Muthirai
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Muthirai is a 2009 Indian
Tamil
thriller film written by Aneez Tanveer Jeeva, wife of late director Jeeva
, who also produces this film, and directed by actor Srinath
,starring Daniel Balaji
, Nithin Sathya
, Lakshmi Rai
and newcomer Manjari Phadnis
in the lead roles, whilst Kishore
of Polladhavan and Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu
fame and Ponvannan play important supporting roles and Bollywood
actress Rakhi Sawant
makes a special appearance. The film, which has musical score by noted film composer Yuvan Shankar Raja
, was launched in early 2008, and was released on 19 June 2009.
. Azhagar Thondaiman, his brother, Aadhikesavan, senior leader of the party and Azhagar Adhiyaman discuss about the posts to be held. Discussions turn into gun-firing where all three of them get bullet shots. Azhagar Adhiyaman dies, Azhagar Thondaiman gets into coma state and Aadhikesavan is left with injury.
Sathya (Nitin Satya) and his accomplice Azhagu (Daniel Balaji) are thieves. Azhagu marries Kavya once for money (under mass-marriage programme). Kavya's father (Cochin Hanifa) tries to make money with his daughter. Azhagu realizes his mistake and tries to convince Kavya. Sathya cheats Aarthi (Manjari Padnis) saying he is a CBI officer and makes her fall in love with him. Sathya and Azhagu stay in an apartment opposite to where Krishna (Chetan) stays.
Commissioner (Kishore) is appointed as the investigating officer for the case, and he finds Krishna knows some information about the firing where Azhagar Adhiyaman got killed. He traces where Krishna stays and chases him. At the same time in the opposite apartment, Sathya, Azhagu and Aarthi host a birthday party for Kavya for Azhagu and Kavya to get together again. Krishna enters their house to escape from the police and all 5 of them start running away from Police. While police chase them, Azhagu, Kavya, Sathya and Aarthi try to escape. Krishna also tries to get in the car, and drops his laptop in their car.
4 of them flee and seek refugee in a hideout. They take out the laptop to find that Aadhikesavan has shot both Azhagar Adhiyaman and his brother, and he shoots himself. Azhagu calls up Commissioner to handover the witness, which fails because Aadhikesavan's men come and attack them in their hideout and Azhagu thinks that it is Commissioner's men. Later he calls Aadhikesavan and demands Ransom in exchange for the laptop. He also checks Commissioner's credit card transaction and mobile phone calls and finds that Commissioner has been getting lot of money illegally from Azhagar Thondaiman, and he is appointed by Azhagar Thondaiman.
In the climax, Sathya comes to collect money from Aadhikesavan, where Commissioner also turns up unexpectedly. Azhagu comes with Azhagar Thondaiman who was in Hospital. Azhagar Thondaiman explains his side of the story, that he also tried to kill his brother and had worn a bulletproof jacket to avoid the bulletproof and Krishna was a man appointed by him to take video of incidents happening. Commissioner kills Aadhikesavan. When Sathya and Azhagu try to escape with the money other police officers encounter them, shoot Commissioner and arrest Azhagar Thondaiman. In the meantime Sathya and Azhagu escape with the money and wish the other police officer good luck with their career.
and was released on 7 May 2009 at Sathyam Cinemas by director Gautham Menon
. It features 8 tracks overall, out of which 2 songs are remixes, which were composed by Aditya. Specially mentionable is the fact, that one of the female leads of the film, Manjari Phadnis
, a Maharashtrian
by birth, has sung one of the songs, the first time in her career. The lyrics were penned by Snehan
, Na. Muthukumar
and Pa. Vijay.
Cinema of India
The cinema of India consists of films produced across India, which includes the cinematic culture of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal. Indian films came to be followed throughout South Asia and...
Tamil
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
thriller film written by Aneez Tanveer Jeeva, wife of late director Jeeva
Jeeva (director)
Jeeva was a popular cinematographer and film director in Tamil cinema.-Career:The four completed films he directed, namely 12B, Run , Ullam Ketkumae and Unnale Unnale, have become blockbusters. He died after suffering acute cardiac arrest in Russia on 25 June at the age of 43...
, who also produces this film, and directed by actor Srinath
Srinath (actor)
For Malayali actor see SreenathSrinath is an Indian actor and director. He starting in drama troupes, and has transitioned to the film industry. After appearing in various television serials such as Kadhalikka Neramillai, he started to play supporting roles in films such as Ullam Ketkumae and...
