Navarasa Thilagam

Navarasa Thilagam is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Kamran, starring Ma Ka Pa Anand and Srushti Dange. Produced by Sudharshan Vembatty, the film began production in early 2015 and released in February 2016. The title of this film is released after the thespian R. Muthuraman who received the same title.

For the Indian actor, see R. Muthuraman.

Navarasa Thilagam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kamran
Written by	Kamran
Produced by	Sudharshan Vembatty
Starring	Ma Ka Pa Anand Srushti Dange
Cinematography	A. Ramesh
Edited by	Arul Mozhi Varman
Music by	Siddharth Vipin Score: Sudharshan M. Kumar
Production company	Square Stone Films
Release date	19 February 2016 (2016-02-19)
Running time	145 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• Ma Ka Pa Anand as Moorthy
• Srushti Dange as Chithra
• Karunakaran as Alangaram
• Meera Krishnan as Chithra's mother
• Ilavarasu as Paneerselvam
• Jayaprakash as Thangadurai
• Mahadevan as Adaikalam
• Namo Narayana as Namo Narayana
• Siddharth Vipin as Thirunavukkarasu
• Revathi as Chithra's grandmother
• Amirtha Lingam as Alangaram's uncle
• Cheran Raj as Politician
• Porali Dileepan as Arul Prasath
• Lakshmi Rahul as Meenakshi
• Bava Lakshmanan
• Hello Kandhasamy
• Anjali Varadarajan

Production

Ma Ka Pa Anand shot for the film simultaneously alongside his commitments for Panjumittai, Atti and Deepavali Thuppakki.^[1] The film was predominantly shot in Pollachi and was completed by September 2015.^[2] Songs were also shot in Kutralam and Thenkasi.^[3] The lead pair refused to shoot a kissing scene in the film, and stated that the director failed to disclose the shot in the original narration of the script.^[4][5]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Siddharth Vipin.^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ayyayyo Vasama"	Karthik, Sunitha Sarathy
2.	"Oru Kattu"	Jagadish, Vishnupriya
3.	"Dummy Davali"	Jagadish, Naresh Iyer
4.	"Kolla Azhagukari"	Anthony Daasan
5.	"Angaliya"	Anthony Daasan

Critical reception

M. Suganth of The Times of India wrote, "Navarasa Thilagam is a film that thinks of itself as a comedy while not making an effort to be one. The writing is quite bland (there is zero effort in building up the central romantic track) and the narrative predictable (we even get a hapless 'foreign mapillai'), and it is left to the cast to shore up the film."^[7] Malini Mannath of The New Indian Express wrote, "The screenplay is more verbal in its take. The script may have seemed good on paper, but on the screen it falls flat. If only it had some punch and was crafted more interestingly [..] Navarasa Thilagam is, at most, a promising effort from a debutant maker."^[8] Sify wrote "Overall, Navarasa Thilagam is a damp squib and the joke is only on us!."^[9]