Malaikottai
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Malaikottai is a 2007 Tamil film
directed by Boopathy Pandian
, who has also directed the movies "Devathaiyai Kanden" and "Thiruvilayadal Arambam", both with Dhanush
as the hero. Vishal got the lead role in the film, pairing with Priyamani
. The story and screenplay were written by the director himself.
On the way to Trichy police station, he sees a girl on a terrace (Motta madi) drying clothes and falls for her. It is love at first sight for Anbu as he becomes crazy about Malar (Priyamani
) a college girl, which leads to some hilarious situations. The police station, where he has to sign daily, is manned by his Chittappa Kanthaswamy (Ashish Vidyarthi
), a comic sub-inspector whose ex-lover Kamala (Urvasi) is the lady constable at the station. Anbu kindles the love life of his uncle and makes merry at Malar’s college leading to funny situations.
Meanwhile Trichy City is run by a powerful politician Palani (Devaraj) and his brother Guna (Ajay), who have killed the local RDO in cold blood watched by a huge crowd of onlookers! The brothers continue with their ‘dada giri’, till they clash with a brave heart! He is none other than our Anbu, who while trying to save Malar from a difficult situation ends up getting the wrath of the brothers. Anbu, the one-man army does a good demolition job and cleans up Trichy of all its baddies!
. The track Yeh Aatha is a remix of the same-titled song scored by Ilaiyaraaja
for the 1982 film Payanangal Mudivathillai
.
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
directed by Boopathy Pandian
Boopathy Pandian
-Filmography:-References:...
, who has also directed the movies "Devathaiyai Kanden" and "Thiruvilayadal Arambam", both with Dhanush
Dhanush
Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja , better known by his stage name Dhanush , is an Indian film actor, occasional playback singer and lyricist, working in the Tamil film industry...
as the hero. Vishal got the lead role in the film, pairing with Priyamani
Priyamani
Priya Vasudev Mani Iyer, better known by her stage name Priyamani is an Indian film actress and model who has appeared in several Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films...
. The story and screenplay were written by the director himself.
Plot
Anbu (Vishal) is a happy go-lucky guy, who lives with his family in Pattukottai and is having a good time singing energetic fast numbers like Kantha Kadamba.., along with his friends. One day he gets into a fracas with a local politician ('Kathal' Dhandapani) and his comic henchmen while trying to save a friend and is arrested and a case registered against him. The local court gives him conditional bail, provided he signs the register in a Tiruchi police station!On the way to Trichy police station, he sees a girl on a terrace (Motta madi) drying clothes and falls for her. It is love at first sight for Anbu as he becomes crazy about Malar (Priyamani
Priyamani
Priya Vasudev Mani Iyer, better known by her stage name Priyamani is an Indian film actress and model who has appeared in several Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films...
) a college girl, which leads to some hilarious situations. The police station, where he has to sign daily, is manned by his Chittappa Kanthaswamy (Ashish Vidyarthi
Ashish Vidyarthi
Ashish Vidyarthi is an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Hindi films and lately in South Indian films. He has won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for film Drohkaal in 1995....
), a comic sub-inspector whose ex-lover Kamala (Urvasi) is the lady constable at the station. Anbu kindles the love life of his uncle and makes merry at Malar’s college leading to funny situations.
Meanwhile Trichy City is run by a powerful politician Palani (Devaraj) and his brother Guna (Ajay), who have killed the local RDO in cold blood watched by a huge crowd of onlookers! The brothers continue with their ‘dada giri’, till they clash with a brave heart! He is none other than our Anbu, who while trying to save Malar from a difficult situation ends up getting the wrath of the brothers. Anbu, the one-man army does a good demolition job and cleans up Trichy of all its baddies!
Crew
- Direction: Boopathy Pandian
- Music: Mani Sharma (Tamil and Telugu)
- Action: Kanal Kannan
Soundtrack
Music scored by Mani SharmaMani Sharma
Mani Sharma Yanamandra is a music director known for his works in Tollywood. He has composed music for over 140 films. He is popularly known as "Swara Brahma" for his contributions to music in Tollywood. Mani Sharma started his career as a music director in 1998. Before that Sharma used to work...
. The track Yeh Aatha is a remix of the same-titled song scored by Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja is an Indian film composer, singer, and lyricist mainly in the Tamil film Industry. He is regarded as one of the finest music composers in India. Ilaiyaraaja is also an instrumentalist, conductor, and a songwriter...
for the 1982 film Payanangal Mudivathillai
Payanangal Mudivathillai
Payanangal Mudivathillai is a 1982 Indian Tamil film directed by R. Sundarrajan. The film stars Mohan, Poornima Jayaram in the lead roles. It was released on 26 February 1982. The film was a blockbuster and ran for over 500 days. Music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Both the lead actors won Filmfare...
.
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