| Directed by | Ram |
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| Produced by | Gautham Menon Reshma Ghatala Venkat Somasundaram |
| Written by | Ram |
| Story by | Ram Shri Sankara Gomathy Ram |
| Starring | Ram Sadhana Shelly Kishore |
| Music by | Yuvan Shankar Raja |
| Cinematography | Arbhindu Saaraa |
| Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
Production
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| Distributed by | JSK Film Corporation |
Release dates
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Running time
| 125 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Thanga Meenkal (English: Gold Fish) is a 2013 Indian Tamil coming-of-agedrama film co written and directed by Ram and story written by Ram and his daughter Shri Sankara Gomathy Ram, directing his second film after Kattradhu Thamizh.[1] Ram, besides, played the lead role as well alongside newcomers Sadhana and Shelly Kishore.[2] A joint production of Gautham Menon's Photon Kathaas and R. S. Infotainment, the film features score and soundtrack composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja.[3] The film's shooting commenced in mid-January 2011 and was completed by late 2011.[4] Thanga Meenkal released on 30 August 2013.[5]
The film opened to positive reviews from critics,[6] but was declared as an average grosser by box office analysts.[7] It won three prizes at the 61st National Film Awards including Best Tamil film award.[8] It was the only Tamil film to be screened at Indian Panorama in International Film Festival of India, IFFI, Goa, 2013.
Cast
- Ram as Kalyani
- Baby Sadhana as Chellamma
- Shelly Kishore as Vadivu
- Rohini as Parvathi
- Padmapriya as Elvita
- Lizzy as Stella
- Aruldoss as Evita's husband
- Poo Ramu as Kalyani's father
- Gomathi as Kalyani's sister
- Baby Sanjana as Nithyashree
- Master Adithya as Adithya
- Nivas Adithan
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Aanandha Yaazhai" | Na. Muthukumar | Sriram Parthasarathy | 3:35 |
| 2. | "Nathivellam" | Na. Muthukumar | Rahul Nambiar | 5:10 |
| 3. | "Yaarukkum Thozhan Illai" | Na. Muthukumar | Alphons Joseph | 2:32 |
| 4. | "First Last"
For Thanga Meenkal's soundtrack, Ram collaborated with composer Yuvan Shankar Raja and lyricist Na. Muthukumar again, who he had worked with in Kattradhu Thamizh, too.[3] The soundtrack album features four tracks. One of the songs, which was sung by children Sadhana and Sanjana, who both acted in the film, was described by the director as an "anthem for school children" that would speak about the current education system, examinations and teachers.[25]The team created a special album featuring school children with Yuvan Shankar Raja also making an appearance in the video.[26] The audio released on 30 April 2013 at Sathyam Cinemas with directors Lingusamy, Prabhu Solomon, Vetrimaran, Samuthirakani, Chimbudevan, Cheran and Balu Mahendra being present. Anirudh Ravichander, Karthik, Alphonse Joseph and the two girls in the film sang an unplugged version of all the songs.[27]
Behindwoods gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5 and gave a verdict "Alluring and endearing, Yuvan at best".[28] In its film review it wrote, "Yuvan Shankar Raja has again delivered his best for Ram and you will have plenty of hair-raising moments as he weaves magic with his instruments, for the movie's BGM score".[29] Rediff wrote, "Yuvan’s music in Thanga Meenkal strikes the right chord, be it the beautiful songs or the haunting background music".[30] IBN Live wrote, "Yuvan's background score takes the film up a notch, while his music is equally uplifting".[31] Indiaglitz wrote, "Yuvan's BGM is spot on and delivers quite well. The signature tune that echoes through the movie dwells well with the movie's pace".[32] Sify wrote that one of the highlights was the "outstanding BGM and soul stirring music by Yuvan Shankar Raja especially “Aanandha Yazhai..” song".[33]
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