Muthukku Muthaaga

2011 Indian film

18 March 2011 (2011-03-18)

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Running time

147 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Muthukku Muthaaga (transl. Pearl to pearl) is a 2011 Indian Tamil family drama film written, produced, and directed by Rasu Madhuravan. It stars Vikranth, Natraj, Harish, Oviya, Monica, Prakash, Veerasamar, Ilavarasu, and Saranya Ponvannan. The film is a very sad story revolving around the relationship between parents and their children.^[2] The music was composed by Kavi Periyathambi, while cinematography was done by U. K. Senthil Kumar. The film was released on 18 March 2011 and met with positive response from the audience and become a commercial success in B&C centres.

Plot

The film revolves around an old couple: Thavasi (Ilavarasu) and Pechi (Saranya Ponvannan). They have five sons: Bose (Vikranth), Raman (Natraj), Selvam (Arish), Lakshmanan (Prakash), and Pandi (Veerasamar). Thavasi and Pechi strive hard with their meager earnings to bring up their sons so that most of their needs are met. Bose falls in love with Annamayil (Monica), a nurse. Without knowing this, Thavasi and Pechi arrange Bose's wedding with their relative, for which Bose agrees as he does not want to make his parents feel bad. Annamayil also understands Bose's situation and accepts his decision. A few of the couple's sons are married, and trouble erupts in their family due to the daughters-in-law, who do not prefer a joint family and keep insisting on partitioning properties and leading a nuclear family. Thavasi, although uninterested in a nuclear family, agrees for the well-being of his sons. Also, Thavasi and Pechi come to know about Bose's sacrificed love towards Annamayil, which makes them more worried as Bose's wife is not kind towards him. Pechi gets sick, and the daughters-in-law start considering her and Thavasi as burdens. Thavasi and Pechi understand this and decide to end their lives. In the end, both of them commit suicide.

Cast

Vikranth as Bose
Natraj as Raman
Harish as Selvam
Ilavarasu as Thavasi
Saranya Ponvannan as Pechi
Prakash as Lakshmanan
Veerasamar as Pandi
Oviya as Swetha
Monica as Annamayil
Singampuli as Suruttu
Varshini as Vasanthi
Sujibala as Raasathi
Gayathri Yuvaraj as Gayathri
Janaki as Panchavarnam
Jayalakshmi as Virumayi
Raj Kapoor as Thavasi's relative
Vaiyapuri
Scissor Manohar

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Kavi Periyathambi, and lyrics were written by Na. Muthukumar and Nandalala.

"Enna Panni Tholacha" -Singer(s): Vijay Yesudas, Chinmayi Lyrics by Na. Muthukumar
"Man Vaasam Veesum" (F) - Singer(s): Harini
"Oru Sudidhar Poo" - Singer(s): Haricharan, Dr. Lavanya
"Man Vaasam Veesum" (M) - Singer(s): Madhu Balakrishnan
"Ennanra Nee Ennanra" - Singer(s): Krishna Iyer, Mukesh Mohamed, Roshini
"Vanakkam" - Singer(s): Sriram, Mukesh Mohamed, Janani
"Kaathadicha Noagumunnu" - Singer(s): Krishna Raj, Lyrics by Rasu Madhuravan

References

^ "Muthukku Muthaga". Oneindia.in. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
^ "Archived copy". www.deccanchronicle.com. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)