,starring Daniel Balaji
Daniel Balaji
Daniel Balaji is a film actor from south india.-Career:His first role was in the television serial Chithi, where he played a character named Daniel...
, Nithin Sathya
Nithin Sathya
Nithin Sathya , is a Tamil film actor from Chennai. His first notable role was in Chennai 600028 . Since then he has been cast as a villain in Satham Podathey and in supporting roles in films like Raman Thediya Seethai. He has played the lead role in Pandhayam and Muthirai .- Filmography :-...
, Lakshmi Rai
Lakshmi Rai
Lakshmi Rai is an Indian film actress and model from Belgaum, Karnataka, predominantly appearing in Malayalam and Tamil films. While most of her Tamil releases performed poorly at the box office, she rose to fame with the popular Malayalam-language films Annan Thambi , 2 Harihar Nagar ,...
and newcomer Manjari Phadnis
Manjari Phadnis
Manjari Fadnis is an Indian film actress, who has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Bengali and Tamil language films. She is best known for her performance in the 2008 Hindi film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na.-Career:...
in the lead roles, whilst Kishore
Kishore (actor)
Kishore is an South Indian film actor. His best known films include Duniya, He was working as a lecture at a women's college in Bangalore and as a part-time fashion designer, when has offered an acting role in the film Kanti, for which he was supposed to design the costumes...
of Polladhavan and Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu
Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu
Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu is a 2009 Indian Tamil drama film written and directed by newcomer Susindran, starring debutant Vishnu Vishal, Kishore and Saranya Mohan along with numerous other newcomers in the lead roles....
fame and Ponvannan play important supporting roles and Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
actress Rakhi Sawant
Rakhi sawant
Rakhi Sawant is an Indian dancer, Hindi film and television actress, model and television talk show host.She was born as Neeru Bheda to Jaya Bheda, who married Sawant, a police constable at Worli Police Station, and gave her children her second husband's name Sawant...
makes a special appearance. The film, which has musical score by noted film composer Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan...
, was launched in early 2008, and was released on 19 June 2009.
Plot
Azhagar Adhiyaman's party wins in Tamil Nadu Assembly electionsLegislature of Tamil Nadu
The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the sole house of the unicameral Tamil Nadu Legislature. The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly alone has powers to legislate laws covering state subjects in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has a strength of 235 members of whom 234 are democratically elected...
. Azhagar Thondaiman, his brother, Aadhikesavan, senior leader of the party and Azhagar Adhiyaman discuss about the posts to be held. Discussions turn into gun-firing where all three of them get bullet shots. Azhagar Adhiyaman dies, Azhagar Thondaiman gets into coma state and Aadhikesavan is left with injury.
Sathya (Nitin Satya) and his accomplice Azhagu (Daniel Balaji) are thieves. Azhagu marries Kavya once for money (under mass-marriage programme). Kavya's father (Cochin Hanifa) tries to make money with his daughter. Azhagu realizes his mistake and tries to convince Kavya. Sathya cheats Aarthi (Manjari Padnis) saying he is a CBI officer and makes her fall in love with him. Sathya and Azhagu stay in an apartment opposite to where Krishna (Chetan) stays.
Commissioner (Kishore) is appointed as the investigating officer for the case, and he finds Krishna knows some information about the firing where Azhagar Adhiyaman got killed. He traces where Krishna stays and chases him. At the same time in the opposite apartment, Sathya, Azhagu and Aarthi host a birthday party for Kavya for Azhagu and Kavya to get together again. Krishna enters their house to escape from the police and all 5 of them start running away from Police. While police chase them, Azhagu, Kavya, Sathya and Aarthi try to escape. Krishna also tries to get in the car, and drops his laptop in their car.
4 of them flee and seek refugee in a hideout. They take out the laptop to find that Aadhikesavan has shot both Azhagar Adhiyaman and his brother, and he shoots himself. Azhagu calls up Commissioner to handover the witness, which fails because Aadhikesavan's men come and attack them in their hideout and Azhagu thinks that it is Commissioner's men. Later he calls Aadhikesavan and demands Ransom in exchange for the laptop. He also checks Commissioner's credit card transaction and mobile phone calls and finds that Commissioner has been getting lot of money illegally from Azhagar Thondaiman, and he is appointed by Azhagar Thondaiman.
