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Malaiyoor Mambattiyan
1983 film by Rajasekhar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Plot
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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]
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Reception
Jayamanmadhan of Kalki praised the performances of cast, cinematography, music, stunt choreography and direction.[9]
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