Mappillai (1989 film)

Aarumugam makes a blazing entrance, gatecrashing a marriage to abduct the bride. Geetha, the bride's friend, gets him arrested but then learns that he had rescued the girl from a forced marriage. Further revelations about him that he is a gold medalist and has a good heart make her fall in love with him. After some convincing, Aarumugam reciprocates too. Meanwhile, Aarumugam's sister is in love with the son of a rich woman Rajarajeswari. When Rajarajeswari learns of this, she foists a false case on her and puts her in jail. It is then that Aarumugam has his first encounter with Rajarajeswari. He then learns that she is none other than Geetha's mother. He also invites Geetha's mother Rajarajeswari to his marriage. Since Aarumugam has married Geetha against her mother's wishes, Rajarajeswari vows to separate them while Aarumugam vows to prevent that and make Rajarajeswari understand that love and affection are more important than money.

• Rajinikanth as Arumugam
• Srividya as Rajarajeswari
• Amala as Geetha
• Jaishankar as Ramanathan husband of Rajarajeswari
• Nizhalgal Ravi as Ravi
• Vinu Chakravarthy
• S. S. Chandran
• Dubbing Janaki
• Dilip
• Raja
• Chiranjeevi as chiranjeevi in a special appearance
• Srihari as one of the henchmen

Initially the pivotal role of Rajinikanth's mother-in-law was offered to Vyjayanthimala. But she refused the role after which it was offered to Srividya.[2]

The music composed by Ilaiyaraaja.