Marumugam

<p>Mayazhagan, a clay sculptor, kills women who are attracted to him. He uses their bodies to model his clay sculptures. He falls in love with Radhika, who is in love with Ram. Mayazhagan gets engaged to Radhika. When he learns about Radhika’s love affair, he decides to kill her. Whether or not Radhika escapes and reunites with Ram form the rest of the story. The film is directed by Kamal, who previously wrote the story and screenplay for the Malaysian Tamil film . He previously worked under and and this film marks his directorial debut. The film began production in early 2012. The film is produced by Subramaniam’s Sanjay, who works with imported furniture. The songs are scored by guitarist Agastya, who worked on several Telugu-language films. He was signed after he showed Subramaniam his songs from a Telugu film. Daniel Balaji was cast to play a serial killer. This film marks the second time he plays the lead role after (2009). Newcomer Preethi Das was signed to portray a 12th standard student. , who played one of the leads in , was brought in to play Preethi Das’s lover. His character is that of a romantic hero. Kumar did several risky stunts for his character. The film was shot in , where two songs were shot, and one song was shot in the and border. All the songs were composed by Agastya except for “Nee Illatha Vazhkai”, which was composed by Praveen Savi. , and Aabavanan attended the audio release function. gave the film a rating of one out of five stars and wrote that ” The only appreciable thing here is the title credits sequence, which captures the vibe of lurid pulp thrillers, something that the film tragically fails to realize”. A critic from praised Daniel Balaji’s acting, the screenplay, and the cinematography.</p>