Maanasthan

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Manasthan
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Directed by K. Bharathi
Written byK. Bharathi
Produced byK. Dhandapani
Starring Sarathkumar
Sakshi Shivanand
CinematographyKichas
Edited by V. T. Vijayan
Music by S. A. Rajkumar
Production
company
Malar Combines
Release date
  • 11 June 2004 (2004-06-11)
Running time
152 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Manasthan is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by K.Bharathi. The film stars Sarathkumar and Sakshi Shivanand. Abbas, Vijayakumar and Sujatha play supporting roles. It was released on 11 June 2004. [1]

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Plot

A rich landlord Ramasamy and his wife Lakshmi have two sons Deivarasu and Selvarasu. Deiva is an illiterate village bumpkin who is naive and is devoted to his family, gives a job to Pachakili who makes fun. Selva is a college student. Raasathi is Deiva's cousin and love interest and was betrothed to marry him since childhood. Deiva's family has a rivalry with Ramasamy's younger brother's family.

All is well until Deiva's maternal grandmother becomes severely ill. She meets with Ramasamy on her deathbed and reveals a secret: Deiva is not their child. During her delivery, Lakshmi's son was stillborn. As a result, Lakshmi's mother switched the stillborn baby with an infant Deiva, whom she found abandoned in a train latrine. This causes Ramasamy to kick out Deiva from his home and disown him, as Ramasamy is a staunch casteist. This causes the rich Deiva to become a pauper, but he loves his parents more than ever.

Meanwhile, Rasathi's brother arranges her wedding with Deiva's cousin, but she consumes poison and blackmails her family that she will die unless Deva marries her. Deiva marries her takes her to the hospital, but she dies on the way, devastating Deiva. Shortly after her funeral, Selva comes back home and heavily criticizes Ramasamy for mistreating Deiva. He leaves home to find Deiva and reunites with him. Later on, Ramasamy and Selva are kidnapped by Deiva's cousins and are blackmailed to sign over their properties. Deiva comes and rescues them. Ramasamy and entire village beg Deiva to return and take his place as Ramasamy's heir. However, Deiva refuses and leaves forever in a train latrine while everyone tries to look for him.

Cast

Production

Prathyusha was supposed to pair with Abbas but due to her demise she was reported to have been replaced by Radha who earlier appeared in Sundhara Travels ; [2] however Bharathi later removed the love angle of Abbas from the film. [3]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar and lyrics were written by Pa. Vijay, Nandalala and Kalaikumar. [4]

SongSingersLyrics
"Aasavechen" Swarnalatha, Srinivas Nandalala
"Katha Katha" K. S. Chithra Pa. Vijay
"Pattu Jarikai" Mano, P. Unnikrishnan Kalaikumar
"Raasa Raasa"K. S. Chithra, Hariharan Nandalala
"Un E Mail" (Not in Film) Sujatha, Devan Pa. Vijay
"Vaada Thambi" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Reception

Indiaglitz wrote, "Bharathi has tried to come out with a movie on father-son relationship, targetting the family audience. When fast-paced scripts are the order of the day in Tamil filmdom, the narration seems slow in Manasthan." [5] Sify wrote "Manasthan is as stale as day before yesterday?s sambarand can be avoided." [6] Visual Dasan of Kalki wrote that a fan who ignores Manasthan, where there is no innovation in anything be it cinematography, music or direction, is really a knowledgeable. [7] K. N. Vijiyan of New Straits Times wrote, "If you like family-based stories, you are unlikely to be disappointed with Manasthan". [3]

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  3. 1 2 Vijiyan, K. N. (26 June 2004). "He ain't heavy, he's my brother". New Straits Times . pp. Entertainment 4. Retrieved 8 August 2023– via Google News Archive.
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