Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey

Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey (2012)

மாலை பொழுதின் மயக்கத்திலே

The budding romance of a wannabe filmmaker, disturbed marital life of a techie, business troubles of the manager of the coffee shop are dealt with in detail.

Date of release
2012-07-27
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 55m
Genres
Romance, Drama
Director
Narayan Nagendra Rao

Casting

Interesting facts

Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language independent romance film written and directed by Narayan Nagendra Rao in his debut. Produced by C. H. Mayuri Shekar of Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Creations, it stars Aari Arujunan and Shubha Phutela in her only acting credit, with Subbu Panchu, R. S. Shivaji, Balaji Venugopal, Tejasvini and Karunakaran in pivotal roles. Set in real time, it follows two strangers, played by Aari and Phutela, falling in love after meeting in a coffee shop. The music was composed by Achu, cinematography was handled by Gopi Amarnath and editing by M. Thiyagarajan. The film was released on 27 July 2012.

Production

Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey is the directorial debut of Narayan Nagendra Rao. He revealed that the idea for the film occurred to him on a rainy day during his visit to a coffee shop when he was "down and out". According to him, "The run time and the psychological time of the story is the same" in the film. C. H.

Shubha Phutela was cast as the lead actress. A non-native Tamil speaker, she had to learn the language, and it took her over two months of practice to get the pronunciation right. The director wanted to opt for live-sound recording, making it more difficult for Phutela. She had to opt out of a Kannada film Jai Bajarangabali, choosing to give her priority dates to completing Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey.

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