imported>Neutral Fan: /* Reception */

2021-07-02T23:25:06Z

Reception

New page

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Musthaffaa
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = [[R. Aravindraj]]
| producer = P. G. Shrikanth
| writer = K. Prasanna
| starring = {{unbulleted list|[[Napoleon (actor)|Napoleon]]|[[Ranjitha]]}}
| music = [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]
| cinematography = K. Rajpreeth
| editing = R. T. Annadurai
| distributor =
| studio = S. G. S. Cinearts International
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1996|02|16}}
| runtime = 140 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Musthaffaa''''' is a [[Tamil films of 1996|1996]] [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[action film|action drama film]] directed by [[R. Aravindraj]]. The film features [[Napoleon (actor)|Napoleon]] and [[Ranjitha]] in the lead roles, with [[Goundamani]], [[Mansoor Ali Khan (actor)|Mansoor Ali Khan]], K. Prasanna, [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]], [[Kazan Khan]], [[Alex (actor)|Alex]], Sooriya, Rajeshkumar, [[Babloo Prithiveeraj]], [[Ganeshkar]] and [[Charmila (actress)|Charmila]] playing supporting roles. The film, produced by P. G. Shrikanth, had musical score by [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]] and was released on 16 February 1996. The film was later remade into [[Hindi]] as ''[[Ghulam-E-Mustafa]]'' (1997) starring [[Nana Patekar]] and [[Raveena Tandon]] and into [[Cinema of Bangladesh|Bangladeshi Bengali]] as ''Abbajan'' (2001) starring [[Manna (actor)|Manna]] and in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] as ''[[Rehmat Ali]]'' (2010) starring [[Mithun Chakraborty]] and [[Rituparna Sengupta]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spicyonion.com/movie/musthapa/|title=Musthapa (1996) Tamil Movie|accessdate=2014-12-13|publisher=spicyonion.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinesouth.com/films/cast/newfilmdb/musthafa.html|title=Filmography of musthafa|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050210032137/http://www.cinesouth.com/films/cast/newfilmdb/musthafa.html|archive-date=2005-02-10|accessdate=2014-12-13|publisher=cinesouth.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jointscene.com/movies/Kollywood/Musthafa/8107|title=Find Tamil Movie Musthafa|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428092411/http://www.jointscene.com/movies/Kollywood/Musthafa/8107|archive-date=2012-04-28|accessdate=2014-12-13|publisher=jointscene.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.actornapoleon.com/CinemaProfile.php|title=Cinema Profile|accessdate=2014-12-13|publisher=actornapoleon.com}}</ref>

==Plot==
Musthaffaa ([[Napoleon (actor)|Napoleon]]) is the trusted henchman of the godfather Periyavar (Sooriya). When politicians need help, they notify Periyavar, and Musthaffaa, in turn, solves the problem with his sidekick Chellappa ([[Goundamani]]). Musthaffaa considers Periyavar as his own father and he calls him Vappa (father in [[Tamil Muslim]]) whilst he considers Chellappa as his own elder brother.

In the meantime, Sundaresan (K. Prasanna) is appointed as an office worker in a government office, and he has persistently refused bribes. Being from a middle-class orthodox [[Brahmin]] family, Sundaresan lives with his sick wife Bhagyalakshmi ([[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]]), his daughter Lalitha ([[Charmila (actress)|Charmila]]), and his son Ramkumar ([[Ganeshkar]]). Lalitha falls in love with Lakshmanan ([[Babloo Prithiveeraj]]), while Ramkumar wants to become an engineer. Lakshmanan's family ask for a huge dowry for the wedding, and the principal of the engineering college asks them for a huge amount to enrol their son. Without enough revenue, they refuse both proposals. When Musthaffaa comes to know about their problem, he pressures Sundaresan to sign some contracts without examining them in exchange for bribes, but they still refuse.

Musthaffaa shares enmity with Kaalaiya ([[Mansoor Ali Khan (actor)|Mansoor Ali Khan]]) who wants to kill Periyavar. Meanwhile, a dancer named Kavita ([[Ranjitha]]), who works in Kaalaiya's dance club, is saved by Musthaffaa from Kaalaiya's henchmen. With the help of Musthaffaa, Kavita becomes a [[Bharata Natyam]] teacher. Kavita develops a soft corner for Musthaffaa, and they finally decide to marry. In the meantime, Bhagyalakshmi's [[asthma]] has worsened and she is admitted to the hospital. To treat her, Sundaresan must disburse a huge amount. The next day, the vigilance officer Rajaram ([[Kazan Khan]]) clothes as a civilian, tries to corrupt the officers, but only Sundaresan accepts. Sundaresan is subsequently arrested for corruption.

Kaalaiya plans to kill Periyavar, so his son (Rajeshkumar) puts a bomb in his car. Unfortunately, Kavita gets killed in the car blast before their wedding. Thereafter, Musthaffaa turns berserk and kills Kaalaiya's son. Musthaffaa decides to become a good man, so he helps Sundaresan's family and decides to live with them. Thereby, Periyavar becomes upset over Musthaffaa's decision. First, the relationship between Musthaffaa and Sundaresan's family was very tense, but later they lived together in total harmony respecting their customs.

