Unakkaga Mattum
Unakkaga Mattum is a 2000 Tamil drama film directed by Chinni Jayanth, making his directorial debut. The film features himself, newcomer Adhithya, newcomer Poonam and Ramji in lead roles. The film, produced by Jayasree Narayanan, had musical score by newcomer Bobby Shankar, Shankar's son (of the duo Shankar Ganesh) and was released in 2000 to negative reviews.[1]
| Unakkaga Mattum | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Chinni Jayanth |
| Produced by | Jayasree Narayanan |
| Written by | Chinni Jayanth |
| Starring |
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| Music by | Bobby Shankar (songs) Devendran (score) |
| Cinematography | K. S. Uthaya Sankar |
| Edited by | P. A. Balamurugan |
Production company | Kamalam Movies |
Release date | 21 July 2000 |
Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
Subramani (Adhitya), a timid and rich Brahmin boy, falls in love with Lakshmi (Poonam), a poor girl. Raja (Chinni Jayanth), a rich drunkard, joins the college. Raja falls for Lakshmi but later withdraws, and he is content to remain her good friend. Subramani begins to suspect the relationship between Raja and Lakshmi. Subramani becomes a drunkard, although Raja stops drinking alcohol.
Cast
- Chinni Jayanth as Raja
- Adhitya as Subramani
- Poonam as Lakshmi
- Ramji as Guru
- Vinu Chakravarthy
- Pandu as a professor
- Laxmi Rathan as Subramani's father
- Sathyapriya as Lakshmi's mother
- Kavitha
- Shanthi Williams as Mangalam, Subramani's mother
- Singamuthu
- Omakuchi Narasimhan
- Sukran
- Badava Gopi
- Bosskey as Coconut seller
Awards
The film has won the following awards since its release :
2000 Film Fans Association
- Won - Commendation award - Chinni Jayanth[2]
Soundtrack
| Unakkaga Mattum | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Bobby Shankar | |
| Released | 2000 |
| Recorded | 2000 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Producer | Bobby Shankar |
The soundtrack was composed by film composer Bobby Shankar. The soundtrack, released in 2000, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by Pulamaipithan and Kavi Varma.[3]
| Track | Song | Singer(s) | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 'Ammaadi Nee Enna' | Unni Menon | 4:48 |
| 2 | 'Kaadhal Seiya' | Unni Menon, Srinivas | 4:37 |
| 3 | 'Gopala Site Adichcha' | Dinesh, Sujatha Mohan | 4:17 |
| 4 | 'Ninaichcha Mudippen' | Dinesh | 4:12 |
| 5 | 'Penn Pookkalodu' | Srinivas, Dinesh | 4:25 |
| 6 | 'Vizhiyodu' | Srinivas, Sujatha Mohan | 4:25 |
Reception
BBThots wrote "The movie is an amazing combination of bad direction, characterization and dialogs".[4] Chennai Online wrote "Insipid direction, weakly etched characters and lacklustre narration characterises the film".[5]
References
- "Filmography of unakkaga mattum". cinesouth.com. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- "The Hindu : The ones who made a mark". hindu.com. 6 July 2001. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- "Unnakkaa Mattum Songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- "UNAKKAAGA MATTUM". bbthots.com. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20020523201401/http://www.chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov53.asp