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{{Short description|2013 Indian film by Vasanth}}
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{{Infobox film
| image = Moondru Per Moondru Kadal.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Vasanth]]
| screenplay = Shankar Raman Vasanth
| story = Vasanth
| producer = Bharath Kumar Mahendhiran Maha Ajay Prasath
| starring = [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]] [[Cheran (director)|Cheran]] [[Vimal (actor)|Vimal]] [[Surveen Chawla]] [[Muktha (actress)|Muktha]] Lasini
| cinematography = Bhojan K. Dinesh
| editing = S. N. Fazil Vasanth
| music = [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
| studio = Mahendra Talkies
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2013|05|01}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Moondru Per Moondru Kadal''''' ({{IPA|ta|muːnd̺ʳʉ peːr muːnd̺ʳʉ kɑːd̪əl|pron}} {{translation|Three People, Three Loves}}) is a 2013 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romance film]] directed, co-edited and co-written by [[Vasanth]]. It stars [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]], [[Cheran (director)|Cheran]], [[Vimal (actor)|Vimal]], [[Surveen Chawla]], [[Muktha (actress)|Muktha]] and Lasini. The film features music composed by [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]. Cinematography and editing were handled by Bhojan K. Dinesh and S. N. Fazil respectively. The film revolves around three couples and the trials and tribulations they face. It was released on 1 May 2013 to mixed reviews.

== Plot ==
Varun and Anjana's love story happens in the [[Ooty]] mountains (in Tamil literature, they are referred to as Kurinji); Guna's story happens in [[Tuticorin]] seashore (Neidhal); and Harris and Divya's story happens in the city (Marudham).

Varun explains his life story: he fell in love with Anjana despite knowing her engagement had been called off, but he later sacrifices his love after hearing Guna and Mallika's story.

Guna is a [[philanthropist]] who runs an organisation called "Punnagai," a rehabilitation centre for jail prisoners. Mallika, a [[physiotherapist]], silently pines for him. When Guna fails to reunite a prisoner, Ilankumaran, with his family, Mallika does so. Impressed with her, he gives her the responsibility of taking care of Punnagai and leaves the town.

Another story is of Harris, a [[swimming (sport)|swimming]] coach, and his student-come-lover Divya (Varun claims Divya is his childhood friend, but there is no scene where they are together). Divya is disappointed to lose the swimming match, and her father Thiruvengadam advises another coach, Elango, to replace Harris, but Divya is adamant that Harris should be her coach. Meanwhile, Harris is involved in a bike accident where his legs and hands are hurt, but he encourages Divya to participate in the [[Olympics]] swimming match. Divya rigorously practices for the match and wins by finishing it in less than 56 seconds.

In 2016, Varun narrated these stories because they prompted him to write a novel called "Moondru Kaadhal". Harris arrives at the press conference for the book release and says he is alive because of Divya. She is the epitome of goodness and confidence, and he narrates that though she had won the match, she died due to a [[heart attack]] in the swimming pool. The film ends with Harris saying that love is not to be asked but to be given.

== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
* [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]] as Paul Harris Rosario
* [[Cheran (director)|Cheran]] as Gunasekar
* [[Vimal (actor)|Vimal]] as Varun
* [[Surveen Chawla]] as Divya
* [[Muktha (actress)|Muktha]] as Mallika
* Lasini as Anjana
* [[Sathyan (Tamil actor)|Sathyan]] as Varun's friend
* [[Appukutty]] as Karunamurthy
* [[Thambi Ramaiah]] as Thiruvengadam
* [[John Vijay]] as Elango
* [[Shanthi Williams]] as Guna's mother
* [[Ravi Raghavendra]] as Varun's father
* [[Aadukalam Naren]] as Ilankumaran
* [[Bosskey]] as Interviewer
* Boys Rajan as Doctor
* [[Nellai Siva]]
* [[Suruli Manohar]]
* Pasanga Sivakumar
* Rindhu Ravi
* Theni Murugan
* Ritvik Varun in a special appearance
* [[Robert (choreographer)|Robert]] in a special appearance
* [[Blaaze]] in a special appearance
}}

