Yaanai Mugathaan

Yaanai Mugathaan is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language fantasy comedy written and directed by Rejishh Midhila. The film stars Yogi Babu and Ramesh Thilak with Urvashi, Karunakaran, Uday Chandra and Naaga Vishaal in supporting roles. The film is a remake of the director's Innu Muthal.

The film is about an auto driver who is a devotee of Lord Ganesha. The film was released on 21 April 2023.

Plot
The movie revolves around an ardent Lord Ganesha devotee Ganesan who is also a lazy wastrel, who survives lying and cheating people. He has only two souls to support, one is his friend Michael who is also a wastrel. The other person is Malli Akka who supports him and his friend with finance and home. One day Lord Ganesha comes before Ganesan and questions his way of life. How Ganesan mends his way and realises life forms rest of the movie.

Production
This is the Tamil debut of Malayalam film director Rejishh Midhila. He has previously directed three Malayalam films Lal Bahadur Shastri, Vaarikkuzhiyile Kolapathakam, and Innu Muthal. The director, Rejishh Midhila, produced the film with Lijo James. The cinematography was by cinematographer Karthik S Nair. The film's editing was handled by Syalo Sathyan. The first look poster for the film was released on 1 September 2022. The teaser for the film was released on 7 March 2023. The trailer for the film was released on 5 April 2023.

Music
The music for the film was composed by Bharath Sankar. This is a second collaboration between the music composer and actor Yogi Babu after the film Mandela. All songs were penned by C. M. Lokesh.

Theatrical
The film was released on 21 April 2023.

Reception
Logesh Balachandran of The Times of India gave the film a rating of 3/5 and wrote, "Although Yaanai Mugathaan reminds us of other films such as Arai En 305-il Kadavul and Vinodhaya Sitham, it successfully manages to keep us engrossed in the world it has created." Jayabhuvaneshwari B of Cinema Express gave the film a rating of 2/5, stating, "While the message is a well-intentioned one, the aimless writing makes the denouement unsatisfying."

A critic from Dinamalar gave the film a rating of 2/5, stating, "The story the director chose was interesting, but the screenplay is not interesting enough. The film was more like the fantasy dramas Arai En 305-il Kadavul and Oh My Kadavule."