Indru Mudhal

Indru Mudhal
Indru Mudhal
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Directed by	M. A. Murugesh
Produced by	Santhi Murali; Rani Pandian; Chithra Manoharan;
Starring	Mithun; Daisy; Nanditha;
Cinematography	M. M. Rangasamy
Edited by	K. Sankar
Music by	Deva
Production; company	Kollywood Kreations
Release date	1 May 2003;
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Indru Mudhal (transl. From Today) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by M. A. Murugesh, in his debut. The film stars Mithun, Daisy and Nanditha, while Ramesh Khanna, Nagesh, Ravichandran, Sarath Babu and K. S. Ravikumar appear in supporting roles. It was released on 1 May 2003,^[1] and did not perform well at the box office.^[2]

Plot

Balamurali Krishna and Geethanjali, students at the navy cadet college, are constantly at each other's throats. However, they soon realise that they are long lost childhood friends.

Cast

Mithun as Balamurali Krishna
Daisy as Geethanjali
Nanditha as Jenny
Ramesh Khanna as Krishna's friend
Nagesh as Krishna's grandfather
Ravichandran as Krishna's father
Sarath Babu as Geetha's father
Kaushik^[3]
Yuvarani as Chakra, Geetha's mother
Lavanya as Geetha's friend and Shankar's lover
Meera Krishnan as Krishna's mother
Bayilvan Ranganathan as ACP
Manobala as Doctor
Crane Manohar
Suruli Manohar as Roadside shop owner
Kottai Perumal as Restaurant customer
Master Gowtham as young Krishna
Master Bharath as Geetha's rival in childhood
Baby Akshaya as young Geetha
Kollywood Murali in a special appearance
K. S. Ravikumar as Dr. K. S. Ravikumar

Production

The film marked the directorial debut of M. A. Murugesh, who had previously worked as an apprentice under K. S. Ravikumar. The shoot of the film was held at locations including the VGP Golden Beach resort in Chennai, as well as Kodaikanal and Gujarat, where they shot scenes depicting the 2001 Gujarat earthquake. Further scenes were shot depicting a cycle race featuring 200 young people, while the climax was filmed on a large ship, the N. N. Cauveri.^[4]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Deva, with lyrics written by Pa. Vijay.^[5]

Song	Singers	Length
Yaar Kandatho	Krishnaraj, Sujatha	05:30
Eureka Eureka	Pop Shalini	04:32
Vijaya Vil Vijaya	Anuradha Sriram	04:52
Vanavillai Unnai	Karthik, Sujatha	05:06
Champa Gujarathi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Pop Shalini	04:56

Critical reception

Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote, "The debutant director takes the narration from the hill-station, to the earthquake-hit Bhuj, and back to the hill-station, to add some drama and generate interest in his sweet hearts-separeated-at-childhood story. All to no avail".^[6] Visual Dasan of Kalki wrote that though the director is inspired from Kadhal Kottai, he has succeeded in maintaining the same tempo from that film while praising the humour of Ravikumar and Ramesh Khanna, Deva's music and Rengasamy's cinematography but panned Nanditha's character and concluded saying although the story is old, the film survives because the visuals are fresh.^[7]

References

^ "இன்று முதல் / Indru Mudhal (2003)". Screen4Screen. Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
^ "London as the backdrop". The Hindu. 17 December 2004. Archived from the original on 29 January 2005. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
^ Raghavan, Nikhil (8 March 2014). "Dream come true". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
^ Kumar, S. R. Ashok (14 March 2003). "When disaster strikes..." The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 April 2003. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ "Indru Mudhal (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP". Apple Music. 1 March 2021. Archived from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
^ Mannath, Malini (14 May 2003). "Indru Mudhal". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 24 March 2005. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
^ தாசன், விஷுவல் (18 May 2003). "இன்று முதல்". Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 56–57. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2024 – via Internet Archive.

External links

Indru Mudhal at IMDb
Indru Mudhal at Rotten Tomatoes

[1] "இன்று முதல் / Indru Mudhal (2003)". Screen4Screen. Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2025.

[2] "London as the backdrop". The Hindu. 17 December 2004. Archived from the original on 29 January 2005. Retrieved 17 October 2023.

[3] Raghavan, Nikhil (8 March 2014). "Dream come true". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2025.

[4] Kumar, S. R. Ashok (14 March 2003). "When disaster strikes..." The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 April 2003. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

[5] "Indru Mudhal (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP". Apple Music. 1 March 2021. Archived from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.

[6] Mannath, Malini (14 May 2003). "Indru Mudhal". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 24 March 2005. Retrieved 19 April 2022.

[7] தாசன், விஷுவல் (18 May 2003). "இன்று முதல்". Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 56–57. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2024 – via Internet Archive.

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