Mofussil

Mofussil (transl. Rural district) is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by N. P. Sarathy and starring Akhil and Sri Divya. Having begun production in 2010, the film was released after a twelve-year delay via YouTube.

Mofussil
Promotional poster with old title Nagarpuram
Directed by	N. P. Sarathy
Produced by	D. Arumugam
Starring	Akhil Sri Divya
Cinematography	A. Jeyanand
Edited by	Kottieshwaran Suresh
Music by	Mikkin Aruldev
Production company	G. D. Films
Release date	12 December 2022 (2022-12-12)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

The film is about two brothers in a middle-class family.^[1]

Cast

• Akhil as Surya
• Sri Divya as Priya
• Pandi as Azhagu
• Manobala as Police officer
• Yogi Babu as Surya's friend
• R. N. R. Manohar as Police Inspector
• Meera Krishnan as Surya's mother
• Raviraj as Company MD

Production

The film began production in 2010 under the title Nagarpuram and was supposed to mark Sri Divya's Tamil debut.^[1] The film was shot in early 2011 near Vijayakumar's Chennai house.^{[citation needed]} The film remained unreleased despite reports that the film would release in September 2013 alongside a Telugu dubbed version.^{[citation needed]} In 2014, the producers of the film complained to Nadigar Sangam that Sri Divya was "refusing to extend her cooperation [to help release the film] stating that her star status has risen considerably".^[2]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Aruldev.^[3] The lyrics were written by Yugabharathi, Na. Muthukumar and Jaya Murasu.^[4] This was the second film Aruldev worked on after Potta Potti (2011). Initially, Hariharan sang for "Mazhaiye Mazhaiye" (based on Lobo's "I'd Love You to Want Me"), but after the music director was dissatisfied with the voice's connection with the visuals, he was replaced by Aalap Raju.^[5] In a music review of the film, a writer from The Times of India rated the soundtrack three out of five stars and wrote that "Music composer Arul Dev has learnt the ropes of music composition from Vidyasagar. This probably explains why all the songs in his Nagarpuram, irrespective of the mood it tries to establish, are high on melody".^[6]

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Nagarpuram"	Arul Dev
2.	"Mazhaiye Mazhaiye"	Aalap Raju, Sam P. Keertham
3.	"Rupthereka (Whistle Pottu)"	Ranjith, K. Rani
4.	"Antha Devathayin (Machan)"	Bella Raj
5.	"Engeyum Neeye (Kokkipodu)"	Tippu, Vinitha
6.	"Veyile Veyile (Siru Siru)"	Karthik, Malathi

Release

The film remained unreleased until the film was released directly via YouTube in 2022.^[7][8]