Malaiyoor Mambattiyan

Malaiyoor Mambattiyan
Malaiyoor Mambattiyan
	Poster
Directed by	Rajasekhar
Written by	Rajasekhar
Story by	Raghavan Thambi
Produced by	Siva. Ramadoss; W. S. Sivashankar; K. M. Ravi; K. Muthukumaran
Starring	Thiagarajan; Saritha; Jaishankar; Silk Smita; Senthamarai; Goundamani; Sangili Murugan; Senthil
Cinematography	V. Ranga
Edited by	R. Vittal
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production; company	Sri Devi Bagavathy Films
Distributed by	Sri Devi Bagavathy Films
Release date	1983;
Running time	135 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Malaiyoor Mambattiyan (lit. 'Man with shovel from Malaiyoor') is 1983 Indian Tamil-language vigilante film directed by Rajasekhar, starring Thiagarajan, Saritha and Silk Smita. The film became a blockbuster and established Thigarajan as a star.^[1]

The film was remade in Hindi by Rajasekhar himself as Gangvaa with Rajinikanth and Shabana Azmi in the lead.^[2] Later in 2011, Thiagarajan remade this film with his son Prashanth, titled as Mambattiyan.^[3]

Plot[]

There is a group of youngsters in the village headed by Mambattiyan, who lead life in a forest by robbing the rich and distributing the wealth to the poor thus Mambattiyana becomes the local Robin Hood.

Cast[]

Thiagarajan as Mambattiyana
Saritha as Kannaathaa
Jaishankar as DSP Ranjith
Silk Smita as Gypsy
Senthamarai as Landlord Sundaralingam
Goundamani as Landlord Chinna Pannai
Jayamalini as Sornam
Sangili Murugan as Duplicate Mambatiyan
Muthu Bharathi as Oomai Durai
Senthil as Bullet
Jayashree
S. N. Lakshmi
Vinod Raj as a police officer
Master Haja Shariff as Kottai Paaku

Production[]

Thiagarajan was inspired to make a film on the bandit after he got to hear folk song praising the man for helping the village and hailed as "true Robin Hood".^[4]

Soundtrack[]

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.^[5] The songs "Chinnai Ponnu Selai" and "Kaattu Vazhi" were well received and was later reused in its 2011 remake.^[3]

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length (m:ss)
1	"Aaduthadi"	Malaysia Vasudevan, S. P. Sailaja	Vaali	04:39
2	"Chinna Ponnu Selai"	Ilaiyaraaja, S. Janaki	Vairamuthu	04:11
3	"Kaattu Vazhi Pogum"	Ilaiyaraaja	Vairamuthu	03:41
4	"Vellarikka"	Gangai Amaran, S. P. Sailaja	Gangai Amaran	04:57

Remakes[]

Year	Film	Language	Cast	Director
1984	Gangvaa	Hindi	Rajinikanth, Shabana Azmi, Suresh Oberoi, Amrish Puri, Sarika	Rajasekhar
2011	Mambattiyan	Tamil	Prashanth, Meera Jasmine, Mumaith Khan, Prakash Raj	Thiagarajan

References[]

^ "A mastermind at work". The Hindu. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
^ Us Salam, Ziya (21 December 2012). "Superstar Chronicles". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Mambattiyan - Chennai". The Hindu. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
^ TNN (14 January 2017). "The story behind Mambattiyan". Times of India. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
^ "Malaiyoor Mambattiyan Songs". raaga. Retrieved 21 November 2013.

External links[]

Malaiyoor Mambattiyan at IMDb

[1] "A mastermind at work". The Hindu. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

[2] Us Salam, Ziya (21 December 2012). "Superstar Chronicles". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

[hi-3] "Mambattiyan - Chennai". The Hindu. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

[4] TNN (14 January 2017). "The story behind Mambattiyan". Times of India. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

[5] "Malaiyoor Mambattiyan Songs". raaga. Retrieved 21 November 2013.

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