Moondraam Ullaga Por

Moondram Ulaga Por (transl. Third World War) is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language dystopian war film written and directed by Sugan Kartthi. The film stars Sunil Kumar (Paalai fame) and Akhila Kishore in the lead roles, with cinematography handled by Dheva, edits by Richard and music composed by Ved Shankar.[1]

Moondram Ulaga Por
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySugan Kartthi
Written bySugan Kartthi
Produced byT. R. S Anbu
V. Sures Narayan
StarringSunil Kumar
Akhila Kishore
Wilson Ng
CinematographyDheva
Edited byS. Richard
Music byVed Shankar
Production
companies
Aartin Frames
TRS Studios
Distributed byDream Factory
Release date
  • January 22, 2016 (2016-01-22)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

The film was dubbed into Hindi as Ek Aur Mahayudh by Goldmines Telefilms in 2018.[2][3]

Synopsis

An Indian soldier must fight for his life after he gets captured by the Chinese enemy camp during a war between India and China. He faces many hardships but does not lose hope. He tries to runaway from the prison but is recaptured by Chinese army. However, he kills the colonel of Chinese army too. But there's Indian traitor in the Army who is planning everything. After killing the colonel of Chinese army, he uses his phone to call home where he informs his wife that they are in danger, she too tells him that she is two months pregnant. He also records that how china is planning economic war against India and sacrifice his life for the nation

Cast
  • Sunil Kumar as Major Saravanan
  • Akhila Kishore as Madhivadhani
  • Wilson Ng as Lim Bai Huai
  • Avinash as Subramaniam
  • Jeeva Ravi as Ravi
  • Jennifer Antony as Saravanan's mother
  • Sabari as Mugundhan
  • Nafi as Dr. Nafi
  • Hamsa
  • Raj Kish
  • Siva Ganesh as Kiran Nair
  • Aravind as Robhindra Singh
  • Karthick Rajendran as Pon Manickam

Production

The film, focusing on the plot of a fictional war between India and China in 2025, was revealed to be approaching completion in September 2014. The director, Sugan, stated he was inspired by life in his village of Pallipatti in Dharmapuri, and his days in the National Cadet Corps, while scripting the film, while the film's shoot was completed within a period of 45 days.[4] Sunil Kumar was signed to play the lead character as Major Saravanan, after the director was impressed with his role in Paalai.[5] Akhila Kishore was signed on to portray a soldier's wife in the film.[6] It took one year to complete the extensive CG work.[7] The film's distribution rights were bought by Dream Factory in early 2016, increasing the financial viability of the project with good publicity.

Soundtrack
Moondram Ulaga Por
Soundtrack album by
Ved Shankar
Released2016
Recorded2016
GenreSoundtrack
Length18:00
LabelDivo
ProducerVed Shankar
Ved Shankar chronology
Azhagu Kutti Chellam
(2016)		 Moondram Ulaga Por
(2016)		 China
(2018)

The soundtrack album of Moondram Ulaga Por was composed by Ved Shankar and consists of three tracks sung by Shankar Mahadevan, Chinmayi, Shakthisree Gopalan and Ved Shankar, himself. Lyricist Annamalai has written all the songs in the movie while Sherief has done the choreography.[8]

All lyrics are written by Annamalai.

Track-List
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Anbe En Anbe"Shakthisree Gopalan, Ved Shankar5:24
2."Indiya Naade"Shankar Mahadevan4:00
3."Vaanmazhai"Chinmayi, Ved Shankar4:28
4."Theme of Forlorn hope" (Instrumental) 3:07
5."Theme of Major Saravanan" (Instrumental) 1:01
Total length:18:00

Reception

Baradwaj critic of The Hindu wrote that "An imaginative premise, that’s about it"[9].Nandita Ravi critic of Times of india gave 2 stars out of 5 and stated that "but sometimes, cameraman Deva's shots more than make up for what's missing in the film. Sadly though, what was a promising script, seems to have fizzled out, with no saving grace."[10]

References
  1. Por, Moondraam Ulaga (9 January 2016). "Moondraam Ulga Por". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. "Ek Aur Mahayudh". Goldmines Telefilms. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  3. "A World War Flick Sans Combat". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  4. Rao, Subha J. (21 January 2016). "Love in the time of war". The Hindu.
  5. "Moondraam Ullaga Por hero Sunil talks about his film". 20 January 2016.
  6. Rao, Subha J. (7 August 2015). "Photo finish". The Hindu.
  7. "Moondram Ulaga Por : Story of fictional India China war". The Hindu. 8 September 2014.
  8. "Moondram ulaga por movie songs Review". MovieTet. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  9. "Moondram Ullaga Por: An imaginative premise, that's about it". The Hindu. 22 January 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  10. "Moondram Ullaga Por Movie Review". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
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