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''Mundhinam Paartheney'' () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language
romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...
film written and directed by debutant director
Magizh Thirumeni Magizh Thirumeni (born 9 October 1978), is an Indian film director, screenwriter, dubbing artist and actor who works primarily in Tamil cinema. After working as an assistant to directors Selvaraghavan and Gautham Vasudev Menon, he directed six ...
, starring
Sanjay Sanjay, also spelled Sanjai, Sanjey, Sanje, Sanjaye and Sunjay, is a male given name of Sanskrit origin meaning "triumphant," from the Sanskrit Sañjaya ( सञ्जय), and may refer to: People * Sanjaya, an important character in the ancient ...
, Ekta Khosla, Lizna, Pooja B. and
Sai Prashanth Sai Prashanth (7 June 1985 – 13 March 2016) was an Indian actor, who has appeared in Tamil language films and television serials. He has acted in films including Barathi, Aintham Padai, Thegidi, '' Neram'' (2013) and ''Vadacurry'' (2014). He ...
in the lead roles. The film, produced by Manickam Narayanan's Seventh Channel Communications, released on 19 March 2010. The film's title is inspired by a song from ''
Vaaranam Aayiram ''Vaaranam Aayiram'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon and produced by V. Ravichandran of Aascar Films. The film stars Suriya in the main dual lead role as father and son alo ...
'' (2008).


Plot

The story unfolds in London, where Sanjay, narrates about his 'kind' of girl, and talks about love. Cut to flashback, the hero meets Pooja. He repeatedly tries to impress her. But he learns that she plans to marry a NRI youth. Then comes Aarthi, a dance tutor. She is a girl with traditional ideas but a modern outlook. Unfortunately, the hero's attempts to settle down with her gets jinxed. Then enters Anu, Sanjay's colleague. How he tries to woo her forms the rest of the story.


Cast


Production

Sanjay Vellanki Sanjay Vellanki is a former Indian actor who worked in Telugu and Tamil films. He is known for his work in ''Parugu'' (2008), '' Mundhinam Paartheney'' (2010) and '' Doo'' (2011). Personal life Prior to entering films, he worked as a chef in ...
made his Tamil film debut in the role of a software professional. Ekta Khosla also made her Tamil debut with the film and plays a salsa dance instructor. Theatre artist Lizna made her debut with this film as one of the heroines. Newcomer
Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli is a ''National Award'' winning Indian actress who predominantly works in Tamil films. A post graduate in human resource management from Madras School of Social Work, she joined the English theatre company Evam as a ...
played a supporting role in the film and shot for the film for ten days. A song choreographed by Ramash was shot on Khosla with
Thota Tharani Thota Tharani is an Indian art director, production designer and painter known for his work in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi cinema. With over six decades of experience, he is recognized for his detailed set designs and visual storytellin ...
handling the art direction. The song "Maya" was shot at
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and
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.


Soundtrack

The music was composed by
S. Thaman Ghantasala Sai Srinivas Sivakumar (born 16 November 1983), professionally credited as Thaman S, is an Indian composer and playback singer known for his works majorly in Telugu and Tamil cinema. He is the recipient of the National Film Award f ...
and was released on
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.
Karthik Srinivasan Karthik Srinivasan () is an Indian communications strategy consultant, music critic and blogger. He is the founder of the website ''ItwoFS'', which tracks plagiarism in Indian film music, and ''Milliblog'', where he reviews music albums. Car ...
from ''
Milliblog Karthik Srinivasan () is an Indian communications strategy consultant, music critic and blogger. He is the founder of the website ''ItwoFS'', which tracks plagiarism in Indian film music, and ''Milliblog'', where he reviews music albums. Car ...
'' wrote that "After last year’s ''
Eeram ''Eeram'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language horror thriller film written and directed by Arivazhagan in his directorial debut and produced by S. Shankar. The film stars Aadhi Pinisetty, Nandaa and Sindhu Menon. Saranya Mohan, Srinath, ...
'', Thaman displays tremendous confidence and delivers a sweet whopper!"


Reception

Pavithra Srinivasan of ''
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'' wrote "It might not be a slam-bang action movie with twists at every turn but Mundhinam Parthene is fairly accurate, humorous portrayal of life in a certain section of the society, deftly told. Definitely worth a watch". Gautaman Bhaskaran from ''
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'' wrote "Mundhinam Paartheney is sadly, a good theme that has not been crafted with care. Indeed, a classic case of an interesting plot spoilt by an awful narrative style". A critic from ''
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'' wrote "Magilzh Thirumeni, who has graduated from Gautham Vasudeva Menon School of filmmaking, has come out with flying colors as an independent director with Mundhinam Paartheney. It has a captivating freshness about it though there is nothing new in the story". Malathi Rangarajan from ''
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'' wrote that "The screenplay presents much scope for director Magilzh Thirumeni to infuse scenes with a surfeit of sexual overtones. Yet he exercises restraint and comes out with a natural, underplayed fare". R. S. Prakash from ''
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'' wrote that "It's a film that's an easy watch across an audience categories devoid of unnecessary elements in the name of commercial musts".


References


External links

* {{Magizh Thirumeni 2010 directorial debut films 2010 films 2010 romantic comedy films 2010s Indian films 2010s Tamil-language films Films directed by Magizh Thirumeni Films scored by Thaman S Indian romantic comedy films Tamil-language Indian films Tamil-language romantic comedy films