Maruthu Pandi

Maruthu Pandi is a 1990 Tamil action drama film directed by Manoj Kumar. The film stars Ramki, Seetha and Nirosha, with Nassar, S. S. Chandran, Senthil, Kovai Sarala, Raghavi and Pradeep Shakthi playing supporting roles. The film, produced by S. Selvarethinam, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 27 April 1990. The movie was a huge hit at box office.[1][2][3][4] The film was remade in Kannada as Kollur Kala (1991) with Shashikumar and in Hindi as Aag (1994) with Govinda.

Not to be confused with Maruthu Pandiyar.

Maruthu Pandi
Directed byManoj Kumar
Written byR. P. Viswam (dialogues)
Screenplay byManoj Kumar
Story bySu. Thirunavukkarasar
Produced byS. Selvarethinam
Starring
CinematographyR. H. Ashok
Edited byB. Krishnakumar, Srinivas
Music byIlaiyaraaja
Production
company
Ponmanam Films
Release date
  • 27 April 1990 (1990-04-27)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

In the village Ammapatti, Maruthu Pandi (Ramki) is a coracle operator in the day and the village protector the night. The villagers give him food in exchange for his work. Maruthu Pandi has a mentally ill sister Lakshmi (Raghavi) who is pregnant and he takes care of Lakshmi like a mother. Kanagavalli (Seetha) is a dancer performing in a dance troupe. After performing their dance in Ammapatti, the dancers leave Kanagavalli alone. The villagers help Kanagavalli to stay in the village : they build a house for her. Kanagavalli slowly falls in love with Maruthu Pandi. Kanagavalli is, in fact, a police officer who wants to arrest Maruthu Pandi. Maruthu Pandi's real name is Manickam.

In the past, Manickam was a poor tailor, where he lived happily with his only sister. Manickam was in love with Kavitha (Nirosha), daughter of a rich zamindar. Her father Jagannathan refuses to let his daughter marry Manickam instead he wants to get her married to a zamindar like him : Inspector of Police Thiagarajan (Nassar). On the day of the wedding, Kavitha drinks poison and dies. That same night, Jagannathan, Thiagarajan and Thiagarajan's friend Pradeep (Pradeep Shakthi) beat up Manickam and abduct Lakshmi and she is brutally raped by Thiagarajan. Manickam manages to beat up them while Jagannathan,Kavitha's father is killed in the process and Lakshmi becomes mentally unstable. He flees the village with his sister from that village.

Thiagarajan and his police team come to Ammapatti to arrest Manickam. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Cast

Soundtrack
Maruthu Pandi
Soundtrack album by
Ilaiyaraaja
Released1990
Recorded1990
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length22:52
ProducerIlaiyaraaja

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The soundtrack, released in 1990, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali, Pulamaipithan, Na. Kamarasan, Gangai Amaran and Piraisoodan.[5]

TrackSongSinger(s) LyricistDuration
1"Adhamum Yevalum"Arunmozhi, S. Janaki Piraisoodan4:43
2"Amma Pattiyil Adicha"S. Janaki Vaali4:23
3"Paadi Paadi"Malaysia Vasudevan Pulamaipithan4:51
4"Pombala Illama"Mano, S. Janaki Gangai Amaran4:39
5"Singara Selvangale"Ilaiyaraaja Na. Kamarasan4:16

Reception

P. S. S. of Kalki wrote "Director managed to narrate a gripping screenplay out of an age old plot".[6]

References
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  4. "Find Tamil movie Marudhu Pandi". jointscene.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  5. "Vinyl ("LP" record) covers speak about IR (Pictures & Details) - Thamizh - Page 25". ilayaraja.forumms.net. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  6. "Kalkionline - Archives". kalkionline.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2021.
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