Indru Mudhal


Indru Mudhal is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by M. A. Murugesh, in his debut. The film stars Mithun, Daisy and Nanditha, while Ramesh Khanna, Nagesh, Ravichandran, Sarath Babu and K. S. Ravikumar appear in supporting roles. It was released on 1 May 2003, and did not perform well at the box office.

Plot

Balamurali Krishna and Geethanjali, students at the navy cadet college, are constantly at each other's throats. However, they soon realise that they are long lost childhood friends.

Cast

Production

The film marked the directorial debut of M. A. Murugesh, who had previously worked as an apprentice under K. S. Ravikumar. The shoot of the film was held at locations including the VGP Golden Beach resort in Chennai, as well as Kodaikanal and Gujarat, where they shot scenes depicting the 2001 Gujarat earthquake. Further scenes were shot depicting a cycle race featuring 200 young people, while the climax was filmed on a large ship, the N. N. Cauveri.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Deva, with lyrics written by Pa. Vijay.
SongSingersLength
Yaar KandathoKrishnaraj, Sujatha05:30
Eureka EurekaPop Shalini04:32
Vijaya Vil VijayaAnuradha Sriram04:52
Vanavillai UnnaiKarthik, Sujatha05:06
Champa GujarathiS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Pop Shalini04:56

Critical reception

Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote, "The debutant director takes the narration from the hill-station, to the earthquake-hit Bhuj, and back to the hill-station, to add some drama and generate interest in his sweet hearts-separeated-at-childhood story. All to no avail". Visual Dasan of Kalki wrote that though the director is inspired from Kadhal Kottai, he has succeeded in maintaining the same tempo from that film while praising the humour of Ravikumar and Ramesh Khanna, Deva's music and Rengasamy's cinematography but panned Nanditha's character and concluded saying although the story is old, the film survives because the visuals are fresh.