Mouna Ragam

Mani Ratnam has made so many great films(Nayakan, Agni Natchathiram, Roja, Bombay, etc.,.) over the years. But this masterpiece is what put him in the limelight. Mouna Raagam is a perfect example on how a Indian movie should be made. Along with Roja, I believe that Mouna Raagam is Ratnam's best movie. Mohan and Revathi give brilliant heartfelt performances. Some of their scenes will really make you feel what they're feeling. As great as Mohan and Revathi were, Karthik was the real star of Mouna Raagam. He's on-screen for about 25 minutes and what you see is simply a revelation. His defiant ways, his playful antics towards Revathi will make one wonder why he wasn't in the movie longer. Illyaraja's music is absolutely brilliant, but special mention must go to his BGM. The BGM used in several scenes(especially the Karthik-Revathi scenes)is one of Raja's all-time best.

P.C. Sriram's photography is just the icing on the cake. Mouna Raagam won several national awards, including best film, in 1986. I believe it deserved all the awards it got. A real tamil classic.

This movie is one of the best movies i had seen.brilliant acting from kartik who steals the show and revathi has done amazing job too. manirathnam did not go with the cliché by suddenly bringing revathi and mohan together. he takes his time and works on their relationship. how mohan uses all the hurtful things revathi said is just heart melting .there are some parts of the movie where you will actually feel what the characters are going through. and illayaraja does amazing job the songs are just amazing and fits right in every scenes and lyrics are just so damn accurate to the movie sequence.one of the best music albums in tamil cinema history with out any argument.i felt that kartik should have given more screen time as he was brilliant. if you look deeply you will see two kinds of love one is very raw,passionate and immense from kartik and the other one is just pure mature love from mohan. how revathy moves on from one to other is the plot and maniratnam has done amazing job on that. there are few logical flaws which are totally fine you will only notice after watching 3 or 4 times . brilliant movie must watch......

The movie revolves around initially with a Forced arrange marriage b/w Matured guy and a childish lady !! Where the Guy liked her at the first sight, but our heroine is not ready for this marriage. But to compromise family she anyway marry and flew to North India with her husband ! Situations dont favour our heroine,where her only demand is divorce . Hero tries various ways to win her, but she stays away and finally reveals a Heartbroke she had in the past, which is super narrated in crispy way , The duo enjoyed and are about to do register marriage,but unluck favour, Her lover who is also a social activist, gets accused and on their marriage day,lover gets gun shot by police and leaves his life. So , our heroine narrated her story to her husband,then he realises her love. But still he loves her deep down. The movie also has some classic comedies , which is famous and all time favourite. So , they roam about Agra and give some time to spend time.But still heroine needs divorce. So our hero decides to give divorce notice to fulfil her wish. All of a sudden, hero gets attacked by his ex office members and he will be severely bleeding . Our heroine shows her identity as she is the wife of the dying person, which will be portrayed in a very sensitive touch . Then she start to take care of him, once her parents visit them, he shows some disrespect to her parents . When our heroine aask reason for his act, he admits that they should understand that this divorce should be mutual. So our heroine feels guilt on this . Then the final days arrives , they are about to be seperated , where heroine is about to leave her husband and settle with her parents. !!! As always , a happy ending is all we want , our hero runs a long way. Our heroine Pull the train chain and stop the train. A happy ending scene where our hero lifts our heroine to take her back to home, ending in a Note where the two rails gets joined. 💞

maniratnam is hailed universally as a great film-maker with a unique style. although i am not a great fan of his, this movie i think was his best - even ahead of roja.

mouna ragam is a tender movie that pulls at the heartstrings, revathi - in one of her best ever roles - absoluitely steals the show. maniratnam handles the complex relationship between the husband and wife beautifully. kartik as the wife's ex-lover scintillates in his cameo.

the capacity of the human heart to love, its wont to love more than one person is tenderly shown, revathi's reluctance to love her husband and how she slowly changes heart but refuses to acknowledge it are what makes the movie a delight to watch. a movie that can and should ne seen many times over.

this is a tru classic that deserves a full 10.

A true Mani Ratnam classic. In a world where people walk away from relationships the moment there are signs of trouble this movie shows that love and commitment are rewarded. If you care to look under the surface, this movie explains how and why marriages in conservative societies last even though people are brought together by fortune rather than by a liking for each other.

The characters in the movie are powerful and well supported by the cast. Ilayaraja shows why he was the king of Indian movie music with some lovely and captivating music.