Moscowin Kavery
Moscowin Kavery is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by cinematographer Ravi Varman, making his directorial debut, besides handling the cinematography. The film, which has lyrics written by Vairamuthu and music scored by Thaman, stars debutante Rahul and Samantha in the titular roles with Y. G. Harsha, Manikandan and Santhanam playing supporting roles. The film was released on 27 August 2010, after nearly three years of production.
Plot
Moscow and Kaveri are two IT professionals working in Chennai. Kaveri has abandoned her family in her hometown due to family disputes and the violence that followed. Moscow is an orphan who has ancestral properties in his native village. Both fall in love, buy a house and live together. Soon, they have differences of opinions and plan to part ways. Then comes Azhagan, a feared criminal on the police's wanted list. Azhagan comes across the couple's house and plans to murder them. But due to the timely intervention of the police, Azhagan is arrested and Moscow and Kaveri reunite. Kaveri also reconciles up with her estranged father and family members.
Production
The film began production in 2007. It is the film debut of Rahul Ravindran. Ravi saw a modelling assignment of Samantha and quickly decided that she would be the heroine.
Soundtrack
Film score and the soundtrack are composed by Thaman. Despite being Thaman's first Tamil assignment as a composer, several of his later films had released prior to Moscowin Kavery. The album was released in May 2009. The song "Gore Gore" was not entirely featured in the film. The tune of the song was reused in the 2009 Telugu film Kick.
Critical reception
A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "Moscowin Kaveri looks good. But that's about all that can be said about it". The film was also reviewed by Mythily Ramachandran for Nowrunning, and Sify.