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{{Infobox film
| image = Amudhae.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = [[Ezhil|S. Ezhil]]
| writer = Na. Anbarasu (dialogues)
| screenplay = S. Ezhil
| story = R. Manimala
| starring = {{plainlist|
*[[Jai Akash]]
*[[Prakash Raj]]
*[[Madhumitha]]
*[[Uma Shankari]]
}}
| producer =
| music = Sunil Xavier
| cinematography = Sivakumar
| editing = [[V. T. Vijayan]]
| studio = AIM productions
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2005|05|20}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
}}

'''''Amudhae''''' is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language [[romantic drama film]] directed by [[Ezhil]], starring [[Jai Akash]], [[Prakash Raj]], [[Madhumitha]], and [[Uma Shankari]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 March 2005 |title=More opportunities for Jai Akash |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/News/17-3-05/more_jaiakash.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220190016/http://www.behindwoods.com/News/17-3-05/more_jaiakash.htm |archive-date=20 February 2022 |access-date=23 February 2022 |website=Behindwoods}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=23 May 2005 |title=Madhumita's Woes |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/News/23-5-05/madhu.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220100424/http://www.behindwoods.com/News/23-5-05/madhu.htm |archive-date=20 February 2022 |access-date=23 February 2022 |website=Behindwoods}}</ref>

== Plot ==
{{more plot|date=February 2022}}
Nancy, who is in love with Dinakar, marries a millionaire, Victor. Later, Dinakar marries his cousin, Vinaya. How Nancy reunites with Dinakar forms the rest of the story.

== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
*[[Jai Akash]] as Dinakar
*[[Prakash Raj]] as Victor
*[[Madhumitha]] as Nancy
*[[Uma Shankari]] as Vinaya
*[[Ranjitha]] as Susi (special appearance)
*[[Ragasya]] (special appearance in the song "Pottu Thaluda")
*Anamika (special appearance in the song "Valayal")
*[[Dhamu]] as Dinakar's friend
*[[Delhi Ganesh]] as Dinakar's father
*[[M. S. Bhaskar]] as Victor's friend
*[[Santhana Bharathi]] as Nancy's father
*[[Sathyapriya]] as Dinakar's mother
*[[Fathima Babu]] as Nancy's mother
*[[Kuyili (actress)|Kuyili]] as Vinaya's mother
*[[S. Rajasekar|Rajasekar]] as the church father
*[[Swaminathan]] as a priest
*[[Bava Lakshmanan]] as the village head
*[[Krishnamoorthy (actor)|Krishnamoorthy]] as an alcoholic
}}

== Production ==
After [[Ezhil]] saw a special screening of ''[[Ramakrishna (2004 Tamil film)|Ramakrishna]]'', he signed [[Jai Akash]] for his next film ''Amudhae''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 July 2005 |title=Jai Akash |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/features/Interviews/Interview4/html/tamil-cinema-interview-jaiakash.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219111642/http://www.behindwoods.com/features/Interviews/Interview4/html/tamil-cinema-interview-jaiakash.html |archive-date=19 February 2022 |access-date=23 February 2022 |website=Behindwoods}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=3 December 2004 |title=Back after a gap |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/12/03/stories/2004120302750600.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110044254/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/12/03/stories/2004120302750600.htm |archive-date=10 November 2012 |access-date=3 September 2012 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> The film was to be produced by a thirty five person unit, which later became a twenty eight person unit.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 February 2005 |title=New producers unit |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/News/26-2-05/producers_unit.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219135425/http://www.behindwoods.com/News/26-2-05/producers_unit.htm |archive-date=19 February 2022 |access-date=23 February 2022 |website=Behindwoods}}</ref><ref name="Sify">{{Cite web |date=7 May 2005 |title=Amuthe |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/amuthe-review-tamil-pclvJreeeaeab.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219171915/https://www.sify.com/movies/amuthe-review-tamil-pclvJreeeaeab.html |archive-date=19 February 2022 |access-date=23 February 2022 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> The film was based on a novel{{Which|date=November 2024}} written by Manimala.<ref name="co">{{cite web |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=3 March 2005 |title=Amudhe |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/film/Onlocation/2005/02amudhe.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061015214044/http://www.chennaionline.com/film/Onlocation/2005/02amudhe.asp |archive-date=15 October 2006 |access-date=20 April 2024 |work=Chennai Online}}</ref> [[Madhumitha]] was cast as the heroine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 February 2005 |title=Madhumitha's Exclusive Interview |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/News/24-2-05/madhumitha_interview.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219170836/http://www.behindwoods.com/News/24-2-05/madhumitha_interview.htm |archive-date=19 February 2022 |access-date=23 February 2022 |website=Behindwoods}}</ref> The film was shot in several locations in Kerala including Alappuzha, Munnar, Kuttanad, Chalakudy and Vazhachal and also at Mumbai and Chennai.<ref name="Sify" /><ref name=co /> The filming was done within 35 days.<ref name=cs />

