Indru Mudhal (transl. From Today) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by M. A. Murugesh. The film stars Mithun, Daisy Bopanna and Nanditha, while Nagesh and K. S. Ravikumar also appear in supporting roles. The film was released on 1 May 2003.
Synopsis
Krishna and Geeta, students at the navy cadet college, are constantly at each other's throats. However, they soon realise that they are long lost childhood friends.
The film marked the directorial debut of M. A. Murugesh, who had previously worked as an apprentice under director K. S. Ravikumar. The shoot of the film was held at locations including the VGP Golden Beach resort in Chennai, as well as Kodaikanal and Gujarat, where they shot scenes depicting the 2001 Gujarat earthquake. Further scenes were shot depicting a cycle race featuring 200 young people, while the climax was filmed on a large ship, the N. N. Cauveri.[1]
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Deva, with lyrics written by Pa. Vijay.[2]
Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote, "The debutant director takes the narration from the hill-station, to the earthquake-hit Bhuj, and back to the hill-station, to add some drama and generate interest in his sweet hearts-separeated-at-childhood story. All to no avail".[3] Visual Dasan of Kalki wrote though director is inspired from Kadhal Kottai, he has succeeded in maintaining the same tempo from that film while praising the humour of Ravikumar and Ramesh Khanna, Deva's music and Rengasamy's cinematography but panned Nanditha's character and concluded saying although the story is old, the film survives because the visuals are fresh.[4] The film did not perform well at the box office.[5]
