Mani Rathnam (film)

Mani Rathnam
Directed by	K. Jayabalan
Produced by	A. Suresh
Written by	K. Jayabalan
Starring	Napoleon Anand Babu Mohana Chandni Vadivelu Babloo Prithiveeraj Jafar Azad Vittal Prasad
Music by	Sirpy
Cinematography	K. Hanumaan
Edited by	M. Thirunavukarasu
Production company	Trax Creations
Release dates	2 November 1994
Running time	135 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Mani Rathnam is a 1994 Tamil drama film directed by K. Jayabalan. The film features Napoleon, Anand Babu, Mohana and newcomer Chandini in the lead roles, 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 became a failure at the box office.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Plot

Rathnam (Napoleon) is a potter in his village and he is a short-tempered person. He has a sister Kavitha (Mohana) studying in city. Rathnam finally gets married with his relative Thangamani (Chandini) who is 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 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
• 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
• Vellai Subbiah
• Karuppu Subbiah
• Oru Viral Krishna Rao
• Kullamani
• Vichithra
• Anuja
• Thayir Vadai Desigan as Armstrong
• Premi as Thangam's mother
• Pasi Sathya
• Ramya
• Kovai Senthil as conductor
• Mahendran
• Marthandan as Chinna Thambi
• Dhamu (uncredited role)
• Vaiyapuri (uncredited role)

Soundtrack

Mani Rathnam
Soundtrack album by Sirpy
Released	1994
Recorded	1994
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	28:29
Producer	Sirpy

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Sirpy. The soundtrack, released in 1994, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by Vairamuthu, Thamizhmani, Neeraja and Ravi.

Track	Song	Singer(s)	Lyrics	Duration
1	'Adi Aatti'	Swarnalatha, Malgudi Subha	Thamizhmani	4:31
2	'Kadhal Illaathathu'	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	Vairamuthu	4:40
3	'Oh Rasa'	Malgudi Subha	Vairamuthu	4:16
4	'Dingu Dakka'	Mano, S. Janaki, Vinoth	Ravi	5:29
5	'Neerodai Thaalampottu'	Arunmozhi, Sujatha Mohan	Neeraja	4:30
6	'Kuzhanthaikku Pasiyeduthal'	Arunmozhi, Sujatha Mohan	Neeraja	5:03

Reception

Malini Mannath of The New Indian Express gave the film a positive review and called the film "fairly engaging".^[6]

References

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5. "Tamil Movie News--1995 Review". groups.google.com. 1996-01-09. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
6. Malini Mannath (1994-11-11). "Furious Obsession". The Indian Express: 6. Retrieved 2016-10-10.