Indru Mudhal

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Balamurali Krishna and Geethanjali, students at the navy cadet college, are constantly at each other's throats. However, they soon realise that they are long lost childhood friends.

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• Mithun as Balamurali Krishna
• Daisy as Geethanjali
• Nanditha as Jenny
• Ramesh Khanna as Krishna's friend
• Nagesh as Krishna's grandfather
• Ravichandran as Krishna's father
• Sarath Babu as Geetha's father
• Kaushik{{Cite news |last=Raghavan |first=Nikhil |date=8 March 2014 |title=Dream come true |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/dream-come-true/article5764182.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621220408/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/dream-come-true/article5764182.ece |archive-date=21 June 2021 |access-date=20 April 2025 |work=The Hindu |language=en}}
• Yuvarani as Chakra, Geetha's mother
• Lavanya as Geetha's friend and Shankar's lover
• Meera Krishnan as Krishna's mother
• Bayilvan Ranganathan as ACP
• Manobala as Doctor
• Crane Manohar
• Suruli Manohar as Roadside shop owner
• Kottai Perumal as Restaurant customer
• Master Gowtham as young Krishna
• Master Bharath as Geetha's rival in childhood
• Baby Akshaya as young Geetha
• Kollywood Murali in a special appearance
• K. S. Ravikumar as Dr. K. S. Ravikumar

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The film marked the directorial debut of M. A. Murugesh, who had previously worked as an apprentice under K. S. Ravikumar. The shoot of the film was held at locations including the VGP Golden Beach resort in Chennai, as well as Kodaikanal and Gujarat, where they shot scenes depicting the 2001 Gujarat earthquake. Further scenes were shot depicting a cycle race featuring 200 young people, while the climax was filmed on a large ship, the N. N. Cauveri.{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=S. R. Ashok |date=14 March 2003 |title=When disaster strikes... |url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/03/14/stories/2003031401090200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030418165021/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/03/14/stories/2003031401090200.htm |archive-date=18 April 2003 |access-date=26 February 2017 |website=The Hindu}}

The soundtrack was composed by Deva, with lyrics written by Pa. Vijay.{{Cite web |date=1 March 2021 |title=Indru Mudhal (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP |url=https://music.apple.com/in/album/indru-mudhal-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1614852730 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231017132740/https://music.apple.com/in/album/indru-mudhal-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1614852730 |archive-date=17 October 2023 |access-date=17 October 2023 |website=Apple Music}}

Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote, "The debutant director takes the narration from the hill-station, to the earthquake-hit Bhuj, and back to the hill-station, to add some drama and generate interest in his sweet hearts-separeated-at-childhood story. All to no avail".{{Cite web |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=14 May 2003 |title=Indru Mudhal |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov270.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050324063046/http://www.chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov270.asp |archive-date=24 March 2005 |access-date=19 April 2022 |website=Chennai Online}} Visual Dasan of Kalki wrote that though the director is inspired from Kadhal Kottai, he has succeeded in maintaining the same tempo from that film while praising the humour of Ravikumar and Ramesh Khanna, Deva's music and Rengasamy's cinematography but panned Nanditha's character and concluded saying although the story is old, the film survives because the visuals are fresh.{{Cite magazine |last=தாசன் |first=விஷுவல் |date=18 May 2003 |title=இன்று முதல் |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki2003-05-18/page/56/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/1RidY |archive-date=26 September 2023 |access-date=14 February 2024 |magazine=Kalki |pages=56–57 |language=ta |via=Internet Archive}}

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