Mani Rathnam (film)

1994 Tamil-language film by K. Jayabalan

Mani-Rathnam

Directed by| K. Jayabalan
Written by| K. Jayabalan
Produced by| A. Suresh
Starring|

* Napoleon
* Anand Babu
* Mohana
* Chandni

Cinematography| K. Hanumaan
Edited by| M. Thirunavukarasu
Music by| Sirpy

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-language drama film directed by K. Jayabalan. The film stars Napoleon, Anand Babu, Mohana and newcomer Chandini, with Vadivelu, Babloo Prithiveeraj, Jafar Azad and Vittal Prasad playing supporting roles. It was released on 2 November 1994. The film failed at the box office.[1][2][3][4][5]

## Plot[edit]

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 marries his relative Thangamani (Chandini) who has been 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, and at their return to home, they see Thangamani hanged. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

## Cast[edit]

* Napoleon as Rathnam
* Anand Babu as Mani
* Mohana as Kavitha
* Chandini as Thangamani
* Vadivelu as Chappani/Chappani Samiyar
* 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 as wine shop customer
* Vellai Subbaiah
* Karuppu Subbiah as wine shop customer
* Oru Viral Krishna Rao
* Kullamani
* Vichithra
* Anuja
* Thayir Vadai Desigan as Armstrong, wine shop customer
* Premi as Thangam's mother
* Pasi Sathya
* Ramya
* Kovai Senthil as conductor
* Mahendran
* Marthandan as Chinna Thambi
* Dhamu (uncredited role)
* Vaiyapuri (uncredited role)

## Soundtrack[edit]

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 Sirpy. The soundtrack, released in 1994, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by Vairamuthu, Thamizhmani, Neeraja and Ravi.

Track | Song | Singer(s) | Lyrics | Duration

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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 | 4:16
4 | "Dingu Dakka" | Mano, Vinoth | Ravi | 5:29
5 | "Neerodai Thaalampottu" | Arunmozhi, Sujatha | Neeraja | 4:30
6 | "Kuzhanthaikku Pasiyeduthal" | Arunmozhi, Sujatha | Vairamuthu | 5:03

## Reception[edit]

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

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Mani Rathnam (1994) Tamil Movie". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
2. ^ "Manirathnam (1994)". gomolo.com. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
3. ^ "Filmography of manirathnam". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 9 August 2004. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
4. ^ "Find Tamil movie Manirathnam". jointscene.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
5. ^ "Tamil Movie News--1995 Review". 9 January 1996. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
6. ^ Mannath, Malini (11 November 1994). "Furious Obsession". The Indian Express. p. 6. Retrieved 10 October 2016.