Mahesh, Saranya Matrum Palar

Mahesh, Saranya Matrum Palar (transl. Mahesh, Saranya and many others) is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Ravi, starring Sakthi Vasu and Sandhya. The film, produced by Chida Shenbaga Kumar under the banner, Kool Productions,^[1] was released on 28 November 2008.^[2]

Mahesh, Saranya Matrum Palar
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	P. V. Ravi
Written by	P. V. Ravi
Produced by	Chida.Shenbaga kumar
Starring	Sakthi Sandhya Saranya Mohan
Cinematography	K. Gunasekaran
Edited by	K. Mohan Kumar
Music by	Vidyasagar
Production company	Kool Productions
Release date	28 November 2008 (2008-11-28)
Running time	145 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Mahesh returns to his family from Chennai, where he is studying. He comes to Chennai for the wedding of his sister Keerthana, who he dotes on. He starts telling her about a girl Saranya, with whom he accidentally meets and falls in love with. Slowly, at regular intervals, this narration continues as everyone on the large household joins one by one to hear Mahesh's love story. Finally, on the day of Keerthana's marriage, a twist in the story happens as Mahesh is forced to confess the climax of his love story. When he is leaving, Saranya is brutally murdered by a rowdy. Mahesh goes after the rowdy and hacks him to death. Before going to jail, he wants to see Keerthana married. After the marriage, Mahesh turns himself to the police.

Cast

• Sakthi Vasu as Mahesh
• Sandhya as Saranya
• Saranya Mohan as Keerthana
• Srinath as Vaidyanathan
• Santhanam as Mahesh's friend
• Srithika
• Vinodhini
• N. Anand
• Kalyanamalai Mohan
• Nandha Saravanan
• John Amirtharaj
• Keerthi Chawla in a special appearance

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Vidyasagar.^[3]

Song Title	Singers	Lyrics
"Vaikarai Paniyae"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	Yugabharathi
"Thanthathil Seitha Nila"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	Jayantha
"Thajam Thajam"	Binny Krishnakumar	P. Vijay
"Vizhiyil Vizhiyil"	Haricharan, Rita
"En Padal"	Saindhavi	Yugabharathi
"Katrae Katrae"	Benny Dayal	Na. Muthukumar
"En Uyirukkul"	Rajalakshmi, Tippu	Jayantha
"Yaarathu Yaarathu"	Karthik	P. Vijay

Critical reception

The Hindu wrote, "Mahesh, Saranya, Matrum Palar is a neat family film. It is also true that things are unbelievably hunky-dory in this joint family and hence, too cinematic".^[4] Rediff gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "The title is in itself an interesting one and you settle down with some anticipation. But pretty soon you wish debutante director P V Ravi had concentrated as much on his screenplay as he did in naming the film", calling it a "love-story that lacks spice".^[5] Sify wrote, "if there's only one reason which makes Mahesh Saranya Matrum Palar watchable is Shakti...He is in very good form even though the film isn't, with its old-fashioned plot points and characters. But it's not entirely unwatchable due to the manner in which it is narrated and the final twist in the story".^[6] Kabilan of Kalki praised the acting of Sakthi and Sandhya and humour but panned Vidyasagar's music and cinematography and also felt some of the scenes were too lengthy.^[7]