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Unakkaga Mattum
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Wikipedia article
'Unakkaga Mattum' is a 2000 Tamil language drama film directed by Chinni Jayanth, making his directorial debut. The film stars himself, newcomer Adhithya, newcomer Poonam and Ramji. The film, produced by Jayasree Narayanan, had musical score by newcomer Bobby Shankar, Shankar's son (of the duo ShankarGanesh) and was released in 2000 to negative reviews.
Plot
Subramani (Adhitya), a timid and rich Brahmin boy, falls in love with Lakshmi (Poonam), a poor girl. Raja (Chinni Jayanth), a rich drunkard, joins the college. Raja falls for Lakshmi but later withdraws, and he is content to remain her good friend. Subramani begins to suspect the relationship between Raja and Lakshmi. Subramani becomes a drunkard, although Raja stops drinking alcohol.
Cast
*Chinni Jayanth as Raja
*Adhitya as Subramani
*Poonam as Lakshmi
*Ramji as Guru
*Vinu Chakravarthy
*Pandu as a professor
*Laxmi Rathan as Subramani's father
*Sathyapriya as Lakshmi's mother
*Kavitha
*Shanthi Williams as Mangalam, Subramani's mother
*Singamuthu
*Omakuchi Narasimhan
*Sukran
*Badava Gopi
*Bosskey as Coconut seller
Production
The film's lead actor, Adithya, made his acting debut in the film. Originally from Punjab, Adithya is the nephew of the choreographer, Chopra of Hindi films, and the son of the winner of the Miss India 1972 pageant.
Awards
The film has won the following awards since its release :
'2000 Film Fans Association'
* 'Won' - Commendation award - Chinni Jayanth
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Bobby Shankar. The soundtrack, released in 2000, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by Pulamaipithan and Kavi Varma.
Reception
BBThots wrote "The movie is an amazing combination of bad direction, characterization and dialogs". 'Chennai Online' wrote "Insipid direction, weakly etched characters and lacklustre narration characterises the film".
References
Category:2000 films
Category:2000s Tamil-language films
Category:2000 directorial debut films
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