Manthiran

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Manthiran
Directed by Ravichandran
Written byRavichandran
Produced byRavichandran
Starring
CinematographyKarthik Raja
Music by Dhina
Production
company
Sai Baba Creations
Release date
  • 8 December 2005 (2005-12-08)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Manthiran is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Ravichandran and starring Hamsavardhan and Shruthi Raj. The film is based on the story of Pon Navarasu. [1]

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Cast

Production

Ravichandran made his debut as a director with this film. The film stars his son, Hamsavardhan, in the lead role, and his co-produced by Balaji, Hamsavardhan's brother. Raga debuts as the heroine with this film and Abhinayashree worked on an item number. The songs are choreographed by Sridhar and K. Sivasankar. [2]

Release

Sify wrote that "Hardly a twist, Mandiran is as soggy as the recent rains". [3] Chennai Online wrote "The young actor [Hamsavardhan], with some forgettable films behind him, has handled his role with competence, using his body language and voice modulation to good effect". [4] The film was unsuccessful at the box office. [5]

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