== Soundtrack ==
Newcomer Sunil Xavier, who worked as an assistant to [[S. A. Rajkumar]], composed the music for the film and lyrics were written by debutant Tamil Amudhan.<ref name="Sify" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Amudhey |url=https://thiraitamilpaadal.com/album/2005/3455/Amudhey.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224083838/https://thiraitamilpaadal.com/album/2005/3455/Amudhey.html |archive-date=24 February 2022 |access-date=23 February 2022 |website=thiraitamilpaadal.com}}</ref> The audio was launched at 18 February 2005 at Shree Theatre of [[Sathyam Cinemas]].<ref name="cs">{{cite web |date=19 February 2005 |title='Amudhey' Song Cassette Release function |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/specials/function/19022005-6.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050308043341/http://www.cinesouth.com/specials/function/19022005-6.shtml |archive-date=8 March 2005 |access-date=23 July 2024 |website=Cinesouth}}</ref>

*"Anbe Adu Oru Kalam" – [[Unni Menon]], [[Sujatha Mohan|Sujatha]][[Lyricist Tamilamudhan]]
*"Enna Enna Nan Solla" – [[Lyricist Tamilamudhan]][[Swarnalatha]]
*"Madura Jilla" –[[Lyricist Tamilamudhan]] [[Manikka Vinayagam]], Priya
*"Pottu Thalluda" –[[Lyricist Tamilamudhan]] Krishnaraj
*"Valayal Kadu" –[[Lyricist Tamilamudhan]] [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], Subha

== Critical reception ==
A critic from ''[[Sify]]'' opined that "The film lacks technical finesse and offers little in the way of surprise", praised the performances of Raj, Madhumitha, and Uma while criticising Jai Akash's "wooden", emotionless performance.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 May 2005 |title=Amuthe |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/amuthe-review-tamil-pclvJFbjadcbe.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224083826/https://www.sify.com/movies/amuthe-review-tamil-pclvJFbjadcbe.html |archive-date=24 February 2022 |access-date=23 February 2022 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> Malathi Rangarajan of ''[[The Hindu]]'' opined that "Flashes of brilliance and food for thought the story offers — you could disagree with the logic or feasibility of the proposition tabled, but the point is, it is something different".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rangarajan |first=Malathi |date=20 May 2005 |title=Of a callous ego trip |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/of-a-callous-ego-trip/article28583090.ece |url-status=live |access-date=23 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220222001507/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/of-a-callous-ego-trip/article28583090.ece |archive-date=22 February 2022}}</ref> Malini Mannath of ''Chennai Online'' wrote that "If he [Ezhil] had worked on the screenplay better, etched his characters in a more convincing way, and had a tighter grip on his narration, it would have turned out to be a more engaging entertainer".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=31 May 2005 |title=Amudhe |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/film/Moviereviews/2005/05amudhe.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061015011010/http://www.chennaionline.com/film/Moviereviews/2005/05amudhe.asp |archive-date=15 October 2006 |access-date=23 February 2022 |website=Chennai Online}}</ref> Visual Dasan of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' called the film "above average".<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=5 June 2005 |title=அமுதே... |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/2005/jun/05-06-2005/p56.jpg |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |language=ta |pages=56 |access-date=11 August 2022 |archive-date=11 August 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220811062520/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/2005/jun/05-06-2005/p56.jpg |url-status=dead|first=விஷுவல் |last=தாசன் }}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:2005 Indian films]]
[[Category:2005 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:2005 romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Films based on Tamil novels]]
[[Category:Films directed by S. Ezhil]]
[[Category:Films shot in Alappuzha]]
[[Category:Films shot in Chalakudy]]
[[Category:Films shot in Kerala]]
[[Category:Films shot in Munnar]]
[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language romantic drama films]]

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LucileBrownbill at 04:27, 3 March 2026