Market Street) is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Vasanthabalan, starring Anjali and debutant Mahesh.
The film features music jointly composed by Vijay Antony and G. V. Prakash Kumar.
An Ayngaran International production, the film was launched on 11 February 2008 and released on 26 March 2010 to critical acclaim.
The film starts with Jyothi Lingam (Mahesh) and Kani (Anjali) playing and making fun of each other.
Jyothi is a bright student and son of a mason who leads a happy life in his village near Tirunelveli.
One day tragedy strikes as his father, the only earning member, dies in an accident while crossing an unmanned railway gate, and the young boy now has to look after his mother and two sisters.
Jyothi, along with hundreds of others, are employed at the Senthil Murugan Stores run by the big businessman Annachi (Pala.
In each floor at the textile showroom, there are around 50 to 60 salesmen and women who work in pitiable conditions from early in the morning to late at night, without any rest.
As Jyothi says there is no escape from the "jail-like" atmosphere in the shop where employees are treated more like slave labor in a concentration camp than without any human dignity.
Jyothi goes to the showroom and threatens Karungali that if they did not release Kani, he will expose these things to the public there.
Shreya Ghoshal won Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Tamil for the song 'Un Perai Sollum Podhe'.
Behindwoods mentioned, "Angadi Theru is an eye opener to all those who are on the rosier side of life,it's an overdose of emotions, but you don't mind it: simply because the characters have handled the scenes so skilfully.
"[3] Parvathi Srinivasan from Rediff described the film as a, "kind of cinema you keep hoping for and only rarely get," labeling it, "A must watch.
"[4] Many reviewers appreciated Anjali's performance with Behindwoods commenting that, "The girl looks every bit her role with an impressive gamut of emotions running through her face.