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Marina (2012 film)

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Marina
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Pandiraj
Produced by	Pandiraj
Written by	Pandiraj
Starring	Sivakarthikeyan Oviya
Music by	Girish G
Cinematography	Vijay
Studio	Pasanga Productions
Release dates	February 3, 2012
Running time	134 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Marina is a Tamil film directed by Pandiraj starring Siva Karthikeyan, in his feature film debut and Oviya in the lead roles. The movie released on February 3, 2012. It received mixed reviews.

Contents

• 1 Plot
• 2 Cast
• 3 Production
• 4 Release
• 5 Box Office
• 6 Critical Reception
• 7 Soundtrack
• 8 References
• 9 External links

Plot

Ambikapathy ('Pakoda' Pandian) is a orphan runaway who escapes from his cruel uncle to Chennai and eventually ends up at Marina beach. He earns his livelihood by first hawking drinking-water packets and later poached chickpeas to the public visiting Marina beach. His calm and matured manners win him the admiration and later the friendship of other boys employed at the beach. Ambikapathy has a passion to be educated, so he works in the day to save money for schooling whilst trying to study at night on his own. His ultimate dream is to be enrolled in a proper school. His passion also slowly begins to rubs-off on the other children on the beach.
An old man (Sundararajan) and postman (Jithan Mohan) are the guardian of sorts for these street-children. The beach is also the got-to place for many lovebirds. One such couple is Senthilnathan (Sivakarthikeyan) and Swapna Sundari (Oviya).

Cast

• Sivakarthikeyan as Senthilnathan
• Oviya as Swapnasundari
• 'Pakoda' Pandian as Ambikapathy
• Gautham Purushoth as Kailasam
• Jayaprakash as guest appearance
• Senthikumari
• Sathish - This boy died in an accident on 8 September 2012.
• ‘Jithan' Mohan
• Sundararajan
• Sathish

Special appearances in Promotional song by :

• Vikram
• Prakash Raj
• Sasikumar
• Ameer
• Sneha
• Vimal

Production

Like Pandiraj's debut film Pasanga, Marina too revolves around children, focusing on street-children at Chennai's the Marina beach, who peddle snacks and knick-knacks to survive. The film is said to be inspired from Mira Nair's critically acclaimed Hindi film Salaam Bombay! (1988).

Release

The satellite rights of the film were bagged by STAR Vijay. The film was given a "U" certificate by the Indian Censor Board.

Box Office

Marina opened at No.1 accounting for 51% of the takings in Chennai box office and 39% in its second weekend.

Critical Reception

Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff.com rated Marina 3/5 stating that it is "worth a watch." Rohit Ramachandran of Nowrunning.com rated it 2/5 calling it a "failed attempt at making a companion piece to Pasanga." Sify's Moviebuzz dismissed the film as "boring." Behindwoods Review Board rated it 2.5/5 calling Marina a "pleasant beach"

Soundtrack

Marina
Soundtrack album by Girishh G
Released	9 January 2012
Recorded	2011
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Saregama
Producer	Girishh G

The soundtrack of Marina, composed by the debut music director London based musician Girishh G, was released on 9 January 2012 at the Marina Beach. The song "Vanakkam Vaazhavaikkum Chennai", penned by Na. Muthukumar, which talks about life in Chennai, would feature several noted film personalities. The songs received positive reviews.

Tracklist

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Vanakkam Chennai"	Na. Muthukumar	Mukesh, Shilpa Natarajan, Ramshanker	4:40
2.	"Kadhal Oru Devadhai"	Na. Muthukumar	Haricharan, Manasi	4:51
3.	"Marina Marina Theme"	Na. Muthukumar	Madras Youth Choir, Manasi, Monissha	2:34
4.	"Yelelo"	Yugabharathi	Benny Dayal, Sandhya, Andrea Jeremiah	4:42
5.	"Nanban"	Yugabharathi	Vijay Prakash	5:14
6.	"Life In Marina"		Instrumental	3:44