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Maamadurai

Maamadurai (transl. Great Madurai)[a] is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language film directed by newcomer K. K. Krishnan. The film stars Vaasan Karthik, son of comedian Singamuthu and Midhuna, younger sister of Rajashree.[1] The music was composed by Karthik Raja. The film was released in 2007 to mixed reviews.

Maamadurai
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Directed byK. K. Krishnan
Written byK. K. Krishnan
Produced byKumar Ganesa Perumal
StarringVaasan Karthik
Midhuna
CinematographyA. Karthikraja
Edited byP. Mohanraj
Music byKarthik Raja
Production
company
Thai Naadu Creations
Release date
  • 13 July 2007 (2007-07-13)
Running time
137 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

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The story starts in Madurai railway station, where Saravanan is a coolie and he was accompanied by his friends Aarumugam and Mayilsami. Saravanan is go-header spends his life like that with his friends. One day Saravanan finds a mobile phone lying unclaimed in railway station and he learns that it belongs to Nandini. Then Saravanan will go to Nandini's home and hand over the phone, by the time he discovered that Nandini is the sister of politician 'One Way' Kumar.

The intro between Saravanan and Nandini grew into friendship and later on it became love. Kumar is aware of his sister love affair, so he tries to separate the couple by means of force, even then Saravanan and Nandini love was steady. At another end, Saravanan discovered his mother's presence through a church father, father helping Saravanan to find his mother.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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The music was composed by Karthik Raja.[2] The track "Sorgam Madhuvile" from the 1978 film Sattam En Kaiyil was remixed in this film.[3]

Song Title Lyricist Singers
"Adakkivaasi" Vijay Sagar Ranjith, Bobby
"Askalale" Kalaikumar Malgudi Subha, Ranjith, Karunas, Chorus
"Koondukkal" Vaali Karthik, Sangeetha Rajeshwaran
"Madurai Maduraithaan" Kottaikumar Ilaiyaraaja, Rita, Karthik Raja, Naveen
"Sorgam Arugile" Kannadasan Karthik, Rita

Reception

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S. R. Ashok Kumar of The Hindu wrote that "If the director had bothered to join the loose ends, a reasonably good film would have emerged".[4] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote, "The film at the most is a promising effort from a first-time, director-hero team".[5] Kollywood Today wrote, "the film had made the flight successfully without any interpret".[6] Chitra of Kalki wrote it would have survived if it had been made into a full-length comedy. Love seems like main point but screenplay suddenly shifts to mother sentiment. It looks like as if something going to happen but ends up meh calling the climax uncompelling.[7]

Notes

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  1. ^ Maa refers to Mahalakshmi, who is housed at Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai.

References

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  1. ^ "Singamuthu hopes son-shine". IndiaGlitz.com. 27 November 2009. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Maamadurai Tamil audio cd". Banumass. Archived from the original on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  3. ^ Karthik (4 July 2007). "Maamadurai (Tamil, Karthikraja)". Milliblog. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  4. ^ Kumar, S. R. Ashok (20 July 2007). "Too many loose ends —Mamadurai". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  5. ^ Mannath, Malini (25 July 2007). "Mamadurai". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Review – Maamadurai". Kollywood Today. 29 July 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  7. ^ சித்ரா (29 July 2007). "மாமதுரை". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 22. Archived from the original on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024 – via Internet Archive.
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