''Mayor Meenakshi'' is a 1976 Indian

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-language

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, directed by Madurai Thirumaran. The film story was written by Suki Subramaniyam. Music was by

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. It stars

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playing titular role, with

Jaishankar Jaishankar (12 July 1938 – 3 June 2000) was an Indian actor known for his work in Tamil cinema. He was a very popular lead actor in the 1960s and 70s. He was credited onscreen with title of ''Makkal Kalaingnar'' (people's artiste) or '' ...

, V. K. Ramasamy and

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. Vijayakumar and

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make cameo appearances.

Plot

The film revolves around Meenakshi, who rises from an ordinary housewife to become a Mayor and the trials and tribulations she faces to maintain a balance at work and at home.

Cast

* Vijayakumar *

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* Manorama * V. K. Ramasamy *

Thengai Srinivasan Thengai Srinivasan (21 October 1937 – 9 November 1987) was an Indian actor who appeared in Tamil language, Tamil-language films and plays from the 1960s to the 1980s. He was given the prefix ''Thengai'' (coconut) after his role as a coco ...

* Suruli Rajan * Baby Rohini * V. S. Raghavan * K. Kannan * K. V. Udaiyappa * A. Veerasamy * Shanmugam * Typist Gopu * Rowdy Rathinam *

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* Subburaman

Production

According to historian Vamanan, ''Mayor Meenakshi'' established K. R. Vijaya as the "ideal mother figure", prior to which she appeared mainly in "family-centric films".

Soundtrack

Music was by

. Songs were written by Kannadasan and Vaali.

Reception

Kanthan of '' Kalki'' in his review felt the makers never bothered with a script since a popular actress is coming as the heroine, many incidents have been fabricated to make her more attractive and the screenplay has been prepared as a flower show and concluded the review by questioning how do they make films like this.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 3415128 1970s Tamil-language films 1976 drama films 1976 films Films about women in India Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Films set in 1976 Indian drama films Indian feminist films