Manmadhan (film)

Manmathaun
Directed by	A. J. Murugan
Written by	Silambarasan
Produced by	S. K. Krishnakanth
Starring	Silambarasan Jyothika Sindhu Tolani Goundamani Mandira Bedi Atul Kulkarni Yana Gupta Brinda Parekh
Cinematography	R. D. Rajasekhar
Edited by	Anthony
Music by	Yuvan Shankar Raja
Production company	Indian Theatre Production
Release dates	November 11, 2004
Running time	165 min
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	Rs.10 crores

Manmadhan is a 2004 Indian Tamil thriller film directed by A J Murugan and written by Silambarasan, who also plays the lead title role. The film has Jyothika enacting the lead female role, Sindhu Tolani, Goundamani, Atul Kulkarni and Santhanam playing supporting roles and guest appearances by Mandira Bedi as a psychologist, Brinda Parekh as playgirl and Yana Gupta as a club dancer. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film released on November 11, 2004 and was later dubbed in Telugu as Manmadha.

Cast

Actor	Role
Silambarasan	Madhan Kumar/Manmadhan
Jyothika	Mythili
Sindhu Tolani	Vaishnavi
Atul Kulkarni	Assistant Commissioner Deva
Goundamani	"Puncture" Pandian
Santhanam	Bobby
Mandira Bedi	Psychiatrist (Guest appearance)
Yana Gupta	Item number
Brinda Parekh	Renuka Menon (Guest appearance)

Crew

• Direction: A. J. Murugan
• Story, Screenplay, Direction supervisor: Silambarasan
• Prodution: S. K. Krishnakanth
• Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
• Cinematography: R. D. Rajasekhar
• Editing: Anthony
• Dialogue: Balakumaran
• Art direction: Rajeevan
• Stunts: 'Kanal' Kannan
• Lyrics: Vaali, Snehan, Pa. Vijay & Na. Muthukumar
• Executive production: K. K. Ravi & S. Murugan
• Banner: Indian Theatre Production

Soundtrack

Untitled

The soundtrack, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, released on July 1, 2004 and features 6 songs. The lyrics were penned by Vaali, Snehan, Pa. Vijay and Na. Muthukumar. The singer include the film's lead actor Silambarasan, Anushka Manchanda from the girl-pop group Viva! and rapper Blaaze, who all sung for the first time under Yuvan Shankar Raja's direction. After the release of the film, several bonus tracks, that featured in the film, but not in the soundtrack, were released again as a soundtrack, which includes pieces of the film score and the earlier released songs. All the tracks were composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja

Track	Song	Singer(s)	Duration	Lyricist	Notes
1	"Thathai Thathai"	Silambarasan, Clinton Cerejo, Blaaze, Vasundhara Das	5:55	Vaali
2	"Manmadhane Nee"	Sadhana Sargam	4:34	Snehan
3	"Oh Mahire"	Anushka Manchanda	5:49	Pa. Vijay	Not featured in the film
4	"Vanamenna"	Shankar Mahadevan	5:08	Na. Muthukumar
5	"En Aasai Mythiliye"	Silambarasan, Suchitra	4:25	Pa. Vijay	Remixed from the Tamil film Mythili Ennai Kadhali, composed by Vijaya T. Rajendar
6	"Kadhal Valarthen"	Kay Kay	7:28	Na. Muthukumar

All music is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja

Bonus tracks (Second release)

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
7.	"Sedi Sedi Onnu"	Silambarasan	1:34
8.	"Sedi Sedi Onnu (Music)"	Instrumental	0:35
9.	"Kannale"	Yuvan Shankar Raja	1:12
10.	"Sedi Sedi Onnu 2"	Silambarasan	0:49
11.	"Fight Theme"	Instrumental	0:47
12.	"Pesamalae Mugam"	Yuvan Shankar Raja	1:44
13.	"Sedi Sedi Onnu 3"	Silambarasan	1:19
14.	"Thathai Thathai 2"	Silambarasan, Clinton Cerejo, Blaaze, Vasundhara Das	5:52
15.	"Manmadhan Theme 1"	Instrumental	2:35
16.	"Manmadhan Theme 2"	Instrumental	1:34
17.	"Manmadhan Theme 3"	Instrumental	0:59
18.	"Manmadhan Theme 4"	Instrumental	1:02
19.	"Manmadhan Theme 5"	Instrumental	1:24
20.	"Manmadhan Theme 6"	Instrumental	0:45
Total length:			22:11

Box Office

• The film grossed more than Rs.20 crores at the box office.
• The film played for 275 days in Madurai and 225 days in Chennai.

External links

• Manmadhan at IMDb