Murai Maman (transl. Mother's Brother) is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language comedy film and the directorial debut of Sundar C. The film stars Jayaram and Khushbu. It was released on 19 May 1995.[1]
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| Directed by | Sundar C |
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| Cinematography | U. K. Senthil Kumar |
| Edited by | B. S. Vasu |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
Production company | Ganga Gowri Productions |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
editSirusu and his elder brother Perusu own a village cinema theatre and lot of orchards and farms. In short, they are rich bachelors. Their family gets the first respect in their region. For several years, his family feuded with their rich relative Parameswaran's family. In the past, Sirusu's father was killed by Parameswaran's brother, who was sentenced to death, then Saratha (Sirusu's sister) secretly married a relative of Parameswaran's.
Saratha comes from Mumbai with her husband and her daughter Indhu. Sirusu falls in love with Indhu at first sight. Ratnam and his father Parameswaran proposes to Saratha's husband to marry Ratnam to his daughter. Indhu's father forces her to marry but she refuses. Indhu decides to leave the village, but Sirusu stops her. Indhu says that she does not want to marry Ratnam and is not in love with Sirusu either. The villagers misunderstand their relation. Indhu tells Ratnam that they were just talking but Sirusu lies to marry Indhu.
Sirusu, as he wanted, gets married with Indhu. However, Indhu refuses to live with him as his wife. Then, she becomes very ill and Sirusu takes care of her. Sirusu's mother explains that he must place a god statue in the village temple to save Indhu. Sirusu accomplishes it with his brother help and Indhu understands Sirusu's feelings.
Ratnam's henchmen beat Sirusu and he gets admitted to the hospital. Ratnam removes Indhu's Thaali and kidnaps her. Sirusu saves his wife, he apologizes to Parameswaran and Ratnam. The two families united together and they lived happily.
Cast
edit- Jayaram as Sirusu
- Khushbu as Indhu
- Goundamani as Perusu
- Manorama as Sirusu's mother
- Sangeetha as Saratha
- Jai Ganesh as Sabapathy Saratha's husband
- Senthil as Chinna Thambi
- Kazan Khan as Rathnam
- Vinu Chakravarthy as Parameswaran
- Sundar C in a cameo appearance
Production
editMurai Maman is the directorial debut of Sundar C[2] He initially wanted a leading action hero to play the lead role and approached Sarathkumar, but the producer was unavailable to sign the actor. Subsequently, the director chose Jayaram to play the lead role in the film. Sundar revealed that he tapped into his innate sense of humour, as Jayaram was very famous for his comedy in Malayalam films.[3][4]
Soundtrack
editThe music was composed by Vidyasagar.[5]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Thenna Marathula" | Palani Bharathi | Malaysia Vasudevan, Sujatha | 04:44 |
| 2. | "Anandham Anandham" | Palani Bharathi | P. Unnikrishnan, Sujatha, Manorama | 05:24 |
| 3. | "Kangalai Thoothuviten" | Vairamuthu | Swarnalatha | 04:12 |
| 4. | "Poove Poove" | Vairamuthu | Ouseppachan | 04:04 |
| 5. | "Mannavargal Vantha Kudi" | Palani Bharathi | Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram, Deepan Chakravarthy | 04:39 |
| 6. | "Yennachi Yennachi" | Palani Bharathi | Arunmozhi, Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram, Swarnalatha | 04:24 |
| Total length: | 27:27 | |||
References
edit- ^ "Murai maman ( 1995 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ^ "Sundar C was introduced as a director in Murai Maaman". The Times of India. 16 January 2015. Archived from the original on 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "My wife is my backbone – Sundar C". South Scope. 12 July 2013. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ Sundar C – "Rajini said NO to that song!" – BOFTA Masterclass – BW (in Tamil). BehindwoodsTV. 18 September 2015. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2015 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Murai Maaman". Gaana. Archived from the original on 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
External links
edit- Murai Maman at IMDb
