Yasakhan

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Yasakhan
Yasakhan film.jpg
Release poster
Directed byThuraivanan
Produced bySanthosh Pandian
Starring
Music by Satish Chakravarthy
Release date
  • 21 March 2014 (2014-03-21)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Yasakhan is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Thuraivanan, an assistant of Sasikumar and Ameer. The film stars Mahesh, Niranjana, and Janaki. [1] The film is about a man from Madurai who is rejected by society. [2]

Contents

Cast

Production

The film began production under the title Sithan. [1] Niranjana from Kerala was cast as the lead actress. [3]

Soundtrack

Music by Satish Chakravarthy. [4]

Reception

M. Suganth of The Times of India opined that "We get a longwinded lecture on being human and helping others and for a moment, we think we are not in a movie theatre but in a seminar hall". [5] Baradwaj Rangan of The Hindu wrote that "The characters are underdeveloped. The scenes have no punch. There’s not one believable moment". [6] A critic from Maalaimalar called the film "different". [7] [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Yasakhan". The Times of India.
  2. Raghavan, Nikhil (September 24, 2013). "Shotcuts: Another son rises". The Hindu.
  3. Raghavan, Nikhil (March 8, 2014). "Etcetera: Sound by design". The Hindu.
  4. Kumar, S. R. Ashok (September 21, 2013). "Audio Beat: Yasakhan - Raining melodies". The Hindu.
  5. Suganth, M. "Yasakhan Movie Review {1/5}: Critic Review of Yasakhan by Times of India". The Times of India.
  6. Rangan, Baradwaj (March 22, 2014). "Yasakhan: Too good to be true?". The Hindu.
  7. "யாசகன்". maalaimalar.com. March 21, 2014.
  8. "Beating Around the Bush with a Convoluted Plot".