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'Mounam Sammadham' is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language legal thriller film written by S. N. Swamy, directed by K. Madhu and produced by Kovai Chezhiyan under Kay Cee Film Combines. The film stars Mammootty (in his Tamil film debut) and Amala. The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

The film was released on 15 June 1990. The film went on to become a commercial and critical success. This film along with 'Azhagan' (1991), 'Thalapathi' (1991), 'Kilipetchu Ketkava'the (1993) and 'Makkal Aatchi' (1995) established Mammootty as a superstar in Tamil Nadu. This film was made capitalizing on the success of 'Oru CBI Diary Kurippu' (1988) which ran for more than 365 days in Tamil Nadu. This film was dubbed into Telugu as 'Lawyer The Great', released on 15 February 1991.

Plot



The plot revolves around the wrong conviction of a business man and the efforts taken by a lawyer to find the truth.

Cast



*Mammootty as Adv. K.C. Raja M.A., B.L., Bar-at-law

*Amala as Dr. Hema (Sundaram's sister)

*Jaishankar as Sundaram

*Nagesh as Paramasivam

*Sarath Kumar as Balu (Sundaram's brother)

*Sathyapriya as Savitri, Sundaram's wife

*Sukumari as Sundaram's mother-in-law

*Kumarimuthu as Munusamy

*Srikanth as public prosecutor chandran

*Y. G. Mahendran as Adv. J.Shekar

*Thyagu as Gundan, Raja's friend Cameo role

*Suresh Chakravarthy as Raja's friend Cameo role

*Charle as Mani, Servant

*Jai Ganesh as Kalyanam Sundaram's Partner

*R. S. Shivaji as Guest House Caretaker

*Sreeja as Vijayalakshmi

*M. S. Thripunithura as Palghat, Paramasivam's Manager

*Prathapachandran as Sessions Court Judge Srinivasan

*S. R. Veeraraghavan as Madras High Court Sr Judge

*Peeli Sivam as Circle Inspector

*Nagarajacholan as Muthu, Vijayalakshmi's Bro

*T. S. Raghavendra as Makkal Kural Editor

*Cochin Haneefa as Kallupatti Rangan, Paramasivam's Henchman

*Appa Haja as Natarajan

*Y. Vijaya as Prostitute Rani

*S. K. Rajavelu as High Court Judge

*Vani as Janaki, Vijayalakshmi's Mother

Production



'Mounam Sammadham' was the first Tamil film of Malayalam actor Mammootty.

Soundtrack



The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and the lyrics were written by Pulamaipithan and Gangai Amaran. Kalyaana Thaen Nilaa" is set in Darbari Kanada raga.

;Telugu version

Lyrics for the dubbed Telugu version 'Lawyer The Great' were written by Rajashri.

Reception



N. Krishnaswamy of 'The Indian Express' praised the film, particularly Mammootty's performance. C. R. K. of 'Kalki', however, was less positive, saying the film was like an ordinary novel.https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1990/jul/08-07-1990/p40.jpg https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1990/jul/08-07-1990/p41.jpg The film was both commercial and critical success.

References




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