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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name          = Mogamul
| image          = Mogamul poster.jpg
| image          = Mogamul DVD cover.jpg
| caption        = Poster
| caption        = DVD cover
| director      = [[Gnana Rajasekaran]]
| director      = [[Gnana Rajasekaran]]
| based_on      = {{based on|''Mogamul''|[[Thi. Janakiraman]]}}
| producer      = J. Dharmambal
| producer      = J. Dharmambal
| story          = [[Thi. Janakiraman]]
| screenplay    =
| starring      = [[Archana Joglekar]]<br />[[Nedumudi Venu]]<br />[[Abhishek Shankar|Abhishek]]
| starring      = [[Archana Joglekar]]<br />[[Nedumudi Venu]]<br />[[Abhishek Shankar|Abhishek]]
| music          = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = [[Sunny Joseph]]<br />[[Thangar Bachan]]
| cinematography = [[Sunny Joseph]]<br />[[Thangar Bachan]]
| editing        = [[B. Lenin]]<br />[[V. T. Vijayan]]
| editing        = [[B. Lenin]]<br />[[V. T. Vijayan]]
| distributor    =  
| music          = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| studio        = J. R. Film Circuit
| studio        = J. R. Film Circuit
| released      = 14 May 1995
| released      = {{Film date|df=yes|1995|5|14|ref1=}}
| runtime        =  
| country        = India
| country        = India
| language      = Tamil
| language      = Tamil
}}
}}


'''''Mogamul''''' is a [[Tamil films of 1995|1995]] [[Tamil language]] film directed by [[Gnana Rajasekaran]] based on a novel written by [[Thi. Janakiraman]]. The film stars [[Archana Joglekar]], [[Nedumudi Venu]] and [[Abhishek Shankar|Abhishek]], while [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] and [[Venniradai Moorthy]] play supporting roles. The score and soundtrack were composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]]. The film opened in May 1995 to critical acclaim.
'''''Mogamul''''' ({{translation|Infatuation}}) is a 1995 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] film directed by [[Gnana Rajasekaran]] based on the novel of the same name by [[Thi. Janakiraman]]. The film stars [[Archana Joglekar]], [[Nedumudi Venu]] and [[Abhishek Shankar|Abhishek]], while [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] and [[Vennira Aadai Moorthy]] play supporting roles. The score and soundtrack were composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]]. The film was released on 14 May 1995 and won the [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director]].
 
== Plot ==
Babu is a college student and an aspiring classical vocalist. He is friends with Yamuna and her mother, who live in the same village. Yamuna is born out of wedlock, and her parents belong to different castes. So the society shuns their family and multiple prospective bridegrooms decline her.
 
Babu's neighbor is an old man, married to a very young and attractive woman, Thangamma. Thangamma is frustrated with her non-existent sex life, and slowly gets attracted to Babu and they end up making love. Babu feels guilty about this and reveals the incident to Yamuna, and claims he now realizes he wants to marry her. But Yamuna declines saying she is 10 years elder to Babu, and also, he is destined to become a successful singer and cannot get distracted by love and women.
 
Thangamma is deeply in love with Babu and wants to elope with him. Babu refuses and Thangamma kills herself in disappointment. Babu's music teacher Ranganna also dies and he is at a dead end with Yamuna not willing to marry him as well. So he leaves the village and goes absconding.
 
Babu's friend Raja locates him in Chennai after 3 years, and learns Babu is still thinking of Yamuna and unable to progress in his musical journey. Raja meets Yamuna, whose father had died and she and her mother are living in poverty, and tells her about Babu. Yamuna meets Babu and offers herself to him and they make love. She then encourages Babu to focus on his music now that she belongs to him.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
*[[Archana Joglekar]] as Yamuna
*[[Archana Joglekar]] as Yamuna
*[[Nedumudi Venu]] as Ranganna
*[[Nedumudi Venu]] as Ranganna
*[[Abhishek Shankar|Abhishek]] as Babu
*[[Abhishek Shankar|Abhishek]] as Babu
*[[Venniradai Moorthy]]
*[[Vennira Aadai Moorthy]]
*[[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]]
*[[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] as Raja
*[[Shanmugasundaram]]
*[[Delhi Ganesh]]
*[[Delhi Ganesh]]
 
*[[Krishnankutty Nair]]
==Plot==
*[[Kamala Kamesh]] as Ranganna's wife
A musician falls in love with a woman who is the illegitimate daughter of a Brahmin from his village. But she refuses to accept him since she is 10 years older to him.
}}


