A love story that was close to the heart of Madras
The HinduAn intriguing title-teaser recently dropped on digital platforms. Cut to the present, the late actor’s son, Atharvaa, will play the lead in Idhayam Murali, a romantic drama that is an obvious hat-tip to the mellow love stories Murali headlined in the 1990s, especially Idhayam. The songs were runaway hits, especially Pottu vaitha oru vatta nila and April Mayilae, even if the latter by today’s standards might be deemed as eve-teasing couched in a dance number that Prabhudeva helmed. Murali had acted in many films ranging from Mani Ratnam’s Pagal Nilavu to Vikraman’s Pudhu Vasantham, but the eternal reference point to him often stops with Idhayam. Atharvaa has in his own way tried to extend his father’s legacy and perhaps Idhayam Murali will strike a chord with those who distinctly remember a 1990s hit in which a medical student found his heart ablaze in love but never found the words to reveal the emotion.
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