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Vaan Moondru

2023 Indian film

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ122609541 ↗
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Vaan Moondru is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language film directed by A. M. R. Murugesh and starring Delhi Ganesh, Leela Samson and Vinoth Kishan in the lead roles. It was released on 11 August 2023.

Cast

Delhi Ganesh as Sivan

Leela Samson as Chitra

Vinoth Kishan as Joshua

Abhirami Venkatachalam as Jothi

Adithya Bhaskar as Sujith

Ammu Abhirami as Swathi

Production

The makers initially contemplated an English title, before settling for Vaan Moondru.

Reception

The film was released on 11 August 2023 via a streaming platform. A reviewer from the portal OTTPlay noted the film was "a harmless feel-good film that relies on sincere performances from lead actors". A reviewer from Deccan Chronicle wrote "throughout the movie, the director tries to drive home the point that life can be started afresh even when the past has been very hard on you". Subashree Dutta of the LeisureByte wrote "the movie relies more on your ability to perceive than on evoking emotions using the storyline. But thanks to the actors, the movie is convenient to watch". A critic from Vikatan gave the film a middling review.

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The public source identifies “Vaan Moondru” as 2023 Indian film. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Vaan, Moondru and Indian.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2023—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Vaan, Moondru and Indian providing the first useful test.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q122609541. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2023.

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This entry incorporates text from “Vaan Moondru” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.