During the Legislative Assembly election, the violence is in full swing between the ruling party and the opposition party. Periyavar, on the side of the ruling party, cannot control it without Musthaffaa while Kaalaiya, on the side of the opposition party, is gaining in power with Rajaram's aid. So Musthaffaa decides to take this last job to finance Lalitha's wedding and Ramkumar's education, to give again Sundaresan's job, and to treat Bhagyalakshmi's asthma. Finally, Musthaffaa kills Kaalaiya, and the ruling party wins the election. Minister Sathyanathan ([[Prathapachandran]]) congrats him for his work; as for Musthaffaa, he requests the minister to deal with the problems peacefully, but it does not please Sathyanathan. During Lalitha's wedding, Musthaffaa is arrested by the police, but as a transformed person, he accepts the sentence. There, in a twist of fate, Periyavar's henchman shoots Musthaffaa in the back, and he died in Periyavar's arms. Periyavar orders to kill him because of fear of reprisal and self-interest. In turn, Chellappa shoots Periyavar dead and is immediately arrested.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Napoleon (actor)|Napoleon]] as Musthaffaa
*[[Ranjitha]] as Kavitha
*[[Goundamani]] as Chellappa
*[[Mansoor Ali Khan (actor)|Mansoor Ali Khan]] as Kaalaiya
*K. Prasanna as Sundaresan
*[[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] as Bhagyalakshmi
*[[Charmila (actress)|Charmila]] as Lalitha
*[[Ganeshkar]] as Ramkumar
*[[Kazan Khan]] as Rajaram
*[[Alex (actor)|Alex]] as Kaalaiya's henchman
*Soorya as Periyavar
*Rajeshkumar as Kaalaiya's son
*[[Babloo Prithiveeraj]] as Lakshmanan
*[[Suryakanth]] as Periyavar's henchman
*[[Kumarimuthu]] as Government worker
*[[Prathapachandran]] as Sathyanathan
*[[T. S. Raghavendra]] as Lakshmanan's father
*[[P. R. Varalakshmi]] as Lakshmanan's mother
*Vaithi
*[[Swaminathan]] as Government worker
*Janaki as Kavitha's mother
*[[Murali Kumar]] as Government worker
*Mythili
*Jayamani
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Musthaffaa
| type = [[soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1996
| recorded = 1996
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 21:06
| label =
| producer = Vidyasagar
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by [[film composer]] [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]. The soundtrack, released in 1996, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by [[Vairamuthu]].

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Track !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Duration
|-
|1 || "Kadhalar Mattum" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[Swarnalatha]] || 4:33
|-
|2 || "Kalapu Mayile" || Mano, [[Malgudi Subha]], Vidyasagar || 4:22
|-
|3 || "Kannukkum Kannukkum" || [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Sadhana Sargam]], Santhan, Gopal Sharma || 4:51
|-
|4 || "Vallavanda Vallavanda" || Mano, Chorus || 2:49
|-
|5 || "Vaya Mappillai" || Swarnalatha || 4:31
|}

==Production==
K. Prasanna had written ''Musthaffaa'' as a serial in the weekly magazine [[Ananda Vikatan]] and had also staged it as a drama. Impressed by the story, the producer P. G. Shrikanth decides to make into a film. The experienced director R. Aravindraj, who directed cult films such as ''[[Oomai Vizhigal]]'' and ''[[Uzhavan Magan]]'', was selected to direct the film while [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]] composed the musical score. [[Napoleon (actor)|Napoleon]] accepted to play the title role. Napoleon has acted in P. G. Shrikanth's previous venture ''[[Seevalaperi Pandi]]'' which was a blockbuster and was a turning point in his career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/39258.html|title=Napoleon in 'Pallikondapuram'|accessdate=2014-12-13|date=2008-06-12|publisher=indiaglitz.com}}</ref><ref name ="review">{{cite journal|author=K. Vijayan|title=The perfect role for 'anti-hero' Napoleon|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=1996-03-09|accessdate=2014-12-13|page=25|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-P1OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qh4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4433%2C4113650}}</ref>

==Reception==
K. Vijayan of ''[[New Straits Times]]'' praised the actor [[Napoleon (actor)|Napoleon]] and said, "whatever inadequacies Musthaffaa had in the first half is redeemed in the second half".<ref name ="review"/> A critic from Indolink gave the film two stars out of four.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19970607043645/http://www.indolink.com/Film/mustafa.html</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:1996 films]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian action films]]
[[Category:Tamil films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films scored by Vidyasagar]]
[[Category:Indian gangster films]]
[[Category:Films directed by R. Aravindraj]]
[[Category:1996 action films]]

Musthaffaa - Revision history

imported>Neutral Fan: /* Reception */