Maanbumigu Maanavan

Maanbumigu Maanavan
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Directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar
Produced by Manicam Narayanan
Written by Varunan
Screenplay by S. A. Chandrasekhar
Story by Shoba Chandrasekhar
Starring
Music by Deva
Cinematography R. Selva
Edited by Gautham Raju
Production
company
7th Channel Communications
Distributed by 7th Channel Communications
Release date
  • 12 April 1996 (1996-04-12)
[1]
Running time
 150 mins
Country India
Language Tamil
Budget ₹2.5 crore

Maanbumigu Maanavan (English: Respectable student) is a 1996 Tamil action film and was directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. The film has Vijay and Swapna Bedi in the lead roles, while Chinni Jayanth, Manivannan, Vijayakumar, Mansoor Ali Khan and Shrinath play other supporting roles. Music was composed by Deva. Vijay had a completely different hair and beard style, and an image makeover in this movie. This was the debut movie for Swapna Bedi. The songs were a big hit. It was a moderate box office success.

Plot

The film is dealing with student strength. Shivaraj alias Shiva (Vijay), a college student is leading a happy go lucky life, having a nice time with his friends, until two of his friends fall in love with each other. Facing stiff opposition from the girl's father, all the friends get together and get the couple married. But the married girl is gang raped in the college campus, by Madhan (Kalyan), the son of a ruthless politician, named Desingan (Mansoor Ali Khan). Unable to get justice in court, Shiva along with his friends now takes it upon himself to avenge his friend's death, but pays a very heavy price. His mother is killed by Desingan and they lose at court. Now Shiva is determined to get justice in his own way. He kills Madhan and his father Desingan. Then Shiva is sentenced to normal jail punishment for 6 months, for killing a corrupt advocate named Mani Iyengar (Manivannan) and refusing the judge Ganapathi's (Jai Ganesh) words. After release, he reunites with his ladylove, Sneha (Swapna Pedi) by the help of her father Aavudaiyappan (Vijayakumar), who is the new police officer of Chennai city.

Cast

Production

Chandrasekhar initially wanted Devayani to pair with Vijay but she was replaced by newcomer Swapna Bedi.[2]

Release

Initially, Maanbumigu Maanavan was awarded with an 'A' certificate by the Indian Censor Board due to its violent action scenes. However, the committee later revised it to a 'U'certificate. The satellite rights of the film were purchased by Sun TV.

Soundtrack

The music composed by Deva, while lyrics written by Vaali and Kanmani Subbu.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/filmography.cgi?name=manbumigu%20manavan
  2. ↑ https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/soc.culture.tamil/1EPmpEGDWEg
  3. ↑ "Maanbumigu Maanavan Songs". mp3tamilkey. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
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