In the climax, Sathya comes to collect money from Aadhikesavan, where Commissioner also turns up unexpectedly. Azhagu comes with Azhagar Thondaiman who was in Hospital. Azhagar Thondaiman explains his side of the story, that he also tried to kill his brother and had worn a bulletproof jacket to avoid the bulletproof and Krishna was a man appointed by him to take video of incidents happening. Commissioner kills Aadhikesavan. When Sathya and Azhagu try to escape with the money other police officers encounter them, shoot Commissioner and arrest Azhagar Thondaiman. In the meantime Sathya and Azhagu escape with the money and wish the other police officer good luck with their career.
Cast
- Daniel BalajiDaniel BalajiDaniel Balaji is a film actor from south india.-Career:His first role was in the television serial Chithi, where he played a character named Daniel...
as Azhagu - Nithin SathyaNithin SathyaNithin Sathya , is a Tamil film actor from Chennai. His first notable role was in Chennai 600028 . Since then he has been cast as a villain in Satham Podathey and in supporting roles in films like Raman Thediya Seethai. He has played the lead role in Pandhayam and Muthirai .- Filmography :-...
as Sathyamoorthy - Lakshmi RaiLakshmi RaiLakshmi Rai is an Indian film actress and model from Belgaum, Karnataka, predominantly appearing in Malayalam and Tamil films. While most of her Tamil releases performed poorly at the box office, she rose to fame with the popular Malayalam-language films Annan Thambi , 2 Harihar Nagar ,...
as Kavyanjali - Manjari PhadnisManjari PhadnisManjari Fadnis is an Indian film actress, who has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Bengali and Tamil language films. She is best known for her performance in the 2008 Hindi film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na.-Career:...
as Aarthi - KishoreKishore (actor)Kishore is an South Indian film actor. His best known films include Duniya, He was working as a lecture at a women's college in Bangalore and as a part-time fashion designer, when has offered an acting role in the film Kanti, for which he was supposed to design the costumes...
as Commissioner - Rakhi SawantRakhi sawantRakhi Sawant is an Indian dancer, Hindi film and television actress, model and television talk show host.She was born as Neeru Bheda to Jaya Bheda, who married Sawant, a police constable at Worli Police Station, and gave her children her second husband's name Sawant...
in an item numberItem numberAn item number or an item song, in Indian cinema, is a musical performance that has little to do with the film in which it appears, but is presented to showcase beautiful dancing women in very revealing clothes, to lend support to the marketability of the film... - Saravanan as Azhagar Adhiyaman
- Chetan as Krishna
- PonvannanPonvannanPonvannan is an Indian film actor, who has played supporting roles throughout his career. He directed the award-winning film, Jamila. He is married to fellow actor, Saranya.- Tamil TV Serials -...
as Aadhikesavan - Anand as Azhagar Thondaiman
- Riyaz KhanRiyaz KhanRiyaz Khan is a Malayalam actor who has acted in several Malayalam and Telugu films. He debuted in the Malayalam film Sugham Sughakaram directed by Balachandra Menon. Later he went on to act in Tamil and Telugu films. After many years, he came back to the Malayalam film industry acting in Balettan...
as Aadhikesavan's assistant - Cochin Hanifa as Kavya's father
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Yuvan Shankar RajaYuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan...
and was released on 7 May 2009 at Sathyam Cinemas by director Gautham Menon
Gautham Menon
Gautham Vasudev Menon is an Indian film director and producer. Mainly working in Tamil cinema, he has also directed Hindi and Telugu films which are remakes of his Tamil films...
. It features 8 tracks overall, out of which 2 songs are remixes, which were composed by Aditya. Specially mentionable is the fact, that one of the female leads of the film, Manjari Phadnis
Manjari Phadnis
Manjari Fadnis is an Indian film actress, who has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Bengali and Tamil language films. She is best known for her performance in the 2008 Hindi film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na.-Career:...
, a Maharashtrian
Marathi people
The Marathi people or Maharashtrians are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, that inhabit the Maharashtra region and state of western India. Their language Marathi is part of the southern group of Indo-Aryan languages...
by birth, has sung one of the songs, the first time in her career. The lyrics were penned by Snehan
Snehan
Snehan is a Tamil poet, lyricist. Debuting in the film Putham Pudhiya Poove, he has written lyrics for more than 600 songs.-Career:...
