Arivumani

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Arivumani
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Directed byM. A. Kennedy
Written byM. A. Kennedy
Produced byM. K. Srinivasan
Starring
CinematographyKasi Vishwa
Edited byMohan-Subbu
Music byJanakiraj
Production
company
Winner Creations
Release date
  • 10 August 2004 (2004-08-10)
Running time
145 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Arivumani is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by M. A. Kennedy. The film stars Murali and Meera Vasudevan.

Contents

Plot

A carefree youth Arivumani loses his wife in an accident. Later, he finds a child 'Ice Kutti' and takes care of her, what all he went through and how he solved the child's issues forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Production

The film marked the directorial debut of M. A. Kennedy, previously an assistant to Agathiyan and earlier wrote scripts for films like Pistha (1997) and Minsara Kanna (1999). The film introduced Kasi Vishwa as cinematographer who earlier assisted N. K. Viswanathan. [1] The film was entirely shot in Ooty. [2]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Janakiraj and released on Ayngaran. [3]

All lyrics are written by Kalai Kumar

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Kettapayya" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 4:30
2."Kiyan Kiyang" Manikka Vinayagam, Paravai Muniyamma (Kundrathile Kumaranukku Kondattam portions)4:49
3."Pachaikili Paaduthoru" Ganga 4:53
4."Pagal Thiruda" P. Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram 4:34
5."Poopol" Karthik, Harini 3:52
Total length:22:38

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