Amudhae

Amudhae is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Ezhil, starring Jai Akash, Prakash Raj, Madhumitha, and Uma.

Premise
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.

Production
After Ezhil saw a special screening of Ramakrishna, he signed Jai Akash for his next film Amudhae. The film was to be produced by a thirty five person unit, which later became a twenty eight person unit. The film was based on novel written by Manimala. Madhumitha was cast as the heroine. The film was shot in several locations in Kerala including Alappuzha, Munnar, Kuttanad, Chalakudy and Vazhachal and also at Mumbai and Chennai.

Soundtrack
Newcomer Sunil Xavier, who worked as an assistant to S. A. Rajkumar, composed the music for the film and lyrics by debutant Tamil Amudhan.


 * "Anbe Adu Oru Kalam" – Unni Menon, Sujatha
 * "Enna Enna Nan Solla" – Swarnalatha
 * "Madura Jilla" – Manikka Vinayagam, Priya
 * "Pottu Thalluda" – Krishnaraj
 * "Valaya Kadu" – Karthik, Subha

Release and 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. 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". 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". Visual Dasan of Kalki called the film "above average".