Mangudi Minor

Mangudi Minor
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Directed by	V. C. Guhanathan
Screenplay by	V. C. Guhanathan
Produced by	A. R. Kannappan Chettiar
Starring	Vijayakumar Rajinikanth Sripriya
Cinematography	A. Somasundaram
Edited by	R. Bhaskaran T. Thirunavukkarasu
Music by	Chandrabose
Production company	S. P. V. Films
Release date	19 May 1978 (1978-05-19)
Running time	136 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Mangudi Minor is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by V. C. Guhanathan. The film stars Vijayakumar, Rajinikanth and Sripriya. ^[1] It is a remake of the 1972 Hindi film Raampur Ka Lakshman . ^[2] The film was released on 19 May 1978. ^[3]

Cast

• Vijayakumar as Lakshman (Mangudi Minor)
• Rajinikanth as Kumar
• Sripriya as Rekha
• M. N. Rajam as Lakshman's mother
• A. Sakunthala as Julie
• Ramadas as Kumar's uncle
• Arunprakash as Prakash
• Ceylon Manohar as Prathap

Production

A Tamil remake of the Hindi film Raampur Ka Lakshman was announced as being in development in March 1973 with S. P. Muthuraman attached as director, Rajan Enterprises producing and V. C. Guhanathan as screenwriter; it did not materialise. ^[4] The film was originally titled Raman Thambi Lakshmanan. ^[5] When the project was revived by a different company with Guhanathan as director, he approached Rajinikanth to act in the film. Rajinikanth initially refused due to his busy schedule, but later accepted and completed his work within nine days. ^{[2] [6]}

Soundtrack

All lyrics are written by Vaali; all music is composed by Chandrabose. ^[7] The song "Neenga Nenachapadi" attained popularity. ^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Neenga Nenachapadi"	T. M. Soundararajan	03:40
2.	"Kazhuvura Neeril"	Ceylon Manohar	03:40
3.	"Unnidam Solven"	T. M. Soundararajan, S. Janaki	04:18
4.	"Kannan Ange"	Vani Jairam	04:31
5.	"En Kayil Iruppathu"	P. Susheela	04:03
Total length:			20:12

References

1. "Mangudi minor ( 1978 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
2. "44 Years Of Rajinikanth's Mangudi Minor And That Special Song From The Film". News18 . 20 May 2022. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
3. "ரஜினிகாந்த் நடித்த படங்கள்" [Films where Rajinikanth acted]. Dina Thanthi (in Tamil). 23 December 1999. p. 10.
4. "ராஜம் என்டர்ப்ரைசாரின் புதிய படம்" [Rajam Enterprises' new film]. Navamani (in Tamil). 21 March 1973. p. 4. Archived from the original on 9 October 2025. Retrieved 9 October 2025– via Endangered Archives Programme.
5. "குகநாதன் படத்திற்கு வியட்நாம் வீடு சுந்தரம் வசனம் எழுதுகிறார்". Navamani (in Tamil). 17 October 1973. p. 4. Archived from the original on 22 October 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025– via Endangered Archives Programme.
6. "பிளாஷ்ஃபேக்: ரஜினி 9 நாளில் நடித்துக் கொடுத்த படம்" [Flashback: Rajini completed a film in 9 days]. Dinamalar (in Tamil). 20 June 2016. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
7. "Mangudi Minor Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Chandrabose". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

External links

• Mangudi Minor at IMDb