Mannavan Vanthaanadi

Mannavan Vanthaanadi (transl. The King Has Arrived) is a 1975 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by P. Madhavan and written by Balamurugan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Manjula. It was released on 2 August 1975.^[1] The film became a hit at the box-office, running for over 100 days in theatres.^[2]

Mannavan Vanthaanadi
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	P. Madhavan
Written by	Balamurugan
Produced by	P. K. V. Sankaran Aarumugam
Starring	Sivaji Ganesan Manjula
Cinematography	P. N. Sundaram
Edited by	R. Devarajan
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production company	Jayaar Movies
Distributed by	Sivaji Productions
Release date	2 August 1975 (1975-08-2)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Sivaji Ganesan as Dharmaraja/Thirumalai/Chandramohan
• Manjula as Prema
• Jayasudha as Latha
• M. N. Nambiar as Punniyakodi
• Sukumari as Parvathi
• Nagesh as Thalapathy/C.I.D. Sivanandam
• S. N. Lakshmi as Grandmother
• K. Vijayan as Muthumanickam/D.G.P. Palanivel
• Senthamarai as Police Inspector
• Premanand as Sekar
• Kallapart Natarajan as Mesthiri Ramu
• Veeraraghavan as Dr. Dharmalingam
• Gokulnath as Advocate Kutralingam
• Aalam as Dancer

Production

The film's title is derived from a song from Thiruvarutchelvar (1967), continuing director Madhavan's penchant for naming his films after songs.^[3] During the filming of a scene where Nambiar's character calls for his henchmen to tie up Nagesh's character, the actor improvised and called for "Madhava" and "Balamuruga", adapting the names of Madhavan and the writer Balamurugan. When Nambiar offered to reshoot the scene speaking the originally scripted names, Madhavan refused and decided the new names also be recorded during dubbing.^[2][4]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.^[5][6]

Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length
"Sorgathil Kattappatta Thottil"	T. M. Soundararajan	Kannadasan	03:41
"Kadhal Rajiyam Enathu"	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela		04:32
"Ivargal Namathu Pangaligal"	T. M. Soundararajan, Saibaba	Vaali	04:06
"Naan Natta Thiruthap Poren"	T. M. Soundararajan		04:30
"Rajasthanil Yaro Oruvan"	T. M. Soundararajan, L. R. Eswari	Kannadasan	04:30

Release and reception

Mannavan Vanthaanadi was released on 2 August 1975,^[7] by Sivaji Productions.^[8] The magazine Thiraivanam positively reviewed the film, giving it the label "Tharamaana padam" (classy film), appreciating Ganesan's performance and Balamurugan's writing.^[9] Kanthan of Kalki called the story ordinary, but appreciated the dialogues.^[10] The film was also reviewed by Kumudam,^[11] and Navamani.^[12]