Megha | |
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Directed by | Karthik Rishi |
Produced by | Albert J S. Selvakumar |
Starring |
Ashwin Kakumanu Srushti Dange Angana Roy Jayaprakash |
Music by | Ilaiyaraja |
Cinematography | R. B. Gurudev |
Edited by | Ram Sudharsan |
Production
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GB Studio
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Distributed by | JSK Film Corporation |
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Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Megha is an 2014 Indian Tamil language romantic thriller film written and directed by Karthik Rishi, a former associate of Subramaniam Siva. Jointly produced by Albert James and S. Selvakumar, the film features Ashwin Kakumanu, Srushti Dange and Angana Roy in the lead roles, while Jayaprakash, Ravi Prakash, Aadukalam Naren, Meera Krishnan, and Nithya make up the supporting cast. The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film released on 29 August 2014.
Mugilan (Ashwin Kakumanu) is a middle-class, lovable, and kind man who works as a forensic officer. He falls in love with Megha (Srushti Dange), short for Meghavathy Srinivasan, who comes from a rich family background. Megha slowly starts developing feelings for him, and one day, finally reciprocates his love. But later, she also mysteriously disappears on the same day; the reason being is that Mugil's work leads him to incriminating evidence against the police officer who is touted to be the next Police Commissoner of Chennai, Joseph Fernando (Aadukalam Naren) Joseph had murdered Officer Raghavan (Vijayakumar) as he had considered him a threat to his promotion, but discovers that Mugil is on his tracks, hence Joseph tries to frame Mugil for murder and rape of Megha. Now it's up to Mugil to find his love. Their love undergoes many twists and turns, but how they reunite forms the rest of the story.
The film's soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The album features six tracks, one of which was "Putham Pudhu Kaalai" from the film Alaigal Oivathillai which was reused in this film. Ilaiyaraaja himself had sung two songs in the film and his son Yuvan Shankar Raja had rendered two songs. Ilaiyaraaja stated that he agreed to compose the music since he liked the story and the screenplay.