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Navarasa Thilagam

Navarasa Thilagam is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Kamran, starring Ma Ka Pa Anand and Srushti Dange. Produced by Sudharshan Vembatty, the film began production in early 2015 and released in February 2016.

Cast

Production

Ma Ka Pa Anand shot for the film simultaneously alongside his commitments for Panjumittai, Atti and Deepavali Thuppakki.[1] The film was predominantly shot in Pollachi and was completed by September 2015.[2] Songs were also shot in Kutralam and Thenkasi.[3] The lead pair refused to shoot a kissing scene in the film, and stated that the director failed to disclose the shot in the original narration of the script.[4][5]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Siddharth Vipin.[citation needed]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Ayyayyo Vasama"Karthik, Sunitha Sarathy 
2."Oru Kattu"Jagadish, Vishnupriya 
3."Dummy Davali"Jagadish, Naresh Iyer 
4."Kolla Azhagukari"Anthony Daasan 
5."Angaliya"Anthony Daasan 

Critical reception

M. Suganth of The Times of India wrote, "Navarasa Thilagam is a film that thinks of itself as a comedy while not making an effort to be one. The writing is quite bland (there is zero effort in building up the central romantic track) and the narrative predictable (we even get a hapless 'foreign mapillai'), and it is left to the cast to shore up the film."[6] Malini Mannath of The New Indian Express wrote, "The screenplay is more verbal in its take. The script may have seemed good on paper, but on the screen it falls flat. If only it had some punch and was crafted more interestingly [..] Navarasa Thilagam is, at most, a promising effort from a debutant maker."[7] Sify wrote "Overall, Navarasa Thilagam is a damp squib and the joke is only on us!."[8]

References

  1. ^ K R, Manigandan (6 January 2016). "I Never Watch Serious Films Even on TV: Anandh". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  2. ^ Balachandran, Logesh (10 September 2015). "Ma Ka Pa's next is a comedy entertainer". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  3. ^ Naig, Udhav; Lakshmi, K. (4 September 2015). "Actor's directorial debut finally seeing the light of day". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  4. ^ Balachandran, Logesh (16 September 2015). "Srushti and Ma Ka Pa were against kiss scene!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  5. ^ Bhavanishankar, Jyothsna. "I STOOD MY GROUND AND SAID I WILL NOT DO THE KISSING SCENE-SRUSHTI DANGE". Behindwoods. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  6. ^ Suganth, M (20 February 2016). "Navarasa Thilagam Movie Review". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  7. ^ Mannath, Malini (20 February 2016). "Navarasa Thilagam Review: Good on Paper, Flat on Screen". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Navarasa Thilagam review". Sify. 20 February 2016. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2016.