Mugavaree

Mugavari
Directed by	Durai
Written by	Crazy Mohan
Produced by	s.s chakravarty
Starring	Ajith, Jyothika, Suchindra, Vivek
Music by	Deva
Release date	2000
Language	Tamil
Budget	50,000,000

Mugavari (Tamil: முகவரி) is a Tamil movie starring Ajith, Jyothika, Raghuvaran, Vivek, Cochin Haneefa, K.Vishwanath and Jai Ganesh. The music is composed by Deva. The story was the meanings of dreams and ambitions and the ego to fulfil them. The film was directed by Durai.

Plot

Sridhar (Ajith) has been trying to become a music director for eight years. In spite of having earned an M.A., his only dream is to become a music director (he even calls the eight-year wait a "penance"). His family, consisting of his father (K.Vishwanath), his brother Shiva (Raghuvaran), his sister-in-law Shantha(Sitara) and his sister, is fully supportive of him. He runs into Viji (Jyothika) and their friendship soon blossoms into love. She helps him get a foot in the door in the industry but bad luck spoils his chances. When Viji's sister's marriage is finalised suddenly, Viji's father (Jaiganesh) asks her to get married too. But he is understandably worried when he learns that Sridhar is unemployed and following a dream that has not been realised for 8 years.Her father even offers a job to him also. But he refuses to do that since his primary goal is to become music director. The matters ends there when her father arranges marriage with some other. He fails in love. Back in Sridhar's home, Shiva suffers a heart attack.To support his family he takes up a job. But he continues with hope that in future his dream may come true implying however ambitious a person might be it is difficult to escape the harsh realities of day to day life.

Cast and crew

• Cast : Ajith, Jyothika, Vivek, Raghuvaran, K.Vishwanath, Cochin Haneefa
• Director : Durai
• Cinematography : Ajayan Vincent
• Editing : B.Lenin
• Producer : SS Chakaravarthy
• Music : Deva

Box Office

The film opened in 86 screens throughout Tamil Nadu. It grossed Rs.20 million in the first week of release. It played for 119 days successfully. It was later dubbed into Telugu as Chirunama.