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Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam

Name: Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2016-01-01
Cast: Balakrishna Kola, Kalyani Natarajan, Wamiqa Gabbi, Parvatii Nair, N. Azhagamperumal

2016 | 123 min | Drama, Romance

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Aimed squarely at anyone who's survived a family wedding and romantics. Relationships are put under a microscope, for better or worse. Shelve it next to Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans or Far from Heaven.
The mood: Warm and romantic.
The pace: Quiet, then quietly devastating, at 2 hr 3 min.
What might put you off: It's in Tamil, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Not the one if you want explosions or easy laughs.

Manoja marries Prabhu for her mother's sake, but dislikes her husband. Gradually, she warms up to his dogged attempts at sparking a romance, but Prabhu, who is frustrated with her indifference, ruins it all on their wedding anniversary. The couple separate but neither can forget the other. Can Manoja find it in herself to forgive Prabhu and get back to him?

How it earned its rating

CriticsSolid
Generally positive reviews
AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 65K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Gitanjali Selvaraghavan

Balakrishna KolaPrabhu
Kalyani NatarajanManoja's Mother
Wamiqa GabbiManoja
Parvatii NairKamini
N. AzhagamperumalPrabhu's father
Sharran KumarTarun