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{{Infobox film
| image = Maamadurai.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = K. K. Krishnan
| producer = Kumar Ganesa Perumal
| writer = K. K. Krishnan
| starring = [[Karthick Singa|Vaasan Karthik]]<br />Midhuna
| music = [[Karthik Raja]]
| cinematography = A. Karthikraja
| editing = P. Mohanraj
| studio = Thai Naadu Creations
| released = {{Film date|2007|07|13|df=yes}}
| country = India
| runtime = 137 minutes
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Maamadurai''''' ({{translation|Great Madurai}}){{Efn|''Maa'' refers to [[Mahalakshmi]], who is housed at [[Meenakshi Amman Temple]] in Madurai.}} is a 2007 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by newcomer K. K. Krishnan. The film stars [[Karthick Singa|Vaasan Karthik]] and Midhuna, who is the younger sister of [[Rajashree (actress)|Rajashree]]. The music was composed by [[Karthik Raja]]. The film was released on 13 July 2007.

==Plot==
{{More plot|date=April 2024}}
The story starts in Madurai railway station, where Saravanan is a coolie, accompanied by his friends Aarumugam and Mayilsami. Saravanan is go-header and spends his life like that with his friends. One day Saravanan finds a mobile phone lying unclaimed in the railway station and he learns that it belongs to Nandini. Then Saravanan goes to Nandini's home to hand over the phone, but he discovers that Nandini is the sister of politician 'One Way' Kumar.

The intro between Saravanan and Nandini grew into friendship and later on it became love. Kumar is aware of his sister's love affair, so he tries to separate the couple by means of force, even then Saravanan and Nandini love was steady. At another end, Saravanan discovered his mother's presence through a church father, father helping Saravanan to find his mother.

==Cast==
{{cast listing|
*[[Karthick Singa|Vaasan Karthik]] as Saravanan
*Midhuna as Nandini
*[[Vadivelu]] as Thangavelu
*[[Thambi Ramaiah]] as Osamma's husband
*[[Crane Manohar]] as Thangavelu's neighbour
*[[Benjamin (actor)|Benjamin]] as Thangavelu's friend
*[[Karunas]] as Aarumugam
*[[Mayilsamy]]
*Kottaikumar as 'One Way' Kumar
*[[Singamuthu]]
*[[Delhi Ganesh]]
*[[Seetha (actress)|Seetha]] as Sivagami
*[[Erode Sounder]] as Sivagami's father
*[[Besant Ravi]] as Thangavelu's enemy
*[[Nizhalgal Ravi]]
*[[C. R. Saraswathi]]
*[[Balu Anand]]
*[[Madhan Bob]]
*[[Halwa Vasu]]
*[[Periya Karuppu Thevar]]
*[[Scissor Manohar]]
}}

==Soundtrack==
The music was composed by [[Karthik Raja]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Maamadurai Tamil Audio Cd |url=https://banumass.com/product/tamil-audio-cds/tamil-audio-cd-tamil-audio-cd/maamadurai-tamil-audio-cd/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507174155/https://banumass.com/product/tamil-audio-cds/tamil-audio-cd-tamil-audio-cd/maamadurai-tamil-audio-cd/ |archive-date=7 May 2024 |access-date=7 May 2024 |work=Banumass}}</ref> The track "Sorgam Madhuvile" from the 1978 film ''[[Sattam En Kaiyil]]'' was remixed in this film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Karthik |author-link=Karthik Srinivasan |date=2007-07-04 |title=Maamadurai (Tamil, Karthikraja) |url=https://milliblog.com/2007/07/04/maamadurai-tamil-karthikraja/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411122547/https://milliblog.com/2007/07/04/maamadurai-tamil-karthikraja/ |archive-date=11 April 2023 |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=[[Milliblog]]}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
! Song title !! Lyricist !! Singers
|-
|"Adakkivaasi" || Vijay Sagar || [[Ranjith (singer)|Ranjith]], Bobby
|-
|"Askalale" || Kalaikumar || [[Malgudi Subha]], Ranjith, [[Karunas]], Chorus
|-
|"Koondukkal" || [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[Sangeetha Rajeshwaran]]
|-
|"Madurai Maduraithaan" || Kottaikumar || [[Ilaiyaraaja]], [[Rita Thyagarajan|Rita]], Karthik Raja, Naveen
|-
|"Sorgam Arugile" || [[Kannadasan]] || Karthik, Rita
|}

== Reception ==
S. R. Ashok Kumar of ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote that "If the director had bothered to join the loose ends, a reasonably good film would have emerged".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=S. R. Ashok |date=20 July 2007 |title=Too many loose ends —Mamadurai |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/too-many-loose-ends-mamadurai/article2273108.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021023828/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/too-many-loose-ends-mamadurai/article2273108.ece |archive-date=21 October 2023 |access-date=17 April 2024 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> Malini Mannath of ''Chennai Online'' wrote, "The film at the most is a promising effort from a first-time, director-hero team".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=July 25, 2007 |title=Mamadurai |url=http://chennaionline.com/film/Moviereviews/2007/07mamadurai.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011071223/http://chennaionline.com/film/Moviereviews/2007/07mamadurai.asp |archive-date=11 October 2007 |access-date=14 March 2022 |website=Chennai Online}}</ref> ''Kollywood Today'' wrote, "the film had made the flight successfully without any interpret".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-07-29 |title=Review – Maamadurai |url=http://www.kollywoodtoday.net/reviews/review-maamadurai/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072438/http://www.kollywoodtoday.net/reviews/review-maamadurai/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=2014-03-01 |website=Kollywood Today}}</ref> Chitra of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' wrote it would have survived if it had been made into a full-length comedy. Love seems like main point but screenplay suddenly shifts to mother sentiment. It looks like as if something going to happen but ends up meh calling the climax uncompelling.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=சித்ரா |date=29 July 2007 |title=மாமதுரை |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki2007-07-29/page/22/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240507173548/https://archive.org/details/kalki2007-07-29/page/22/mode/2up |archive-date=7 May 2024 |access-date=7 May 2024 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=22 |language=ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>

''Cinesouth'' wrote, "A baby getting lost in a train, knowing the hero is not an orphan half way through the film, touching mother's feet as if picking something that has dropped down, when there is problem everyone in town remains silent while the hero materializes from nowhere and saves them... In how many films have we seen such stuff and become tired? It is then pointless to ascribe story, screenplay, dialogue and direction to oneself. 'Maamadurai' is a tired horse".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinesouth.com/scopes/reviews/new/maamadurai.shtml|title=Tamil cinema review - Maamadurai|website=Cinesouth|access-date=13 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120032356/http://cinesouth.com/scopes/reviews/new/maamadurai.shtml|archive-date=20 November 2007}}</ref> ''Indiareel'' wrote, "Maamadurai would have been more interesting, if the director had attempted to avoid usual scenes".<ref>{{cite web |title=Maamadurai (2007) |url=http://www.indiareel.com/Tamil/reviews.asp?MovieNo=376 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117054851/http://www.indiareel.com/Tamil/reviews.asp?MovieNo=376 |archive-date=17 November 2007 |access-date=9 April 2025 |website=Indiareel}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:2007 Indian films]]
[[Category:2007 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:2007 directorial debut films]]
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[[Category:Films scored by Karthik Raja]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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