Manthiran

Manthiran is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Ravichandran and starring Hamsavardhan and Shruthi Raj. The film is based on the story of Pon Navarasu.^[1]

Manthiran
Poster
Directed by	Ravichandran
Written by	Ravichandran
Produced by	Ravichandran
Starring	Hamsavardhan Sruthi
Cinematography	Karthik Raja
Music by	Dhina
Production company	Sai Baba Creations
Release date	8 December 2005 (2005-12-08)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• Hamsavardhan as Hamsa
• Shruthi Raj as Abhi
• Rajan P. Dev as a local gangster
• Kadhal Sukumar
• Balaji
• Besant Ravi
• Azhagu
• Delhi Ganesh as House owner
• Ravichandran in a cameo appearance
• Abhinayashree in a cameo appearance

Production

Ravichandran made his debut as a director with this film. The film stars his son, Hamsavardhan, in the lead role, and his co-produced by Balaji, Hamsavardhan's brother. Raga debuts as the heroine with this film and Abhinayashree worked on an item number. The songs are choreographed by Sridhar and K. Sivasankar.^[2]

Reception

Sify wrote that "Hardly a twist, Mandiran is as soggy as the recent rains".^[3] Chennai Online wrote "The young actor [Hamsavardhan], with some forgettable films behind him, has handled his role with competence, using his body language and voice modulation to good effect".^[4] The film was unsuccessful at the box office.^[5]