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Wikipedia article




'Marina' is a 2012 Tamil-language comedy drama film written, produced, and directed by Pandiraj starring Sivakarthikeyan in his feature film debut with Oviya alongside, Pakkada Pandi, Gautham Purushoth. The music was composed by Girishh G. The movie released on 3 February 2012. This film won 2 Tamil Nadu State film awards for best dialogue writer and special jurie best film award. It received good reviews and had a decent run at the box-office.

Plot



Ambikapathy (Pakkada Pandi) is an orphan runaway who escapes from his cruel uncle to Chennai and eventually ends up at Marina Beach. He earns his livelihood by selling drinking water packets and later poached chickpeas to people visiting the beach. His calm and mature manners win him the admiration and later the friendship of other boys employed at the beach. Ambikapathy dreams of being educated, so he works in the day to save money for schooling whilst trying to study at night on his own. His desire to be enrolled in a proper school slowly begins to rub off on the other children on the beach. An old man (Sundararajan) and postman (Jithan Mohan) are the guardian of sorts for these street-children. The beach also attracts many lovebirds; one such couple is Senthilnathan (Sivakarthikeyan) and Swapnasundari (Oviya).

Cast



*Sivakarthikeyan as Senthilnaathan (Senthil)

*Oviya as Swapnasundari (Swapna)

*Pakkada Pandi as Ambikapathy

*Gautham Purushoth as Kailasam

*V. J. Sabarna

*Jithan Mohan as Postman

*Jaya Shri as Annamma

*Sundararajan as Old Man

*Sathish (child actor)

*Senthi Kumari as Swapnasundari's mother

*Sathish as Makudu, Senthil's friend

*Ramesh Thilak as Courier Boy

*Jayaprakash in a guest appearance as school owner

Special appearances in Promotional song by :

*Vikram

*Prakash Raj

*Sasikumar

*Ameer

*Sneha

*Vimal

Production



Like Pandiraj's debut film 'Pasanga', 'Marina' too revolves around children, focusing on street-children at Chennai's the Marina beach, who peddle snacks and knick-knacks to survive. The film is said to be inspired from Mira Nair's critically acclaimed Hindi film 'Salaam Bombay!' (1988).

Box office



'Marina' opened at No.1 accounting for 51% of the takings in Chennai box office[http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-slide-shows/movie-4/top-ten-movies-feb-06/tamil-cinema-topten-movie-marina.html Marina opened at No.1 in Chennai box office] and 39% in its second weekend.The movie had a long run at the box-office.[http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-slide-shows/movie-4/top-ten-movies-feb-13/tamil-cinema-topten-movie-marina.html Marina remains at No.1 in Chennai on its second weekend]

Critical reception



Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff.com rated Marina 3/5 stating that it is "worth a watch." Rohit Ramachandran of Nowrunning.com rated it 2/5 calling it a "failed attempt at making a companion piece to Pasanga." Sify's Moviebuzz dismissed the film as "boring." Behindwoods Review Board rated it 2.5/5 calling Marina a "pleasant beach"

Soundtrack



The soundtrack of 'Marina', composed by the debut music director London based musician Girishh G, was released on 9 January 2012 at the Marina Beach. The song "Vanakkam Vaazhavaikkum Chennai", penned by Na. Muthukumar, which talks about life in Chennai, would feature several noted film personalities. The songs received positive reviews.

References




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