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Manikuyil is a 1993 Tamil language drama film directed by Rajavarman. The film stars Murali and Saradha Preetha, with Goundamani, Senthil, Vijayakumar, Charan Raj, Shanmugasundaram, Kokila, A. K. Veerasamy and C. R. Saraswathi playing supporting roles. The film, produced by R. Dhanabhalan, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 26 February 1993.[1][2][3][4]

Manikuyil
DVD cover
Directed by	Rajavarman
Written by	Rajavarman A. Veerappan (dialogues)
Produced by	R. Dhanabhalan
Starring	Murali Saradha Preetha Goundamani Senthil Vijayakumar Charan Raj Shanmugasundaram Kokila A. K. Veerasamy C. R. Saraswathi
Cinematography	G. Rajendran
Edited by	M. Ganesan
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Yaghava Productions
Release date	26 February 1993 (1993-02-26)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Muthuvelu (Murali) lives with his mother Deivanai (Kokila) and grandfather (A. K. Veerasamy) in a mountainous area. Despite being an educated man, he makes his living harvesting honey using traditional methods. The wicked forest officer Sundaram (Charan Raj) often gets into fights with Muthuvelu. One day, the city girl Kaveri (Saradha Preetha) spots Muthuvelu singing a song. She records it with her video camera and then sends the video to a TV channel. Muthuvelu's song is telecasted by the TV channel, and he becomes popular in no time; thus, he becomes a singer. Once again, Muthuvelu and Sundaram get into a fight. This time, Sundaram is suspended from his job by his superiors.

Thereafter, Muthuvelu and Kaveri fall in love with each other. At first, Kaveri's father Ramasamy (Shanmugasundaram) accepts for their marriage. Sundaram enters their home pretending to be Muthuvelu's father. Deivanai claims that he is not her husband when Ramasamy asks about her husband's identity and she refuses to tell. Ramasamy puts his foot down when she refuses to reveal any pieces of information about Muthuvelu's father. Ramasamy is now grateful to Sundaram and appoints him to work in his factory.

Later that night, Deivanai reveals to Muthuvelu that she was an orphan and lived alone in the past. She had a secret affair with the wealthy man Ratnasabapathy (Vijayakumar), who promised to marry her. Thereafter, Deivanai received death threats from Ratnasabapathy's relatives and had no other choice but to leave the village. A kindhearted person, now Muthuvelu's grandfather, helped Deivanai and took care of her like his own daughter.

Muthuvelu goes in search of his father Ratnasabapathy and finds that he is now married and has three sons. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Cast

Soundtrack

Manikuyil
Soundtrack album by Ilaiyaraaja
Released	1993
Recorded	1993
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	28:54
Producer	Ilaiyaraaja

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The soundtrack, released in 1993, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali and Ponnadiyan.[5][6][7]

Track	Song	Singer(s)	Lyrics	Duration
1	"Oru Nadodi"	Mano	Vaali	4:56
2	"Thaneerilay Mugam"	Mano, Uma Ramanan	Ponnadiyan	4:47
3	"Vetti Vetti Veru"	Arunmozhi	Vaali	4:39
4	"Adi Marrivantha"	Malaysia Vasudevan		4:39
5	"Kathal Nilavey"	Arunmozhi, Uma Ramanan		5:02
6	"Kathal Ennum Vetham"	Malaysia Vasudevan	Ponnadiyan	4:51

Reception

Malini Mannath of The New Indian Express gave the film a negative review stating : "the story lacks freshness, the screenplay is insipid and direction lack-lustre".[8]

References

External links

• Manikuyil at IMDb

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