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Mani Rathnam (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Mani Rathnam' is a 1994 Tamil-language drama film directed by K. Jayabalan. The film stars Napoleon, Anand Babu, Mohana and newcomer Chandini, with Vadivelu, Babloo Prithiveeraj, Jafar Azad and Vittal Prasad playing supporting roles. The film, produced by A. Suresh, had musical score by Sirpy and was released on 2 November 1994. The film failed at the box office.
Plot
Rathnam (Napoleon) is a potter in his village and he is a short-tempered person. He has a sister Kavitha (Mohana) studying in the city. Rathnam finally marries his relative Thangamani (Chandini) who has been in love with Rathnam since her childhood.
Sivalingam (Jafar Azad) is a wealthy and wicked man in his village, his son Nadarajan (Babloo Prithiveeraj) is mentally ill. Sivalingam wants absolutely to build a factory in the village. Sivalingam already bought all the lands he needed in his village, he needs only one land : Rathnam's land which is near the temple. Rathnam refuses : he does not want to see the village temple being demolished by Sivalingam. When Sivalingam sends his henchmen to demolish the temple, Rathnam intervenes and beats them all. In the meantime, Kavitha and Mani (Anand Babu) fall in love with each other in the city. Actually, Nadarajan is in love with Kavitha since school days and Sivalingam asks Thangamani to marry his mentally ill son to Kavitha but Thangamani rejects and insults him.
Later, Rathnam picked his sister up at the railway station, at their return to home, they see Thangamani hanged. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Cast
*Napoleon as Rathnam
*Anand Babu as Mani
*Mohana as Kavitha
*Chandini as Thangamani
*Vadivelu as Chappani/Chappani Samiyar
*Babloo Prithiveeraj as Nadarajan
*Jafar Azad as Sivalingam
*Vittal Prasad as Kanakku
*Loose Mohan
*K. K. Soundar as Thangam's father
*Raja as Raja
*Thillai Rajan
*Idichapuli Selvaraj as wine shop customer
*Vellai Subbaiah
*Karuppu Subbiah as wine shop customer
*Oru Viral Krishna Rao
*Kullamani
*Vichithra
*Anuja
*Thayir Vadai Desigan as Armstrong, wine shop customer
*Premi as Thangam's mother
*Pasi Sathya
*Ramya
*Kovai Senthil as conductor
*Mahendran
*Marthandan as Chinna Thambi
*Dhamu (uncredited role)
*Vaiyapuri (uncredited role)
Soundtrack
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Sirpy. The soundtrack, released in 1994, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by Vairamuthu, Thamizhmani, Neeraja and Ravi.
Reception
Malini Mannath of 'The New Indian Express' gave the film a positive review and called the film "fairly engaging".
References
Category:1994 films
Category:1990s Tamil-language films
Category:Indian drama films
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