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Malaiyoor Mambattiyan
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Wikipedia article
'Malaiyoor Mambattiyan' is 1983 Indian Tamil-language vigilante film directed by Rajasekhar, starring Thiagarajan, Saritha and Silk Smita. The film became a blockbuster and established Thigarajan as a star. The film was remade in Hindi by Rajashekar himself as 'Gangvaa' (1984). In 2011, Thiagarajan remade this film with his son Prashanth, titled as 'Mambattiyan'.
Plot
There is a group of youngsters in the village headed by Mambattiyan, who lead life in a forest by robbing the rich and distributing the wealth to the poor thus Mambattiyana becomes the local Robin Hood.
Cast
* Thiagarajan as Mambattiyan
* Saritha as Kannaathaa
* Jaishankar as DSP Ranjith
* Silk Smitha as Gypsy
* Senthamarai as Landlord Sundaralingam
* Goundamani as Landlord Chinna Pannai
* Jayamalini as Sornam
* Sangili Murugan as Duplicate Mambatiyan
* Muthu Bharathi as Oomai Durai
* Senthil as Bullet
* Jayashree
* S. N. Lakshmi
* Vinod Raj as a police officer
* Master Haja Shariff as Kottai Paaku
Production
Thiagarajan was inspired to make a film on the bandit after he got to hear folk song praising the man for helping the village and hailed as "true Robin Hood".
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The songs "Chinnai Ponnu Selai" and "Kaattu Vazhi" were well received and later reused in its 2011 remake.
References
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