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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Naalai Manithan<br />
| image = Naalai Manithan.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[Velu Prabhakaran]]<br />
| producer = [[Thakkali Srinivasan]]<br />
| screenplay = [[Velu Prabhakaran]]<br />
| starring = [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]] <br /> [[Amala (actress)|Amala]] <br /> [[Ajay Rathnam]] <br /> [[Jaishankar]]<br />
| music = Premi – [[Srini]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Velu Prabhakaran]]<br />
| editing = V. Chakrapani<br />
| studio = Perfect Productions<br />
| released = 14 January 1989<ref>http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=nalaya%20manithan</ref><br />
| runtime = 108 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Naalai Manithan''''' ({{trans|''The Man of Tomorrow''}}) is a 1989 [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] [[List of science fiction horror films|science fiction horror film]] written and directed by [[Velu Prabhakaran]]. The film was produced by [[Thakkali Srinivasan]] under the banner Perfect Productions. Premi – Srini composed the music for the film. It stars [[Ajay Rathnam]] playing the titular role with [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]], [[Amala (actress)|Amala]] and [[Jaishankar]] playing the protagonist roles. The film was inspired from the American film ''[[Silent Rage]]'' directed by Michael Miller.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.vikatan.com/timepassvikatan/2016-may-28/cinema/119458-sutta-padam-silent-rage-%E2%80%98naalaya-manithan.html |title=சுட்ட படம் |date=23 May 2016 |work=Vikatan |access-date=9 November 2017 |language=ta}}</ref> The movie was remade in Kannada as ''Manava 2022'' starring [[Devaraj]].<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
20 years into the future (2008) in Chennai, India, a doctor ([[Jaishankar]]) invents a drug which gives back life to the dead if injected within two hours of death. He works along with two other doctors ([[Jai Ganesh]]) and ([[Thakkali Srinivasan]]). They experiment on the dead body of an orphan ([[Ajay Rathnam]]) and succeed. Unbeknownst to them, the drug induces side effects which makes the recipient immortal and, at the same time, alters the mental behavior of the recipient to a murdering maniac. Ajay Rathnam goes on a killing spree, and the city is soon flooded with murders. But Ajay doesn't hurt the doctors as he trusts them, and returns to them every time he is wounded by bullets fired by the police.<br />
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A police officer ([[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]]) starts investigating these crimes and is soon on the trail of Ajay and the doctors after suspecting their research work. When Jai Ganesh and Thakkali Srinivasan suggest to Jaishankar that they kill Ajay in order to put an end to the rampage, Ajay overhears it and later tracks down Thakkali Srinivasan, his wife ([[Jayashree]]) and Jai Ganesh, and kills them all. Later he kills Jaishankar as well.<br />
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Prabhu and his girlfriend ([[Amala (actress)|Amala]]) finally track down Ajay, and after some intense bloodshed and fight, they roll him off a cliff in their car. Even after getting burnt, he comes back alive and attacks them. Finally, Prabhu throws him into a deep watery pit, seemingly killing him, and leaves the place along with Amala. However, Ajay comes out from the pit, having survived.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]] as the police officer<br />
* [[Amala (actress)|Amala]] as Prabhu's girlfriend<br />
* [[Ajay Rathnam]] as immortal<br />
* [[Jaishankar]] as Doctor Shankar<br />
* [[Thakkali Srinivasan]] as Jaishankar's assistant<br />
* [[Jayashree]] as Thakkali Srinivasan's wife<br />
*[[Janagaraj]] as Sergeant Sekar<br />
*[[Disco Shanti]] as Dancer<br />
*[[J. Livingston|J Livingston]] as TV Presenter<br />
*[[Senthamarai (actor)|Senthamarai]] (Guest appearance) as Amala's Father<br />
* [[Mohan (actor)|Mohan]] as Host (Guest appearance)<br />
* [[Jai Ganesh]] as Ramesh, another assistant of Jaishankar<br />
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== Production ==<br />
''Naalai Manithan'' marked the directorial debut of [[Velu Prabhakaran]],<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/60-year-old-director-velu-prabhakaran-marries-actress-shirley-das-photos-tamil-director-regional-cinema-news/18307158 |title=60-year-old director Velu Prabhakaran marries actress Shirley Das |work=mid-day |access-date=9 November 2017}}</ref> who also wrote the screenplay and served as cinematographer.<ref name="IndianExpress" /> [[Thakkali Srinivasan]] produced the film and also acted.<ref name="IndianExpress" /> [[Ajay Rathnam]] made his acting debut with this film.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://cinema.dinamalar.com/cinema-news/11789/special-report/Ajay-Ratnams-special-interview.htm |title=கல்லாய் இருந்த என்னை வைரமாக்கியவர் கமல்! அஜய்ரத்னம் பேட்டி |date=31 March 2013 |work=Dinamalar |access-date=9 November 2017}}</ref><br />
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== Reception ==<br />
N. Krishnaswamy of ''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote on 20 January 1989, "The murderous hunt is what the film is about and such sequences are put together with crisp finesse. 2008 notwithstanding, ''Naalai Manithan'' is closer to what [[Cain and Abel|Cain did to Abel]]."<ref name="IndianExpress">{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19890120&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Naalai Manithan |last=Krishnaswamy |first=N |date=20 January 1989 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |page=5}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
Music was by Premi – Srini. The background music and re-recording was by [[Manachanallur Giridharan]]. <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://bollywoodvinyl.in/collections/kannada-malayalam-telugu-tamil-lps/products/nalai-manidhan-tamil-bollywood-vinyl-lp |title=Naalai Manithan -Tamil Bollywood Vinyl LP |website=Bollywood Vinyl |access-date=2019-04-01}}</ref><br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singer <br />
!Lyricst!! Length (m:ss)<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || "Sangamathil Sangamein" || [[S P. Balasubrahmanyam|SPB]], [[K. S. Chithra]] <br />
| rowspan="5" |[[Muthu Bharathi]]|| 04:26<br />
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| 2 || "Ye Solai Pookkalae" ||[[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[S. P. Sailaja]] || 03:54<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Manithanum" ||Sirkazhi Sivachidambaram || 03:48<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Punnagai Pothuma" ||[[Vani Jairam]] || 03:36<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || "Mele Mele Bode" || Mano|| 03:01<br />
|}<br />
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== Sequel ==<br />
The sequel ''[[Adhisaya Manithan]]'' was released in 1990,<ref>{{Cite book |title=Indian Horror Cinema: (En)gendering the Monstrous |last=Dhusiya |first=Mithuraaj |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-138-69318-0}}</ref> and was also directed by Prabhakaran.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/velu-prabhakaran-ties-the-knot-with-shirley-das-his-heroine-from-kadhal-kadhai-3512601.html |title=Velu Prabhakaran ties the knot with Shirley Das, his heroine from Kadhal Kadhai |work=Firstpost |access-date=9 November 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|4168940}}<br />
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[[Category:1989 films]]<br />
[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]<br />
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[[Category:1980s action films]]<br />
[[Category:1980s romance films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian remakes of American films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian science fiction horror films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian romantic horror films]]<br />
[[Category:1980s science fiction horror films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian science fiction action films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian action horror films]]<br />
[[Category:Mad scientist films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian serial killer films]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Velu Prabhakaran]]<br />
[[Category:1980s science fiction action films]]<br />
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