Machakaaran

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Machakaaran
Directed byTamilvannan
Written byTamilvannan
Produced byMadras Entertainment
StarringJeevan
Kamna Jethmalani
CinematographyA. Venkatesh
Edited byRajamohamed
Music byYuvan Shankar Raja
Production
company
Madras Entertainment
Release date
  • 8 November 2007 (2007-11-08)
Running time
142 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Machakaaran is a 2007 Indian Tamil romantic action film written and directed by Tamilvannan of Kalvanin Kadhali fame. The film stars Jeevan and Kamna Jethmalani in lead roles.[1] The film score and soundtrack were composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film was released on 8 November 2007 during Diwali and released to highly negative reviews. However, the film was dubbed into Telugu later and released as Dheera in 2009.

Plot

Vicky (Jeevan) is the eldest son of a railway officer. He is a perpetual loser in whatever he does and is looked down by his other family members. One day, he meets Shivani (Kamna Jethmalani), the daughter of a rich textile tycoon, who has brought all the luck to her father Rajangam (G. M. Kumar). Soon, the "unlucky" Vicky is drawn towards the "lucky" Shivani, and they fall madly in love. Due to circumstances, they are forced to elope, with Shivani’s cop brother in hot pursuit. The lovers decide to go to Rajangam’s village in Theni, where he is considered and treated as "Mr. Nice Guy", a philanthropist and savior of the locals, and is given the honour of conducting the temple Thiruvizha every year. How the runaway couple against all odds rips his good guy image and exposes him in front of the entire village forms the rest of this predictable yarn.

Cast

Soundtrack

Machakaaran
Soundtrack album by
Released24 October 2007 (2007-10-24)
Recorded2007
GenreFilm soundtrack
LabelBig Music
ProducerYuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Vel
(2007)
Machakaaran
(2007)
Billa
(2007)

For the musical score of Machakaaran, director Thamizhvaanan teamed up with composer Yuvan Shankar Raja again, after the duo gave chart-topping songs in the director's previous venture Kalvanin Kadhali (2005). The soundtrack, which features 5 tracks overall, was released on 24 October 2007 and garnered generally positive reviews.[2]

Track Song Singer(s) Duration Lyricist Notes
1 "Nellayila Mannedutha" Roshini 4:43 Pa. Vijay
2 "Vaanathayum Megathayum" Haricharan 4:49 Pa. Vijay
3 "Vayasu Ponnukku" Mahalakshmi Iyer 3:47 Pa. Vijay
4 "Jigiruthaanda" Shankar Mahadevan, Snekha Bandh 4:21 Pa. Vijay
5 "Nee Nee Nee" Hariharan, Madhushree 4:33 Devandharan

Reception

A critic from Rediff.com rated the film 12 out of 5 stars and wrote that "Machakkaran is a sheer waste of time, money, efforts and everything else thanks to the absence of anything worthwhile during its span of approximately 195 minutes".[3] A critic from Sify wrote that the film "turns out to be a hackneyed, boring regressive piece of kitsch, that leaves you exhausted at the end!"[4] A critic from Behindwoods rated the film two out of five stars and wrote that "The movie starts off sluggishly and gathers momentum in the second half but lacks suspense. Jeevan’s witty ploys do appear interesting to a point beyond which it gets predictable".[5]

References

  1. ^ "Machakaran". Sify. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022.
  2. Rediff. Archived
    from the original on 10 October 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Machakkaran: Sheer waste of money, time". Archived from the original on 16 November 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Machakaran". Sify. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022.
  5. ^ "MACHAKARAN MOVIE REVIEW cast crew JEEVAN KAMNA JETHMALINI MALAVIKA MS BHASKAR Direction TAMILVAANAN Music YUVAN SHANKAR RAJA Production MADRAS ENTERTAINMENTS movie wallpapers hot stills picture image gallery". Archived from the original on 16 November 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

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