, Na. Muthukumar
Na. Muthukumar
Na. Muthukumar is a Tamil poet and lyricist, who writes lyrics for Tamil film songs.-Career:Muthukumar began his career wanting to be a director and worked under Balu Mahendra for four years. But then he became a lyricist, beginning with the lyrics for the songs of the Tamil film Veera Nadai,...
and Pa. Vijay.
| Track | Song | Singer(s) | Lyricist | Duration | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 'Om Shanthi Om' | Neha Bhasin Neha Bhasin Neha Bhasin is an Indian singer-songwriter, performer, and TV hostess and was a member of the Indian pop girl group Viva!.-Biography:Neha Bhasin was born on November 18, 1982 in Delhi in a Punjabi Khatri family, India to Ashok Bhasin and Rekha Bhasin and has an elder sister and a younger brother... |
Na. Muthukumar Na. Muthukumar Na. Muthukumar is a Tamil poet and lyricist, who writes lyrics for Tamil film songs.-Career:Muthukumar began his career wanting to be a director and worked under Balu Mahendra for four years. But then he became a lyricist, beginning with the lyrics for the songs of the Tamil film Veera Nadai,... |
4:44 | Picturized on Lakshmi Rai Lakshmi Rai Lakshmi Rai is an Indian film actress and model from Belgaum, Karnataka, predominantly appearing in Malayalam and Tamil films. While most of her Tamil releases performed poorly at the box office, she rose to fame with the popular Malayalam-language films Annan Thambi , 2 Harihar Nagar ,... in a bar Bar (establishment) A bar is a business establishment that serves alcoholic drinks — beer, wine, liquor, and cocktails — for consumption on the premises.Bars provide stools or chairs that are placed at tables or counters for their patrons. Some bars have entertainment on a stage, such as a live band, comedians, go-go... |
| 2 | 'Azhagana Neeyum' | Naresh Iyer Naresh Iyer Naresh Iyer is a playback singer from Chennai, India. Naresh Iyer has rendered film songs in several Indian languages and has several chart hits to his credit. His rendition of "Roobaroo" from the movie Rang De Basanti composed by A. R. Rahman topped the music charts for many weeks in 2006 and won... , Manjari Phadnis Manjari Phadnis Manjari Fadnis is an Indian film actress, who has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Bengali and Tamil language films. She is best known for her performance in the 2008 Hindi film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na.-Career:... |
Snehan Snehan Snehan is a Tamil poet, lyricist. Debuting in the film Putham Pudhiya Poove, he has written lyrics for more than 600 songs.-Career:... |
5:06 | Picturized on Nithin Sathya Nithin Sathya Nithin Sathya , is a Tamil film actor from Chennai. His first notable role was in Chennai 600028 . Since then he has been cast as a villain in Satham Podathey and in supporting roles in films like Raman Thediya Seethai. He has played the lead role in Pandhayam and Muthirai .- Filmography :-... and Manjari Phadnis Manjari Phadnis Manjari Fadnis is an Indian film actress, who has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Bengali and Tamil language films. She is best known for her performance in the 2008 Hindi film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na.-Career:... |
| 3 | 'Night Is Still Young' | Krish Krish (singer) Vijay Balakrishnan popularly known by his stage name, Krish, is a Tamil playback singer. Other than working with reputable Indian film composers, including Harris Jayaraj, A. R... , Benny Dayal Benny Dayal Benny Dayal is an Indian singer. He is a member of the band S5 launched by the channel SS Music. Originally from Kerala, he has worked as a playback singer with many noted composers to produce successful soundtracks.-Biography:Benny Dayal's parents hail from Kollam district, Kerala... , Preethi |
Pa. Vijay | 4:42 | Item number Item number An item number or an item song, in Indian cinema, is a musical performance that has little to do with the film in which it appears, but is presented to showcase beautiful dancing women in very revealing clothes, to lend support to the marketability of the film... picturized on Rakhi Sawant Rakhi sawant Rakhi Sawant is an Indian dancer, Hindi film and television actress, model and television talk show host.She was born as Neeru Bheda to Jaya Bheda, who married Sawant, a police constable at Worli Police Station, and gave her children her second husband's name Sawant... , Nithin Sathya Nithin Sathya Nithin Sathya , is a Tamil film actor from Chennai. His first notable role was in Chennai 600028 . Since then he has been cast as a villain in Satham Podathey and in supporting roles in films like Raman Thediya Seethai. He has played the lead role in Pandhayam and Muthirai .- Filmography :-... and Daniel Balaji Daniel Balaji Daniel Balaji is a film actor from south india.-Career:His first role was in the television serial Chithi, where he played a character named Daniel... |
