Megha (2014 film)

Megha is an 2014 Indian Tamil romantic thriller ^[1] film written and directed by Karthik Rishi, a former associate of Subramaniam Siva.^[2] Jointly produced by Albert James and S. Selvakumar, the film features Ashwin Kakumanu, Srushti Dange and Angana Roy in the lead roles, while Jayaprakash, Ravi Prakash, Naren, Meera and Nithya make up the supporting cast.^[3] The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film released on August 29, 2014.^[4]

Cast

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The album features six tracks, one of which was "Putham Pudhu Kaalai" from the film Alaigal Oivathillai which was reused in this film. Ilaiyaraaja himself had sung two songs in the film and his son Yuvan Shankar Raja had rendered two songs. Ilaiyaraaja stated that he agreed to compose the music since he liked the story and the screenplay.^[5]

The music was well received by critics. The New Indian Express called Ilaiyaraja's songs and the score "the film's strength",^[6] and Sify wrote, "Ilayaraja owns most of scenes in the movie with his background score and is indeed a backbone for propelling the narration in the screenplay".^[7][8]

• Mugilo Megamo - Yuvan Shankar Raja, Ramya NSK
• Chellam - Yuvan Shankar Raja, Ramya NSK
• Enna Vendum - Karthik, Priyadarshini
• Jeevane - Ilayaraja
• Putham Pudhu Kaalai - Anitha Karthikeyan
• Kalvane - Haricharan, Ramya NSK

Critical reception

The New Indian Express wrote, "The pace of the movie is too leisurely for a crime thriller. Also, not much importance is given to the crafting of the investigation episodes as has been given to the romantic interludes. One can feel a sense of imbalance in the narration as it shifts from one to the other".^[9] Behindwoods.com gave 2.25 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Gurudev's camera captures the beauty of rain in its majestic splendor which becomes the major highlight of the film. Karthik Rishi’s product is further strengthened by Ilayaraja’s scores and background tracks. However, the director scrambles to tilt these two major positives to his story's favor. Megha also wobbles weakly between the genres of romance and thriller resulting in a neither here nor there feeling for the viewer".^[10] Only Kollywood wrote, "Megha is a romantic thriller solely riding on the shoulders of Ilaiyaraja’s exhilarating background score. It has a wafer-thin, done-to-death plot which demanded a much better writing to make the audiences sit through the film".^[11]

Sify gave a more positive review, writing, "Megha is an attempt that stands out from the run-of-the-mill template with an innovative screenplay".^[12]

References

External links

• Megha at the Internet Movie Database