Manu Needhi

Manu Needhi is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Thambi Ramaiah. The film stars Murali and Prathyusha, while Vadivelu, Napoleon and Nassar play other supporting roles. The film has music by Deva, cinematography by B. Balamurugan, and editing by Pazhanivel. The film released on 23 December 2000.[1]

Manu Needhi
Directed byThambi Ramaiah
Written byThambi Ramaiah
Produced byR. P. Poorani
Starring
CinematographyB. Balamurugan
Edited byPazhanivel
Music byDeva
Production
company
GR Gold Films
Release date
  • 23 December 2000 (2000-12-23)
Running time
145 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Chinnakkannu (Murali) lives in a village with his maternal uncle Vellaiyan (Nassar). Vellaiyan asks Chinnakkanu to woo Poongodi (Prathyusha), the only daughter of Muthuraja (Napoleon), a rich Zamindar of a nearby village. Chinnakannu succeeds in his attempt to woo Poongodi, but on the day of wedding between Chinnakkannu and Poongodi, Vellaiyan interrupts and takes away Chinnakannu with him cancelling the wedding. A flashback is shown where Muthuraja is widely respected by everyone in his village. One day, he gets drunk and rapes a girl without consciousness. The victim is Vellaiyan's fiancé (Priyanka), who happens to be Chinnakannu's sister. Muthuraja realises his mistake and marries the victim. However, she dies during her delivery, and Poongodi is born to her. Vellaiyan plans to revenge Muthuraja by using Chinnakannu. Finally, after many events, Chinnakannu marries Poongodi.

Cast

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Deva.[2]

SongSingersLyricsLength
Yele KaruthammaKrishnaraj, Anuradha SriramSnehan05:39
Koottam RombaSirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram, Anuradha SriramLakshmi Priyan04:30
Enga Oorukku MattumS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. ChithraSnehan05:38
Oru Roja ThottamK. S. Chithra, P. Unnikrishnan05:25
Mayilaadum PaaraiS. SathyaKalaikumar04:45

Reception

Dinakaran wrote, "Director J.Thambi Ramaiya has written the story and screenplay following the cinematic style of his guru director P.Vasu. The grandeur that marks the picturization makes us feel how great the co-operation extended by the producer might have been".[3] Chennai Online wrote "The screenplay is well etched with the right dose of humour, action and sentiment. It is only in the second half that the director gets a bit distracted and includes new characters [..]".[4] The Hindu wrote "Manuneedhi has nothing new to offer. Just the same old plot handled in just about the same old way!".[5] New Straits Times wrote "Catch this movie if you like countryside-based stories".[6] Krishna Chidambaram of Kalki called it just average.[7]

References
  1. "Manu Needhi". Cinematoday2.itgo.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  2. "Manuneethi (2001)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. "Review: Manu Needhi". Dinakaran. Archived from the original on 10 February 2001. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  4. Mannath, Malini. "Film: Manuneethi". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 19 August 2003. Retrieved 19 August 2003.
  5. Padmanabhan, Savitha (29 December 2000). "Film Review: Manuneedhi". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 February 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  6. Vijiyan, K. (13 January 2001). "A question of honour". New Straits Times. pp. Reel stuff 5. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  7. சிதம்பரம், கிருஷ்ணா (21 January 2001). "மனுநீதி!". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 7. Archived from the original on 7 August 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
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