| 4 | 'July Madhathil' | Mohd. Aslam, Rahul Nambiyar, Tanvi Shah Tanvi Shah Tanvi Shah is a popular playback singer for films in India. She is the first Indian woman to win the Grammy Awards for the lyrics of "jai ho". She has a versatile voice and can sing in Arabic, Latin, Spanish and sings a wide range of music with her band, Zahrra... , Priya |
Na. Muthukumar | 4:21 | Picturized on Nithin Sathya Nithin Sathya Nithin Sathya , is a Tamil film actor from Chennai. His first notable role was in Chennai 600028 . Since then he has been cast as a villain in Satham Podathey and in supporting roles in films like Raman Thediya Seethai. He has played the lead role in Pandhayam and Muthirai .- Filmography :-... , Daniel Balaji Daniel Balaji Daniel Balaji is a film actor from south india.-Career:His first role was in the television serial Chithi, where he played a character named Daniel... , Lakshmi Rai Lakshmi Rai Lakshmi Rai is an Indian film actress and model from Belgaum, Karnataka, predominantly appearing in Malayalam and Tamil films. While most of her Tamil releases performed poorly at the box office, she rose to fame with the popular Malayalam-language films Annan Thambi , 2 Harihar Nagar ,... and Manjari Phadnis Manjari Phadnis Manjari Fadnis is an Indian film actress, who has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Bengali and Tamil language films. She is best known for her performance in the 2008 Hindi film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na.-Career:... |
| 5 | 'Uyire Uyire' | Javed Ali Javed Ali Javed Ali is an Indian playback singer. He has been singing in Hindi movies from 2000 but shot to fame in 2007 when he sang the song "Ek Din Teri Raahon Mein" from the movie Naqaab and thereafter another big hit "Jashn-e-Bahaaraan" from the movie Jodhaa Akbar . He is currently one of the leading... , Madhushree Madhushree Madhushree is an Indian singer, who sings in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. A familiar voice in A. R. Rahman's compositions, Madhushree hails from a musically inclined family, having previously been trained in classical music... |
Snehan | 5:08 | Picturized on Daniel Balaji Daniel Balaji Daniel Balaji is a film actor from south india.-Career:His first role was in the television serial Chithi, where he played a character named Daniel... and Lakshmi Rai Lakshmi Rai Lakshmi Rai is an Indian film actress and model from Belgaum, Karnataka, predominantly appearing in Malayalam and Tamil films. While most of her Tamil releases performed poorly at the box office, she rose to fame with the popular Malayalam-language films Annan Thambi , 2 Harihar Nagar ,... |
| 6 | 'Nenjukulla' | Shweta Mohan Shweta Mohan Shweta Mohan is an Indian playback singer. She has sung in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi languages.Sung for over 50 movies in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada... |
Snehan Snehan Snehan is a Tamil poet, lyricist. Debuting in the film Putham Pudhiya Poove, he has written lyrics for more than 600 songs.-Career:... |
2:32 | Picturized on Daniel Balaji Daniel Balaji Daniel Balaji is a film actor from south india.-Career:His first role was in the television serial Chithi, where he played a character named Daniel... and Lakshmi Rai Lakshmi Rai Lakshmi Rai is an Indian film actress and model from Belgaum, Karnataka, predominantly appearing in Malayalam and Tamil films. While most of her Tamil releases performed poorly at the box office, she rose to fame with the popular Malayalam-language films Annan Thambi , 2 Harihar Nagar ,... |
| 7 | 'Om Shanthi Om (Remix)' | Neha Bhasin | Na. Muthukumar | 5:11 | Remixed by Aditya Not featured in the film |
| 8 | 'Night Is Still Young (Remix)' | Krish Krish (singer) Vijay Balakrishnan popularly known by his stage name, Krish, is a Tamil playback singer. Other than working with reputable Indian film composers, including Harris Jayaraj, A. R... , Benny Dayal Benny Dayal Benny Dayal is an Indian singer. He is a member of the band S5 launched by the channel SS Music. Originally from Kerala, he has worked as a playback singer with many noted composers to produce successful soundtracks.-Biography:Benny Dayal's parents hail from Kollam district, Kerala... , Preethi |
Pa. Vijay | 4:35 | Remixed by Aditya Not featured in the film |