Mani Rathnam (film)

Rathnam
Directed by K. Jayabalan
Produced by A. Suresh
Written by K. Jayabalan
Starring
Music by Sirpy
Cinematography K. Hanumaan
Edited by M. Thirunavukarasu
Production
company
Trax Creations
Release date
  • 2 November 1994 (1994-11-02)
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 the city. Rathnam finally gets married to 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 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

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.

TrackSongSinger(s)LyricsDuration
1'Adi Aatti'Swarnalatha, Malgudi SubhaThamizhmani4:31
2'Kadhal Illaathathu'S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. ChithraVairamuthu4:40
3'Oh Rasa'Malgudi SubhaVairamuthu4:16
4'Dingu Dakka'Mano, S. Janaki, VinothRavi5:29
5'Neerodai Thaalampottu'Arunmozhi, Sujatha MohanNeeraja4:30
6'Kuzhanthaikku Pasiyeduthal'Arunmozhi, Sujatha MohanNeeraja5:03

Reception

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

References

  1. ↑ "Mani Rathnam (1994) Tamil Movie". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  2. ↑ "Manirathnam (1994)". gomolo.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  3. ↑ "Filmography of manirathnam". cinesouth.com. Archived from the original on 2004-08-09. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  4. ↑ "Find Tamil movie Manirathnam". jointscene.com. Archived from the original on 2010-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  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.
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