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{{short description|1984 film by S. P. Muthuraman}}
{{About|the 1984 film|the 2010 film|Naan Mahaan Alla (2010 film)}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Naan Mahaan Alla
| image = Naan Mahaan Alla 1984 poster.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[S. P. Muthuraman]]
| screenplay = A. L. Narayanan
| story = [[Subhash Ghai]]
| starring = [[Rajinikanth]]<br />[[Radha (actress)|Radha]]<br />[[M. N. Nambiar]]
| producer = Rajam Balachander<br />Pushpa Kandaswamy
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = Babu
| editing = R.Vittal
| studio = [[Kavithalayaa Productions]]
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|1984|1|14|df=y}}
| runtime = 138 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Naan Mahaan Alla''''' ({{trans|I am not a saint}}) is a 1984 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action film]] directed by [[S. P. Muthuraman]]. The film stars [[Rajinikanth]], [[Radha (actress)|Radha]] and [[M. N. Nambiar]]. It is a remake of the [[Hindi]] film ''[[Vishwanath (1978 film)|Vishwanath]]'' (1978). The film was released on 14 January 1984, [[Pongal (festival)|Pongal]] day and emerged a commercial success.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 January 2020 |title=Baashha to Darbar: Here is a list of Rajinikanth's Pongal releases that turned super hits |url=https://newsable.asianetnews.com/gallery/lifestyle/baashha-to-darbar-here-is-a-list-of-rajinikanth-s-pongal-releases-that-turned-super-hits-q3s7ap |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215045100/https://newsable.asianetnews.com/gallery/lifestyle/baashha-to-darbar-here-is-a-list-of-rajinikanth-s-pongal-releases-that-turned-super-hits-q3s7ap |archive-date=15 February 2021 |access-date=15 February 2021 |website=Asianet News}}</ref>

== Plot ==
{{more plot|date=December 2020}}
Viswanath, a famous lawyer, stays with his widowed mother and physically handicapped sister. He sends Jagan, a rich magnate's son and Lokaiya, two criminals to jail on the charge of rape and murder of an innocent girl. Jagan's father GMK uses his influence and starts creating trouble in Viswanath's life. GMK succeeds in getting Viswanath imprisoned on a trumped up charge. His heartbroken mother dies. Once out of jail, Viswanath sets out to punish the culprits when he temporarily loses his eyesight.

== Cast ==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Rajinikanth]] as Viswanath
*[[Radha (actress)|Radha]] as Geetha
*[[M. N. Nambiar]] as G.M.K
*[[V. K. Ramaswamy (actor)|V.K.Ramasamy]] as Dhanakodi
*[[Cho Ramaswamy]] as A. R. Chandran/Reddy
*[[Senthamarai (actor)|Senthamarai]] as Eshwaran
*[[Sathyaraj]] as Jagan
*[[Sangili Murugan]] as Doctor
*[[Leo Prabu]] as Logu
*[[K. Kannan (actor)|K. Kannan]] as Ramesh
*[[A. R. Srinivasan|A. R. S.]] as Saravanan's father
*[[S. N. Lakshmi]] as Kalpana's mother
*[[C. R. Vijayakumari]] as Viswanath's mother
*[[Uma Bharani]] as Shanthi
*[[Peeli Sivam]] as Gopinath
*S. R. Veeraraghavan as Judge
*[[K. Natraj]] as Henchman of G.M.K
*[[Oru Viral Krishna Rao]] as Henchman of G.M.K
*[[Ennatha Kannaiya]] as Assistant of A. R. Chandran
*[[Pasi Narayanan]] as Chettiyar
*[[LIC Narasimhan]] as Eye Doctor
*[[Kullamani]] as Group dancer
*[[Omakuchi Narasimhan]] as Group dancer
* Srilekha Rajendran
{{colend}}

== Production ==
[[Rajinikanth]] initially wanted to star in a Tamil remake of the [[Hindi]] film ''[[Vishwanath (1978 film)|Vishwanath]]'' (1978) with S. Ravi producing, but as Ravi did not like the film, they decided to collaborate on a different project, eventually choosing to remake the [[Kannada]] film ''[[Premada Kanike]]'' (1976) as ''[[Polladhavan (1980 film)|Polladhavan]]'' (1980).<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 December 2015 |title=கடன்காரன் ஆக்கிய ரஜினி! |language=ta |work=Patrikai |url=https://patrikai.com/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF-%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 February 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181120035748/https://patrikai.com/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF-%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF/# |archive-date=20 November 2018}}</ref> Nonetheless, ''Vishwanath'' would still be remade in Tamil,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |title=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |title-link=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-14-342111-5 |location=New Delhi |pages=109 |author-link=Naman Ramachandran |orig-year=2012}}</ref> with [[S. P. Muthuraman]] directing and Rajinikanth starring.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Naan Mahaan Alla (1984) |url=https://www.letsott.com/naan-mahaan-alla-1984 |url-status=live |access-date=15 February 2021 |website=[[LetsOTT]]}}</ref> The remake was originally titled ''Naan Gandhi Alla'' but, following a court order, was retitled ''Naan Mahaan Alla''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rangan |first=Baradwaj |author-link=Baradwaj Rangan |date=28 August 2010 |title=Between Reviews: Sophomore Blues |url=https://baradwajrangan.wordpress.com/2010/08/28/between-reviews-sophomore-blues/ |url-status=live |access-date=20 September 2016 |website=Baradwaj Rangan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 September 2016 |title=கமல் நடிப்பில் உருவான துரோகி, டாப் டக்கர் படங்கள் என்ன ஆனது என தெரியுமா? |url=http://www.vikatan.com/cinema/tamil-cinema/news/68572-tamil-movies-that-changed-their-titles-when-they-were-released.art |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122154725/http://www.vikatan.com/cinema/tamil-cinema/news/68572-tamil-movies-that-changed-their-titles-when-they-were-released.art |archive-date=22 November 2016 |access-date=20 September 2016 |website=[[Ananda Vikatan]]}}</ref> As a result, the lead character's final dialogue was changed to match the new title, although the lip syncing to the original dialogue "Naan Gandhi Alla" was not changed.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nambiar |first=M.N. Dipak |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C6mHDwAAQBAJ |title=Nambiarswami: The Good, the Bad and the Holy |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |year=2019 |isbn=9789353028442 |pages=62–63}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]] and lyrics were written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.discogs.com/Ilaiyaraaja-Naan-Mahaan-Alla/release/12352416 |title=Naan Mahaan Alla |last=Ilaiyaraaja |type=[[liner notes]] |language=ta |publisher=Echo Records |year=1984 |author-link=Ilaiyaraaja}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No. !! Title !! Lyrics!! Singer(s) !! Length
|-
| 1. || "Maalai Soodum Vaelai" || rowspan="3" |[[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]||[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[S. Janaki]] || 4:28
|-
| 2. || "Um Mele Oru Kannu" || [[Malaysia Vasudevan]], S. Janaki || 4:08
|-
| 3. || "Kalyanam Vaipogum" || S.P. Balasubrahmanyam & S. Janaki || 4:29
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0320114|Naan Mahaan Alla}}
{{S. P. Muthuraman}}
{{Kavithalaya Productions}}

[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1984 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by S. P. Muthuraman]]
[[Category:Indian courtroom films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Hindi films]]

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