Maanavan

Maanavan (transl. Student) is a 1970 Tamil-language film directed by M. A. Thirumugam and produced by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar under Dhandayudhapani Films. The script were written by Balamurugan. The film starring Jaishankar and Muthuraman with Sowcar Janaki, Lakshmi, Nagesh and Sachu in supporting roles. Kamal Haasan appears only for a dance sequence along with Kutty Padmini. Hassan returns to Cinema as a teen actor after a seven-year hiatus. The film also marks the debut of many character actors and comedians like Pandu, Kathadi Ramamurthy among others.

Maanavan
Poster
Directed byM. A. Thirumugam
Story byBalamurugan
Produced bySandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar
StarringJaishankar
R. Muthuraman
Lakshmi
Sowcar Janaki
CinematographyT. M. Sundara Babu
V. Selvaraj
Edited byM. A. Thirumugam
M. G. Balu Rao
R. Thyagarajan
C. Dhandayudhapani
Music byShankar–Ganesh
Production
company
Release date
  • 10 July 1970 (1970-07-10)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Kathiresan is the son of Parvathi, a maid at the Panchayat president's (O.A.K.Thevar) house and her husband (S.A.Ashokan) is a cattle herder. In a fight about gambling debts, his father kills a man and runs away with the police on his tail. He is later found and sent to jail for life imprisonment. Ravi, the son of Panchayat president of Salaiyur village in Chengapattu District, is Kathiresan's classmate. Ravi bullies Kathiresan and is not good in studies, while Kathiresan excels in it. Being jealous of this, the Panchayat president wants Kathiresan to quite studies and be a cattle herder. But Parvathi is intent on Kathiresan being educated and relocates to Madras. She becomes a maid in a school and a worker in a rice mill. With great difficulty Kathiresan studies well and get admitted to a college. To help pay his fees, he works as a Cycle Rickshaw puller on the side.

Ravi, who grew up to be a playboy, is enrolled in the same college as Kathiresan. Kathiresan and Shanthi, who is the college-going daughter of Judge Satyamurthy, fall in love with each other. He passes his M.A in distinction and gets a job as a lecturer in the same college while preparing for his IAS entrance exams, which Ravi dislikes. Ravi finally gets dismissed from college due to his bad behavior. In revenge, he kills a student, Mani, and frames it on Kathiresan.

Ravi is ultimately found responsible for the murder and sent to the same jail as Kathiresan's father for life imprisonment. Kathiresan becomes an IAS officer and ends up coming to the same jail for inspection.

Kathiresan's father is released from jail and learns that his son is now an IAS officer. Ravi's father tries to assassinate Kathiresan with a bomb at a village function but is saved by Kathiresan. They are all reunited.

The comedy track is provided by Ramu (a rickshaw puller turned car driver) and his lover.

Cast
Guest appearances in the song "Visiladichan Kunjugala"

Soundtrack

Music was by Shankar–Ganesh and lyrics were written by Vaali, Tirchy Thyagarajan[1] and Mariappa.[5]

No TitleLyricistSinger(s)Length
1 "Chinna Chinna Pappa" Tirchy Thyagarajan P. Susheela 03:52
2 "One and Two Mudhal" Tirchy Thyagarajan L. R. Eswari
3 "Kalyaana Ramanukkum" Vaali S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela 03:26
4 "Visiladichan Kunjugala" Mariappa T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela 03:40

Release and reception

Maanavan was released on 10 July 1970.[6] The Indian Express called it "obviously an attempt to educate the students to be on their best behaviour". The reviewer praised the performances of the actors, saying Sowkar Janaki "stands out amongst the cast" while Muthuraman "puts in a breezy performance".[7]

References
  1. "Lyricist who wrapped a message in a song". The Indian Express. 26 April 2021. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. "Tamil comedian Pandu passes away due to Covid". The Indian Express. 6 May 2021. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  3. "கமல் திரைப்பயணம்: 6 முதல் 60 வரை". Dinamani (in Tamil). 10 November 2019. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  4. Padmini, Kutty (31 March 2014). "கமல் இயக்கிய டெலிஃபிலிம்!". Kungumam (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 22 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  5. "Maanavan (1970)". Music India Online. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  6. "Maanavan (1970)". Screen4Screen. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  7. "Cinema". The Indian Express. 18 July 1970. p. 10. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
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