Naalai Manithan

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Naalai Manithan
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Poster
Directed byVelu Prabhakaran
Written byVelu Prabhakaran
Produced byThakkali Srinivasan
StarringPrabhu
Amala
Ajay Rathnam
CinematographyVelu Prabhakaran
Edited byV. Chakrapani
Music byPremi–Srini
Production
company
Perfect Productions
Release date
  • 14 January 1989 (1989-01-14)
[1]
Running time
108 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Naalai Manithan (transl. The Man of Tomorrow) is a 1989 Tamil-language science fiction horror film written and directed by Velu Prabhakaran. The film was produced by Thakkali Srinivasan under the banner Perfect Productions. Premi – Srini composed the music for the film. It stars Ajay Rathnam playing the titular role with Prabhu, Amala and Jaishankar playing the protagonist roles. The film was inspired from the American film Silent Rage directed by Michael Miller.[2] The film was remade in Kannada as Manava 2022.[3]

Plot[]

In 2008 in Chennai, a doctor invents a drug which gives back life to the dead if injected within two hours of death. He works along with two other doctors. They experiment on the dead body of an orphan and succeed. Unknown to them, the drug induces side effects which makes the recipient immortal and, at the same time, feral and murderous. The orphan goes on a killing spree, and the city is soon flooded with murders. But he does not hurt the doctors as he trusts them, and returns to them every time he is wounded by bullets fired by the police.

A police officer starts investigating the crimes and is soon on the trail of the orphan and the doctors after suspecting their research work. When the doctor' assistants suggest to their superior that they kill the orphan to end to the rampage, the orphan overhears it and later tracks down the assistants and kills them all. Later he kills the doctor as well.

The police officer and his girlfriend finally track down the orphan, and after some intense bloodshed and fight, they roll him off a cliff in their car. Even after getting burnt, he comes back alive and attacks them. Finally, the police officer throws him into a deep watery pit, seemingly killing him, and leaves the place along with his girlfriend. However, the orphan comes out from the pit, having survived.

Cast[]

Production[]

Naalai Manithan marked the directorial debut of Velu Prabhakaran,[4] who also wrote the screenplay and served as cinematographer.[5] Thakkali Srinivasan produced the film and also acted.[5] Ajay Rathnam made his acting debut with this film.[6]

Reception[]

N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express wrote on 20 January 1989, "The murderous hunt is what the film is about and such sequences are put together with crisp finesse. 2008 notwithstanding, Naalai Manithan is closer to what Cain did to Abel."[5]

Soundtrack[]

Music was by Premi–Srini. The background music and re-recording was by Manachanallur Giridharan.[7]

No. Song Singer Lyricst Length
1 "Sangamathil Sangamein" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra Muthu Bharathi 04:26
2 "Ye Solai Pookkalae" Mano, S. P. Sailaja 03:54
3 "Manithanum" Sirkazhi Sivachidambaram 03:48
4 "Punnagai Pothuma" Vani Jairam 03:36
5 "Mele Mele Bode" Mano 03:01

Sequel[]

The sequel Adhisaya Manithan was released in 1990,[8] and was also directed by Prabhakaran.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Nalaya manithan ( 1989 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  2. ^ "சுட்ட படம்". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). 23 May 2016. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  3. ^ "'Naalai Manithan' to 'Miruthan': Five Tamil movies that had their plot revolving around a virus". The Times of India. 16 March 2020. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  4. ^ "60-year-old director Velu Prabhakaran marries actress Shirley Das". Mid-Day. 5 June 2017. Archived from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  5. ^ a b c Krishnaswamy, N (20 January 1989). "Naalai Manithan". The Indian Express. p. 5.
  6. ^ "கல்லாய் இருந்த என்னை வைரமாக்கியவர் கமல்! அஜய்ரத்னம் பேட்டி". Dinamalar (in Tamil). 31 March 2013. Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Naalai Manithan tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Premi Srini". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  8. ^ Dhusiya, Mithuraaj (2017). Indian Horror Cinema: (En)gendering the Monstrous. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-138-69318-0.
  9. ^ "Velu Prabhakaran ties the knot with Shirley Das, his heroine from Kadhal Kadhai". Firstpost. 3 June 2017. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2021.

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