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Mercury Pookkal
Mercury Pookkal
	Poster
Directed by	S. S. Stanley
Written by	S. S. Stanley
Produced by	Aaradhana Reddy
Starring	Srikanth; Meera Jasmine
Cinematography	Ramesh Babu
Edited by	Anil Malnad
Music by	Original songs:; Karthik Raja; Background score; Bala Bharathi
Production; company	Vijaya Productions
Release date	17 March 2006;
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Mercury Pookkal (transl. Mercury flowers) is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by S. S. Stanley, starring Srikanth and Meera Jasmine. The music is composed by Karthik Raja. The film was released on 12 March 2006.^[1]

Plot

Karthik, is from a middle-class family and is doing his MCA final year. He is an outstanding student with high ambitions. He works part-time in a courier company and takes care of his expenses. He also yearns for beautiful classy girls. Anbu Selvi is from a rural landlord's family and is doing her B.Com in Trichy. Her pranks and her outgoing personality makes her father Rathnam fear that she might bring disrepute to the family name and so he decides to give her in marriage to his friend's son, Karthik.

Both the youngsters try to resist marriage but are compelled to agree in the end. The unwilling couple make an agreement on the first night that they will play according to the elders' tune for a while and once they are capable of taking care of themselves, they can part their own ways. Anbu is also admitted to the same college as Karthik and the turn of events makes Anbu realise the importance of a good married life and how she has to make her husband like her. In spite of her attempts, Karthik remains elusive and after some frames he also realises the meaning of a good wedded life. When he is about to expose his love, turn of events separate the couple. But the couple stay determined to unite despite the stubborn stance of both their fathers. After much drama they unite happily.

Cast

Srikanth as Karthik
Meera Jasmine as Anbu Selvi
Sameksha
Karunas
Delhi Ganesh
Kurinji Nathan
Mahadevan as Rathnam
Irfan in a cameo appearance

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was by Karthik Raja, while lyrics were written by Pa. Vijay.^[2] The audio was released on 15 February 2006 at Vijaya Garden Auditorium.^[3]

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)
1.	"Jaladheepam"	Shruti Pathak, Karthik
2.	"Malarvaai"	Sukhwinder Singh, Bobbie
3.	"Mugurtha Neram"	Feji Mani, Ganga, Kunal Ganjawala, Hamsika Iyer
4.	"Pachakiliye"	Shankar Mahadevan, Priya
5.	"Solla Vaarthaigal" (II)	Shreya Ghoshal, Karthik Raja
6.	"Solla Vaarthaigal" (I)	Ganga, Udit Narayan, Hariharan

Release and reception

Mercury Pookkal was advertised as a film "like Missiamma".^[4] S Sudha of Rediff.com wrote "The simple plot had all the potential to be a great film. But Stanly [..] stumbles in the narration and comes up with a pathetic ending."^[5] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote "Stanley's treatment in `Mercury ... ' shows more maturity and class than his earlier films."^[6] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online said "The performance of the lead players and the realistic way the director has moved his script keeps one engaged for the most part" and called it "a fairly engaging entertainer".^[7] Lajjavathi of Kalki praised the performances of Srikanth and Meera Jasmine but felt Karthik Raja failed to shine and concluded in the midst of violence and vulgarity, college youths + families have been hit to attract both sides of the same stone.^[8]

References

^ "Mercury Pookkal (2006)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 21 November 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
^ "Mercury Pookkal". JioSaavn. 17 March 2006. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
^ "Audio release of 'Mercury Pookkal' / with pics". Cinesouth. 15 February 2006. Archived from the original on 18 October 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
^ Pillai, Swarnavel Eswaran (2015). Madras Studios: Narrative, Genre, and Ideology in Tamil Cinema. Sage Publications. pp. 253–254. ISBN 978-93-5150-212-8.
^ Sudha, S (20 March 2006). "Mercury Pookal disappoints". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^ Rangarajan, Malathi (24 March 2006). "Simple story simply told – Mercury Pookal". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 September 2006. Retrieved 29 March 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Mannath, Malini (28 March 2006). "Mercury Pookkal". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 14 October 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
^ லஜ்ஜாவதி (2 April 2006). "மெர்குரி பூக்கள்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 80. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024 – via Internet Archive.