Mozhi (film)

Mozhi
Directed by	Radha Mohan
Produced by	Prakash Raj
Written by	Radha Mohan
Starring	Jyothika Prithviraj Prakash Raj Swarnamalya
Music by	Vidyasagar
Cinematography	K. V. Guhan
Editing by	Mu. Kasivishwanathan
Distributed by	Oscar Films
Release dates	23 February 2007
Running time	155 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	2.25crores
Box office	10-20crores

Mozhi (Tamil: மொழி, English: Language) is a 2007 Tamil film produced by Prakash Raj and directed by Radha Mohan. Jyothika portrayed the leading character in this movie along with Prithviraj, Prakash Raj and Swarnamalya in pivotal roles. The theme is similar to the Hollywood film Children of a Lesser God and Sweet and Lowdown. Vidyasagar scored the music, whilst Mu. Kasivishwanathan handled the editing and K. V. Guhan worked as the cinmeatographer. The dialogues were written by Viji. Shooting was held at several locations including India and Mauritius. The film was released on 23 February 2007 and emerged a critical and commercial success, despite facing stiff competition from Paruthiveeran at the box-office. The film, notably, was the last film that Jyothika signed up for, as she retired from acting after marriage.

Mozhi is the first Tamil film receiving the fastest launch in the home video market. The producers had tied up with optical disc maker Moser Baer for the release. Director Radha Mohan had a plan to remake the film in Hindi, the rights of which were acquired by Boney Kapoor.

Plot

Karthik (Prithviraj) and Viji (Prakash Raj) are close buds, who are keyboard players in music director Vidyasagar’s team. They are brilliant in their work of re-recording and background scores. They are fun-loving, witty and share a great rapport. They come to live in an apartment complex where they meet a handful of interesting people. Their neighbour and flat secretary, Ananthakrishnan (Brahmanandam) is not too happy about Karthik occupying the flat and asks him to vacate as bachelors are not allowed to live there. Preethi (Neelima Rani), a girl from one of those apartments, is head over heels in love with Karthik.

One day, Karthik sees a girl (Jyothika) on the road and he is quite impressed by her attitude and guts. Later, he finds out that the girl is Archana, a deaf and mute girl who lives in the same apartment. Karthik falls in love with her, and along with Viji, try to find out more about her from her best friend Sheela (Swarnamalya). Karthik learns sign language from Sheela so that he can communicate with Archana. He wants to have her as his life partner, though she considers him as a good friend.

Archana gets angry with him eventually. She thinks that her baby will be deaf and mute just like her. Her father abandoned her after he found out about her handicap, and she is afraid that Karthik will leave her as well if their baby is like her. Karthik tries to reason with her that her father was unaware of her condition, so it took him by surprise. However, he is ready to accept her and their future children because he knows and understands them. However, his pleas are to no avail. Archana begins avoiding Karthik, and Karthik is heartbroken.

At the same time, Viji also falls in love with Sheela, who is a widow. Sheela's parents agree to the marriage, and their marriage date is fixed. On the day of Viji's wedding, Archana confesses to Karthik that she does indeed love him. The story thus concludes.

Cast

• Jothika as Archana
• Prithviraj as Karthik
• Prakash Raj as Vijayakumar (Viji)
• Swarnamalya as Angeline Sheela
• Vatsala Rajagopal as Archana's grandmother
• Brahmanandam as Ananthakrishnan
• M. S. Bhaskar
• Neelima Rani
• E. V. Ganesh Babu as Pichumani
• Ramya Subramanian as Pannaiyar's daughter

Music

The songs 'Katrin Mozhi...' and 'Sevannam Sellai Katti' were critically acclaimed. Acclaimed poet Vairamuthu has penned the lyrics for all the songs. The song Kannal Pesum is a modification of the song Elamankanniloode... I am thinking of you from the Malayalam film 'Satyam Sivam Sundaram'(2000). Vidyasagar gave the music for the Malayalam movie too.

Box-office

• Produced on a budget of $500,000, the film was a surprise hit grossing $2 million.^[1][2]

Accolades

Jothika won many awards for her excellent performance in this film. They are listed below:

1. Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
2. ITFA Award
3. Benze Award for Best Actress
4. Nominated forVijay Award for Best Actress
5. Ritz Award for Best Actress
6. Meera Tamil Music Award for Best Actress in a Song Sequence
7. 58th Film Fans Association Award for Best Actress 2007
8. Nominated for Film Fare Best Actress Award

References

External links

• Mozhi Tamil Songs Listen And Download
• Mozhi Review