Madurai Meenakshi (film)

Madurai Meenakshi is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language film directed by P. Amirtham and written by M. Karunanidhi from a story by P. Harirajan. The film stars Selva and Ranjitha, with Sujatha, Captain Raju, Pradeep Shakthi, Vijayakumar, Nassar, and Sabitha Anand playing supporting roles. It was released on 24 February 1993.[1]

Madurai Meenakshi
DVD cover
Directed byP. Amirtham
Screenplay byM. Karunanidhi
Story byP. Harirajan
Produced byA. Gunanithi
Starring
CinematographyP. Amirtham
Edited byP. Venkateswara Rao
Music byDeva
Production
companies
Poomalai Productions
AKM Productions
Release date
  • 24 February 1993 (1993-02-24)
Running time
145 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Madurai, a traffic police who dreams to become a police inspector, lives with his mother Maragatham. One day, he clashes with Meenakshi, the daughter of the corrupt home minister Ulaganathan. Meenakshi uses her father's clout to change Madurai's duty, and Madurai becomes her house guard. Meenakshi spends her time in humiliating the poor Madurai. Kumarasamy, his brother Kulasekaran, and his sister-in-law Gomathi run a free school for blind children in their property. The prime minister orders Ulaganathan to buy their property. But they refuse to sell it, so Ulaganathan's henchmen kill Kumarasamy. In the meantime, Madurai and Meenakshi fall in love with each other. Ulaganathan gets to know their love and transfers Madurai at the local police station. Inspector Rudra and Ulaganathan decide to buy Kulasekaran's property by force and to send Madurai behind bars. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Production

The dialogues were written by AR Murugadoss.[3]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Deva, with lyrics written by M. Karunanidhi and Vairamuthu.[4]

SongSinger(s)Duration
"I Love You Meena"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra4:38
"Maalai"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra4:17
"Neethi Mandram"Malaysia Vasudevan3:11
"Thanga Kunam"K. S. Chithra, Chorus2:13

Release and reception

Madurai Meenakshi was released on 24 February 1993.[5] A petition was filed against the film for negative portrayal of politicians; however the Supreme Court rejected the plea.[6] R. P. R. of Kalki appreciated Deva's music, but said Amirtham's cinematography was better than his direction.[2]

References
  1. "madurai meenatshi ( 1993 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 17 December 2004. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  2. ஆர்.பி.ஆர். (21 March 1993). "மதுரை மீனாட்சி". Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 33–34. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  3. Gupta, Rinku (29 October 2011). "AR Murugadoss – Man with the midas touch". South Scope. Archived from the original on 1 November 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  4. "Asogan – Madurai Meenakshi – Maanagar Kurtram". IsaiShop. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  5. Rathinagiri, R. (2007). Time capsule of Kalaignar. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. p. 68. OCLC 680676772.
  6. "Karunanidhi film allowed". The Indian Express. Express News Service. 6 March 1993. p. 3. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
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