Audio Beat: Muthal Thagaval Arikkai

Mudhal Thagaval Arikkai

What it is about…

Vellithirai Talkies’ Muthal Thagaval Arikkai , produced by Mujieeb and A. R. Surriyan and directed by Pa. Rajaganesan, features Rayan and Kalpana Jeyam in the lead. Mujieeb has also donned the important role of a police officer in the film. Raja Parthipan has handled the camera, while Ravi Raagav has scored the music. Rangees Chandrasekar has edited the film and N. K. Siva has choreographed the dances. The special effects are by C. Sethu and the stunts by Speed Mohan. The audio was released by director Balu Mahendra and received by director Kalaipuli Sekaran.

Music highlights

The soundtrack has four songs and 3 short numbers. ‘Kulachi Kalachi,’ sung by Aalaap Raju and Sri Vardhini, scores. If ‘Un Athanum Nanthane’ is rendered beautifully by Senthildas and Surmukhi, ‘Un Oorengum Veesum’ is an interesting short song by Sathyaprakash interspersed with humming by M. M. Monisha. ‘Sarakethuna Murukerudhu,’ sung by Ujjaine Roy, is likely to go down well with the masses. ‘Manarkudi Mathilallagu’ in Jay Murthy D’s voice has a catchy rhythm. ‘Yaar Yengo Pirandhom,’ sung by the music director himself and ‘Kolaiveri Narigalai,’ by MLR Karthikeyan, are short numbers well rendered.

What they say…

Producer A. R. Surriyan: We (Mujieeb and I) are happy to have produced the movie. Mujeeb who aspired to become an actor also got to play an important role in it. He came to Chennai and joined us on the first day of our shoot. After seeing his enthusiasm I asked him to collaborate with me and he readily agreed. I have earlier produced

Amma Appa Chellam and two other films. We had a lot of trust in director Rajaganesan and needless to say he has done justice to the script.

Director P. A. Rajaganesan: I have written the story and dialogue and worked as a co-director for AmmaAppa Chellam (2005), which fetched me the State award for Best Story. I have worked under director Sivakumar Mohan for more than 40 ads and documentaries. When I got the opportunity to do Muthal Thagaval Arikkai I was delighted as the story is about the supernatural. Hero Rayan: I have acted in seven Malayalam films directed by Joshi and played the second lead in the Agathiyan-directed Ramakrishna in Tamil. In Suzhal , my role is that of an innocent young man, Maran, from Mannarkudi, whose destiny is drastically altered by a few people. He tries to take revenge on them which makes for an interesting screenplay. A challenging character, I sport two looks in the film — one required me to gain weight and the other, shown in a flashback, called for losing weight. Music director Ravi Raagav: I started taking lessons in Western classical music from Dhanraj master from the age of 13. Since my father, J. V. Raghavulu, was a music director in Telugu, I too got interested in music direction. I started playing the violin for my father and later on for other music directors. I have passed the fifth grade theory exam conducted by Trinity College of Music, London. I have worked as an assistant to Raj Koti (Telugu), Mani Sharma, Srikant Deva and Thaman S. This is my second movie as music director. Here, the live orchestra, comprising violins, cello, bass rhythms, flute, mukhaveena, harmonium and clarinet, predominates and I have restricted the use of the keyboard.