Machakaaran

Vicky is the eldest son of a railway officer. He is a perpetual loser in whatever he does and is looked down upon by his other family members. One day, he meets Shivani, the daughter of a rich textile tycoon, who has brought all the luck to her father Rajangam. Soon, the "unlucky" Vicky is drawn towards the "lucky" Shivani, and they fall madly in love. Due to circumstances, they are forced to elope, with Shivani’s cop brother in hot pursuit. The lovers decide to go to Rajangam’s village in Theni, where he is considered and treated as "Mr. Nice Guy", a philanthropist and savior of the locals, and is given the honour of conducting the temple Thiruvizha every year. How the runaway couple against all odds rips his good guy image and exposes him in front of the entire village forms the rest of this predictable yarn.

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• Jeevan as Vicky
• Kamna Jethmalani as Shivani Rajangam
• G. M. Kumar as Rajangam
• Santhanam as Vicky's friend
• Vinod Raj as Vicky's father
• Shobraj as Shivani's brother
• Santhana Bharathi as Shivani's uncle
• Kalairani as Vicky's aunt
• Prem
• M. S. Baskar as Police Constable
• Mayilsamy as Police Constable
• Vaiyapuri as Vicky's friend
• Aarthi as College student
• Benjamin
• Bayilvan Ranganathan
• Scissor Manohar
• Nellai Siva
• Siva Narayana Murthy
• Bava Lakshmanan
• Muthukaalai
• Jaya Murali
• Maayi Sundar
• Alex
• Malavika as Item number

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For the musical score of Machakaaran, director Thamizhvaanan teamed up with composer Yuvan Shankar Raja again, after the duo gave chart-topping songs in the director's previous venture Kalvanin Kadhali (2005). The soundtrack, which features 5 tracks overall, was released on 24 October 2007 and garnered generally positive reviews.{{Cite web |date=7 November 2007 |title=Machakkaran: Yuvan's commendable effort |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/nov/07man.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010115923/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/nov/07man.htm |archive-date=10 October 2008 |access-date=2009-08-14 |website=Rediff.com}}

A critic from Rediff.com rated the film {{fraction|1|2}} out of 5 stars and wrote that "Machakkaran is a sheer waste of time, money, efforts and everything else thanks to the absence of anything worthwhile during its span of approximately 195 minutes".{{Cite web |date=10 November 2007 |title=Machakkaran: Sheer waste of money, time |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/nov/10tnrev.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116193018/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/nov/10tnrev.htm |archive-date=16 November 2023 |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=Rediff.com}} A critic from Sify wrote that the film "turns out to be a hackneyed, boring regressive piece of kitsch, that leaves you exhausted at the end!"{{Cite web |date=11 November 2007 |title=Machakaran |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/machakaran-review-tamil-pclwzgeghgdeb.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130015724/https://www.sify.com/movies/machakaran-review-tamil-pclwzgeghgdeb.html |archive-date=30 January 2022 |access-date=11 April 2024 |website=Sify}} Kalki magazine wrote the film would have reached another dimension if the twists had been made less predictable. But the director has struggled which sadly he couldn't do.{{cite magazine |date=2 December 2007 |title=மச்சக்காரன் |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki2007-12-02/page/36/mode/2up |access-date=1 June 2024 |magazine=Kalki |page=36 |language=ta |via=Internet Archive}} Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote "'Machakkaran' is a much better effort than the director's earlier film 'Kalvanin Kadhali'. If only he had worked more on the second half of the script, the film would have turned into a more engaging entertainer".{{cite web|first=Malini|last=Mannath|website=Chennai Online|access-date=4 August 2024|title=Machakkaran|url=http://www.chennaionline.com/Film/Moviereviews/Nov07/11machakkaran.asp|date=28 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128154515/http://www.chennaionline.com/Film/Moviereviews/Nov07/11machakkaran.asp|archive-date=28 November 2007}}

{{reflist}}

• {{Official website|http://www.machakkaaran.com}}
• {{IMDb title|1507325}}

Category:2000s Indian films

Category:2000s romantic action films

Category:2000s Tamil-language films

Category:2007 films

Category:Films directed by Tamilvannan

Category:Films scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja

Category:Indian romantic action films

Category:Tamil-language Indian films