Jaganmohini (2009 film)

Jaganmohini is a Tamil language film released in 2009. It is remake of the B. Vittalacharya cult horror film of the same name. It stars Namitha, Raja and Nila in the lead roles. It is directed by N. K. Vishwanathan.^[1] It was simultaneously dubbed into Telugu with the same name. Bengali as Mayabini Kanya. The movie bombed at the box office.^[2]

Plot

The movie begins at Pachai Theevu, ruled by a mighty king (Narasimha Raju). His son and prince Jagathalapradhapan (Raja) is a valourous youth who sets out on a mission to capture pirates in the sea. He lands at Sangu Theevu, where the head of the sea pirates Alai Kallan lives. Jagathalapradhapan comes across Mohini (Namitha), who belong to the local fishermen community in the island. Romance blossom between them. Jagathalapradhapan manages to nab Alai Kallan and decides to return to his country. He promises Mohini that he would bring his parents to arrange for their wedding. However the King and his wife Mangayarkarasi (Yuvarani) arranges for their son's marriage with a princess Azhagu Nachiyar (Nila). Jagathalapradhapan tries hard to convince his parents that he would marry only Mohini.

To put an end to the problem, the king and his wife hatch a conspiracy and bump off Mohini. Enters a cruel tantrik (Kota Sreenivasa Rao), who uses the feud between Jagathalapradhapan and Alai Kallan and plans to kill Jagathalapradhapan and thereby get the ultimate power to rule the world. But all his plans are altered when Mohini’s spirit comes back to earth. Eventually it is a clash between the two - the fight between the good and evil.

Cast

• Raja Abel as Jagathalapradhapan
• Namitha as Jaganmohini
• Vadivelu as Jaganmohan
• Nila as Azhagu Nachiyar
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Sidhar
• Riyaz Khan as Indrajith
• Narasimha Raju
• Yuvarani as Mangayarkarasi
• Jyothilakshmi
• Balasingh
• Venniradai Moorthy
• Madhan Bob
• Alex
• Crane Manohar

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed y Ilaiyaraja and lyrics written by Vaali, Na. Muthukumar.^[3]

• Ponmanitheril - Bela Shinde
• Nilavu Varum - Swetha, Ujjaini
• Poothadu Poo - Rahul Nambiar, Rita
• Kattikitta - Rahul Nambiar, Nancy Vincent
• Unnai Vittal - Chithra

Reception

Rediff wrote "With its silly storyline and terrible costumes, Jaganmohini is a half-baked remake of the original, with plenty of skin-show and terrible graphics."^[4] Behindwoods wrote "The N. K. Vishwanathan directed Jaganmohini is neither spooky nor amusing. Even if you are a die-hard Namitha fan, don’t be surprised if you become incensed towards the end of the movie, for she’s all over it."^[5]

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