Maalai Nera Mallipoo
Promotional poster
Directed bySanjay Narayanan
Produced byVijayalakshmi Narayanan
Starring
  • Vinithra Menon
  • Ashwin
  • Dhinesh Pandiyar
  • Samyuktha
CinematographyNoydup Dorjee
Benny Richardson
Edited bySanjay Narayanan
Music byHrithik Shakthivel
Production
company
Every Frame Matters
Distributed byaha Tamil
Release date
  • 9 June 2023 (2023-06-09)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Maalai Nera Mallipoo is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Sanjay Narayanan and starring Vinithra Menon and Ashwin in the lead roles. It was released on 9 June 2023 through the streaming service aha Tamil.[1][2]

Cast

  • Vinithra Menon as Lakshmi
  • Ashwin
  • Dhinesh Pandiyar
  • Samyuktha

Production

The film marked the directorial debut of Sanjay Narayanan, an erstwhile assistant director to Selvaraghavan. Narayanan worked on the film aged 21 and had conceptualised during the COVID-19 pandemic. Maalai Nera Mallipoo tells the tale of how the lockdown affected the livelihoods of sex workers, who were left in the lurch by a system that doesn't treat them with respect and dignity.[3]

Reception

The film was released on 9 June 2023 across Tamil Nadu. Reviewing the film, a critic from Times of India wrote the film "has powerful content that deserves to be told, but the making isn't impressive enough to hold us throughout."[4] A reviewer from The Hindu wrote "filmmaker Sanjay Narayanan and actor Vinithra Menon do not attempt to merely document the life of a sex worker; they peer into the labyrinth of the lead character’s conscience".[5]

References

  1. ↑ "'Maalai Nera Mallipoo' Trailer: Vinithra Menon and Ashwin starrer 'Maalai Nera Mallipoo' Official Trailer". Archived from the original on 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2023-06-30 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
  2. ↑ "மாலை நேர மல்லிப்பூ படத்தின் போஸ்டர் வெளியீடு". Dinamani. Archived from the original on 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  3. ↑ "When young talent blossomed". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  4. ↑ "Maalai Nera Mallipoo Movie Review : Powerful content let down by mediocre filmmaking". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2023-06-29. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  5. ↑ "'Maalai Nera Malipoo' movie review: A slow-burn, yet stirring tale of a sex worker". The Hindu. June 13, 2023. Archived from the original on June 30, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2023 – via www.thehindu.com.


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