== Production ==
=== Development ===
In July 2011, reports confirmed that [[Vasanth]] would start directing his next film, titled ''Moondru Per Moondru Kaadhal'', four years after his last film ''[[Satham Podathey]]'' was released.<ref name="Sify2011">{{Cite web |date=1 August 2011 |title=Director Vasanth is back with love! |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/director-vasanth-is-back-with-love-news-tamil-lh5rhGafedb.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706163224/http://www.sify.com/movies/director-vasanth-is-back-with-love-news-tamil-lh5rhGafedb.html |archive-date=6 July 2018 |access-date=27 May 2013 |website=[[Sify]] |language=en}}</ref> Vasanth reportedly had been waiting with the script for three years to "get the right actors".<ref name="Itsybitsy">{{Cite news |last=Raghavan |first=Nikhil |date=28 January 2012 |title=Itsy bitsy |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article2839850.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911171146/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article2839850.ece |archive-date=11 September 2012 |access-date=27 May 2013 |work=[[The Hindu]] |language=en}}</ref> He further noted that the film was not a love story but a "story about love".<ref name="story about love">{{Cite news |last=Lakshmi |first=V |date=2 August 2011 |title='MPMK' is not a love story |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/news-interviews/MPMK-is-not-a-love-story/articleshow/9453422.cms |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110803174756/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/news-interviews/MPMK-is-not-a-love-story/articleshow/9453422.cms |archive-date=3 August 2011 |access-date=15 October 2024 |work=[[The Times of India]] |language=en}}</ref> The film would consist of three love stories featuring the three lead characters, which play out in three landscapes: by the seaside, in the mountains and on the plains.<ref name="star vehicles">{{Cite news |last=Rangan |first=Baradwaj |author-link=Baradwaj Rangan |date=13 October 2012 |title=My films are not star vehicles |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/my-films-are-not-star-vehicles/article3994387.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216054425/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/my-films-are-not-star-vehicles/article3994387.ece |archive-date=16 December 2012 |access-date=4 December 2012 |work=[[The Hindu]] |language=en}}</ref> Bharath Kumar, a fan of Vasanth's films, came forward to produce the film along with his friends under his newly launched Mahendra Talkies banner.<ref name="Banking">{{Cite news |last=Rao |first=Subha J |date=2 June 2012 |title=Banking on love |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article3483115.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204181447/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article3483115.ece |archive-date=4 February 2013 |access-date=27 May 2013 |work=[[The Hindu]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name="story about love" /> ''Moondru Per Moondru Kaadhal'' was started on 9 August 2011.<ref name="story about love" />

=== Casting ===
The director hired [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]], who had worked with him in ''[[Rhythm (2000 film)|Rhythm]]'' (2000), and director-turned-actor [[Cheran (director)|Cheran]] for the lead roles, while stating that four newcomers would be selected for another male lead and the three lead female roles.<ref name="Sify2011" /> By November 2011, it was speculated that Vasanth would introduce his son to play the third lead role.<ref name="son">{{Cite news |date=26 November 2011 |title=Director Vasanth introduces his son |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/director-vasanth-introduces-his-son/articleshow/10880460.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260424003237/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/director-vasanth-introduces-his-son/articleshow/10880460.cms |archive-date=24 April 2026 |access-date=24 April 2026 |work=[[The Times of India]] |language=en}}</ref> In January 2012, Vasanth confirmed that [[Vimal (actor)|Vimal]] had been finalised.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Suganth |first=M |date=21 January 2012 |title=Vimal is the third man! |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/vimal-is-the-third-man/articleshow/11577163.cms |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410233426/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/vimal-is-the-third-man/articleshow/11577163.cms |archive-date=10 April 2016 |access-date=24 April 2026 |work=[[The Times of India]] |language=en}}</ref> [[Muktha (actress)|Muktha Bhanu]], formerly credited as Bhanu, was chosen to portray one of the female leads,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Suganth |first=M |date=3 December 2011 |title=Nayanthara look-alike Banu makes debut |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-03/news-interviews/30471722_1_nayanthara-cheran-yuddham-sei |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212130828/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-03/news-interviews/30471722_1_nayanthara-cheran-yuddham-sei |archive-date=12 December 2013 |access-date=27 May 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |language=en}}</ref> while Lasini, a [[Kingfisher Calendar Model Hunt]] model from Mumbai and participant of I AM She 2010 beauty pageant,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sunder |first=Gautam |date=25 February 2013 |title=From calendar dates to film dates... |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130225/entertainment-kollywood/article/calendar-dates-film-dates%E2%80%A6 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302033025/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130225/entertainment-kollywood/article/calendar-dates-film-dates%E2%80%A6 |archive-date=2 March 2013 |access-date=27 May 2013 |website=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=4 April 2013 |title=DON'T MISS: A Kingfisher model gets candid |url=https://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-glamour-interview-with-kingfisher-model-lasini/20130404.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250906045653/https://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-glamour-interview-with-kingfisher-model-lasini/20130404.htm |archive-date=6 September 2025 |access-date=6 September 2025 |website=[[Rediff.com]] |language=en}}</ref> and [[Punjabi cinema|Punjabi]] actress [[Surveen Chawla]] agreed to play the other two female leads, making their Tamil film debut.<ref name="Itsybitsy" /> Furthermore, [[National Film Awards|National Film Award]] winning actors [[Thambi Ramaiah]] and [[Appukutty]] were selected for supporting roles, providing [[comic relief]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 May 2012 |title=Vasanth's MPMK gets bigger |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/vasanths-mpmk-gets-bigger-news-tamil-mfplrLcajfb.html?ref=false |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118142054/http://www.sify.com/movies/vasanths-mpmk-gets-bigger-news-tamil-mfplrLcajfb.html?ref=false |archive-date=18 November 2015 |access-date=27 May 2013 |website=[[Sify]] |language=en}}</ref> Despite knowing Tamil, Lasini, a native of [[Palakkad]], had to train to improve her Tamil accent. Chawla, despite already knowing how to swim, took additional training to prepare for her role and Bhanu took help from one of Vasanth's associates to speak her dialogues in [[Nagercoil]] slang.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ramanujam |first=Srinivasa |date=27 April 2013 |title=We've worked really hard on MPMK |url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_PASTISSUES2&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH/2013/04/27&ID=Ar02703 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706132537/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_PASTISSUES2&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH/2013/04/27&ID=Ar02703 |archive-date=6 July 2018 |access-date=5 May 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |language=en}}</ref>

