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Directed by | Sundar C |
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Cinematography | U. K. Senthil Kumar |
Edited by | B. S. Vasu |
Music by | Vidyasagar |
Production company | Ganga Gowri Productions |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Murai Maman (transl. Mother's Brother) is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language comedy film and the directorial debut of Sundar C. The film stars Jayaram and Khushbu. It was released on 19 May 1995. [1]
Sirusu and his elder brother Perusu own a village cinema theatre and lot of orchards and farms. In short, they are rich bachelors. Their family gets the first respect in their region. For several years, his family feuded with their rich relative Parameswaran's family. In the past, Sirusu's father was killed by Parameswaran's brother, who was sentenced to death, then Saratha (Sirusu's sister) secretly married a relative of Parameswaran's.
Saratha comes from Mumbai with her husband and her daughter Indhu. Sirusu falls in love with Indhu at first sight. Ratnam and his father Parameswaran proposes to Saratha's husband to marry Ratnam to his daughter. Indhu's father forces her to marry but she refuses. Indhu decides to leave the village, but Sirusu stops her. Indhu says that she does not want to marry Ratnam and is not in love with Sirusu either. The villagers misunderstand their relation. Indhu tells Ratnam that they were just talking but Sirusu lies to marry Indhu.
Sirusu, as he wanted, gets married with Indhu. However, Indhu refuses to live with him as his wife. Then, she becomes very ill and Sirusu takes care of her. Sirusu's mother explains that he must place a god statue in the village temple to save Indhu. Sirusu accomplishes it with his brother help and Indhu understands Sirusu's feelings.
Ratnam's henchmen beat Sirusu and he gets admitted to the hospital. Ratnam removes Indhu's Thaali and kidnaps her. Sirusu saves his wife, he apologizes to Parameswaran and Ratnam. The two families united together and they lived happily.
Murai Maman is the directorial debut of Sundar C. [2] He initially wanted a leading action hero to play the lead role and approached R. Sarathkumar, but the producer was unavailable to sign the actor. Subsequently, the director chose Jayaram to play the lead role. Sundar revealed that he tapped into his innate sense of humour, as Jayaram was very famous for his comedy in Malayalam films. [3] [4]
The music was composed by Vidyasagar. [5]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Thenna Marathula" | Palani Bharathi | Malaysia Vasudevan, Sujatha | 04:44 |
2. | "Anandham Anandham" | Palani Bharathi | P. Unnikrishnan, Sujatha, Manorama | 05:24 |
3. | "Kangalai Thoothuviten" | Vairamuthu | Swarnalatha | 04:12 |
4. | "Poove Poove" | Vairamuthu | Ouseppachan | 04:04 |
5. | "Mannavargal Vantha Kudi" | Palani Bharathi | Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram, Deepan Chakravarthy | 04:39 |
6. | "Yennachi Yennachi" | Palani Bharathi | Arunmozhi, Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram, Swarnalatha | 04:24 |
Total length: | 27:27 |
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