''En Rasavin Manasile'' () is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language

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film directed by

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in his directorial debut. The film stars Rajkiran and

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. The film, produced by Rajkiran, had musical score by

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and was released on 13 April 1991. The film had a silver jubilee run and gave a break to Rajkiran and Meena.

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made his official acting debut with this film. The film was later remade in Telugu as ''Moratodu Naa Mogudu'' (1992) with Meena reprising her role, and in Sinhala as ''Ayadimi Sama'' (1999).

Plot

Mayandi was a brave and strong man who was respected by the villagers. He was in love with his cousin Solaiyamma and wanted to marry her, but they had nothing in common. The soft-spoken Solaiyamma was afraid of him. In the meantime, Murugesan, a city youngster, fell in love with Solaiyamma's younger sister Kasthuri. Later, Mayandi and Solaiyamma had an arranged marriage, but Solaiyamma was still afraid of him after the marriage. One night, Mayandi came drunk in his house, molested the innocent Solaiyamma, and brutally raped her. Since that night, Solaiyamma began to avoid Mayandi, and she did not talk to him any more. A few months later, Solaiyamma discovered that she was pregnant. Mayandi and Solaiyamma were unable to understand their feelings. Finally, Ponnuthayi, Mayandi's adopted mother, brought them back together. Unfortunately, Solaiyamma died after giving birth. Kasthuri then brings up Mayandi's baby. Mayandi, who cannot take care of the baby alone, needs a wife to bring up his baby, and he thinks that Kasthuri would be the perfect mother for his baby. Kasthuri's mother however refuses as she feels Mayandi was responsible for Solaiyamma's death. Meanwhile, Murugesan compels his father Pannaiyar, a ruthless landlord, to accept for the marriage. Pannaiyar encourages Mayandi to bring back his son Murugesan, but Kasthuri stops it and clearly tells him that she can only be with Murugesan. Mayandi decides to arrange Murugesan and Kasthuri's marriage against Pannaiyar's wish. In the end, Mayandi manages to get Murugesan and Kasthuri together along with subduing Pannaiyar, but dies from his injuries.

Cast

* Rajkiran as Mayandi *

as Solaiyamma *Raj Chander as Murugesan * Saradha Preetha as Kasthuri *

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as Ponnuthayi *Nambirajan as Pannaiyar *

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as Vadivelu *

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as Seeniamma * K. S. Jayalakshmi as Pannaiyar's wife *

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as Mokkasami * Rambo Rajkumar *Babitha as Pangajam *

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as Thangamuthu

Production

Kasthuri Raja, who earlier assisted K. S. Gopalakrishnan and Visu, made his directorial debut with this film. He said, "I went to narrate a story to Rajkiran, who was then looking for a script for Ramarajan, as he had got the dates of the popular actor. But script did not suit and I had to do a different script and Rajkiran acted in it." The film was based on a real event that happened in Kasthuri Raja's native village Malingapuram, he decided to make a film on it. The lead role was originally offered to

Vijayakanth Narayanan Vijayaraj Alagarswami (born 25 August 1952), better known by his stage name Vijayakanth, is an Indian politician and former actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Leg ...

and

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, both of whom declined.

Awards

The film has won the following awards since its release :

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards Tamil Nadu State Film Awards were given for excellence in Tamil cinema in India. They were given annually to honour the best talents and provide encouragement and incentive to the South Indian film industry by the Government of Tamil Nadu. The aw ...

1991 * Best Film Award (2nd Place) – Rajkiran * Special Prize for Best Actor – Rajkiran * Best Lyricist – Piraisoodan

Cinema Express Awards Cinema Express Awards are presented annually by Indian Express Group on behalf of Cinema Express film magazine to honour artistic excellence of professionals in the south Indian film industry which comprises Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam ...

1991 *Best New Face Award Actor — Rajkiran

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

, with lyrics written by him, Ponnadiyan, Usha and

Piraisoodan Piraisoodan (6 February 1956 – 8 October 2021) was a Tamil poet and lyricist. He won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Lyricist for his songs in movies like ''Thayagam'', '' En Rasavin Manasile'' and ''Neeyum Naanum'' in 1996, 1991 and ...

. The song "Poda Poda Punnakku" was recreated by

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for ''

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'' (2022).

References

External links

* {{TamilNaduStateFilmAwardBestFilm 1990s Tamil-language films 1991 directorial debut films 1991 films 1991 romantic drama films Films directed by Kasthuri Raja Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Indian romantic drama films Tamil films remade in other languages