, and wrote television serials before directing this film. Maruthi worked as an assistant director to

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and

Vikraman Vikraman is an Indian film director primarily working in Tamil cinema. Career 1990–1994 He worked as an assistant to actor and director R. Parthiban in '' Puthiya Pathai'' (1989), which was the latter's debut film as a director and an actor ...

before becoming an actor. The producers PL Balu and PL Subbu handled film distribution in

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area. The film was shot in 60 locations in

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including

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Soundtrack

Songs by debutante Sathyadev, who worked for musician Prem Kumar. The soundtrack is composed of four songs: *"Vazhkaithan" is written and is sung by

*"Penne Penne" is written by Mariesh Kumar and is sung by

Silambarasan Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar (born 3 February 1984), popularly known as Simbu or by his initials as STR, is an Indian actor, producer, and playback singer who primarily works in Tamil cinema. He is the eldest son of director T. Rajendar. ...

and Chinmayi *"Kadhal Endru" is written by

Piraisoodan Piraisoodan (6 February 1956 – 8 October 2021) was a Tamil poet and lyricist. He won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Lyricist for his songs in movies like '' Thayagam'', '' En Rasavin Manasile'' and ''Neeyum Naanum'' in 1996, 1991 a ...

and is sung by

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 ...

* "Ivan Thano Margazhi" is written by Palani Bharathi and is sung by

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Release and reception

''Marumunai'' is released on 28 March 2014. Malini Mannath of ''

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 ...

'' opined that "''Marumunai'' is an attempt to be different and a promising effort from a debutant". A critic from ''

The Times of India ''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation an ...

'' gave the film a rating of two out of five stars and wrote that "Mariesh Kumar succeeds in getting your attention. His problem is he has trouble retaining it for the entire film". A critic from ''

Maalaimalar ''Maalai Malar'' is a daily evening Tamil newspaper. It is owned by Daily Thanti group. It was founded by S. P. Adithanar in 1977 at Coimbatore. Maalai Malar has twelve editions published from Chennai, Vellore, Dindigul, Thanjavur, Tirunel ...

'' criticised the title, old age story while praising the songs.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=13070626 2014 films 2014 romantic drama films Indian romantic drama films 2010s Tamil-language films 2010s Indian films