Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan
Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan (lit. 'Sundharapandiyan Who Redeemed Madurai'), is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language historical action film, directed by M. G. Ramachandran, starring himself in the lead role, with M. N. Nambiar, P. S. Veerappa, Latha and Padmapriya. It was Ramachandran's final film as an actor.originally produced and directed by B.R.Bandhulu. Bandhulu had died before completing the making. Ramachandran took over the film from Bandhulu family and completed the final stages of the film. Unfortunately, this film was a disaster and bombed at the box office.
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Directed by | M. G. Ramachandran |
Produced by | Sokkaiah Subramani Iyer[1] |
Written by | P. Neelakantan |
Based on | Kayalvizhi by Akilan |
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Music by | M. S. Viswanathan |
Cinematography |
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Edited by | Sundaram |
Production company | Soleswar Combines |
Release date | 14 January 1978 |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Plot
It is the story of a brave prince named Sundharapandhiyan (MGR), who saves a kingdom from the hands of a terrible king. Under the identity of an itinerant poet, Paintamizh Kumaran, he is going to fire the consciousness of the people with his words and reunite them in his cause, which is the defense of freedom and rights...
Cast
- M. G. Ramachandran as The Poet Païntamizh Kumaran, alias The Prince Sundharapandhiyan
- Latha as The sacred dancer Kayalvizhi
- Padmapriya as The Princess Bhamini
- M. N. Nambiar as The Prince Raja Rajan
- P. S. Veerappa as The Minister Thaigum Valavarai
- K. Kannan as The King Narasihma
- S. V. Subbaiah as The King Chozhan
- S. V. Sahasranamam as The King Kulasegara Pandiyan
- Shanmugasundaram as Son of Minister
- V. S. Raghavan as The Minister
- Thengai Srinivasan as Vilava, The Prince Sundharapandhiyan's spy
- Isari Velan as Naghavana
- Mustapha
- Ennatha Kannaiya as Salabu
- T. K. S. Natarajan as Iyer
- Trichy Sounderarjan as Kingdom's doctor
Awards
- Best film By The Tamil Nadu Government Award (Tamizh Arasin Parisu)
Production
Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan is based on the serial novel Kayalvizhi by Akilan.[2] It was M. G. Ramachandran's final film as an actor.[3][4] Then he became a full-time politician after this film. (When this film was released, Ramachandran was already Tamil Nadu's chief minister since months).[5]
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan. The song "Amutha Thamizhil" is based on Dwijvanti raga.[6]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Mangalyam" | Muthulingham[7] | Vani Jairam | 3.26 |
2. | "Veera Magan Poraada" | Muthulingham[7] | T. M. Soundararajan & P. Susheela | 3.41 |
3. | "Thayagathin Sudhanthiramae" | Muthulingham[7] | T. M. Soundararajan | 3.53 |
4. | "Amutha Tamizhil" | Pulamaipithan | Jayachandran & Vani Jairam | 3.48 |
5. | "Thendralil Aadidum" | Pulamaipithan | K. J. Yesudas & Vani Jairam | 4.43 |
References
- "Madurai Meeta Sundara Pandian – A Look Back". Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- "Blast from the past: Paavai Vilakku 1960". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- Kesavan, N. "100th film jinx grips the mighty sans 'Captain'". Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- Venkateswaran, Anand. "Past is where the future is". Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- Rajanayagam, S. (2002). Ramifications of Popular Screen Image in Thamizh Nadu: A Comparative Study of the Films of M G Ramachandran and Rajinikanth (PDF). University of Madras. pp. 285–286.
- Srinivasan, Meera (15 July 2015). "Something for everyone" – via www.thehindu.com.
- Parthasarathy, Anusha. "Memories of Madras – Verse in the woods". Retrieved 12 January 2017.