Unakkaga Mattum


Unakkaga Mattum is a 2000 Tamil drama film directed by Chinni Jayanth, making his directorial debut. The film features himself, newcomer Adhithya, newcomer Poonam and Ramji in lead roles. The film, produced by Jayasree Narayanan, had musical score by newcomer Bobby Shankar, Shankar's son and was released in 2000 to negative reviews.

Plot

Subramani, a timid and rich Brahmin boy, falls in love with Lakshmi, a poor girl. Raja, 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

The film has won the following awards since its release :
2000 Film Fans Association
The soundtrack was composed by film composer 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".