Malaikottai
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| Malaikottai | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Boopathy Pandian |
| Written by | Boopathy Pandian |
| Produced by | T. Ajay Kumar |
| Starring | Vishal Priyamani |
| Cinematography | Vaidy S |
| Edited by | G. Sasikumar |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
Production company | Sri Lakshmi Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Malaikottai (transl. Rock Fort) is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action masala film written and directed by Boopathy Pandian. The film stars Vishal, Priyamani, Devaraj, Ajay, Ashish Vidyarthi, and Urvashi. The music was composed by Mani Sharma, while the cinematography and editing were handled by Vaidy S and G. Sasikumar respectively. The movie was remade into Bengali Bangladesh as Jaan Kurbaan (2011).
Plot[edit]
Anbu, a happy-go-lucky engineering student, lives with his family in Pattukottai and has fun with his friends. One day, Anbu gets into a fracas with a local politician and his henchmen while trying to save his friend, where he gets arrested and has a case registered against him. The local court gives him conditional bail, provided that he signs the register in a Trichy Fort police station. On the way to the police station, Anbu sees a college girl named Malar and falls in love with her. The police station, where Anbu has to sign daily, is handled by his uncle Inspector Kandasamy, whose ex-lover Kamala is the constable at the station. Anbu kindles his uncle's love life and makes merry at Malar’s college.
Meanwhile, Trichy is run by a powerful politician named Palani and his brother Guna, who have killed the local RDO in cold blood, watched by a huge crowd of onlookers. While trying to save Malar from a situation with Palani, Anbu ends up getting the wrath of Palani and his brothers. Although Malar's mother wants to move away from the city, Anbu and his aunt convince her to stay and makes Anbu as her protector. After seeing his care, Malar slowly falls for Anbu. Palani causes problems for Anbu, but Anbu overcomes them and gets Palani killed by Kandasamy in an encounter. Malar and Anbu graduates from college and they get married.
Cast[edit]
- Vishal as Anbu
- Priyamani as Malar
- Devaraj as Palani
- Ajay as Guna, Palani's brother
- Ashish Vidyarthi as Inspector Kandasamy, Anbu's uncle
- Urvashi as Kamala, Police Constable
- Azhagu as Azhaguselvam, Anbu's father
- Kadhal Dhandapani as Chairman, Pattukottai
- Mayilsamy as Idimutti Kannan
- Ponnambalam as Naai Bhaskar
- Poovilangu Mohan as Doctor
- Ajay Rathnam as RDO
- Deepa Venkat as RDO's wife
- Aarthi as Malar's friend
- Rekha as Malar's mother
- Nirosha as Viji, Kandasamy's wife
- G. M. Kumar as Kumar Annan, Pazhani's Righthand
- John Amirtharaj, Public Prosecutor
- V.M Raviraj as Trichy District Collector
- Manobala as Bhaskar's aide
- Scissor Manohar as Ravi, Constable
- Ashwanth Thilak (special appearance)
- Kanal Kannan as Mattu Sekar (special appearance)
- Sevvaalai Rasu, Chairman's sidekick
Production[edit]
Principal photography commenced on 12 May 2007, at the Kumbakonam Mahamaham tank with picturisation of a song on Vishal. This was followed by shooting near the Srirangam temple, Tiruchirapalli central bus stand, Kollidam bridge, Thiruvaiyaru court and near the Cauvery bridge in Tiruchirapalli.[1]
Soundtrack[edit]
The music was composed by Mani Sharma. It includes a remix of "Yeh Aatha", composed by Ilaiyaraaja for the 1982 film Payanangal Mudivathillai, while the track "Kantha Kadamba" uses a partial instrumental sample from the song "Marumalli Jabilli", composed by Sharma for the 2004 Telugu film Lakshmi Narasimha.[2] The audio was released on 29 August 2007.[3] Karthik Srinivasan of Milliblog wrote "Ye aatha’s remix rocks only because the source itself is a cracker of a track, conjured decades back. That says much less about Manisharma’s score in Malaikottai – commonplace, uninspired and adequately boring".[2]
| Song | Lyricist | Singers | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Devathaye Vaa Vaa" | Yugabharathi | Vijay Yesudas | 04:34 |
| "Kantha Kadamba" | Na. Muthukumar | Naveen Madhav | 05:23 |
| "Oh Baby" | Yugabharathi | Rahul Nambiar | 04:37 |
| "Uyire Uyire" | Ranjith, Rita Thyagarajan | 05:02 | |
| "Yeh Aatha" | Gangai Amaran | Tippu, Anuradha Sriram | 04:01 |
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
Rediff.com wrote that "Director G Boopathy Pandian probably thought he had the next best story since Ben-Hur, and fell prey to the ever-present Director's Folly".[4] Sify described the film as a "big let-down".[5] Behindwoods wrote it was an "average masala-mix entertainer".[6] The film was dubbed in Telugu as Bhayya.[7][8]
Box office[edit]
The film, despite receiving unfavorable reviews, performed well at the box office.[9][10][11]
References[edit]
- ^ Rangaraj, R (20 July 2007). "Malaikottai shooting begins". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 12 January 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ a b Karthik (26 August 2007). "Malaikottai (Tamil – Mani Sharma)". Milliblog!. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ^ "Malaikottai audio releases today". IndiaGlitz.com. 29 August 2007. Archived from the original on 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ Srinivasan, Pavithra (28 September 2007). "Malaikkottai is avoidable". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ^ "Malaikottai". Sify. Archived from the original on 11 November 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Malaikottai – Masala comedy, no strings attached". Behindwoods. Archived from the original on 22 August 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ^ "Telugu Movie review - Bhayya". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ "Bhayya Review". Fullhyd. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Malaikottai top the charts". Oneindia. 25 October 2007. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2007.
- ^ Nath, Aparna (1 October 2007). "Comedy 'Malaikottai' tops Tamil films". Nowrunning. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ^ "Tramenders people to 'malaikottai'". Cinesouth. 28 September 2007. Archived from the original on 4 October 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
External links[edit]
- Malaikottai at IMDb
