Moondru Per Moondru Kadal

Varun (Vimal) and Anjana’s (Lasini) love story happens in the Ooty mountains (in Tamil literature, they are referred to as Kurinji); Guna (Cheran) and Mallika’s (Muktha Bhanu) story happens in Tuticorin seashore (Neidhal); and Harris (Arjun Sarja) and Divya’s (Surveen Chawla) story happens in the city (Marudham). The story revolves around these couples and the trials and tribulations they face.

Varun explains the story of his life where he had fallen with Anjana in spite of knowing that her engagement has been called off, but he later sacrifices his love after hearing Guna and Mallika's story.

Guna is a philanthropist who runs an organisation called "Punnagai," a rehabilitation center for jail prisoners. Mallika, a physiotherapist, silently pines love for him. When Guna failed to unite a prisoner Ilankumaran (Aadukalam Naren) with his family, Mallika does the job. Impressed with her, he handles the responsibility of taking care of Punnagai to her and leaves the town.

Another story is of Harris, a swimming coach, and his student-come-lover Divya (Varun claims Divya is his childhood friend, but there is no scene where they are together). Divya is disappointed for losing the swimming match, and her father Thiruvengadam (Thambi Ramaiah) advises another coach named Elango (John Vijay) to replace Harris with another coach, but Divya is adamant that Harris should be her coach. Meanwhile, Harris gets involved in a bike accident where his legs and hands have been hurt, but he encourages Divya to take part in the Olympics swimming match. Divya practices for the match rigorously and wins the competition by finishing it in less than 56 seconds.

In 2016, Varun narrated these stories because they prompted him to write a novel called "Moondru Kaadhal". Harris arrives at the press conference of the book release and says that he is alive because of Divya. She is the epitome of goodness and confidence, and he narrates that though she had won the match, she died due to heart attack on the swimming pool. The film ends with Harris uttering Kaadhal Ketpadhalla Koduppadhu ("Love is not to be asked but to be given").

Vasanth hired Yuvan Shankar Raja as the composer, with whom he had previously worked in Poovellam Kettuppar (1999) and his last project Satham Podathey (2007). In an interview, the director stated that Yuvan Shankar Raja had put in about seven months of work for this film, while describing the genre of the soundtrack as post-modern music.[2] The soundtrack album features six songs with lyrics penned by Na. Muthukumar.

Composing was started even before the film was launched, with the first song being recorded on 9 August 2011.[4] Popular Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam originally sang the melody titled "Mazhai Mazhai Mazhaiyo Mazhai", which was recorded in Mumbai.[18] The final version, however, featured Karthik's vocals. Neha Bhasin, who had sung the well received song "Pesugiren" in Satham Podathey before, lent her voice for another song in the album.[19] Nandini Srikar of Ra.One fame crooned a solo "Aaha Kadhal", which, too, was recorded in Mumbai,[20] while composer Ramesh Vinayagam sang a peppy number titled "Stop the Paatu" for the album.[21] A teaser trailer of "Stop The Paatu" was released online in September 2012 and garnered positive response.[22] The composer himself performed the song "Unakkagave" which was dubbed as the first dubstep track in Tamil cinema.[5] Yuvan Shankar Raja later revealed that he had not composed a single new tune for the film, but that all were stock songs he had earlier recorded which were chosen by Vasanth.[23] The final mixing was done by Kausikan Sivalingam in Berlin, according to Vasanth.[24]

The album was launched in a critically acclaimed event on 25 January 2013 at the Park Sheraton Hotel in Chennai.[25] The entire cast and crew of the film, besides noted film personalities, including directors K. Balachander, K. S. Ravikumar, K. Bhagyaraj, N. Lingusamy, Sasi and actors Shanthanu Bhagyaraj, Khushbu, Krishna, Prakash Raj were present at the function which was host by television anchors Ma Ka Pa Anand and Divyadarshini.[26] The songs from the album were also performed live on stage by the original artists.[25]

Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal was released on 1 May 2013 alongside Ethir Neechal and Soodhu Kavvum.[27]

The film received mixed reviews from critics.[28] S Saraswathi from Rediff gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote "Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal lacks the intensity expected of a Vasanth film, but makes up for it with its exceptional music.[29] Sify said "MPMK is technically chic and Vasanth has made an interesting film which has its shares of romantic break-up`s and heart breaks" and rated the film as average.[30] Behindwoods gave 2 stars out of 5 and stated "Vasanth’s Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal, although eulogizes love, works in parts with music and camera helping the story but his style has not been felt powerfully in the film.[31] Indiaglitz wrote "To sum up, the director's usual foray is missing and might work in bits with the help of some breezy music, help from the cast and some good cinematography".[32] in.com rated the film 2.5 out of 5 and wrote "MPMK is not entirely bad and those who love pure romantic flicks can watch it once provided if you can sit through the bland first hour of the film."[33] Baradwaj Rangan of the Hindu wrote "But the film isn’t worked out very well. It doesn’t build the way it ought to, and the various strands don’t come together satisfactorily — they hang loose."[34]

• Moondru Per Moondru Kaadhal at IMDb