Maanik

Maanik
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Martyn
Produced by	M. Subramaniyan
Starring	Ma Ka Pa Anand Suza Kumar
Cinematography	Mahesh Muthuswami
Edited by
Music by	Dharan Kumar
Production company	Mohita Cine Talkies
Release date	4 January 2019 (2019-01-04)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Maanik is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language fantasy comedy film directed by Martyn and starring Ma Ka Pa Anand and Suza Kumar. Featuring music composed by Dharan Kumar and lyrics by Mirchi Vijay, the film began production in mid 2016 was released in January 2019.^[1]

Plot[]

Set in 1980's, A young man, Pasupathy meets village landlord to work as an accountant. Then, he meets landlord's daughter and fall in love each other. While they were romancing, the landlord caught both and he beats Pasupathy with a log to death. He awakens and still he realizes that he came to heaven. With the help of a little goblin, who was good in character. He meets G, then he tells about the reason for love, he asked,"Is it wrong for falling in love?". G calls a girl to choose a Heaven or Hell to Pasupathy, in which Pasupathy accepts Heaven. G and Pasupathy went on discussion about famous people who were died on the previous decade. While hearing a story, Pasupathy got hungry, G transforms river into milk and he give a cup to Pasupathy, but he likes Badam Milk and G told him to transform Milk to Black Coffee, he tastes and he feels dizziness. G mixes Reborn Syrup and he gives to another birth when he was in 27 years to fulfill his wish. The scene shifts to Tamil Nadu, the lady gives birth to baby boy, when the saint announces that the baby was spirited and he said to kill the baby, when all the family members are shocked and they decided to bring a baby. The lady carries a baby and covers a cloth and basket. Then the two men came to river and they uncovers, it is a toy. Then the lady reveals that the baby was 'God Chosen Child' and the baby starts swimming in the river and swims to all over the ocean and then the baby reached to Kasimedu in Chennai. A fisherman goes to fishing, he hears crying sound and he saw a baby in a beach. He sends to orphanage, the people were discussed about a baby and they named as 'Maanik'.

When he was in 7, a young Maanik meets Jack who is also an orphan, they became friends and they took care by caretaker in the orphanage. In 2015, after winning IPL by Chennai Super Kings, Maanik, Jack and their friends got emotional when the caretaker committed suicide that Chennai Super Kings got banned and then Maanik decided to bring back Chennai Super Kings for his caretaker's wish. After leaving the orphange, the kid gives caretaker's precious thing for cricket, so she was an ardent fan of Dhoni and also a cricket.

After 2 years, Maanik and Jack lives in a small house, he hears the news of 'MandaKotti' Saamiyar, to ask the problems to solve and their wish was getting back for Chennai Super Kings to achieve their success but Jack doesn't believe it. After going to temple, Jack wishes a birthday to Maanik in which he reached in 27 years of age. He went to temple, 'Mandakotti' Saamiyar tells all the problems to other people and finally he calls Maanik about his personal problems and asks solutions to him. Jack helps Maanik to impress the girl when she cries and Jack got an idea, he puts green chilli to Maanik's mouth and he asks to a girl that she lost a level of Candy Crush game, she gives mobile to him that the 'Mandakotti' Saamiyar appears on the phone, he spits and wipes, he gives to her phone and she saw that level is won. She said thanks to Maanik and become friends. One day, Maanik meets a girl in restaurant, she proposes, Jack asks to call her father and suddenly the news appears that her father died and rushes emotionally. Maanik remembers 'Mandakotti' Saamiyar told,"If the girls say "I Love You", then their fathers will die.", Jack advices Maanik that they will get the chance of Chennai Super Kings.

Jack goes to tea stall to drink, a North-Indian man came to call his partner that his father-in-law watches porn films and roaming like a king. A man tries to kill his father-in-law and get his property. Jack calls him to solve the problem and Maanik asks the ideas to kill and get money. A North Indian man asks the details of his house, address and his wife also. His father-in-law named as Roshan Lal, who lives in Sowcarpet and he has one daughter, who is married to a North Indian man and they planned to kill Roshan Lal.

The next day, Maanik disguises as a cable operator and he meets Jeera to repair a DVD Player, he dances with Jeera in 3 steps when she got hip pain and falls in love. One night, Jeera calls Maanik while her father watching a porn film and she proposes him, suddenly her father died. They give property to a North Indian man and they become rich.

Few months later, Maanik and Jack went to a luxurious bunglow to stay. They went to bedroom and they saw 'Mandakotti' Saamiyar's picture and photo necklace, but Maanik feels embarrassed to see this. Jack brings a school boy and asks his problem to Maanik about love. A boy is in 9th std, falls in love with 11th std girl, who is elder than him. Maanik introduces to a boy named as Honey and he told him to give the money after the solution.

Maanik and Jack were in school to meet a 11th std girl named Maya, but he meets Keerthi, who was a teacher in same school. When a girl stuck with her shawl in a bike, but Maanik saves a girl with the help of Bonda and everybody praises him, Maya and Keerthi starts expresses their love for Maanik. How the crux transpires to the story?

Cast[]

• Ma Ka Pa Anand as Pasupathy/Maanik
• Suza Kumar as Keerthi
• Yogi Babu
• Manobala
• Vathsan Veeramani as Jack
• Anu Anand as Maya
• Aruldoss as Goon
• Jangiri Madhumitha as Jeera, Roshan Lal's daughter

Production[]

In June 2016, it was announced that newcomer director Martyn would make a film titled Maanik featuring Ma Ka Pa Anand and Suza Kumar in the lead roles. The film's title was taken from the character portrayed by Rajinikanth in Baashha (1995).^[2] The film began production at the AVM Studios in Chennai during June 2016.^[3]

Soundtrack[]

Soundtrack was composed by Dharan Kumar. The audio was released under the label Saregama.^[4]

• "Ucha Pasanga" - Vaikom Vijayalakshmi
• "Ada Paavi" - Shashaa Tirupati
• "Mama Marugaya" - Ma Ka Pa Anand, Mirchi Vijay

Reception[]

The Indian Express wrote "Maaniik promised to be a romantic fantasy love story. The fantasy portions are noteworthy, no doubt, but everything else, including the humour, is mediocre at best".^[5] Times of India wrote "Maanik would have been a decent fun ride had the screenplay been a little better with convincingly written characters."^[6]

References[]

External links[]

• Maanik at IMDb