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{{Infobox film
| name = Melmaruvathur Arpudhangal
| image = Melmaruvathur Arpudhangal.jpg
| caption = Title card
| director = Jagadeesan
| screenplay = Jagadeesan
| story = 'Sakthi Dasan' C. Ganesan
| producer = Ja. Gurumoorthi
| starring = [[Rajesh (Tamil actor)|Rajesh]] <br /> [[Nalini (actress)|Nalini]] <br /> [[Radha Ravi]] <br /> [[Sulochana Latkar|Sulochana]] <br /> [[K. R. Vijaya]]
| cinematography = W. R. Chandran
| editing = S. V. Jayabal
| music = [[K. V. Mahadevan]]
| studio = Om Selvi Arts
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|1986|10|1|df=y}}
| runtime = 135 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Melmaruvathur Arpudhangal''''' ({{Translation|Miracles in [[Melmaruvathur]]}}) is 1986 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[devotional film]] written and directed by Jagadeesan from a story by "Sakthi Dasan" C. Ganesan. Music was by [[K. V. Mahadevan]]. The film stars [[Rajesh (Tamil actor)|Rajesh]], [[Sulakshana (actress)|Sulakshana]], [[Nalini (actress)|Nalini]] and [[Radha Ravi]]. It was released on 1 October 1986.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Melmaruvathur Arputhangal (1986) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/melmaruvathur-arputhangal |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116061811/https://screen4screen.com/movies/melmaruvathur-arputhangal |archive-date=16 November 2023 |access-date=3 March 2022 |website=Screen 4 Screen}}</ref>

== Plot ==
{{no plot|date=March 2022}}

== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
* [[Rajesh (Tamil actor)|Rajesh]] as Mari Muthu
* [[Sulakshana (actress)|Sulakshana]] as Gayathri
* [[Radha Ravi]] as Rajadurai
* [[Nalini (actress)|Nalini]] as Karpagam
* [[Thengai Srinivasan]] as Village President
* [[K. R. Vijaya]] as Goddess Sakthi
* Pile Sivan as Raja Durai's Friend
* S. N. Parvathi as Mari Muthu's Neighbour
* Payalvaan Ranganathan as Raja Durai's Henchmen
* MLA Thangaraj
* Raj Krishna
* Mythili Priya
}}

== Soundtrack ==
Music was composed by [[K. V. Mahadevan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Melmaruvathur Arputhangal (1986)Tamil Super Hit Film LP Vinyl Record by K.V.Mahadhevan |url=https://dmcvinyl.com/collection/melmaruvathur-arputhangal-by-kvm/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103012145/https://dmcvinyl.com/collection/melmaruvathur-arputhangal-by-kvm/ |archive-date=3 November 2021 |access-date=3 March 2022 |website=Disco Music Center}}</ref>

;Tamil version

Lyrics were written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]].
{| class="wikitable"
! Song !! Singer !! Length
|-
| "Ore Thaai Ore Kulam" || [[Sirkazhi Govindarajan]] || 03:38
|-
| "Oora Paadala" || [[Malaysia Vasudevan]] || 01:09
|-
| "Unna Thaane Malaya" || [[K. J. Yesudas]] || 04:06
|-
| "Amma Unathu Arputhangal" || [[Vani Jairam]] || 04:33
|-
| "Aanaiyittal Aadukkiren" || [[P. Susheela]] || 04:37
|-
| "Ennai Peththavalae" || K. J. Yesudas || 04:15
|-
| "Vanga Kadalin" || [[S. P. Sailaja]] || 05:15
|-
| "Vaanamayil Pole" || Vani Jairam || 04:14
|}

;Telugu version

This film was dubbed into Telugu as ''Aadhi Sakthi Mahimalu''.<ref name="Aadhi Sakthi Mahimalu">{{Cite web |title=Aadhi Sakthi Mahimalu |url=https://indiancine.ma/BEHY/info |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230920161115/https://indiancine.ma/BEHY/info |archive-date=20 September 2023 |access-date=10 January 2021 |website=indiancine.ma}}</ref> Lyrics were written by [[Rajasri (writer)|Rajasri]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aadhi Shakthi Mahimulu |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/76IKCjqggIaCwjoTMBb80o |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221119053004/https://open.spotify.com/album/76IKCjqggIaCwjoTMBb80o |archive-date=19 November 2022 |access-date=10 January 2021 |website=[[Spotify]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! Song !! Singer !! Length (m:ss)
|-
| "Ninnu Nenu" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] || 04:12
|-
| "Amma Needu" || [[Vani Jairam]] || 04:39
|-
| "Ananthiga" || [[P. Susheela]] || 04:44
|-
| "Kannu Penchhina" || Raj Seetharam || 04:20
|-
| "Punya Sagara" || Vani Jairam || 05:17
|-
| "Oorikai Paadave" || [[G. Anand]] || 01:18
|}

== Reception ==
''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "Jagadeesan works at his subject at an unhurried pace coolly, but not casually or perfunctorily".<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 November 1986 |title=Unhurried |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19861114&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=2 May 2019 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=14 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Subha (writers)|Jayamanmadhan]] of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' called the film's screenplay and Mahadevan's music as plus points.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=ஜெயமன்மதன் |author-link=Subha (writers) |date=9 November 1986 |title=மேல்மருவத்தூர் அற்புதங்கள் |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1986-11-09/page/n15/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230920161535/https://archive.org/details/kalki1986-11-09/page/n15/mode/2up |archive-date=20 September 2023 |access-date=17 February 2023 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |pages=14–15 |language=Ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> Balumani of ''Anna'' praised acting, lyrics, music, cinematography, stunts and direction.<ref>{{cite news|title=மேல்மருவத்தூர் அற்புதங்கள்|work=Anna|language=ta|access-date=16 July 2025|url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP372-6-23-11-14|date=31 October 1986|via=[[Endangered Archives Programme]]|last=பாலுமணி |page=8}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|3322598}}

[[Category:1986 Indian films]]
[[Category:1986 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1986 films]]
[[Category:Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan]]
[[Category:Hindu devotional films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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