Meesaya Murukku () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language romantic musical comedy drama film written and directed by Hiphop Tamizha Adhi in his directorial debut. He stars as the lead along with newcomer Aathmika as the female lead, while Vivek, RJ Vigneshkanth and Vijayalakshmi play supporting roles. The film, a partly fictionalised biopic of Adhi's early life, was released on 21 July 2017 to mostly positive reviews and became a box office hit. It was later remade in Kannada in 2019 as Padde Huli.
Plot
Coimbatore-based Adhi and Jeeva have been close friends since childhood. Adhi's father, Professor Ramachandran is very supportive of his interest in music and extra-curriculars. Adhi joins electrical engineering after school and falls in love with his college mate, Nila who was his childhood friend. Nila is from an affluent family, and her parents are against love. Despite Nila's reservations, she too falls in love with Adhi.
Adhi is well known in college for his Tamil raps, and he owns a YouTube page "Hiphop Tamizha". Weeks before their final exams, Nila's family discover her relationship with Adhi. Nila's father and uncle threaten Adhi's family to break this relationship. After graduating, Adhi expresses his interest to move to Chennai and become an independent musician, to his father; for which he also faces opposition. Adhi convinces his father, promising that he will return within a year if he cannot succeed. Adhi also promises Nila that he will seek a job after one year and marry her. Both Nila's and Adhi's fathers accept his promises with half-heart, and Adhi's father does not provide financial support to him.
Adhi and Jeeva reach Chennai with instruments. They stay with their college seniors and try hard for opportunities, but all efforts fail. A year passes by, and the duo decide to return to Coimbatore. Before departure, Adhi and Jeeva meet Ma Ka Pa Anand of Radio Mirchi, who allows him to sing "Club Le Mabbu Le" in his show, following which they come to Coimbatore.
As per his father's advice, Adhi enrolls for an MBA degree in Chennai. Suddenly, he finds that the video of "Club Le Mabbu Le" has gone heavily viral in social media, and has drawn thousands of fan followers. Adhi's hope is revived, and he decides to continue looking for an opportunity in the music industry and also promises his father that he will complete his post-graduation. At the same time, a big music company approaches Adhi for a paid concert in Chennai.
Since Nila has not consented to any marriage proposals, Nila's father threatens her with his suicide and arranges a wedding for her. Adhi gets shocked knowing that Nila's parents have fixed a wedding for her. Adhi covertly meets Nila and requests to wait for another year, for which Nila does not agree, replying that she had already waited for a year, and all is over. Adhi gets heartbroken and leaves to Chennai. Nila is married as per her parents' wishes, while Adhi becomes a popular personality in hip-hop music and in five years Adhi and Jeeva become famous music directors in cinema.
Cast
Hiphop Tamizha Adhi as Adhithya Ramachandran ("Adhi") - An engineering student, later an independent singer Aathmika as Vennila ("Nila") - Adhi's love interest since his childhood Vivek as Ramachandran - Adhi's father, a Tamil professor RJ Vigneshkanth as Jeeva - Adhi's best friend since his childhood days Vijayalakshmi as Viji - Ramachandran's wife and Adhi's mother, an economics professor Maalavika as Manisha - Nila's best friend since her childhood days Ma Ka Pa Anand as R.J. Ma Ka Pa - He helps Adhi to become an independent singer Ananth Ram as Ashwin - Ramachandran's younger son, Adhi's brother Sha Ra as M.Balaji M.Tech. alias "Bijili" - Adhi's friend, A man who loved Manisha one-sidedly in school days then later became as HOD in Adhi's college Madras Central Muthu as Nirmal alias "Mottai" - He who loved Nila one-sidedly since his school days also her relative, college senior Gajaraj as Nila's uncle Shweta as Shweta - Nila's elder sister Pradeep K Vijayan as Marshal - Adhi's college friend Guhan Prakash as Arun - Nirmal's best friend Poovendan as Markandeyan - a senior student in Adhi's college Smile Settai Anbuthasan as Sanjay - Adhi's roommate in hostel also his best friend and Nila's colleague Hari Hara Krishnan as Vishnu - Adhi's college friend Thameem Ansari as Shraavan - Adhi's Opponent in Music Studio Vinoth Kumar as Sudhakar Anna - A college senior and Adhi's brotherly friend who finds a singing talent in Adhi Fenny Olivier as Ram - Adhi's college friend Meena Vemuri as Shweta and Nila's mother Manoj Kumar as Shweta and Nila's father