Manu Needhi

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Manu Needhi
Directed by Thambi Ramaiah
Written byThambi Ramaiah
Produced by R. P. Poorani
Starring
CinematographyB. Balamurugan
Edited byPazhanivel
Music by Deva
Production
company
GR Gold Films
Release date
  • 23 December 2000 (2000-12-23)
Running time
145 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Manu Needhi is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Thambi Ramaiah. The film stars Murali and Prathyusha, while Vadivelu, Napoleon and Nassar play other supporting roles. The film has music by Deva, cinematography by B. Balamurugan, and editing by Pazhanivel. The film released on 23 December 2000. [1]

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Plot

Chinnakkannu (Murali) lives in a village with his maternal uncle Vellaiyan (Nassar). Vellaiyan asks Chinnakkanu to woo Poongodi (Prathyusha), the only daughter of Muthuraja (Napoleon), a rich Zamindar of a nearby village. Chinnakannu succeeds in his attempt to woo Poongodi, but on the day of wedding between Chinnakkannu and Poongodi, Vellaiyan interrupts and takes away Chinnakannu with him cancelling the wedding. A flashback is shown where Muthuraja is widely respected by everyone in his village. One day, he gets drunk and rapes a girl without consciousness. The victim is Vellaiyan's fiancé (Priyanka), who happens to be Chinnakannu's sister. Muthuraja realises his mistake and marries the victim. However, she dies during her delivery, and Poongodi is born to her. Vellaiyan plans to revenge Muthuraja by using Chinnakannu. Finally, after many events, Chinnakannu marries Poongodi.

Cast

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Deva. [2]

SongSingersLyricsLength
Yele KaruthammaKrishnaraj, Anuradha Sriram Snehan 05:39
Koottam Romba Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram, Anuradha SriramLakshmi Priyan04:30
Enga Oorukku Mattum S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra Snehan05:38
Oru Roja ThottamK. S. Chithra, P. Unnikrishnan 05:25
Mayilaadum PaaraiS. SathyaKalaikumar04:45

Reception

Dinakaran wrote, "Director J.Thambi Ramaiya has written the story and screenplay following the cinematic style of his guru director P.Vasu. The grandeur that marks the picturization makes us feel how great the co-operation extended by the producer might have been". [3] Chennai Online wrote "The screenplay is well etched with the right dose of humour, action and sentiment. It is only in the second half that the director gets a bit distracted and includes new characters [..]". [4] The Hindu wrote "Manuneedhi has nothing new to offer. Just the same old plot handled in just about the same old way!". [5] New Straits Times wrote "Catch this movie if you like countryside-based stories". [6] Krishna Chidambaram of Kalki called it just average. [7]

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