english crescent seen day following new moon day indian tamil language romantic drama film written directed filmed film features lead roles play supporting roles music film composed lyrics written featured song written recorded death school teacher rescues woman suffering amnesia protects house located rest film shows recovers memory help based brief relationship actress died shortly marriage shot small town situated close shooting taking place total days taken complete filming feet film negative released february positive critical reception box office success theatrical run days theatre days film won national film awards best actor won best director award awards including prize film dubbed telugu title released day original version remade film hindi reprising roles original version plot young woman car accident returning party hospitalised severe head injuries recovers diagnosed amnesia fails recognise parents mentally state child undergoing treatment kidnapped sold known comes meet old friend visit relax sends renamed room realises mentally child learns family kidnapped forced prostitution returns day paying huge sum takes supposedly pleasure trip takes away working school teacher takes residence protects like child called completely forgotten past close accidentally ink documents relationship threatened reconcile later local named nearly assaults manages save tells rage kills stopped neighbours informed incident wife attracted feelings father searching police releases newspaper advertisement lost daughter passenger travelled train gives lead takes medical leaves treatment day absence police come house searching finally police learn getting treated doctor place reach unable come afraid police action treatment goes successfully regains memory completely period accident recovery wife happy decide leave doctor learns person brought taking good care daughter police complaint begin journey police leave comes running car travelling follows railway station tries gain attention unable recognise acts like dancing monkey developed liking unable thinks insane begging food continues futile attempts gain attention train eventually leaves recognising hurt chasing car trying attention left cast friend school wife owner school production development produced production banner charge art direction editing respectively interview talk stated inspired suicide wife actress years old time death according hindu climax film clear allusion left warning film similar theme director year review film hindi version english translation film title given generation title literally means crescent seen day following new moon day according narrated story listened minutes accepting role role initially offered accept role prior commitments chosen cast school films considered performing item numbers cast sexually excited wife character filming shot small town situated close shooting took place total days taken complete filming feet film negative find hiring train expensive time result hired train film scene depart train film climax shot railway station day climax shot decided continue shooting climax rain film script post production phase voice dubbed supervised dubbing session taught methods dialogues film film production team making film youth falling love film box office success film uses intense violin music opening closing credits april said inclusion song film absolutely unnecessary stating sole reason inclusion presence song help promote film final length film metres themes influences depicts young woman mental state child following accident sexuality repression desire dominant motifs similar previous film film explores possibility unresolved sexual tension protagonists compares films based physical mental disabilities like asked reason amnesia chosen disability said disorder camouflage excuse portray relationships film film critic finds sequence character narrates story blue character distant echo arc negotiated like twist fate ruler woman life restored end fraudulent emotions book dispatches wall corner journey indian cinema says inspired scene burns cooking anger reminiscent acting style book conversations states scene enters room embarrassment film character visited director replied saying scenes different played way hindu compared film narratives protagonist image ideal antics according looks like john tragedy explains idea keeping act sympathy love intention preserve like portrait states character attraction spanish film skin live similar attraction recovers memory hesitant come quiet existence realising reality dreams feel like music music film composed soundtrack released record label number based written minutes time listening film story situation song present recording session song took place september recorded song wrote death october based soundtrack received positive critical reception developed cult status book best tamil cinema called music outstanding saying songs contributed significantly success film hindu said sees reach critic hindu called dream song song said day lyricist labelled favourite song release given adults certificate according film striking inspired poses film released february film box office success theatrical run days theatre days according production company received highest distributor share film screened film festival held september dubbed telugu title released day original version hindi remake released directing reprised roles critical reception received positive reviews praise directed performances lead pair original review film dated march said film gives impression reading novel lead actors lived roles brought effect desired director best couple background score songs photography applauded gave film marks writing hindu called art opining film superb example presence commercially viable plot participation commercially viable actors technicians result art critic hindu wrote narrative sense uncertainty viewer mind exact kind uncertainty dreaming knowledge spell break time thrown fall ethereal brutal maybe fatal described performance climax scene railway station sterling considered film beautiful tragic love story february writing magazine said tragedy eyes stated scenes featuring lead pair beautifully presented concluded contrast magazine aside called film neon moon said time brooding quality movies gone trade picture brief word praise performance climax like rain monsoon night added makes amusing monkey playing human character accolades legacy attained cult status tamil cinema praised bringing human emotions love sacrifice film significant impact audience style filmmaking performances lead cast music climax scene character runs character recovered memory incidents occur accident recovery completely trying desperately remember time spend effect popular parodied times obituary called indian cinema drama written tamil poet hindu suggested film ending lacked logic said believe logic life march interview listed favourite films july hindu asked tamil film directors list time favourite tamil films named september singer interview hindu said favourite song february director interview called favourite film october actor said prefers watch films like february topped list tamil july said considered role like character challenging march hindu compared climax climax november included list best films february said love play role like performance film included times_of_india list times actress bowled performance print survived film available home video mentioned april interview influenced filmmaker popular culture telugu film dubbed released tamil suffers amnesia aboard bus bound town try remember time spent avail longer remembers leaves sing song express sadness pretends lost hands lover promises care song heard background music scene comedy scene run mannerisms climax scene friend recognise fails review said probably scene action main character mentally challenged story telling sequence kid familiar times reminds compares scene goes 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Moondram Pirai