''Manaivikku Mariyadhai'' () is a 1999 Indian

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia ** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nati ...

-language

comedy drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple co ...

film directed by

V. C. Guhanathan V. C. Guhanathan is a film screenwriter, director and producer who has worked on Indian Tamil films. He made his directorial debut in the 1970s, before proceeding to make successful films like ''Thanikattu Raja'' (1982) and ''Michael Raj'' (1987 ...

and produced by Ramasamy. The film stars

Pandiarajan Pandiarajan is an Indian actor, director who has played leading roles in many humorous Tamil films and currently plays supporting and comedy roles. Personal life Pandiarajan was born to Sulochana in Saidapet, Chennai in a lower-middle-class f ...

and

Khushbu Khushbu Sundar (born Nakhat Khan; 29 September 1970) is an Indian actress, politician, film producer and television presenter. She is known for her works predominantly in Tamil, besides Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada films. She is a rec ...

, while

Manivannan S. Manivannan Rajagopal (31 July 1953 – 15 June 2013), better known by his mononym Manivannan, was an Indian film director, actor and activist who worked mainly in Tamil cinema and also worked in a few Telugu & Malayalam films. In a care ...

plays a supporting role. It was released on 1 October 1999.

Plot

Pandiarajan wants to marry a housewife. Kushboo loves and marries Pandiarajan because of her father's betrayal towards his family. Pandiarajan makes her as a housewife and earns money and continue being the breadwinner of the family. One fine day, his office got bankrupt and his job was gone. Kushboo volunteeringly accepts to go for a job. Her boss Ranjith likes her and tries to force her to marry him. She didn't accept so Ranjith forcefully kidnaps her and try to rape her in the moving van. Pandiarajan comes in time to rescue his wife bashes all of Ranjith’s henchmen and at last celebrates his first night in the moving lift.

Cast

as Pandian *

Vadivelu Kumaravadivel Natarajan (born 12 September 1960), known professionally as Vadivelu, is an Indian actor, comedian and playback singer, having acted in supporting and lead roles in Tamil cinema. He gained widespread acclaim in Kollywood in the 2 ...

as Rajappa *

Ranjith Ranjit or Renjith may refer to: Religion * Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam (born 1966), Sri Lankan Tamil Catholic priest, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Colombo * Malcolm Ranjith (born 1947), Sri Lankan Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, C ...

as Naresh *

S. N. Lakshmi Sennalkudi Narayana Lakshmi (1927 – 20 February 2012) was an Indian actress, who appeared in supporting roles, often playing roles of a mother or grandmother in films. A recipient of the state government's Kalaimamani and Kalaiselvam awards, ...

Kovai Sarala Kovai Sarala is an Indian actress and comedian, who prominently plays supporting roles in Tamil and Telugu films. She has won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Comedian three times, for her performances in '' Sathi Leelavathi'' (1995), '' ...

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Sirpy Narayanan, known by his stage name Sirpy ( ta, சிற்பி; born 25 May 1962), is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil films apart from working in Telugu and Malayalam films. He has als ...

. The song "Alwa Kodukiran" sung by Vadivelu was not picturised in this film however the same song was reused and picturised in ''

Vadagupatti Maapillai ''Vadagupatti Maapillai'' () is a 2001 Tamil-language romantic comedy film produced, co-written and directed by V. C. Guhanathan. The film stars Hamsavardhan and Reshma, while Vivek and Vadivelu appear in supporting roles. Featuring music comp ...

'' also directed by Guhanathan.

Reception

K. N. Vijiyan of ''

New Straits Times The ''New Straits Times'' is an English-language newspaper published in Malaysia. It is Malaysia's oldest newspaper still in print (though not the first), having been founded as ''The Straits Times'' on 15 July 1845. It was relaunched as the ' ...

'' wrote, "This is another of those movies which we can go for a few laughs and then quickly forget".

References

External links

*{{IMDb title 1990s Indian films 1990s Tamil-language films 1999 comedy-drama films 1999 films Films directed by V. C. Guhanathan Films scored by Sirpy Indian comedy-drama films