Manasukkul Mathappu
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| Directed by | Robert-Rajasekar |
| Written by | N. Prasanna Kumar |
| Screenplay by | Robert-Rajasekhar |
| Based on | Thalavattam by Priyadarshan |
| Produced by | D. Premakumari B. Saraswathi |
| Starring | Prabhu Saranya Ponvannan Janagaraj |
| Cinematography | Robert-Rajasekhar |
| Edited by | R. T. Annadurai |
| Music by | S. A. Rajkumar |
Production company | Ownland Arts |
| Distributed by | Perfect Productions |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Manasukkul Mathappu (transl. Sparklers in the heart) is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Robert-Rajasekar and produced by Thakkali Srinivasan.[1] The film stars Prabhu, Saranya Ponvannan and Sarath Babu. It is a remake of the 1986 Malayalam film Thalavattam,[2] which itself draws inspiration from the 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey.[3]
Plot
Shekar (Prabhu) becomes mentally ill after his girlfriend Anita (Lissy) dies because of an electric short circuiting accident during a rock concert. He is admitted into an institution managed by Nagaraj (Senthamarai).
With the help of a young doctor Geetha (Saranya Ponvannan), who is Nagaraj's daughter, and an old friend Raja (Sarath Babu), Shekar slowly regains his memory and mental equilibrium. He and Geetha soon fall in love. But Nagaraj has already arranged Geetha's marriage with someone else, so he opposes the lovers.
When Nagaraj finds that Geetha and Shekar are adamant, he performs a surgery (lobotomy) on Shekar that puts him into a state of coma. Raja feels that death would be preferable to vegetative life and kills Shekar. He confronts Nagaraj, confesses to the euthanasia and tries to kill him for ruining Shekar's life, but Geetha suddenly kills her father before Raja can. She is later admitted into the same institution as a patient.
Cast
- Prabhu as Shekar
- Saranya Ponvannan as Geetha[4]
- Lissy as Anita
- Sarath Babu as Raja[4]
- Senthamarai as Nagaraj[4]
- Janagaraj as Vasu
- Nassar as Babu
- Sachu as Nurse Mary
- Samikkannu as mental patient
- Kumarimuthu as mental patient
- Swaminathan as mental patient
Production
Manasukkul Mathappu was remade from the Malayalam film Thalavattam (1986) which itself was loosely based on the English novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.[4]
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar, while lyrics written by himself.[5]
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
| 1 | Adadoi Mettu | Malaysia Vasudevan | S. A. Rajkumar | 03:46 |
| 2 | Oh Ponmaan Kuyil | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 04:19 | |
| 3 | Poonthendrale (Duet) | P. Jayachandran, Sunandha | 04:16 | |
| 4 | Poonthendrale (Solo) | K. S. Chithra | 04:46 | |
| 5 | Vaa Kanmani | S. A. Rajkumar | 04:28 | |
| 6 | Yaar Yaar Inge | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 03:25 |
Reception
On 1 July 1988, The Indian Express wrote, "With some films you don't want to say much about the performances though they might be good or sort of as much as you want to write home about the bright idea the scenarist had of disposing of a heroine he wanted to kill by electrocuting her while she is playing the electric guitar or the masterstroke of the filmmaker in cutting from the shriek of the hero in the shock chamber to a happy times song-dance sequence till then obscured by the iron curtain of amnesia."[4]
See also
- Kyon Ki, Hindi remake of Thalavattam
References
- ^ Raghavan, Nikhil (7 May 2011). "Itsy Bitsy". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "Did you know that these popular Hindi movies that were actually copied from South Indian films?". Business Insider. 1 October 2015. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ "Bollywood remakes of South Indian films". MSN. 8 August 2017. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Manasukkul Mathappu". The Indian Express. 1 July 1988. p. 5. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ "Manasukkul Mathappu". Music India Online. Archived from the original on 20 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.