''Murai Maman'' is a 1995 Indian

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and the directorial debut of Sundar C. The film stars

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and

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. The film had musical score by Vidyasagar and was released on 19 May 1995.

Plot

Sirusu (

) and his elder brother Perusu (

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) own a village cinema theatre lot of orchards and farms and 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 married Parameswaran's relative secretly. Saratha ( Sangeetha), Sirusu's sister, comes from

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with her husband (

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) and her daughter Indhu (

). Sirusu falls in love with Indhu at first sight. Ratnam (

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) and his father Parameswaran (

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) 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, Sirusu stops her, she says that she doesn't want to marry Ratnam and she isn't in love with Sirusu. The villagers misunderstand their relation. Indhu tells to 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

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and kidnaps her. Sirusu saves his wife, he apologizes to Parameswaran and Ratnam. The two families united together and they lived happily.

Cast

as Sirusu *

as Indhu *

as Perusu * Manorama as Sirusu's mother * Sangeetha as Saratha *

as Sabapathy Saratha's husband * Senthil as Chinna Thambi *

as Rathnam *

as Parameswaran * Sundar C. in a cameo appearance

Production

''Murai Maman'' is the directorial debut of Sundar C. He initially wanted a leading

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to play the lead role in his film and approached Sarathkumar, but the producer was unavailable to sign the actor. Subsequently, the director chose

to play the lead role in the film. Sundar C revealed that he tapped into his innate sense of humour, as Jayaram was very famous for his comedy in Malayalam.

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Vidyasagar. The soundtrack, released in 1995, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by

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and

Palani Bharathi Palani Bharathi is an Indian writer and lyricist who works in Tamil cinema. Early life Palani Bharathi was born in Karaikudi to Sami Palaniappan, a poet, and Kamala. He has a brother and four sisters. Palaniappan was an assistant of orator/w ...

References

External links

* {{Sundar C. 1990s Tamil-language films 1995 directorial debut films 1995 films Films directed by Sundar C. Films scored by Vidyasagar