== Production ==
== Production ==
The film marked the directorial debut of [[Gnana Rajasekaran]], and he chose to make an art film based on a novel written by [[Thi. Janakiraman]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 February 2007 |title=Greater than any hero |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/greater-than-any-hero/article2271620.ece |access-date=11 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 May 2008 |title=Asin's appeal to the director! |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/may-08-03/asin-24-05-08.html |access-date=11 June 2021 |website=Behindwoods}}</ref>
''Mogamul'' marked the directorial debut of [[Gnana Rajasekaran]], and is based on the novel of the same name written by [[Thi. Janakiraman]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 February 2007 |title=Greater than any hero |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/greater-than-any-hero/article2271620.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611105357/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/greater-than-any-hero/article2271620.ece |archive-date=11 June 2021 |access-date=11 June 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-28 |title=மோக முள்ளும் ரதிநிர்வேதமும் |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/literature/561525-moga-mul-and-rathinirvetham.html |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |language=ta |archive-date=17 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217050526/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/literature/561525-moga-mul-and-rathinirvetham.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It took roughly a year to complete the film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kothari |first=Bhakti |date=August 24, 2023 |title=Charting the Cinematic Course of Gnana Rajasekharan |url=https://indianmasterminds.com/features/tales-from-the-legends/charting-the-cinematic-course-of-gnana-rajasekharan/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Indian Masterminds |language=en |archive-date=7 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607085026/https://indianmasterminds.com/features/tales-from-the-legends/charting-the-cinematic-course-of-gnana-rajasekharan/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


== Soundtrack ==
== Soundtrack ==
{{tracklist
The music was [[Ilaiyaraaja]], with lyrics by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mogamul- Valli Tamil Film Audio CD by Ilayaraaja |url=https://macsendisk.com/product/mogamul-valli-tamil-film-audio-cd-by-ilayaraaja/ |website=Macsendisk |access-date=22 February 2024 |archive-date=22 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222051325/https://macsendisk.com/product/mogamul-valli-tamil-film-audio-cd-by-ilayaraaja/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The song "Kamalam Paatha" is set in the [[Carnatic raga]] [[Ramapriya]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2014 |title=Morning raga |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/morning-raga/article5639483.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424160954/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-r |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=22 February 2024 |work=[[The Hindu]] |language=en}}</ref>
| collapsed = no
 
| all_music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
{{track listing
| all_lyrics = [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Artist(s)
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Kamalam Paatha
| title1 = Kamalam Paatha
| extra1 = [[K. J. Yesudas]]
| extra1 = [[K. J. Yesudas]]
| length1 = 4:55
| length1 = 4:55
| title2 = Sollaayo Vaaithiranthu (M)
| title2 = Sollaayo Vaaithiranthu
| extra2 = Arunmozhi
| extra2 = [[M. G. Sreekumar]]
| note2 = male
| length2 = 4:28
| length2 = 4:28
| title3 = Sollaayo Vaaithiranthu (F)
| title3 = Sollaayo Vaaithiranthu
| extra3 = [[S. Janaki]]
| extra3 = [[S. Janaki]]
| note3 = female
| length3 = 4:29
| length3 = 4:29
| title4 = Nenje Gurunaatharin
| title4 = Nenje Gurunaatharin
| extra4 = [[M. G. Sreekumar]]
| extra4 = M. G. Sreekumar
| length4 = 4:10
| length4 = 4:10
| title5 = Nenje Gurunaatharin Sevadi
| title5 = Nenje Gurunaatharin Sevadi
| extra5 = Arunmozhi
| extra5 = [[Arunmozhi]]
| length5 = 4:11
| length5 = 4:11
| title6 = Sangeetha Gnanamu (lyrics by Saint [[Tyagaraja]])
| title6 = Sangeetha Gnanamu
| extra6 = [[K. J. Yesudas]]
| extra6 = K. J. Yesudas
| note6 = lyrics by [[Tyagaraja]]
| length6 = 3:38
| length6 = 3:38
| title7 = Mogamul Title Score
| title7 = Mogamul Title Score
| extra7 = Maestro [[Ilaiyaraja]]
| note7 = Instrumental
| extra7 = —
| length7 = 2:31
| length7 = 2:31
| total_length = 28:22 <!-- Automatically generated with User:JPxG/TrackSum.js -->
}}
}}


