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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Manithan<br />
| image = Manithan 1987 poster.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[S. P. Muthuraman]]<br />
| producer = [[M. Saravanan (film producer)|M. Saravanan]]<br />M. Balasubramaniam<br />
| writer = [[Panju Arunachalam]]<br />
| story = [[V. C. Guhanathan]]<br />
| starring = [[Rajinikanth]] <br /> [[Rupini (actress)|Rupini]] <br /> [[Raghuvaran]]<br />
| music = [[Chandrabose (composer)|Chandrabose]]<br />
| cinematography = T. S. Vinayagam<br />
| editing = R. Vittal<br />S. B. Mohan<br />
| studio = [[AVM Productions]]<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = 21 October 1987<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Manithan''''' ({{trans|Human}}) is a 1987 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action film]] directed by [[S. P. Muthuraman]],<ref name="flixter">{{Citation | title = Manithan (1987) | publisher = Flixter | url= http://www.flixster.com/movie/manithan/reviews | access-date = 2008-10-23 }}</ref><ref name="fandango">{{Citation | title = Manithan (1987) | publisher = Fandango | url= http://www.fandango.com/manithan_v399779/summary | access-date = 2008-10-23 }}</ref> starring [[Rajinikanth]], [[Rupini (actress)|Rubini]] and [[Raghuvaran]], with [[Senthil]], [[Delhi Ganesh]] and [[Srividya]].<ref name="flixter" /><ref name="fandango" /> The film was dubbed in Telugu as ''Prabhanjanam''. This movie was a blockbuster.It ran for 175 days in theatres.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Prabhanjanam – Telugu Full Length Movie – Rajnikanth,Rupini – YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SZGfSLrg8Y|access-date=2020-08-24|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref><br />
==Plot==<br />
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The story revolves around Raja, who grows up in juvenile detention due to hitting his teacher by a table weight for falsely calling him a thief due to the only reason he was born on a No Moon Day. He was born to a superstitious father who believes that a person born on a New Moon Day will surely turn criminal. When his imprisonment years are over, he joins People Welfare Organization in a local community and helps the needy people. In due course, he gets enemies due to his good deeds. The rest of the story forms on how Raja succeeds over his enemies and disproves the false claims on him and the superstitions and prejudice that surrounded him.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Rajinikanth]] as Raja <br />
* [[Rupini (actress)|Rupini]] as Ruba <br />
* [[Raghuvaran]] as Kumaravelu<br />
* [[Srividya]] as Lakshmi, Raja's elder sister<br />
* [[Jai Ganesh]] as Sridhar, Lakshmi's Husband<br />
* [[Madhuri (Tamil actress)|Madhuri]] as Indra <br />
* [[Vinu Chakravarthy]] as Rathnavelu, Ruba's Father<br />
* [[Cho Ramaswamy]] as Ponnambalam, Rathnavelu's colleague<br />
* [[Senthil]] as Arivu <br />
*[[G. Srinivasan (actor)|G. Srinivasan]] as Chinnaya, Indra's Grandfather<br />
* [[Delhi Ganesh]] as Marimuthu, Raja's Father<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
The music was composed by [[Chandrabose (composer)|Chandrabose]]. Lyrics for this film were written by [[Vairamuthu]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Raaga.com|title=Manithan Songs Download, Manithan All MP3 Songs, Raaga.com All Songs|url=https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/manithan-songs-T0000577|access-date=2020-08-24|website=www.raaga.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-10-20|title=Manithan Songs - Chandrabose - Manithan Tamil Movie Songs - Oosai.com - A Sound of Tamil Music - An Online Tamil songs Portal , Carries more than 4600 Tamil Movie Songs Online|url=http://www.oosai.com/tamilsongs/manithan_songs.cfm|access-date=2020-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020041736/http://www.oosai.com/tamilsongs/manithan_songs.cfm|archive-date=20 October 2008}}</ref><br />
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| type = [[Album]]<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)<br />
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| 1 || "Kaalai Kaalai"<ref>http://www.tamilpaa.com/3017-kaalai-kaalai-tamil-songs-lyrics</ref> || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] and [[S. P. Sailaja]] || rowspan=7|[[Vairamuthu]]||04:23<br />
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| 2 || "Manithan Manithan"<ref>http://www.tamilpaa.com/3018-manithan-manithan-tamil-songs-lyrics</ref> || [[Malaysia Vasudevan]] ||04:24<br />
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| 3 || "Muthu Muthu Pennai" || [[Vani Jairam]] ||04:19<br />
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| 4 || "Vanaththai Parthen"<ref>http://www.tamilpaa.com/3019-vanaththaip-parthen-tamil-songs-lyrics</ref> || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam ||04:32<br />
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| 5 || "Vanaththai Parthen" (Sad) || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[Vanitha]] and Kovai Murali ||05:20<br />
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| 6 || "Yedho Nadakkirathu" || [[K. J. Yesudas]] and [[K. S. Chitra]] ||04:44<br />
|}<br />
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==Release & reception==<br />
It was released 21 October 1987 along with [[Mani Ratnam]]'s ''[[Nayakan]]''. It ran for 175 days at Chennai and 100 days at Thanjavur, Trichy,Chennai,Madurai. ''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "It is a no-holds-barred commercial film, but the formula works."<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 October 1987 |title=Formula works |page=5 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=vzY-6mMDyDUC&dat=19871030&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}</ref><br />
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The film was screened alongside other films of Rajinikanth like ''Murattu Kaalai'', ''Pokkiri Raja'', ''Paayum Puli'' at Albert theatre, on the occasion of his birthday on 12 December 2012.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-12-14 |title=Rajini fans watch their matinee idol's films |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chen-downtown/rajini-fans-watch-their-matinee-idols-films/article5456910.ece |access-date=2020-08-24}}</ref><br />
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==Legacy==<br />
The film's title inspired that of a [[Manithan (2016 film)|2016 film]] directed by [[I. Ahmed]] and starring [[Udhayanidhi Stalin]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rangan|first=Baradwaj|date=2016-04-29|title=Manithan: Court of the day|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/manithan-review-court-of-the-day/article8537670.ece|access-date=2020-08-24|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|1411894}}<br />
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{{S. P. Muthuraman}}<br />
{{AVM Productions}}<br />
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