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''Manaivi Solle Manthiram'' () is a 1983 Indian
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-language film, directed by
Rama Narayanan Rama Narayanan (3 April 1949 – 22 June 2014) was an Indian film director and producer. In the 1980s, he was known as a director who specialized in shooting commercial films in which animals played vital roles, while in the 1990s, several of h ...
and produced and written by P. Kalaimani. The film stars Mohan, Nalini, Pandiyan and
Ilavarasi Ilavarasi is an Indian actress. She has appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam Kannada and Hindi cinema. She was one of the prominent lead actresses from 1982 to 1992. Her popular lead roles are '' vatsalyam'' along with Mammootty and Visu' s ' ...
. The film had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja. This film was dubbed in Telugu as ''Kodalu Diddina Kaapuram''.


Plot

Thyagu (Mohan), a doctor by profession falls in love with Selvi (Nalini) and their wedding is planned. However, Thyagu's parents (Venniradai Moorthy and Rajasulochana) demands huge dowry for which Selvi's father (Kallapati Singaram) agrees and pays off by selling his property. Post marriage, Selvi finds Thyagu's parents to be irresponsible who just prefer spending money lavishly. They end up spending the entire money which they received as dowry from Selvi's father. Selvi brings this up to Thyagu. Although Thyagu understands that his parents activities are not correct, he does not have the courage to point their mistakes. Now Selvi decides to teach a lesson for Thyagu's parents. Thyagu's sister falls in love with Selvi's brother following which she gets pregnant even before wedding. Now it is Selvi's father's turn to take revenge on Thyagu's parents by asking for the same amount as dowry in order to get them married. Thyagu also has a younger brother Bharathan (Pandian) who is a spoilt brat just roaming around. He falls in love with a poor girl Rani (Ilavarasi) and gets married without the consent of his parents. Thyagu decides to work overtime to earn more money as he is the only breadwinner in the family. Thyagu gets transferred to another city and leaves alone for work. Selvi tactfully sends Bharathan and his wife out from their home mentioning that they are not contributing for family's income. Bharathan and Rani leave their home and start a small roadside eatery which clicks well and they open a decent restaurant thereby settling well in life. Selvi also plays trick and sends Thyagu's parents away from their home. Thyagu returns home again after transferring back and is shocked to see his family members are out from his home. Meanwhile, Thyagu's sister's marriage has already happened with Selvi's brother and she has given birth to a baby as well. Thyagu visits Selvi's father and gives the dowry he requested. Thyagu sends Selvi out from his home angered by her activities. Thyagu's home has been hypothecated to a bank and the bank officials come to seize the home for non-repayment of loan. Thyagu is devastated as he loses his job as well due to his carelessness which has resulted in a death of a patient. Knowing all this, Thyagu's parents decide to leave him and stay with Bharathan who is rich now. Thyagu is left alone and worries. Now, he realizes the value of his wife and understands that all her activities were only for the good of his family. He decides to call Selvi back, however he faints and gets admitted in hospital where it is diagnosed that high stress has resulted in some serious illness which requires an immediate surgery. Selvi comes for rescue and she pays the hospital bill with the help of the dowry which her father received and Thyagu is saved. Finally, Thyagu unites with Selvi.


Cast

* Mohan as Thyagu * Nalini as Selvi * Pandiyan as Bharathan *
Ilavarasi Ilavarasi is an Indian actress. She has appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam Kannada and Hindi cinema. She was one of the prominent lead actresses from 1982 to 1992. Her popular lead roles are '' vatsalyam'' along with Mammootty and Visu' s ' ...
as Rani *
Venniradai Moorthy Vennira Aadai Moorthy (born 25 July 1936) is an Indian actor and comedian in Tamil cinema. He has starred in many Tamil films and television serials as a comedian and also played supporting roles. He is a lawyer by education, and holds a B.L. ...
as Thyagu's father *
Vinu Chakravarthy Vinu Chakravarthy (15 December 1945 – 27 April 2017) was an Indian actor, screenwriter and director who is known for acting in more than 1000 movies in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Badaga and Malayalam mostly as a comedian, supporting actor or i ...
as Balakrishnan * Kallapetti Singaram as Selvi's father *Manohar as Gopal *
Rajasulochana Chittajallu Rajeevalochana (15 August 1935 – 5 March 2013), better known as Rajasulochana, was an Indian classical dancer and actress. She has acted in more than 300 Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi language films. Early life She w ...
as Thyagu's mother *
Kullamani Kullamani (1952–2013) was an Indian actor and comedian who appeared in South Indian films. He acted over 500 films. He is known for films like '' Karagattakaran'', '' Apoorva Sagodharargal'', ''Panakkaran'', '' My Dear Marthandan'', and many mo ...
*Yugalakshmi *T. K. S. Chandran *Cenchi Krishnan *Bailwan Renganathan *Usilimani *Sivaraman


Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Lyrics were by Muthulingam, Vairamuthu and Gangai Amaran.


References


External links

* * {{Rama Narayanan 1983 films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja 1980s Tamil-language films Films directed by Rama Narayanan