''Mofussil'' () is a 2022 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 N. P. Sarathy and starring
Akhil and
Sri Divya. Having begun production in 2010, the film was released after a twelve-year delay via YouTube.
Plot
The film is about two brothers in a middle-class family.
Cast
Production
The film began production in 2010 under the title ''Nagarpuram'' and was supposed to mark
Sri Divya's Tamil debut.
The film was shot in early 2011 near
Vijayakumar's Chennai house. The film remained unreleased despite reports that the film would release in September 2013 alongside a Telugu dubbed version. In 2014, the producers of the film complained to
Nadigar Sangam
The Nadigar Sangam (), officially known as the South Indian Artistes' Association (), is a Trade union, union for film, television, and stage (theatre), stage actors in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, based in Chennai. Formed in 1952, the grou ...
that
Sri Divya was "refusing to extend her cooperation
o help release the filmstating that her star status has risen considerably".
Soundtrack
The music was composed by
Aruldev
Mikkin Aruldev is a music director from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has scored music predominantly for Tamil-language films.
Early life
Mikkin Aruldev is an Indian film music composer from Madurai. His father was an accordion player and an orch ...
. The lyrics were written by
Yugabharathi
Yugabharathi is a Tamil poet and lyricist. He started his career as editor in Kanaiyazhi and turned into a lyricist in Tamil film industry. Debuting in the film ''Aanandham'' with lyrics for the song "Pallankuzhiyin vattam parthaen", he has bec ...
,
Na. Muthukumar and Jaya Murasu. This was the second film Aruldev worked on after ''
Potta Potti'' (2011). Initially,
Hariharan sang for "Mazhaiye Mazhaiye" (based on
Lobo's "
I'd Love You to Want Me
"I'd Love You to Want Me" is a song by American singer-songwriter Lobo (musician), Lobo. It was released in September 1972 as the second single (music), single from his second album ''Of a Simple Man''.
The song was Lobo's highest-charting hit o ...
"), but after the music director was dissatisfied with the voice's connection with the visuals, he was replaced by
Aalap Raju. In a music review of the film, a writer 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 ...
'' rated the soundtrack three out of five stars and wrote that "Music composer Arul Dev has learnt the ropes of music composition from Vidyasagar. This probably explains why all the songs in his ''Nagarpuram'', irrespective of the mood it tries to establish, are high on melody".
Release
The film remained unreleased until the film was released directly via YouTube in 2022.
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References
External links
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2020s Tamil-language films
2010s Indian films
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