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Moovendhar

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Moovendhar
DVD cover
Directed bySuraj
Screenplay bySuraj
Story byK. Selva Bharathy
Produced byN. Vishnuram
Starring
CinematographyRM. Ramanath Shetty
Edited byB. S. Vasu
Saleem
Music bySirpy
Production
company
Ganga Gowri Production
Release date
  • 12 January 1998 (1998-01-12)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Moovendhar (/mvnðər/ transl. Three Crowned Kings) is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by Suraj (credited as C. G. Suraaj), in his directorial debut.[1] The film stars R. Sarathkumar and Devayani. It was released on 12 January 1998.[2]

Plot

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Manimaran, his father Poochi, and his grandfather Nagappan are short-tempered persons who beat the villagers for a simple quarrel. Only Manimaran's mother, Sivagami, can control them. Uma, Manimaran's sister, marries a man from another village. Manimaran falls in love with Vaidehi, a Brahmin girl. Manimaran takes his father and grandfather to Vaidehi's house to ask her to marry him. Vaidehi's father refuses that marriage proposal because of caste differences. Manimaran wants Vaidehi to be his wife somehow, for which his father and grandfather tell him an idea. Vaidehi goes to the temple for a prayer and Manimaran comes there. When the prayer is over and she opens her eyes, Manimaran stands in front of her and takes a thaali and ties it around Vaidehi's neck without her consent. Thus, Manimaran marries Vaidehi unexpectedly and she suddenly faints in shock.

Vaidehi's father goes to the police station to complain but to no avail. Manimaran's mother Sivagami welcomes Vaidehi, who has come home to live as a daughter-in-law, and changes her mind. That same night Manimaran and Vaidehi start their married life together on the first night. Vaidehi was not easily acquainted with her husband's house. In a fight against Manimaran, the antagonist becomes blind in one eye and decides to take revenge on Manimaran. When Manimaran drives his pregnant sister, the antagonist stops him but Manimaran beats the antagonist and his henchmen. Uma arrives too late at the hospital and dies with her baby. Vaidehi leaves their house because of her husband's behaviour who brings Uma's death. Manimaran changes his behaviour and tries to convince Vaidehi to come back home.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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The music was composed by Sirpy.[3][4]

Song Singers Lyrics
"Chera Enna" Mano, Sujatha Palani Bharathi
"Kumudam Pol" Hariharan Thavasimani
"Naan Vaanavillaiye Paarthen" Hariharan Arivumathi
"Nenja Thirandhu" Malaysia Vasudevan Palani Bharathi
"Singakutty" Mano
"Sokku Sundari" Krishnaraj, Sujatha
"Nenjukkullae" Malaysia Vasudevan

Reception

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K. N. Vijiyan of New Straits Times wrote, "Without the comedy element, the movie would have fallen flat".[5]

References

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  1. ^ Mannath, Malini. "Kunguma Pottu Gounder". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 28 November 2003. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Moovendhar ( 1998 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Moovendar (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 25 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Moovendharr – Vaettiya Madichu Kattu". lakshmimusicshop.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  5. ^ Vijiyan, K. N. (2 February 1998). "Siraj's directorial debut fails to make an impact". New Straits Times. pp. Arts 3. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024 – via Google News Archive.
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