=== Filming ===
Filming began in late 2011,<ref name="son" /> and was completed by late 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 December 2012 |title='Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal' is to hit screens soon |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/moondru-per-moondru-kadhal-is-to-hit-screens-soon-527967.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250906051020/https://www.news18.com/news/india/moondru-per-moondru-kadhal-is-to-hit-screens-soon-527967.html |archive-date=6 September 2025 |access-date=6 September 2025 |website=[[News18]] |language=en}}</ref> The film was shot in locations including [[Kerala]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 November 2011 |title=Settle Mullaperiyar issue amicably: Cheran |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2011/Nov/29/settle-mullaperiyar-issue-amicably-cheran-315027.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250906050536/https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2011/Nov/29/settle-mullaperiyar-issue-amicably-cheran-315027.html |archive-date=6 September 2025 |access-date=6 September 2025 |website=[[The New Indian Express]] |language=en}}</ref> [[Nagercoil]],<ref name="son" /> [[Ooty]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 July 2012 |title=Vasanth goes eco-friendly, bans plastic on set |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/vasanth-goes-eco-friendly-bans-plastic-on-set-491161.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250906051206/https://www.news18.com/news/india/vasanth-goes-eco-friendly-bans-plastic-on-set-491161.html |archive-date=6 September 2025 |access-date=6 September 2025 |website=[[News18]] |language=en}}</ref> and [[Hyderabad]].<ref name="Banking" />

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]], collaborating with Vasanth after ''[[Poovellam Kettuppar]]'' (1999) and ''[[Satham Podathey]]'' (2007). Vasanth noted that Yuvan had put in about seven months of work for this film, while describing the genre of the soundtrack as [[postmodern music]].<ref name="Banking" /> The soundtrack album features six songs with lyrics penned by [[Na. Muthukumar]].<ref name="banumass">{{Cite news |title=Moondru Per Moondru Kadal Tamil Audio CD By Yuvan Shankar Raja |url=https://banumass.com/product/tamil-audio-cds/tamil-audio-cd/yuvan-shankar-raja-audio-cd/moondru-per-moondru-kadal-tamil-audio-cd/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250906062030/https://banumass.com/product/tamil-audio-cds/tamil-audio-cd/yuvan-shankar-raja-audio-cd/moondru-per-moondru-kadal-tamil-audio-cd/ |archive-date=6 September 2025 |access-date=6 September 2025 |work=Banumass |language=en}}</ref>

