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Mappillai Gounder
Poster
Directed byManivasagam
Screenplay byManivasagam
Story byArunmaaran
Produced byRajeswari Manivasagam
StarringPrabhu
Sakshi Shivanand
Swathi
CinematographyJayanan Vincent
Edited byP. Mohanraj
Music byDeva
Production
company
Raja Pushpa Pictures
Release date
28 February 1997
Running time
141 min
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Mappillai Gounder (transl. Gounder, the groom) is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by Manivasagam. The film stars Prabhu and Sakshi Shivanand, while Swathi plays a supporting role. The film, which has music composed by Deva, released in February 1997.

Plot

Subramani aka Mappillai Gounder (Prabhu) is the son of a rich landlord (Vinu Chakravarthy) living in a village. Subramani dreams of marrying his niece Priya (Sakshi Shivanand) who lives in the US. Upon her return neither Priya nor her father (Nizhalgal Ravi) are interested in the wedding proposal with Subramani and this deteriorates Subramani's father's health. While Priya's father is on a business trip to Singapore, Subramani meets Priya in Chennai and convinces her to come to his village and stay for a few days with the hope of his father's health to improve. Priya does not like the village lifestyle initially, however she understands the good nature of Subramani and gradually falls for him. Meanwhile, there is Amsavalli (Swathi) who works at Subramani's home and she also falls in love with Subramani but does not express her feelings knowing Subramani's love for Priya but Subramani understands Amsavalli's feelings. Priya's father comes back from Singapore and gets furious knowing that Priya is with Subramani in his village and goes immediately to bring her back. Priya confesses her love for Subramani to her father and beyond a point, her father agrees for their wedding. Priya returns to the village but is shocked to see the wedding happening between Subramani and Amsavalli. Subramani says that village lifestyle will not suit Priya and convinces her to marry an educated guy as per her match. Finally Subramani and Amsavalli are united.

Cast

Production

Thambi Ramaiah made his debut as an assistant director with the venture, assisting Manivasagam who had earlier made Nadodi Mannan (1995).[1]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Deva.[2][3]

Song Singers Lyrics Length (m:ss)
"Aiyira Meenu" Swarnalatha, Mano Kalidasan 04:02
"Madhuraina Madhuraithan" K. S. Chithra, Mano Kamakodiyan 05:07
"Neela Vaanam" Krishnaraj Vetri Kondan 04:57
"Pattikaattu Life" Anuradha Sriram, Mano Ponniyin Selvan 05:12
"Thirumalai Nayagane" Sumangali, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 05:51

References

  1. ^ Prasad, G. (27 December 2010). "Tickling the funny bone". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Mappilai Gounder / Bombai Kathali". AVDigital. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Mappillai Gounder (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Apple Music. 1 January 1997. Archived from the original on 13 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.

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