Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan

Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan (lit. 'Sundharapandiyan Who Redeemed Madurai'), is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language historical action film, directed by M. G. Ramachandran, starring himself in the lead role, with M. N. Nambiar, P. S. Veerappa, Latha and Padmapriya. It was Ramachandran's final film as an actor.

Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan
Poster
Directed byM. G. Ramachandran
Produced bySokkaiah
Subramani Iyer[1]
Written byP. Neelakantan
Based onKayalvizhi
by Akilan
Starring
Music byM. S. Viswanathan
Cinematography
Edited bySundaram
Production
company
Soleswar Combines
Release date
14 January 1978
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

It is the story of a brave prince named Sundharapandhiyan (MGR), who saves a kingdom from the hands of a terrible king. Under the identity of an itinerant poet, Paintamizh Kumaran, he is going to fire the consciousness of the people with his words and reunite them in his cause, which is the defense of freedom and rights...

Cast

Awards
  • Best film By The Tamil Nadu Government Award (Tamizh Arasin Parisu)

Production

Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan is based on the serial novel Kayalvizhi by Akilan.[2] It was M. G. Ramachandran's final film as an actor.[3][4] Then he became a full-time politician after this film. (When this film was released, Ramachandran was already Tamil Nadu's chief minister since months).[5]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan. The song "Amutha Thamizhil" is based on Dwijvanti raga.[6]

Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Mangalyam"Muthulingham[7]Vani Jairam3.26
2."Veera Magan Poraada"Muthulingham[7]T. M. Soundararajan & P. Susheela3.41
3."Thayagathin Sudhanthiramae"Muthulingham[7]T. M. Soundararajan3.53
4."Amutha Tamizhil"PulamaipithanJayachandran & Vani Jairam3.48
5."Thendralil Aadidum"PulamaipithanK. J. Yesudas & Vani Jairam4.43

References
  1. "Madurai Meeta Sundara Pandian – A Look Back". Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  2. "Blast from the past: Paavai Vilakku 1960". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  3. Kesavan, N. "100th film jinx grips the mighty sans 'Captain'". Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  4. Venkateswaran, Anand. "Past is where the future is". Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  5. Rajanayagam, S. (2002). Ramifications of Popular Screen Image in Thamizh Nadu: A Comparative Study of the Films of M G Ramachandran and Rajinikanth (PDF). University of Madras. pp. 285–286.
  6. Srinivasan, Meera (15 July 2015). "Something for everyone" – via www.thehindu.com.
  7. Parthasarathy, Anusha. "Memories of Madras – Verse in the woods". Retrieved 12 January 2017.
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