Composing was started even before the film was launched, with the first song being recorded on 9 August 2011.<ref name="story about love" /> [[Sonu Nigam]] originally sang the melody titled "Mazhai Mazhai Mazhaiyo Mazhai", which was recorded in [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Suganth |first=M |date=13 March 2012 |title=Sonu sings for Yuvan |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/sonu-sings-for-yuvan/articleshow/12244972.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20260424010409/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/sonu-sings-for-yuvan/articleshow/12244972.cms |archive-date=24 April 2026 |access-date=24 April 2026 |work=[[The Times of India]] |language=en}}</ref> The final version, however, featured [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]]'s vocals.<ref name="banumass" /> [[Neha Bhasin]], who had sung "Pesugiren" in ''Satham Podathey'', lent her voice for the song "Kaadhal Endhan Kaadhal".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Suganth |first=M |date=2 April 2012 |title=Pesugiraen trio back again! |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Pesugiraen-trio-back-again/articleshow/12492335.cms |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002232247/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Pesugiraen-trio-back-again/articleshow/12492335.cms |archive-date=2 October 2014 |access-date=16 October 2024 |work=[[The Times of India]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name="mood">{{Cite news |last=Kumar |first=S. R. Ashok |date=29 December 2012 |title=Matching mood with song |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/matching-mood-with-song/article4253204.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250906081740/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/matching-mood-with-song/article4253204.ece |archive-date=6 September 2025 |access-date=6 September 2025 |work=[[The Hindu]] |language=en}}</ref> The song "Padapadakkudhu Maname" was sung by [[Blaaze]] and [[Krish (singer)|Krish]]; the former wrote the rap lyrics.<ref name="mood" />

[[Nandini Srikar]] was chosen to sing "Aaha Kadhal" after Vasanth was impressed with her song "[[Ra.One (soundtrack)|Bhare Naina]]" in ''[[Ra.One]]'' (2011). The song was recorded in Mumbai.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Narayanan |first=Sharadha |date=21 May 2012 |title=It's MPMK after Ra.One |url=http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/article526100.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429051801/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/article526100.ece |archive-date=29 April 2014 |access-date=1 July 2012 |website=[[The New Indian Express]] |language=en}}</ref> [[Ramesh Vinayakam]], who previously worked as a composer in Vasanth's ''[[Yai! Nee Romba Azhaga Irukey!]]'' (2002), sang a peppy number titled "Stop the Paatu".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Suganth |first=M |date=6 August 2012 |title=Yuvan goes for another composer! |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-06/news-interviews/33064244_1_yuvan-shankar-raja-mpmk-music-directors |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109175650/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-06/news-interviews/33064244_1_yuvan-shankar-raja-mpmk-music-directors |archive-date=9 November 2013 |access-date=9 August 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |language=en}}</ref> Yuvan himself sang "Unakkagave", which Vasanth claimed was the first [[dubstep]] track in Tamil cinema.<ref name="star vehicles" /> The final mixing was done by Kausikan Sivalingam in Berlin.<ref>{{Cite web |last=S |first=Venkadesan |date=4 August 2012 |title=Sathyan will be the next big comedian in Tamil |url=http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/article576582.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820083700/http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/article576582.ece |archive-date=20 August 2012 |access-date=20 September 2012 |website=[[The New Indian Express]] |language=en}}</ref>

The album was launched on 1 December 2012 at the Park Sheraton Hotel in [[Chennai]].<ref name="autogenerated2">{{Cite web |date=2 December 2012 |title=MPMK- Glitzy and stylish audio launch |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/mpmk-glitzy-and-stylish-audio-launch-news-tamil-mmcr8gbgicj.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204072851/http://www.sify.com/movies/mpmk-glitzy-and-stylish-audio-launch-news-tamil-mmcr8gbgicj.html |archive-date=4 December 2012 |access-date=27 May 2013 |website=[[Sify]] |language=en}}</ref> The event was hosted by television anchors [[Ma Ka Pa Anand]] and [[Dhivyadharshini]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 December 2012 |title='Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal' audio launched |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-03/news-interviews/35569739_1_audio-director-sasi-k-balachander |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527130045/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-03/news-interviews/35569739_1_audio-director-sasi-k-balachander |archive-date=27 May 2013 |access-date=27 May 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |language=en}}</ref>

