Malayan (film)

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Malayan
Directed byM. P. Gopi
Written byM. P. Gopi
Produced byR. Balasubramanian,
P. K. Raghuram,
Dheeraj Kher
Starring Karan
Shammu
Udhayathara
Ganja Karuppu
Sarath Babu
Rajan P. Dev
Bala Singh
Mayilsamy
CinematographyJ. Sridhar
Edited byK. Idris,
M. Shankar
Music by Dhina,
S. P. Venkatesh (background score)
Production
company
Three Sum Productions
Release date
  • 24 July 2009 (2009-07-24)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Malayan is a 2009 Tamil language film written and directed by M. P. Gopi. It stars Karan and Shammu, and Udhayathara, [1] [2] while Ganja Karuppu, Sarath Babu, Rajan P. Dev, Bala Singh, and Mayilsamy play supporting roles. The film released on 24 July 2009 and failed at the box office.

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Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Dhina.

Malayan
Soundtrack album by
Released2009
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Language Tamil
Dhina chronology
Vedigundu Murugesan
(2009)
Malayan
(2009)
Anthony Yaar?
(2009)
No.SongSingersLyrics
1"Bothal Padi"V. V. Kathir, Velmurugan, Bony Snehan
2"Kanthaga Pumiyile"Krishnaraj, Shavarya
3"Maiyiladam Oiyiladam" Chinnaponnu, Naveen
4"Tharecha Sollugo" Tippu, Anuradha Sriram
5"Unna Pola" Sadhana Sargam

Reception

Behindwoods wrote "Malayan is a good attempt which could have been done with some more grip towards the latter portions. Its raw and earthy treatment might work to its advantage in the B and C centers." [3] Indiaglitz wrote "Malayan is your average commercial flick for most part, with Karan given the Himalayan responsibility of making it worth a watch. And he fairly succeeds." [4] This film was Television premiered in SunTV on April 17' 2010 for weekend Saturday premier.

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References

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  4. "Malayan review. Malayan Tamil movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.