Munnar (film)

Munnar is a 2009 Tamil thriller film directed by K. Thambi Durai. The film features Ranjith, Prem and K. Thambi Durai in lead roles. The film had musical score by Devendran and was released on 2 October 2009.^[1][2]

Plot

Vaithyaraman (R. Sundarrajan) researches his brother Chandra Mouli (K. Thambi Durai), missed during his honeymoon, and Sandhya (Rithima), Chandra Mouli's wife, became mentally ill. Karthikeyan (Ranjith), a CBI officer, takes charge of the case.

Cast

• Ranjith as Karthikeyan
• Prem as Shankar
• K. Thambi Durai as Chandra Mouli
• Ragasya as Vandana
• Rithima as Sandhya
• K. R. Vijaya as a judge
• Vadivukkarasi as Sandhya's mother
• R. Sundarrajan as Vaithyaraman
• Vaiyapuri as Kanagavel
• O. A. K. Sundar as Kathirvel
• Mahanadi Shankar as Rajakumaran

Production

K. Thambi Durai, a former Assistant director to 7th Channel Manickam Narayanan, announced the film with Riyaz Khan to play the second hero in the film. Music is by Devendran and the camera work is by C. Marimuthu who has done 24 Malayalam films, the British film In The Name Of God and the Tamil film Kanamma. Reddy master does the choreography while L. Kesavan is the editor. The film launch was attended by KRG, Manickam Narayanan, Kaja Mydeen, Ibrahim Rowther, Abirami Ramanathan, Kalipuli G.Sekar and Riyaz Khan among others. Riyaz Khan revealed that he is playing a second hero in the film. “The film is a thriller and my character in the film is attracted by fragrance of the heroine in the car she has sat in and left just before I enter. I don’t see her but only feel her presence through the fragrance. It’s a heroine oriented subject,” he revealed. Riyaz Khan was later replaced by Ranjith. The scenes has been mainly shot in Munnar, Kodaikanal, Ooty and Thekkady. ^[3]

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Devendran. The soundtrack, released in 2009, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Piraisoodan, P. Vijay, Snehan and newcomer Muniyappa Raj.^[4]

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