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Mappillai Sir (transl. Mr. Groom) is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by D. S. Balagan from a story by Balachandra Menon. The film stars Visu, Mohan and Rekha. It was released on 12 August 1988. The film was a remake of the Malayalam film Karyam Nissaram.

Mappillai Sir
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	D. S. Balagan
Screenplay by	D. S. Balagan
Story by	Balachandra Menon
Produced by	T. Subbulakshmi
Starring	Visu Mohan Rekha
Cinematography	V. Ramamurthy
Edited by	Ganesh–Kumar
Music by	Shankar–Ganesh
Production company	Lakshmi Raja Films
Release date	12 August 1988 (1988-08-12)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

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Varadarajan is a trained attorney who does not practice due to him having promised his father in law when he got married to his wife. They have two daughters. His neighbour is a retired Army Colonel who has health issues, is married to Sumithra. The daughters get married with their father's consent to their lovers, which the mother does not approve of. The rest of the story is how this family comes together.

Cast

• Visu as Varadarajan
• Mohan as the driving master
• Rekha
• Jayanti as Meenakshi
• Kishmu as Colonel
• Dilip as Dilip
• Sethu Vinayagam
• Master Suresh as Viji
• Sumithra as Mary
• Manorama as social worker
• Pournami as Tara

Production

Mappillai Sir was written and directed by D. S. Balagan from a story by Balachandra Menon. The film was produced by T. Subbulakshmi under Lakshmi Raja Films, photographed by V. Ramamurthy and edited by the duo Ganesh–Kumar.[1]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by the duo Shankar–Ganesh, with lyrics by Idya Chandran.[2]

Release and reception

Mappillai Sir was released on 12 August 1988.[1] NKS of The Indian Express wrote, "The Maappillai Saar objective is the taming of the arrogant Jayanthi [...] The taming of the shrew line having exhausted itself midway, the film occupies itself with an assortment of cooked up conflicts".[3] Jayamanmadhan of Kalki criticised the film for its writing, likening it to a car being driven without a brake.[4]

References

External links

• Mappillai Sir at IMDb

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