Erattai Manithan

Erattai Manithan (transl. Double Person) is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by K. Shankar. The film stars S. S. Rajendran (who is also credited for film's script), Jai Ganesh, Latha, Sumithra and Bhavani. It was released on 14 January 1982.[1]

Erattai Manithan
Directed byK. Shankar
Written byS. S. Rajendran
Produced byS. Aadhilakshmi
StarringS. S. Rajendran
Jai Ganesh
Latha
Sumithra
Bhavani
CinematographyD. V. Rajaram
Edited byK. Shankar
K. R. Krishnan
Music byM. S. Viswanathan
Production
company
Maruthupandiyan Pictures
Release date
  • 14 January 1982 (1982-01-14)
Running time
124 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Durai (S. S. Rajendran) is honest, straightforward and lives by a strict moral code. His only family is his younger sister Vani (Sumithra) and he works as a manager for Thangavelu's (V. K. Ramasamy) company. Thangavelu's wife Mangalam (Manorama) and daughter Kannamma (Latha) constantly clash with Durai's stodgy attitude but Thangavelu appreciates him. Thangavelu's family watches a play and see Durai as an actor in it. Mangalam and Kannamma point out Durai's hypocrisy and duplicity in pursuing acting when he has such strict expectations of everyone else. When Thangavelu confronts him, Durai lies and invents a younger twin brother, Raja, that is an actor and singer. Thangavelu and his family fall for his act and hire Raja to be Kannamma's music teacher. In the meantime, Vani falls in love with Chandran (Jai Ganesh), Durai's costar in his plays and also Thangavelu's nephew. Unknown to Vani, he's a cad that uses the ruse of producing films to get closer to various women. Kannamma falls in love with Raja who also loves her but is reticent due to his lies and her continuing dislike of Durai. Matters are further complicated when another of Durai's costars, Bhavani (Bhavani), learns the truth and blackmails him. Durai confesses all to Thangavelu's family and is forgiven but now has to face the ire of Chandran and Bhavani.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.[2]

SongSingersLyrics
"Indraikku Naan Piranthen"T. M. SoundararajanS. S. Rajendran
"Neer Thoda Marantha"T. M. Soundararajan, Vani JairamPulamaipithan
"Naan Paada Paada"L. R. EswariMuthulingam
"Putham Puthithu Vayathu"L. R. EswariKannadasan

Reception

Sindhu-Jeeva of Kalki compared the film's plot to the Hindi film Gol Maal and added there were lot of political references in every frame and concluded looking at songs, background music, dialogues, comedy, etc. would have been appreciated if this film had come out twenty years ago.[3]

References
  1. "இரட்டை மனிதன் / Erattai Manithan (1982)". Screen 4 Screen (in English and Tamil). Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  2. "Irattai Manithan Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by M S Viswanathan". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  3. சிந்து-ஜீவா (7 February 1982). "இரட்டை மனிதன்". Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 62–63. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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