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Coming from the house of UTV Motion Pictures, Muran, as the name suggests is a movie full of contradictions. Little would the viewer know that the first scene would set the tone for the massive climax! Right from the beginning, Muran races along at a rapid pace, but Cheran with his calm and reassuring presence ensures that the pace doesn't become too much for the viewer to handle. The guy who takes the cake is Prasanna for sure. Right from his appearance to the subtle underplay of a millionaire's son, Prasanna endears himself to the viewer with his charming smile and the twinkle in his eyes.

Nanda (Cheran) is a music director who is making a transition from ad films to movies. While pitching his wares to a producer and director, Nanda becomes one of the spectators to Arjun (Prasanna)'s death defying drunken leap from a terrace to a swimming pool. While returning to Chennai, Nanda's car breaks down, when it is forced off the road by a group of drunken men driving rashly. As fate would have it, the car that Nanda flags down has Arjun behind the wheel, who offers to give Nanda a lift to Chennai. Arjun shows off some more daredevil stunts to Nanda, and says all this is just to experience the thrilling side of life. During the course of the journey, Nanda opens up to Arjun about his life, and how his wife Indhu (Nikita Thukral), hates anything to do with him and most of all his passion in life, music. Nanda goes on to say, how Lavanya (Haripriya) came into his life as a whiff of fresh air, shares all his passions, and and would make the perfect match for him. All this leaves Arjun fascinated, but when Nanda says that his life will just be the same, and there can't be any change in it, as fate has played its hand that way, Arjun begins his tale of how cruelly fate played in his life.

Arjun painfully tells how his father Devarajan (Jayaprakash), always undermines him and never takes him seriously, and is always on the lookout for making money. Linda (Suma Bhattacharya) is a very beautiful but angry girl who is filled with hatred for all the men in the world, as they keep ridiculing her for the way she was conceived by her mother Maria, to a rich man who ran away after impregnating her. Arjun, who loves to take up challenges, and especially beautiful ones like Linda, goes on to change her perception of men, and makes her fall for him. When all is going well between Arjun and Linda, Arjun is devastated to learn that his father has molested Linda, while on a business trip, and Linda asks Arjun to promise that he would not exact revenge on his father, and to be a good boss to his employees, before committing suicide. Arjun tells that though he knows that he can't spend the rest of his life with Linda, he doesn't want Devarajan to live.

While having food at a roadside Dhaba, Arjun and Nanda come across the drunken guys who initially forced Nanda's car off the road. Arjun convinces Nanda that they should do something about these guys, and when Nanda refuses, Arjun says he knows the way that scene would end, and the both of them take on the baddies, and return the gesture of forcing them off the road. After this incident, Arjun casually suggests that he will bump off Indhu, paving the way for Nanda's happy life with Lavanya, and suggests that Nanda take out Devarajan in return. Nanda is offended by this statement, and leaves Arjun, to complete the journey on his own. But, when Indhu irritates Nanda beyond a level, and he feels that he indeed wants Indhu out of his life, it just so happens that Indhus dies in a car accident. On coming to know that it was Arjun who took out Indhu, and that he wouldn't leave Nanda alone without him fulfilling his part of the bargain, Nanda decides to go ahead and help Arjun. But, when Nanda is about to kill Devarajan, he finds out that Devarajan is not all bad as Arjun made him out to be, and is rather a passionate soul. Meanwhile, Lavanya's friend Jayanthi tells Nanda a totally different version of Linda's death, where Arjun is portrayed as the villain.

Whom can Nanda believe? Is Arjun the victim as he tells, or the culprit? Can Nanda just walk out of his deal with Arjun? Why is Lavanya's life in danger? Can Nanda kill Devarajan according to Arjun's plan, and ensure that he is not caught by the authorities? To know the answers to all these questions, catch Muran at a theatre near you. Muran moves at break neck speed, with Prasanna and Cheran holding their forte, and it is very hard to believe that this is the debut movie for the twins Rajjan and Sajjan Madhav, who have handled the direction and music, respectively. Rajjan has ensured that the movie is taut, and does not sag at any point of time, and leaves the viewer wanting for more. Sajjan has captivated the viewers by composing music that just moves with the mood of the film. The melodious 'Idhuvarai' song is sure to haunt the viewers, even long after its over. The superb camera angles add to the viewing pleasure to the viewer, and the costumes of the lead actors suits the situations very aptly! The dialogues are another talking point of the movie, and the dialogue: “Accidents happen all around us.........”, sets up the whole premise of the movie. Prasanna has literally lived his character, and Muran is sure to give his career the long awaited boost, that would propel him into the big league!

All in all, Muran is a must watch film, that will leave you with a sense of complete satisfaction of having watched a wonderful movie.
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