Vinmeengal
Directed by	Vignesh Menon
Written by	Vignesh Menon
Produced by	Maanas
Starring	Rahul Ravindran Vishva Shikha Anuja Iyer Pandiarajan
Cinematography	Anand Jeeva
Edited by	G. Sasikumar
Music by	Jubin
Production company	MAANAS Film Company
Release date	16 March 2012
Running time	2.35
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Vinmeengal (English: Stars) is a 2012 Tamil film written and directed by Vignesh Menon^[1] and produced by Maanas. The film stars Rahul Ravindran, Vishva, Shikha Anuja Iyer, and Pandiarajan. The movie is based on a real-life incident revolving around the life of a physically-challenged protagonist. The music is composed by Jubin with cinematography by Anand Jeeva ^[2] and editing handled by G. Sasikumar.^[3] The film released on 16 March 2012 to mixed reviews.^[4]

Cast

• Rahul Ravindran as Jeeva
• Vishva as Naren
• Shikha as Meera
• Anuja Iyer as Ila
• Pandiarajan as Panchu
• Anuradha
• Manibharathi
• Boys Rajan
• Velusami
• Master Krishna
• Master Siddharth
• Baby Sakshi

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Jubin.^[5] All lyrics by Na. Muthukumar.

The film had its audio launch held on 16 February 2012.

Critical reception

Times of India wrote "Vinmeengal, the debut effort of Vignesh Menon, showcases the potential within this budding filmmaker and the fresh cast, but in the end, you are likely to be left with mixed feelings. The director gives you an emotionally-charged story in the film's first half with characters that are immensely likeable, but criminally ignores them in the second half to deal with characters and events that aren't half as engaging".^[6] Behindwoods wrote "Vinmeengal is likely to work with the audience who would patronize serious and emotion laden films but not for consumers of commercial cinema".^[2] Sify wrote "On the whole, Vinmeengal is a clean and honest film with noble intentions and hats off to Vignesh".^[4]

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