| Mani Osai | |
|---|---|
| File:Mani Osai Film Cover .jpg DVD Cover | |
| Directed by | P. Madhavan |
| Written by | Pasumani |
| Produced by | A. L. Srinivasan |
| Starring | Kalyan Kumar M. R. Radha R. Muthuraman C. R. Vijayakumari Nagesh Kumari Rukmini |
| Cinematography | M. Karnan |
| Edited by | R. Devarajan |
| Music by | Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy |
Production company | Barani Pictures |
| Distributed by | ALS Productions |
Release date | 1963 |
Running time | 168 Mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Mani Osai (English"Bell Sound) is a 1963 Tamil Family - Drama film was directorial debut by P. Madhavan[1] and produced by A. L. Srinivasan under his productions company ALS Productions.[2] The film script were written by Pasumani. Music by Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy assets to the film. The film starring Kalyan Kumar M. R. Radha played lead with R. Muthuraman C. R. Vijayakumari Chittoor V. Nagaiah Nagesh Pushpalatha and Kumari Rukmini played portraying supporting role. The film was inspiration to the the famed French Novel writer Victor Hugo's Classic Novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame.[3][4]
A egoistic rich man(M. R. Radha) abandons his elder son(Kalyan Kumar) because of his physical imperfections and tell his wife(Kumari Rukmini) that the baby was born dead. He has another son(R. Muthuraman), who leads a lazy life often getting into trouble. He falls in love with his cousin(C. R. Vijayakumari), who is very close to the hunchback treating him like a brother. The hunchback hero sacrifies his all talking the blame for others. He finally restores sight to the hero and dies. That's when the father tells the world that he was his first born.[3]
Music by Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy and lyric by Kannadasan.[5]
| No | Song | Singer | Lyrics | Length(m:ss) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paayuthu Paayuthu | P. Suseela L. R. Eswari | Kannadasan | 05:04 |
| 2 | Aattukkutti Aattukutti | S. Janaki | 04:10 | |
| 3 | Devan Kovil Mani Osai | Sirkazhi Govindarajan | 04:52 | |
| 4 | Katti Thangam Rajavukku | 04:34 | ||
| 5 | Varusham Maasam Thedi | 04:35 | ||
| 6 | Varusham Maasam (Sad) | 02:48 | ||
| 7 | Varusham Ponne | 03:41 |