Maha Maha is a 2015 Indian Tamil romantic thriller film directed by Mathivanan Sakthivel. The film stars Mathivanan Sakthivel, Melissa, Indira, Nizhalgal Ravi, Anupama Kumar and Meera Krishnan. The film features music composed by Pavalar Shiva, and editing by Suresh Urs. The film was predominately filmed in Australia with local Australian cast. The film released on 6 March 2015 in Tamil Nadu, Australia and England.
Plot
Hero Vijay played by Mathivanan relocates to Australia as a result of his job transfer. There he meets an Australian girl, Emily played by Melissa and falls in love. Meanwhile, Australian Police are in search of Emily who is claimed to be missing for the past 10 days. Meantime, Police find Emily's dead body who was killed and buried in Vijay's garden and hence he is arrested. Emily's postmortem report says that she was murdered and was buried. Further it shocks the police as they find that Vijay had actually arrived at Australia, a day after Emily's murder. As a result, Vijay is released by the police. Following which, Vijay is all set himself to find about Emily, that who was she actually, who would have murdered her and what would have been the reason behind it, how is it possible for a dead girl to meet and speak wit him.. Finally, all these investigations result to unfold many interesting and shocking informations.
The film released on 6 March 2015 in Tamil Nadu, Australia and England. The film was released along with 10 other films and it was reported that 6 March 2015 was the first weekend with so many films in 2015. The trailer was released on 11 February 2015 by AP International Films.
Production
The film is produced by Sakthi Screens and it was written and directed by Mathivanan Sakthivel. Mathivanan did a short course in film making at the Australian Film Base in Sydney before production of this film. The film was predominately filmed in Australia in a small country town Taralga. Suresh Urs did the editing for the movie
Music
The film has three tracks composed by Pavalar Shiva, who is Ilayaraja's brother, Pavalar Varadarajan's, son. The audio was released by Ilayaraja. Ilayaraja commented that the songs are good and he liked the title of the film "Maha Maha". The Hindu reported that there are only three tracks in the album, all of which are pleasing to the ears. ‘Ennavo Pannuthe’ is sung by Nivas K. Prasanna and Prashanthini, while ‘Agaramodu Lagaram’ is sung by Prashanthini, Priya and Vallavan. Pavalar Siva's rendition of the title number ‘Maha Maha’ is good.
Critical reception
Vannathirai Magazine review said that the movie does not have much commercial element, however the director has done a fast pace screenplay for which he needs to be congratulated. Maalai Malar review reported that Mathivanan has done what is required for his role and Melissa has fulfilled the job that is given to her. The review also praised the director for using the Australian actors properly. The review highlighted that the screen play is bit slow for a crime thriller.
Awards
Maha Maha won its first Award, the "Award of Recognition" from "The IndieFEST Film Awards" based in California, USA in July 2015. The award was judged based on the quality and creativity of each piece and winning means the craft and skill exhibited by the entry is outstanding and stands above other productions. Maha Maha also won the "Award of Recognition" from "Accolade Global Film Competition" based in California, USA in August 2015.
Other-language versions
Maha Maha was dubbed as Saaya Ek Pyar Ka in Hindi. The Hindi version of the movie was released in April 2019. Maha Maha was dubbed as Moogamanasu Cheppindhi in Telugu. The Telugu version of the movie was released in January 2019.
