Miruthan

Miruthan

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Shakti Soundar Rajan
Produced by
Written by Shakti Soundar Rajan
Starring
Music by D. Imman
Cinematography S. Venkatesh
Edited by K. J. Venkat Ramanan
Production
company
Distributed by Ayngaran International Media
Release dates
  • 19 February 2016 (2016-02-19)
Running time
 105 minutes[1]
Country India
Language Tamil

Miruthan is a 2016 Indian Tamil science fiction zombie thriller film written and directed by Shakti Soundar Rajan. The film stars Jayam Ravi and Lakshmi Menon in the leading roles.[2] This is the second zombie film made in Tamil after the Malaysian-Tamil flick Vere Vazhi Ille. Miruthan was released on 19 February 2016.

Rajan has announced an intention to film a sequel.[3]

Plot

The film opens with a stray dog becoming violent, after being exposed by toxic fumes, which then bites a security guard. The security guard becomes a zombie momentarily and starts a chain of human infections via bites.

Karthik (Jayam Ravi) a traffic officer in Ooty who avoids danger as he has to take care of a younger sister who is in her early teens. He is in love with a Doctor named Renuka (Lakshmi Menon) but never proposes in all their meetings. Renu is engaged and is about to get married to Naveen (Amit Bhargav) who is also a doctor. Meanwhile, Karthik's sister is kidnapped and is suspected to be attacked by a zombie. The police of Ooty decides go shooting whoever who had turned into a zombie. Karthik is also looking for his sister and meanwhile killing the zombies. He receives a call in which he is told to arrive at a place to find his sister. There he finds Renu and her group of doctors finding a vaccine. Karthik also finds his sister and later comes to know that the doctors are trapped inside the house which is invaded by zombies.

At that moment, the chief doctor, Dharan, is attacked by a zombie and does not tell anyone. With Dharan, Renu, another doctor Kamal, Renu's father and Karthik's friend and sister all head to Kovai (Coimbatore), to find more zombies. Karthik unknowingly disturbs some zombies and they are forced to take shelter in a mall which is opposite the hospital. Naveen is inside the hospital trying to find the vaccine. They get hold of a frightened security guard of the mall (Sriman). After sometime Dharan attacks Karthik's sister but she does not turn into a zombie despite the fact that she was attacked almost an hour ago. Kamal says that she will be able to help them in finding the vaccine as she has the required antibodies. Despite the reduced time, Karthik, manages to bring everyone safely to the hospital and gets attacked by zombies. He himself turns into a zombie. Renu realises her love for him but he turns into a zombie and attacks her leading her to shoot him.

Two days later, Karthik, who is completely a zombie now is seen on top of a bus which is going to Chennai.

Cast

Production

The film was announced in March 2015, after Jayam Ravi accepted an offer from Shakti Soundar Rajan to feature in a film produced by Michael Rayappan.[4] Lakshmi Menon subsequently joined the team to portray the film's heroine.[5] The team shot for thirty days in Ooty in mid-2015, before returning to Chennai to complete portions.[6] In October 2015, a schedule was held at Binny Mills, where the art direction team had erected a set costing 1.5 crore rupees.[7]

Soundtrack

Miruthan
Soundtrack album by D. Imman
Released 19 January 2016
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Sony Music
Producer D. Imman
D. Imman chronology
10 Enradhukulla
(2015)		 Miruthan
(2015)		 Panjumittai
(2015)

D. Imman composed the soundtrack for the film.

Track list
No. TitleLyricsSinger(s) Length
1. "Munnal Kadhali"  Madhan KarkyVishal Dadlani, Sharanya Gopinath  
2. "Bitten by Insanity (Theme)"   D. Imman  
3. "Veri Veri Veri"  Madhan KarkySuraj Jagan, Maria Kavita Thomas  
4. "Mirutha Mirutha"  Madhan KarkyShreya Ghoshal, Vijay Yesudas  
5. "Horrifying Zombies (Theme)"   D. Imman  
6. "Munnal Kadhali (Reprise)"  Madhan KarkyHaricharan  
7. "Munnal Kadhali (Karaoke version)"      
8. "Mirudha Mirudha (Karaoke version)"      

Release

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Sun TV.[8]

Reception

Sudhir Srinivasan of The Hindu said that Miruthan was an inconsistent ‘zombie’ film with excessive melodrama.[9] Latha Srinivasan of dna gave 2.75 stars and said "The zombies of Hollywood will do a far better job of entertaining you than Miruthan.[10] Times of India gave 3/5 and wrote "Like, you want to praise the makers for trying something different — the first zombie film in Tamil cinema, in this case — but immediately, you are best with another thought: 'Did the first zombie film in Tamil have to be this clumsy and unexciting?[11]'Behindwoods gave the film 2.75/5 and stated "For audiences who have not seen Hollywood zombie films, Miruthan would be a new experience. And kudos definitely to Shakthi Sounder Rajan for attempting something different from the usual themes that Tamil cinema is known to churn out film after film."[12] Film critic Sreedhar Pillai expressed via Twitter that the "interval creates impression (that the) 1st half (is) better than 2nd half" while the climax was "long drawn out", giving the film a 3/5. IndiaGlitz.com rated the film 2.3/5 and stated " Miruthan- Roars a lot and little else[13]

Sequel

On March 8, 2016, writer/director Shakti Soundar Rajan announced his plans to bring actor Jayam Ravi to act in an untitled action film to begin shooting during July 2016. He also explained that this planned film will not be the expected sequel Miruthan 2, and that he will only take up the sequel only after completing two other films, meaning that it will take at least two years for Miruthan 2 to begin shooting.[14][15]

References

  1. ↑ "MIRUTHAN (15)". British Board of Film is Classification. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Avinash Pandian (3 September 2015). "From Mithran To Miruthan". Behindwoods. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.indiaglitz.com/director-shakti-soundar-rajan-confirms-miruthan-2-only-after-directing-two-more-movies-tamil-news-154308.html
  4. ↑ "Jayam Ravi on a signing spree". Sify. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  5. ↑ Radhika C Pillai (22 April 2015). "Lakshmi Menon's next is with Jayam Ravi". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Jayam Ravi’s next is Miruthan!". Sify. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  7. ↑ Kaushik L M (15 October 2015). "Kabali and Mirudhan share the same spot...". Behindwoods. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Make way for the first ever Tamil zombie film 'Miruthan' starring Jayam Ravi, Lakshmi Menon". Firstpost.com. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  9. ↑ Miruthan review: An inconsistent ‘zombie’ film with excessive melodrama. The Hindu (19 February 2016). Retrieved on 2016-04-05.
  10. ↑ 'Miruthan' Review: Jayam Ravi's zombie flick leaves a lot to be desired | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis. Dnaindia.com (2016-02-19). Retrieved on 2016-04-05.
  11. ↑ Miruthan Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings at Times of India. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (20 February 2016). Retrieved on 2016-04-05.
  12. ↑ Miruthan (aka) Mirudhan review. Behindwoods.com (19 February 2016). Retrieved on 2016-04-05.
  13. ↑ "Miruthan review. Miruthan Tamil movie review, story, rating - IndiaGlitz.com". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  14. ↑ staff (9 March 2016). "Jayam Ravi teams up with Shakti, again". Times of India. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  15. ↑ staff (9 March 2016). "Shakti Soundar Rajan reveals when he will start 'Miruthan 2'". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 4 May 2016.

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