Manikanda

Manikanda
Manikanda
Soundtrack album by Deva
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Language	Tamil
Label	Hit Musics; Bayshore
Producer	Deva

Manikanda
Manikanda
Directed by	Selva
Produced by	K. Dhandapani
Written by	G. K. Gopinath (dialogues)
Story by	M. Rathnakumar
Starring	Arjun; Jyothika; Uma; Pasupathy; Vadivelu; Ashish Vidyarthi
Music by	Deva
Cinematography	U.K. Senthil Kumar
Edited by	Raghubob
Production; company	Malar Combines
Release date	23 March 2007
Running time	133 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

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Manikanda is a 2007 Indian Tamil action film directed by Selva. Arjun plays a dual role, that of father and son. The film, which began production in 2002, went through more production, and was finally released in 2007, was promoted as Jyothika's "last release". It is a remake of the 2000 Telugu movie Jayam Manadera. Manikanda was opened to mixed reviews.^[1]

Plot[edit]

Raja (Arjun) lives in Mumbai with his father (Chandrasekhar). Mahalakshmi (Jyothika) comes to Bombay to get the blessings of a godwoman but since she is unable to meet Mataji immediately, she is forced to stay in Mumbai for 10 days and rents a guestroom among the many run by Raja. Love blossoms between Raja and Maha and when she returns to her village Maniyoor, he follows a few days later on her invitation. After he lands there, he comes to know of his own link to the village.

Cast[edit]

Arjun as Manikanda/Raja (Dual Role)
Jyothika as Mahalakshmi (Maha)
Uma as Lakshmi Manikandan
Vadivelu as Madhayaanai
Ashish Vidyarthi as Balasingam
Chandrasekhar as Veerasamy
Nalini as Mahalakshmi's mother
P. Vasu as Mahalakshmi's grandfather
Pasupathy
Malavika
Poovilangu Mohan
Periya Karuppu Thevar
Madhan Bob
Aryan
Singamuthu
Thennavan
Bonda Mani
Halwa Vasu
Priyanka as Maha's Friend
Jeeva
O. A. K. Sundar
Satya Prakash
Vijay Ganesh
Chelladurai
Nellai Siva
Kovai Senthil

Production[edit]

Selva who earlier directed "Karna" with Arjun announced the project in mid-2003. Jyothika was selected to play the lead role uniting with Arjun for second time after Rhythm. P. Vasu, Pasupathi, Ashish Vidyarthi were selected to play villains. There were rumours that film's title would be changed as "Nanba" but later proved untrue.^[2] The film's story happens in a village called Keeripatti where elections were never held for so many years.^[3] MGR's hit song "Mama Mama" has been remixed in this film.^[4] Due to financial crisis the film was shelved for sometime and Selva and Arjun went on to do Aanai.^[5] During the time, Selva shelved other projects like "Ma.mu" (with Sathyaraj and Sibiraj) and "Thotta" (with Jeevan and Priyamani which he later continued) and finished Nenjil with Navdeep.^[6] Project was restarted in 2006 with a change of storyline and it was finally completed.^[7]

Release[edit]

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Raj TV.^[8]

Critical reception[edit]

Hindu wrote: "looks outdated".^[9] Cinefundas wrote:"The scenes are disjointed, have many loose ends, and lack uniformity and a smooth flow. It’s only towards the end that it perks up".^[10]

Soundtrack[edit]

Soundtrack was composed by Deva, with lyrics written by Piraisoodan, Na. Muthukumar and Kabilan.^[11]

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics
1	"Hey Mukundha"	Karthik, Pop Shalini	Na. Muthukumar
2	"Inji Murappa"	Tippu, Anuradha Sriram	Na. Muthukumar
3	"Madhippukuriya"	Manikka Vinayagam, Jayalakshmi	Piraisoodan
4	"Mama Mama"	Tippu, Anuradha Sriram	Na. Muthukumar
5	"Pondicherry"	Shankar Mahadevan, Anuradha Sriram	Kabilan

References[edit]

External links[edit]

[1] ttp://www.thiraipadam.com/cgi-bin/movie_review.pl?id=549&user_name=bbalaji&review_lang=english&lang=english

[2] ttp://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/14290.html

[3] ttp://www.behindwoods.com/News/26-5-05/keeri.htm

[4] ttp://www.behindwoods.com/News/15-3-05/arjun_manikanda.htm

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[6] ttp://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/may-06-02/11-05-06-nenjil-jil-jil.html

[7] ttp://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/14614.html

[8] "Manikanda on Friday 14,10:30 PM on Raj TV November". Burrp TV Guide. 14 November 2014. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2015.

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[10] ttp://www.cinefundas.com/2008/02/10/manikanda-tamil-movie-review^{[permanent dead link]}

[11] ttp://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0000696

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