Murai Mappillai

1995 Indian film

Arunkumar
Kirthika

CinematographyU. K. Senthil KumarEdited byLancy–MohanMusic bySwararaj

Production
company

Anbalaya Films

Release date

15 December 1995 (1995-12-15)

Running time

140 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Murai Mappillai (transl. Eligible to marry groom) is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language film directed and co-written by Sundar C. The film stars newcomers Arun Vijay (known at the time as Arunkumar) and Kirthika, with Rajashree, Manivannan, K. Prabakaran, Goundamani and Senthil playing supporting roles. It was released on 15 December 1995.^[1]

Plot

Kai Ezhuthu Gounder and Kai Naattu Gounder are the village's bigwig and best friends. Their children Raja and Indhu hate each other, they are classmates and quarrel continually. In contrast, their fathers want them to get married. Sorna, a dancer, comes to their village to separate the two friends. Raja and Indhu finally fall in love with each other. Sorna seduces the two friends and creates a conflict between them. In the past, Kai Ezhuthu Gounder and Kai Naattu Gounder attempted to rape Sorna's sister but before it happened, she chose to commit suicide. Since that day, Sorna wanted to take revenge. Raja and Indhu are then distraught by their fathers. Sorna only wanted to punish Kai Ezhuthu Gounder and Kai Naattu Gounder but not the young lovers, so she comes to their rescue. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Cast

Arunkumar as Raja
Kirthika as Indhu
Rajashree as Sorna
Manivannan as Kai Ezhuthu Gounder, Raja's father
K. Prabhakaran as Kai Naattu Gounder, Indhu's father
Goundamani as Ramesh
Senthil as Suresh
Kalaranjini as Raja's mother
Vinodhini
Aasha
Pandu as Hitler, college principal
Suresh Chakravarthy
Halwa Vasu as Pakri
Vichu Vishwanath
Kottai Perumal
Kullamani
Gundu Kalyanam
Karuppu Subbiah
Bonda Mani
Omakuchi Narasimhan
Idichapuli Selvaraj
Jaguar Thangam
Prabhu Solomon (uncredited role)

Production

The film marked the introduction of Arun Vijay, son of actor Vijayakumar into films. He was credited as Arunkumar. The first film Arunkumar signed was Love Story. But as its music composer, A. R. Rahman, was very busy, producer K. Prabakaran signed him up for Murai Mappillai directed by Sundar C.^[2] During the making of the film, Sundar fell out with the makers, and the venture was finished by Anbalaya Prabhakaran.^[3] Prabhu Solomon who went on to direct films like Mynaa (2010) and Kumki (2012) completed the post-production works of the film.^{[citation needed]}

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Swararaj, who debuted in Tamil cinema as composer with this film.^[4] The lyrics were written by Vaali and Bharati Puthran.^[5]

Song	Singer(s)	Duration
"Akkali Magale"	Rajesh Krishnan	1:43
"Anga Paar"	Mano	3:52
"Ezhulagam"	T. L. Maharajan	2:27
"Maama Maama"	Manivannan, K. Prabakaran, Mano, Sujatha Mohan	4:09
"Sikkunu Mutham"	Shahul Hameed, Swarnalatha, Chorus	3:14
"Thendral Kaatre"	S. Janaki	3:57
"Unnai Marunthu"	P. Unni Krishnan, K. S. Chithra	4:00

Reception

D. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu wrote, "One more offspring of a star makes a pleasing debut in Anbaalaya Films', Murai Maapillai. He is Arun Kumar, son of actor Vijaya Kumar. Producer-director K. Prabhakaran who introduced Prashanth a couple of years ago must have been quite pleased with his new discovery. The new hero is fairly tall and muscular and is not camera shy. He is good in fight scenes also and natural in the romance sequences. He has made good use of the exposure."^[6]

References

^ "Murai mappillai ( 1995 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
^ Ashok Kumar, S. R. (5 May 2006). "His career makes a steady progress". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
^ Sundar C – "Rajini said NO to that song!" – BOFTA Masterclass – BW (in Tamil). Behindwoodstv. 18 September 2015. From 8:18 to 8:40. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2015 – via YouTube.
^ Ashok Kumar, S. R. (28 January 2012). "Audio Beat: Aasamy". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
^ "Murai Mappillai". AVDigital. Archived from the original on 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
^ Ramanujam, D. S. (22 December 1995). "Cinema: Thotta Sinungi/Murai Maapillai/Varaar Chandiar". The Hindu. p. 27. Archived from the original on 21 December 1996. Retrieved 9 July 2023.