Amrita) is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language drama film produced, written and directed by K. Kannan, making his directorial debut.
The film stars newcomer Ganesh and Navya Nair, with Girish Karnad, Anuradha Krishnamoorthy, Rajeev, Rekha, Yugendran and Madhura, playing supporting roles.
[1] In a village called Mukkudal, the devout Brahmin Ramaswamy Iyengar (Girish Karnad) is a poor temple priest living a peaceful life with his wife Rukkumani (Anuradha Krishnamoorthy) and soft-spoken daughter Amirtha (Navya Nair).
In the same temple, Pasupathi Pillai (Rajeev) is a Nadaswaram exponent and a rich person who has a good relationship with Ramaswamy Iyengar.
Navya Nair, heroine of Azhagiya Theeye (2004), signed to play an Iyengar girl opposite Ganesh, a new face.
Girish Karnad (voice dubbed by Mohan Raman) played the role of a temple priest and carnatic musician Anuradha Krishnamurthy would make her big screen debut.
[4] P. V. Sathish Kumar of nowrunning.com rated the film 3 out of 5 and wrote, "Be it the cast or the storyline or the direction everything is different and Kannan has shown his deftness in all these elements of filmmaking.