Mounam Pesiyadhe

Mounam Pesiyadhe
Official poster
Directed by	Ameer Sultan
Produced by	Ganesh Raghu Karthik Radhakrishnan Venky Narayanan Rajan Radhakrishnan
Written by	Ameer Sultan
Starring	Suriya Trisha Nandha Maha
Music by	Yuvan Shankar Raja
Cinematography	Ramji
Editing by	Suresh Urs
Studio	Aparajeeth Films
Distributed by	Gemini Productions
Release date(s)	December 14, 2002
Running time	168 min
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Mounam Pesiyadhe (English: Silence Spoke) is a 2002 Indian Tamil romantic drama film, directed and written by Ameer Sultan, making his directorial debut. It stars Suriya, Trisha, newcomers Nandha and Mahaa and choreographer-turned-actor Anju Mahendra in supporting roles along with several other newcomers, while Laila Mehdin appears in a cameo role during the climax. The score and soundtrack were composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja went on to become a major success and proved to be a highlight of the film. The film, released on December 14, 2002, was a success at the box office. It was later dubbed into Telugu as Kanchu and released in 2004.

Plot

Gautham (Suriya) is a restaurant owner. He dislikes the idea of young couples flirting with each other in the name of "love". His close friend Kannan (Nandha), on the other hand, is just the opposite. He introduces himself as an employed bachelor to every girl he meets on the road.

Kannan falls in love with a young girl Maha (Maha). Unfortunately, Kannan's marriage is arranged with his cousin Sandhya (Trisha Krishnan). Neither Kannan nor Sandhya are interested in the proposal. When Gautham talks to Sandhya on behalf of Kannan and explains her that his friend is in love with someone else, Sandhya tells Gautham that she too is not interested in marrying Kannan. She even says that her dream is to marry someone like Gautham.

Gautham's disbelief in love fades out after meeting Sandhya. He falls in love with her. But, there is an interesting twist in the movie and it is not the usual climax you might expect to see.

Cast

• Suriya as Gautham
• Trisha Krishnan as Sandhiya
• Nandha as Kannan
• Maha as Mahalakshmi
• Anju Mahendra as Selvam
• Laila in a cameo role

Crew

• Story, Screenplay, Dialogues & Direction: Ameer Sultan
• Production: Ganesh Raghu, Karthik Radhakrishnan, Venky Narayanan & Rajan Radhakrishnan
• Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
• Cinematography: Ramji
• Editing: Suresh Urs
• Art direction: Rajeevan
• Stunts: 'Stun' Siva
• Choreography: Kalyan, Dinesh & Anju Mahendra
• Stills: Karthikgopi
• Lyrics: Vaali, Kamakodiyan, Snehan, Puthuvai Nambi & Ameer Sultan
• Banner: Aparajeeth Films

Soundtrack

Mounam Pesiyadhe
Soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Released	October 26, 2002 (India)
Recorded	2002
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	New Music
Producer	Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Bala (2002) Mounam Pesiyadhe (2002) Punnagai Poove (2002)

The soundtrack was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja and released on October 6, 2002. It features 8 tracks overall with lyrics penned by Vaali, Kamakodiyan, Snehan, Puthuvai Nambi and director Ameer Sultan himself. The soundtrack, upon release, was very much appreciated and became very successful. Yuvan Shankar Raja himself claimed the album to be "the best he ever created since he became music director" till then.^[1]

Track	Song	Singer(s)	Duration	Lyricist	Notes
1	"En Anbae En Anbae"	Shankar Mahadevan	4:45	Kamakodiyan
2	"Chinna Chinnathai"	Hariharan, Yuvan Shankar Raja	5:16	Pudhuvai Nambi
3	"Aadatha Aatamellam"	Karthik	4:29	Snehan
4	"Eh Nanbane Kopam"	Hariharan, Shankar Mahadevan	4:13	Snehan
5	"Arupadhu Aayidichu"	Manikka Vinayagam, Malgudi Subha	3:50	Vaali
6	"Ilamai Oorai Sutrum"	Nidhesh Gopalan, Yuvan Shankar Raja	4:01	Vaali
7	"Love All Day" (Theme Music)	Instrumental	1:52	Ameer Sultan
8	"Kannil Kanthamey"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Thara	4:50	Ameer Sultan

Production

Shooting took place in Chennai, Pondicherry and at several places in and around India.^[2] Moreover, a huge 30-lakhs-worth set was erected by art director Rajeevan at Pondicherry, India for a song.^[3]

Box office

• The film was a super hit and grossed $6 million at the box office.

References

1. ^ "Mounam Pesiyadhe". chennaionline.com. http://archives.chennaionline.com/location/mounam.asp. Retrieved 2009-06-01. 
2. ^ "Mounam Pesiyadhe". chennaionline.com. http://archives.chennaionline.com/location/mounam.asp. Retrieved 2009-06-01. 
3. ^ "Mounam Pesiyadhe". chennaionline.com. http://archives.chennaionline.com/location/mounam.asp. Retrieved 2009-06-01. 

External links

• Mounam Pesiyadhe at the Internet Movie Database