== Release ==
== Release and reception ==
The film won critical acclaim and went on to win a [[National Film Awards|National Film Award]] for Gnana Rajasekaran, who secured the [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 May 2007 |title=Chasing the tinsel dream CABLEWALA |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/chasing-the-tinsel-dream-cablewala/article2245896.ece |access-date=11 June 2021}}</ref>
''Mogamul'' was released on 14 May 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mogamull / மோக முள் |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/mogamull |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222050444/https://screen4screen.com/movies/mogamull |archive-date=22 February 2024 |access-date=22 February 2024 |website=Screen 4 Screen}}</ref> S. R. of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' appreciated the film's plot and direction and the performances of cast and crew.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=எஸ். ஆர். |date=18 December 1994 |title=மோகமுள் |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1994-12-18/page/17/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230301025356/https://archive.org/details/kalki1994-12-18/page/17/mode/2up |archive-date=1 March 2023 |access-date=11 February 2023 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=17 |language=Ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> It won the [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 May 2007 |title=Chasing the tinsel dream CABLEWALA |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/chasing-the-tinsel-dream-cablewala/article2245896.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611105357/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/chasing-the-tinsel-dream-cablewala/article2245896.ece |archive-date=11 June 2021 |access-date=11 June 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|0305836|Mogamul}}
*{{IMDb title|0305836}}


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Mogamul
File:Mogamul poster.jpg
Poster
Directed byGnana Rajasekaran
Produced byJ. Dharmambal
Based onMogamul
by Thi. Janakiraman
StarringArchana Joglekar
Nedumudi Venu
Abhishek
Music byIlaiyaraaja
CinematographySunny Joseph
Thangar Bachan
Edited byB. Lenin
V. T. Vijayan
Production
company
J. R. Film Circuit
Release date
  • 14 May 1995 (1995-05-14)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Mogamul (transl. Infatuation) is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Gnana Rajasekaran based on the novel of the same name by Thi. Janakiraman. The film stars Archana Joglekar, Nedumudi Venu and Abhishek, while Vivek and Vennira Aadai Moorthy play supporting roles. The score and soundtrack were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film was released on 14 May 1995 and won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director.

Plot[edit | edit source]

Babu is a college student and an aspiring classical vocalist. He is friends with Yamuna and her mother, who live in the same village. Yamuna is born out of wedlock, and her parents belong to different castes. So the society shuns their family and multiple prospective bridegrooms decline her.

Babu's neighbor is an old man, married to a very young and attractive woman, Thangamma. Thangamma is frustrated with her non-existent sex life, and slowly gets attracted to Babu and they end up making love. Babu feels guilty about this and reveals the incident to Yamuna, and claims he now realizes he wants to marry her. But Yamuna declines saying she is 10 years elder to Babu, and also, he is destined to become a successful singer and cannot get distracted by love and women.

Thangamma is deeply in love with Babu and wants to elope with him. Babu refuses and Thangamma kills herself in disappointment. Babu's music teacher Ranganna also dies and he is at a dead end with Yamuna not willing to marry him as well. So he leaves the village and goes absconding.

Babu's friend Raja locates him in Chennai after 3 years, and learns Babu is still thinking of Yamuna and unable to progress in his musical journey. Raja meets Yamuna, whose father had died and she and her mother are living in poverty, and tells her about Babu. Yamuna meets Babu and offers herself to him and they make love. She then encourages Babu to focus on his music now that she belongs to him.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Production[edit | edit source]

Mogamul marked the directorial debut of Gnana Rajasekaran, and is based on the novel of the same name written by Thi. Janakiraman.[1][2] It took roughly a year to complete the film.[3]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

The music was Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics by Vaali.[4] The song "Kamalam Paatha" is set in the Carnatic raga Ramapriya.[5]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Kamalam Paatha"K. J. Yesudas4:55
2."Sollaayo Vaaithiranthu" (male)M. G. Sreekumar4:28
3."Sollaayo Vaaithiranthu" (female)S. Janaki4:29
4."Nenje Gurunaatharin"M. G. Sreekumar4:10
5."Nenje Gurunaatharin Sevadi"Arunmozhi4:11
6."Sangeetha Gnanamu" (lyrics by Tyagaraja)K. J. Yesudas3:38
7."Mogamul Title Score" (Instrumental)—2:31
Total length:28:22

Release and reception[edit | edit source]

Mogamul was released on 14 May 1995.[6] S. R. of Kalki appreciated the film's plot and direction and the performances of cast and crew.[7] It won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director.[8]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Greater than any hero". The Hindu. 23 February 2007. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "மோக முள்ளும் ரதிநிர்வேதமும்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in தமிழ்). 28 June 2020. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  3. ↑ Kothari, Bhakti (24 August 2023). "Charting the Cinematic Course of Gnana Rajasekharan". Indian Masterminds. Archived from the original on 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "Mogamul- Valli Tamil Film Audio CD by Ilayaraaja". Macsendisk. Archived from the original on 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "Morning raga". The Hindu. 31 January 2014. Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "Mogamull / மோக முள்". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  7. ↑ எஸ். ஆர். (18 December 1994). "மோகமுள்". Kalki (in தமிழ்). p. 17. Retrieved 11 February 2023 – via Internet Archive.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  8. ↑ "Chasing the tinsel dream CABLEWALA". The Hindu. 28 May 2007. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

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