Mutham

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Mutham
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Directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar
Written byS. A. Chandrasekhar
Produced byM. Arul Moorthy
Starring
CinematographyR. Selva
Edited byL. Justin Roy
Music by Bharani
Production
company
Digital Magic Productions
Release date
  • 6 December 2002 (2002-12-06)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Mutham (transl. Kiss) is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language slasher film directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. The film stars Arun Vijay (known at the time as Arunkumar), Sathyan, Nagendra Prasad, Ajayan, Charulatha, Nanditha Jennifer and Anjali. The film, produced by M. Arul Moorthy, was released on 6 December 2002.

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Plot

Joseph (Ajayan) and Sudha (Anjali) get married against their parents' wishes and they elope with their friends' help. Sudha's father (Vincent Roy), a politician, wants to kill Sudha and her friends. They arrive at a beach resort where they meet an old man (Thalaivasal Vijay) who warns them about the dangers at the resort. He tells them that the place is haunted and murders can take place. The friends arrange for the couple's honeymoon, ignoring his pleadings to vacate the place. However, in the forest, all the friends get murdered one by one, it turns out that the old man was the one who committed these killings as he explains his flashback of his granddaughter getting killed in the name of sacrifice by unscrupulous businessmen for the sake of buying the forest where the resort has been built as for that he kills each and every person who visits this resort. In the end, the old man gets stabbed and Arun and his lover escape from the place being worried about the situation.

Cast

Production

The film was developed under the title Muthamidalaama and was touted as India's first digital film made for theatres. The film was shot for fifty days in forests across Tirupati, Hogenakkal Falls, Yelagiri hills and Alappuzha. [1]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Bharani. [2]

SongSinger(s)LyricsDuration
"La La La" Tippu, Harini Snehan 4:59
"Laiko Laiko" Malgudi Subha Thamarai 4:56
"Orampo Orampo" Harish Raghavendra, K. S. Chithra Snehan4:54
"Oru Murai Nee Yennai" P. Unni Krishnan, S. A. Chandrasekhar Newton3:31
"Saturday Sunday"Tippu Pa. Vijay 5:05
"Tigirtana"Harish Raghavendra, Swarnalatha Newton5:17

Reception

A critic from Sify wrote that "S.A.Chandrasekhar’s blend of tacky horror mixed with Alphonsa’s dance number in the jungle is all intolerable". [3] Tulika from Rediff.com wrote that "As a film, Mutham is eminently forgettable. But at the technological level, it could turn out to be the trailblazer that changes the way films are shot in India". [4] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote that "But while they've [Hindi filmmakers] borrowed the main plot, they've worked on the script and added their own interesting touches. But Chandrasekhar has not been able to do that, with both his inspirations turning out to be just bad copies". [5]

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References

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  5. ↑ Mannath, Malini (13 December 2002). "Mutham". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 17 December 2002. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
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