Mapla Singam
Mapla Singam (English: Lion Groom) is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Rajasekhar. The film features Vimal and Anjali in the leading roles, with Soori in a supporting role.[2] Don Ashok has penned the dialogs.[3][4][5] N. R. Raghunanthan has scored the music, whereas cinematography was done by V. S. Tharun Balaji and editing by Vivek Harshan. The film released on 11 March 2016.
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| Directed by | Rajasekhar |
| Produced by | P.Madan |
| Written by | Don Ashok |
| Starring | Vimal Anjali Soori |
| Music by | N. R. Raghunanthan |
| Cinematography | V. S. Tharun Balaji |
| Edited by | Vivek Harshan |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
Sevagapandian (Radha Ravi) is a politician leading his life with his only daughter Vinodhini (Madhumila) and his brother’s son Anbu (VImal). Anbu accompanies Sevagapandian in his political meetings and treats his cousin Vinodhini as his own sister. Vinodhini falls in love with Satish (Vishnu) and discloses this to Anbu requesting to convince Sevagapandian. Anbu waits for the right time to disclose about Vinodhini’s love to Sevagapandian. Meanwhile, Anbu falls in love with Shailaja who happens to be the sister to Satish for which she reciprocates as well.
Sevagapandian is against love marriages and starts looking for an alliance for Vinodhini. Vinodhini requests her father to postpone her wedding for a few years as she prefers to get employed, for which Sevagapandian refuses. Vinodhini goes missing and everyone assumes that she has eloped with Satish. Sevagapandian and his henchmen thrashes Satish’s home leaving their family members insulted. However, it is revealed that Vinodhini has gone to Coimbatore for a job interview. Anbu feels bad for Sevagapandian’s behavior and apologizes to Shailaja.
Sevagapandian speeds up Vinodhini’s marriage arrangements and Vinodhini decides to get married to Satish in a register office. Anbu understands Vinodhini’s situation and agrees to help her. Vinodhini gets married to Satish. Sevagapandian gets furious and informs Anbu to revenge Satish family by marrying Shailaja (not knowing the fact that Anbu and Shailaja are in love already). Anbu uses this opportunity and marries Shailaja.
Cast
- Vimal as Anbuchelvan
- Anjali as Sailaja
- Soori as Anbuchelvan's friend
- Kaali Venkat
- Radha Ravi as Sevagapandian
- Pandiarajan as District Collector
- Adam Greig as Bill
- G. Gnanasambandam as Anbu's father
- Meera Krishnan as Anbu's mother
- Jayaprakash as Sailaja's father
- Vanitha Krishnachandran as Sailaja's mother
- Madhumila as Vinodhini, Anbu's sister
- Vidyullekha Raman as Selvi
- G. Marimuthu as Elamaran
- Ramdoss as Mahesh Babu
- Vishnu as Satish
- Swaminathan as Mama
- Yogi Babu
- Mayilsamy
- Manobala
- Singamuthu
- Rajendranath as Inspector Thangavel
- Supergood Subramani as Marriage Broker
- Usilai Ganesh as Usilai
- Rajesh Gopalan
- Radha
- Pulipandi
- Thenali
- Aravaan Murugan
Production
Escape Artists Motion Pictures announced that they would fund a film to be directed by Rajasekhar, an erstwhile assistant of Ezhil. The film began production in November 2014, with a photo shoot taking place with Vimal, Anjali and Soori.[6] A Scottish pianist, working at A.R.Rahman's KM Music Conservatory, Adam Greig, was selected to portray a foreigner in the film, featuring in comedy scenes alongside Soori.[7] The movie cleared censor board verification and came out with U certificate.[8]
Review
Times of India gave the movie 3 stars stating " Two warring groups in a village, romance that blossoms between the youngsters in these groups, and a happy ending! Before you say 'Yawn!', here's the news. Mapla Singam is actually not bad. The film seems to have been cut from the same cloth as films like Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam. Sivakarthikeyan has made a career out of these films, and Vemal's attempts have largely gone unnoticed. Perhaps this one could do the magic.".[9]
Soundtrack
The music was composed by N. R. Raghunanthan.
| Mapla Singam | ||||
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| Released | 2016 | |||
| Language | Tamil | |||
| Producer | N. R. Raghunanthan | |||
| N. R. Raghunanthan chronology | ||||
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| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Vandhaaru Vandhaaru" | Jayamoorthy | 04:17 |
| 2. | "Oruvaatti" | Naresh Iyer | 04:01 |
| 3. | "Edhukku Machan" | Aalap Raju and Velmurugan Film version by Sivakarthikeyan and Anirudh Ravichander | 04:44 |
| 4. | "Edhuvumae Thonnale" | Naresh Iyer | 04:02 |
| 5. | "Kaara Karuuna" | M. L. R. Karthikeyan and Kalpana Raghavendar | 03:44 |
| 6. | "Oruvaatti (Reprise)" | Vandana Srinivasan | 04:00 |
| Total length: | 33:34 | ||
References
- "Mapla Singam Release March 11th Posters". moviegalleri.net. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- http://www.livechennai.com/detailnews.asp?catid=16&newsid=15082
- http://tamil.filmibeat.com/news/maapla-singam-goes-floor-032066.html
- http://m.dinakaran.com/cdetail.asp?Nid=14528
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://silverscreen.in/news/vimal-and-anjali-together-again/
- http://www.indiaglitz.com/scottish-comedian-in-vimal-film-tamil-news-119378
- "Mapla Singam censored". Movie Clickz. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- M Suganth (14 March 2016). "Mapla Singam Movie Review". Retrieved 24 April 2016.
External links
- Mapla Singam on IMDb