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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|1987 film by Karthick Raghunath}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Makkal En Pakkam<br />
| image = Makkal En Pakkam.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = Karthick Raghunath<br />
| producer = [[Suresh Balaje]]<br />
| writer = A. L. Narayanan<br />
| story = <br />
| screenplay = <br />
| starring = [[Sathyaraj]]<br />[[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]]<br />[[Rajesh (actor)|Rajesh]]<br />
| music = [[Chandrabose (composer)|Chandrabose]]<br />
| cinematography = Ashok Chowdhry<br />
| editing = [[P. Vasu]]<br />
| studio = Suresh Arts<br />
| distributor = Suresh Arts<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1987|04|14}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| runtime = <br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
'''''Makkal En Pakkam''''' ({{translation|People are on my side}}) is a 1987 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action film]] directed by Karthik Raghunath. The film stars [[Sathyaraj]], [[Rajesh (actor)|Rajesh]], and [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]]. It is a remake of the 1986 [[Malayalam]] film ''[[Rajavinte Makan]]''.<ref>http://fullpicture.in/talking-detail/66/from-shakespeare-to-.html</ref> The film was blockbuster at box office and completed 150 days run in theaters.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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Samraj (Sathyaraj) and Rajmohan (Rajesh) are good friends who become enemies due to a false theft accusation on Samraj. Rajmohan becomes a great political leader whereas Samraj becomes a great smuggler. With Rajmohan's political influence, Samraj smuggling business was affected. Radha (Ambika), Rajmohan's girlfriend, works as a junior assistant for his friend who hands an important file to her. It contains details on Samraj's illegal business. Knowing this, Samraj tries to retrieve the file, only to get Radha in trouble. When Samraj realises that she is in trouble he tries to help and consecutively falls in love with her. Radha lets Samraj know that she has a child by Rajmohan and that affair was unofficial.<br />
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Police officials respond to the order of Rajmohan and try to arrest Samraj. He escapes most occasions and continues to be king of smugglers. Finally when Rajmohan attempts to revenge Samraj, Samraj close friends and team (Nizhalgal Ravi and Raguvaran) get killed. Samraj becomes extremely ferocious and chases Rajmohan at his residence with firearms, kills plenty of his party men, but hesitates to kill Rajmohan as Radha intercepts.<br />
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This movie has two ends. One in which a police officer kills Samraj and another in which Radha kills Rajmohan after Samraj is dead. Both climaxes were well received by the audience.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
*[[Sathyaraj]] as Samraj<ref name="IE review" /><br />
*[[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]] as Radha<ref name="IE review" /><br />
*[[Rajesh (actor)|Rajesh]] as Rajmohan<ref name="IE review" /><br />
*[[Nagesh]]<ref name="IE review" /> as Chari, Advocate<br />
*[[Nizhalgal Ravi]] as Micheal <ref name="IE review" /><br />
*[[Raghuvaran]] as Ramesh<ref name="IE review" /><br />
*Master Srikanth<br />
*[[M. K. Muthu]] as Rajmohan rowdy<br />
*[[Babu Antony]] as Kidnapper <ref name="IE review" /><br />
*[[Janagaraj]]<ref name="IE review" /><br />
*[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]]<ref name="IE review" /> as Vasanthamala<br />
* [[Alex Mathew]]<ref name="AlexMathew" /><br />
*[[M. S. Bhaskar]]<br />
*[[V. Gopalakrishnan (actor)|V.Gopalakrishnan]]<br />
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== Production ==<br />
In the 1970s, [[M. G. Ramachandran]] was due to star in a film titled ''Makkal En Pakkam'', but the project was dropped after he quit the film industry to enter politics.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dinamani.com/mgr---100/2017/oct/26/mgr---100-%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4-%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2-%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9-%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D-2796300.html |title=எம்ஜிஆரின் திரைப்பயணம் குறித்த சில சுவாரஸ்யமான செய்திகள்... |last=சரவணன் |first=சி.பி. |date=30 October 2017 |work=[[Dinamani]] |access-date=7 February 2019 |language=ta}}</ref> In early 1987, producer [[K. Balaji]] launched a film with the same name starring [[Sathyaraj]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Sunil |first=K. P. |date=14 June 1987 |title=Trading Places |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12254/page/n1175 |magazine=[[The Illustrated Weekly of India]] |volume=108 |pages=22–23}}</ref> which was a remake of the [[Malayalam]] film ''[[Rajavinte Makan]]'' (1986),<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/from-drishyam-to-oppam-why-mohanlals-films-are-remade-in-other-languages-often-3174430.html |title=From Drishyam to Oppam, why Mohanlal's films are remade in other languages often |last=Narayanan |first=Sujatha |date=26 December 2016 |website=[[Firstpost]] |access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref> itself inspired by [[Sidney Sheldon]]'s novel ''[[Rage of Angels]]'' (1980).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pillai|first1=Sreedhar|title=Malayalam film makers in Kerala transposes real life into reel life|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19870228-malayalam-film-makers-in-kerala-transposes-real-life-into-reel-life-798594-1987-02-28|accessdate=22 April 2018|work=[[India Today]]|date=28 February 1987|language=en}}</ref> [[Alex Mathew]], who appeared as a student leader in the Malayalam film, reprised his role in the Tamil remake.<ref name="AlexMathew">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=peLIDAAAQBAJ&q=Makkal+En+Pakkam+Rajavinte+Makan&pg=PA229 |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2015 |last=Harris M. Lentz III |date=30 March 2016 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]] |page=229|isbn=9781476625539 }}</ref> Sathyaraj said he accepted to act in the film because it was a remake of a successful film, and was guaranteed to do well.<ref name="Illustrated Weekly">{{Cite magazine |last=Sunil |first=K. P. |date=29 November 1987 |title=The Anti-Hero |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.110088/page/n1127 |magazine=[[The Illustrated Weekly of India]] |volume=108 |pages=40–41}}</ref> ''Makkal En Pakkam'', like a previous Sathyaraj film ''[[Palaivana Rojakkal]]'' (1986), was made with political overtones.<ref name="IE review" /><ref name="Illustrated Weekly" /><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by [[Chandrabose (composer)|Chandrabose]]. with lyrics by [[Vairamuthu]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/album/T0003194.html |title=Makkal En Pakkam |website=[[Raaga.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228063210/http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/album/T0003194.html |archive-date=28 December 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |access-date=27 December 2013}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || "Andavanai Paarkanum Avanukku" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] || rowspan=4|[[Vairamuthu]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || "Kongu Nadu Thangam Ada" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Maane Pon Maane Vilaiyada" || [[S. Janaki]]<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Panchangam Yeanga" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki<br />
|}<br />
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== Release and reception ==<br />
''Makkal En Pakkam'' was released on 14 April 1987.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870414&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Makkal En Pakkam |date=14 April 1987 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=7}}</ref> The following week, N. Krishnaswamy of ''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "The film has enough 'dhum' to keep lay viewers happy" and praised the performances of Sathyaraj and Rajesh.<ref name="IE review">{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870424&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Politics again |last=Krishnaswamy |first=N. |date=24 April 1987 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=12}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|2776382}}<br />
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[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1987 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian action films]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Malayalam films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian political films]]</div>->Kailash29792