Kizhakku Mugam

Kizhakku Mugam
Kizhakku Mugam
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Directed by	M. Anna Thurai
Written by	M. Anna Thurai
Produced by	P. Govindaraj; M. Thangavel;
Starring	Karthik; Reshma;
Cinematography	Shantha Moorthy
Edited by	K. P. K. Raviy
Music by	Adithyan
Production; company	Thai Films International
Release date	15 January 1996;
Running time	135 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kizhakku Mugam (transl. East Face) is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by M. Anna Thurai, starring Karthik and newcomer Reshma. It was released on 15 January 1996,^[1] and failed at the box office.

Plot

Venu and his friend Mukka work at the graveyard. Venu has a mother and a sister called Sindhamani, a studious student. Poongodi, daughter of the village president, eve-teases Sindhamani. Venu orders to Poongodi to stop it immediately and Poongodi decides to revenge Venu. They have some quarrels. Nagaraj, Poongodi's uncle and a smuggler, wants to marry his niece Poongodi. After Poongodi's puberty ceremony, she changes her behaviour and shows sympathy for Venu.

The village president doesn't seem to care about caste or money, so he united many lovers. One day, Nagaraj steals the god status at the temple but Venu beats up the henchmen and he brings back the status. The village's Brahmins criticised his action and to prove the opposite, he recites Sanskrit very well. The village priest proposes to marry his daughter but Venu declares that Poongodi and he are in love. Poongodi's father supplies Poongodi to forget him and Poongodi's father arranges to find a groom but Kannapan, a bad turns good after Venu's advises, helps Venu by menacing the grooms. All the village supports Venu and they don't understand Poongodi's father hypocritical decision.

The village priest asks the Venu's past and his mother discloses that he is not her real son. Venu was the son of a widow Brahmin and he was a gifted boy appreciated by the village priest. Venu's real mother worked in her relative's house and her chief decided to rape her, the chief's wife surprised them and humiliated Venu's real mother in front of the villagers. Venu's real mother and the chief committed suicide. Venu leaves his village with his mother dead-body and he was adopted by a poor family. Poongodi's father accepts his caste, he requests him to separate from his poor family, Venu refuses here and now.

Later, Nagaraj kidnaps Sindhamani and tries to rape her, though to save her virginity, she commits suicide. Venu fights against Nagaraj's henchmen and kills Nagaraj. Feeling guilty of Sindhamani's death, Poongodi's father accepts Venu to marry his daughter.

Cast

Karthik as Venu ('Vettiyan' Venugopal)
Reshma as Poongodi
Radha Ravi as the village president and Poongodi's father
Anandaraj as Nagaraj
Charle as Mukka
Delhi Ganesh
Alex as Kannapan
Vadivukkarasi as Venu's mother
T. S. Raghavendra as the chief
Sathyapriya as Poongodi's mother
Kumarimuthu as a villager
Shanthi Williams

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Adithyan, with lyrics written by Vairamuthu.^[2]

Song	Singer(s)	Duration
"Chinthamani"	K. S. Chithra	3:41
"Muthu Muthu"	Shahul Hameed, Sujatha	4:18
"Kadhal Enbadhu"	Adithyan	4:39
"Aathukullea"	P. Unni Krishnan, Sangeetha Sajith	4:59
"Kannum Kannum"	K. S. Chithra, Adithyan	5:32
"Naangu Vedham"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	2:20
"Iniyenna Pechu" (female)	Vasavi	4:01
"Iniyenna Pechu" (male)	Unni Menon	3:33

Release and reception

The film was released simultaneously alongside Karthik's other film Ullathai Allitha on 15 January 1996 and failed at the box-office.^[3] D. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu wrote "Kizhakku Mugam, a ticklish theme handled on its merit by director M. Annadurai. Karthik who has opened the year with a good note in [Ullathai Allitha], maintains the vein".^[4]

References

^ "Kizhakku mugam ( 1996 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
^ "Kizhakke Mugam / Street Fighter". AVDigital. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ "25 வருடங்களுக்கு முந்தை பொங்கல் திரைப்படங்கள்...!". News18 (in Tamil). 14 January 2022. Archived from the original on 15 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
^ Ramanujam, D. S. (26 January 1996). "Cinema: Kizhakku Mugam/Thaayagam/Aruvaa Velu/Bandit Queen". The Hindu. p. 26. Archived from the original on 21 December 1996. Retrieved 11 July 2023.

External links

Kizhakku Mugam at IMDb

[1] "Kizhakku mugam ( 1996 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.

[2] "Kizhakke Mugam / Street Fighter". AVDigital. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.

[3] "25 வருடங்களுக்கு முந்தை பொங்கல் திரைப்படங்கள்...!". News18 (in Tamil). 14 January 2022. Archived from the original on 15 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.

[4] Ramanujam, D. S. (26 January 1996). "Cinema: Kizhakku Mugam/Thaayagam/Aruvaa Velu/Bandit Queen". The Hindu. p. 26. Archived from the original on 21 December 1996. Retrieved 11 July 2023.

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