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Maaveeran
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Wikipedia article
'Maaveeran' is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Rajashekar. A remake of the 1985 Hindi film 'Mard', it stars Rajinikanth, Ambika and Jaishankar. The film revolves around a rude princess, who falls in love with a simpleton after initially being hostile towards him.
'Maaveeran' was the first in Tamil to be shot in 70 mm film format, and have a six-track stereophonic sound. It was released on 1 November 1986, Diwali day, and became a critical and commercial failure.
Plot
Cast
*Rajinikanth as Raja (Maaveeran)
*Ambika as Rekha
*Jaishankar as Harry
*Sujatha as Raja's mother
*Vijayakumar as Joe
*Anand Babu as a dancer
*Dara Singh as Sethupathi
*C. R. Vijayakumari as Gowri
*Nagesh as Stepfather of raja
*Thengai Srinivasan as Drama head Guest Appearance
*Sunitha as Helina
*Vittal Prasad as Vicky
Production
'Maaveeran' is a remake of Manmohan Desai's 1985 Hindi film 'Mard', and even used some footage from that film. It was shot in the expensive 70 mm film format, becoming the first Tamil film to do so. Sivaji Ganesan was initially attached to star in the film, but later opted out. The film was prominently shot in Mysore, including the Mysore Palace.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. He composed a six-track stereophonic sound, making 'Maaveeran' the first film to achieve this feat.
Release and reception
'Maaveeran' was released on 1 November 1986, Diwali day, and faced heavy competition from 'Punnagai Mannan', 'Aruvadai Naal' and 'Palaivana Rojakkal'. 'The Indian Express' wrote on 7 November 1986, "The film makes its way through sadism and violence, damning sentiment, religion and righteousness by its downright exploitativeness. Its corny cliches are almost sickening". The film emerged a critical and commercial failure; according to Rajinikanth's biographer Naman Ramachandran, the combination of 'Punnagai Mannan's director K. Balachander, lead actor Kamal Haasan, lead actress Revathi and the soundtrack by Ilaiyaraaja "proved too much for 'Maaveeran', and its audience was restricted to hard-core Rajinikanth fans".
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