Yaadhumagi Nindraai

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Yaadhumagi Nindraai
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Directed by Gayathri Raguram
Produced byGirija Raguram
Suja Manoj
StarringGayathri Raguram
CinematographyVishnu Ramasamy
Edited byRaymond Derrick Crasta
Music byAshwin Vinayagamoorthy
Achu Rajamani
Production
company
Suja Movies
Distributed by ZEE5
Release date
  • 19 June 2020 (2020-06-19)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Yaadhumagi Nindraai is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Politician, choreographer and actress, Gayathri Raguram, who also plays the lead role. [1] In the film, she plays Thamarai, a background dancer who aspires to become an actress. The film was released on ZEE5 after much delay. [2] [3] This film marks the directorial debut of Raghuram. [4]

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Reception

Cinema Express gave the film one-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that " Despite the many issues that the film tries to address, what we get from all of this is only an outward display of the woman’s struggles and a voice that falls flat". [5] Dinamalar gave the film a rating of 2.5 out of five. [6]

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References

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  2. "ஓடிடி தளத்தில் நேரடியாக வெளியாகவுள்ள காயத்ரி ரகுராம் இயக்கியுள்ள படம்". Dinamani. 13 June 2020. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  3. "யாதுமாகி நின்றாய்". Maalaimalar. 22 February 2017. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  4. "இன்று வெளியாகியுள்ள என் படத்தை அனைவரும் கண்டுகளியுங்கள்: காயத்ரி ரகுராம் வேண்டுகோள்!". Dinamani. 19 June 2020. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  5. "Yaadhumaagi Nindraai review: Flat narrative weighs down strong message". Cinema Express . 19 June 2020. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  6. "யாதுமாகி நின்றாய் - விமர்சனம் {2.5/5} : யாதுமாகி நின்றாய் - தாமரை தான் பெண்குயின் - yaathumagi nindrai". Dinamalar (in Tamil).