[[Karthik Srinivasan|Karthik]] of ''[[Milliblog]]'' and [[Indo-Asian News Service]] gave the album positive reviews.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Karthik |author-link=Karthik Srinivasan |date=1 December 2012 |title=Moondru Per Moondru Kaadhal (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja |url=https://milliblog.com/2012/12/01/moondru-per-moondru-kaadhal-music-review-tamil-yuvan-shankar-raja/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250906061545/https://milliblog.com/2012/12/01/moondru-per-moondru-kaadhal-music-review-tamil-yuvan-shankar-raja/ |archive-date=6 September 2025 |access-date=6 September 2025 |website=[[Milliblog]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=9 December 2012 |title='Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal' Music Review: It's nice |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/moondru-per-moondru-kadhal-music-review-its-nice-525775.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126061906/https://www.news18.com/news/india/moondru-per-moondru-kadhal-music-review-its-nice-525775.html |archive-date=26 January 2022 |access-date=6 September 2025 |work=[[News18]] |language=en}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 29:48
| title1 = Kaadhal Endhan Kaadhal
| length1 = 5:02
| extra1 = [[Neha Bhasin]]
| title2 = Unakkaagave Uyir Vaazhgiren
| length2 = 4:37
| extra2 = [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
| title3 = Padapadakkudhu Maname
| note3 =
| length3 = 5:46
| extra3 = [[Krish (singer)|Krish]], [[Blaaze]]
| title4 = Aaha Kaadhal Konji Pesudhe
| length4 = 4:08
| extra4 = [[Nandini Srikar]]
| title5 = Mazhai Mazhai
| length5 = 5:55
| extra5 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[Shweta Mohan]]
| title6 = Stop The Paatu
| length6 = 4:20
| extra6 = [[Ramesh Vinayakam]]
}}

== Release and reception ==
''Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal'' was released on 1 May 2013 ([[May Day]]),<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 April 2013 |title=May Day releases! |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/may-day-releases-news-tamil-ne4qwlgdehd.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501155816/http://www.sify.com/movies/may-day-releases-news-tamil-ne4qwlgdehd.html |archive-date=1 May 2013 |access-date=27 May 2013 |website=[[Sify]] |language=en}}</ref> and received mixed reviews from critics.<ref name="trimmed">{{Cite news |date=8 May 2013 |title=Vasanth's MPMK trimmed to make it racy! |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/vasanths-mpmk-trimmed-to-make-it-racy/articleshow/19945159.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20260423130443/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/vasanths-mpmk-trimmed-to-make-it-racy/articleshow/19945159.cms |archive-date=23 April 2026 |access-date=6 September 2025 |work=[[The Times of India]] |language=en}}</ref> S Saraswathi from ''[[Rediff.com]]'' gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote "''Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal'' lacks the intensity expected of a Vasanth film, but makes up for it with its exceptional music.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saraswathi |first=S |date=2013-05-02 |title=Review: Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal is a musical treat |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/south-review-moondru-per-moondru-kadhal-is-a-musical-treat/20130502.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504135506/http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/south-review-moondru-per-moondru-kadhal-is-a-musical-treat/20130502.htm |archive-date=4 May 2013 |access-date=2013-05-27 |website=[[Rediff.com]] |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Sify]]'' said, "''MPMK'' is technically chic and Vasanth has made an interesting film which has its shares of romantic break-up`s and heart breaks" and rated the film as average.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MPMK review |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/moondru-per-moondru-kathal-review-review-tamil-15027786.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502205427/http://www.sify.com/movies/moondru-per-moondru-kathal-review-review-tamil-15027786.html |archive-date=2 May 2013 |access-date=27 May 2013 |website=[[Sify]] |language=en}}</ref> Vivek Ramz of ''[[In.com]]'' rated the film 2.5 out of 5 and wrote "''MPMK'' is not entirely bad and those who love pure romantic flicks can watch it once provided if you can sit through the bland first hour of the film."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramz |first=Vivek |date=2 May 2013 |title=Tamil movie review: Moondru Per Moondru Kaadhal is a boring love saga! |url=http://www.in.com/news/entertainment/tamil-movie-review-moondru-per-moondru-kaadhal-is-a-boring-love-saga-50209905-in-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615230458/http://www.in.com/news/entertainment/tamil-movie-review-moondru-per-moondru-kaadhal-is-a-boring-love-saga-50209905-in-1.html |archive-date=15 June 2013 |access-date=27 May 2013 |website=[[In.com]] |language=en}}</ref> [[Baradwaj Rangan]] wrote for ''[[The Hindu]]'' that "the film isn't worked out very well. It doesn't build the way it ought to, and the various strands don't come together satisfactorily – they hang loose".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rangan |first=Baradwaj |author-link=Baradwaj Rangan |date=4 May 2013 |title=Moondru Per Moondru Kadal: In the mood for love |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/moondru-per-moondru-kadal-in-the-mood-for-love/article4683448.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910053332/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/moondru-per-moondru-kadal-in-the-mood-for-love/article4683448.ece |archive-date=10 September 2013 |access-date=4 August 2019 |work=[[The Hindu]] |language=en}}</ref> In response to criticism over its pacing, the two hours and thirty minutes long film was shortened by 16 minutes.<ref name="trimmed" />

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