Mugamoodi

Mugamoodi ( Mask), subtitled onscreen as The Superhero Within, is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language superhero movie directed by Mysskin and produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Siddharth Roy Kapur. The movie, which is dedicated to Bruce Lee, stars Jiiva, alongside Narain, Pooja Hegde (in her movie debut), Nassar, Selva and Girish Karnad.

Mugamoodi was released worldwide on 31 August 2012 to mixed to positive reviews from critics with praise for its VFX, action sequences, direction, music and cast performances. The movie was a commercial success.

 Plot 
Anand alias Bruce Lee, a martial artist, wears a superhero costume in order to impress his girlfriend Shakthi, but Anand gets framed for his friend Viji's death and sets out to prove his innocence by becoming a real superhero called Mugamoodi.

 Cast 
 Jiiva as Anand alias Bruce Lee/Mugamoodi
 Pooja Hegde as Shakthi, Anand's love interest
 Narain as Anguchamy alias Dragon
 Nasser as DCP Gaurav, Shakthi's father
 Selva as Sifu Chandru, Anand's teacher
 Girish Karnad as Anand's grandfather
 Aadukalam Naren as Anand's father
 Anupama Kumar as Roshini, Shakthi's mother
 Santhanam as Anand’s friend
 Aadukalam Murugadoss as Anand's friend
 Kalaiyarasan as Viji, Anand's friend
 Ray as Shakthi's brother
 Vaishnavi as Shakthi's sister
 Meesha Ghoshal as a cop's wife
 Darshan as Dragon's sidekick
 Manobala as doctor
 Krishna Kumar as police commissioner

 Music 
Mugamoodi'''s score and soundtrack were composed by K, who had worked on Mysskin's previous movie Yuddham Sei'' as well. The soundtrack features eleven tracks, including a number of instrumentals. The soundtrack album was released on 1 August 2012 at Sathyam Cinemas and was presented by Vijay and received by Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar. The album received positive reviews from critics, praising K's composition, and lyrics. The tracks "Vaayamoodi Summa Iru Da" and "Maayavi", topped the charts and FM stations.

 Release 
The movie was released worldwide screens on 31 August 2012 and it would be the 100th film to be released in 2012.

 References 

Category:2012 movies
Category:2010s Indian movies
Category:2010s superhero movies