Malaiyoor Mambattiyan

Malaiyoor Mambattiyan (transl. Man with shovel from Malaiyoor) is 1983 Indian Tamil-language vigilante action film directed by Rajasekhar, starring Thiagarajan, Saritha and Silk Smitha. It was released on 1 July 1983.^[1] The film became a blockbuster and established Thiagarajan as a star.^[2] It was remade in Hindi by the same director as Gangvaa (1984)^[3] and in Telugu as Kondaveeti Nagulu (1984). In 2011, Thiagarajan remade the film starring his son Prashanth, titled as Mambattiyan.^[4]

Malaiyoor Mambattiyan
Poster
Directed by	Rajasekhar
Screenplay by	Rajasekhar
Story by	Raghavan Thambi
Produced by	Siva. Ramadoss W. S. Sivashankar K. M. Ravi K. Muthukumaran
Starring	Thiagarajan Saritha Jaishankar Silk Smitha
Cinematography	V. Ranga
Edited by	R. Vittal
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Sri Devi Bagavathy Films
Release date	1 July 1983 (1983-07-01)
Running time	135 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

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.

Cast

• Thiagarajan as Mambattiyan^[5]
• Saritha as Kannaathaa
• Jaishankar as DSP Ranjith
• Silk Smitha 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 Sheriff as Kottai Paaku

Production

Thiagarajan was inspired to make a film on the bandit Malaiyoor Mambattiyan after he heard a folk song praising Mambattiyan for helping the people in Malaiyoor village and hailing him as a real-life Robin Hood.^[6]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.^[7][8] The songs "Chinnai Ponnu Selai" and "Kaattu Vazhi" were well received and later reused in its 2011 remake.^[4]

Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length
"Aaduthadi"	Malaysia Vasudevan, S. P. Sailaja	Vaali	04:39
"Chinna Ponnu Selai"	Ilaiyaraaja, S. Janaki	Vairamuthu	04:11
"Kaattu Vazhi Pogum"	Ilaiyaraaja		03:41
"Vellarikka"	Gangai Amaran, S. P. Sailaja	Gangai Amaran	04:57

Reception

Jayamanmadhan of Kalki praised the performances of cast, cinematography, music, stunt choreography and direction.^[9]

References

1. "Malaiyoor Mambattiyan / மலையூர் மம்பட்டியான்". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
2. "A mastermind at work". The Hindu. 1 February 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
3. Us Salam, Ziya (21 December 2012). "Superstar Chronicles". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
4. Ashok Kumar, S. R. (8 December 2011). "Mambattiyan". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
5. Maderya, Kumuthan (2010). "Rage against the state: historicizing the "angry young man" in Tamil cinema". Jump Cut. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
6. "The story behind Mambattiyan". The Times of India. 25 June 2011. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
7. "Malayoor Mambattian (1983)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
8. "Malaiyur Mambattiyan". AVDigital. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
9. ஜெயமன்மதன் (31 July 1983). "மலையூர் மம்பட்டியான்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 9. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023 – via Internet Archive.

External links

• Malaiyoor Mambattiyan at IMDb