Manal Kayiru
| Manal Kayiru | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Visu |
| Written by | Visu |
| Produced by | Rajam Balachander, Pushpa Kandhasamy |
| Starring | S. Ve. Shekhar Manorama Visu |
| Music by | M. S. Viswanathan |
Production company | |
Release date | May 7th 1982 |
Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Manal Kayiru (English: Sand Rope) is a 1982 Tamil movie directed by Visu. It was remade in Kannada as Savira Sullu and in Malayalam as "Thiruthalvaadi".
Plot
Kittumani lays down Eight Conditions which the girl he marries should fulfill. His uncle Naradar Naidu is fed up of finding him a girl.The eight conditions are as follows-
- As Kittumani is a B.sc, she should have started studying but should have left in between.
- ( condition # 1(a) ) She should know Hindi as his company has branches in Hindi-speaking cities.
- She should look pretty only to Kittumani, but not to anyone else.
- She should be bold to withstand thieves, kidnappers, etc.
- She should never weep for any reason
- She should cook both Veg and Non.veg as he is a vegetarian and his best friend is a non-Vegetarian.
- As he can play Mridangam, She should know how to dance with it.
- Their secrets should be known to each other but their secrets hasn't be known to anyone.
- After Kittumani's death, she should remarry and live happily.
At last Naradar Naidu finds a girl who is very nice but unfortunately doesn't fulfill any condition.After some Zig-Zag work, he arranges their marriage.After 4 days, Kittumani finds that not a single condition gets fulfilled.He plans to send her out of his house but Naidu,who pretends to support Kittumani, stops him.
Later they realize that she is pregnant with Kittumani's child. After his sister is thrown out of her husband's house as per Naidu's instructions and his wife's learning and speaking of Hindi, Kittumani agrees to let her stay with him. He also has his own selfish reasons as he experiences a lot of trouble cooking.At last they all convince, but Naidu is thrown out of the house as he is said to be the only reason behind the confusion. Naidu reveals that he did this as he, like Kittumani, had placed conditions which should be fulfilled by his fiancée and just before the marriage, he came to know that some conditions weren't fulfilled. The girl committed suicide and from then he pledged to save people's life from these types of issues.
Cast
- S. Ve. Shekher as Kittumani
- Shanthi Krishna as Uma
- Visu as Naradhar Naidu
- Manorama as Durga, Kittumani's sister
- Kishmu as Kamalakannan, Kittumani's brother-in-law
- M. R. Rajamani as Manickam Pillai, Uma's father
- Kamala Kamesh as Uma's mother
- Kuriakose Ranga as Lakshmanaswamy and Ramaswamy
- Boopathy as Thangappan
Production
Maadhu Balaji was initially offered the lead role, but couldn't accept since his mother gave him permission to act only in stage plays.[1]
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by MS Viswanathan lyrics by vaali.[2][3]
| # | Song Title | Singers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ettu vidha kattalaigal | T.M. Soundararajan |
| 2 | Mandhirap punnagai' | S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, B.S. Sasireka |
| 3 | Mappillai sir | Malaysia Vasudevan |
Sequel
The sequel for the film has SV Shekar and Visu reprising their roles with SV Shekar's son Ashwin Shekhar portraying the lead role.[4]
References
- ^ Saravanan, T. (22 February 2017). "When quirk and mirth come to party". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Manal Kayiru (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP by M. S. Vishwanathan". 1 January 1982.
- ^ "Manal Kayiru Songs Download, Manal Kayiru Tamil MP3 Songs, Raaga.com Tamil Songs - Raaga.com - A World Of Music".
- ^ "Three decades later, same cast!". 24 January 2016.
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