nIthAnE thURal (Manmadha Rajakkal)
Pick #630
Song: nIthAnE thURal
Film: Manmadha Rajakkal
Music: Shankar-Ganesh
Singers: P.Jayachandran, S.P.Shailaja
Lyrics: One of (Vaali, Kamakodiyan)
Year: 1984
"Manmadha Rajakkal" is a very funny and enjoyable film. Three bachelors, all in their sixties, live together in a big house named "Manmadha illam". They always dress in fancy suits or some modern urban clothing and all three dress alike. They have a lot of money to blow. They hang out with several women(played by Anuradha and others). Get this! The three bachelors are S.S.Chandran, Kallaapetti Singaram and Loose Mohan. Now picture the three of them in Charlie Chaplin suits and accessories. :lol:
Nalini lives down the street and works as a maid at Manmadha illam. The three bachelors drool over her all the time. Suresh is a paperboy whose route includes Manmadha illam and Nalini's house. Suresh and Nalini are in love.
One day, from a missing persons advertisement in the newspaper, the bachelors find out that Suresh is the only son and the heir of a rich man in Ooty. His rich father put out the advertisement looking for Suresh who went missing from his home in Ooty. The ad announces a reward of Rs.1 lakh. The bachelors ask Suresh about it and he admits that he ran away from home unable to tolerate his father's addiction to alcohol and gambling. The bachelors would like to have the money. So they take Suresh to go see his father in Ooty. Nalini also joins them. While staying in Suresh's father's house, one morning the three men wake up to find Suresh's father dead in their room. They panic. They are afraid that they will become murder suspects and will be accused of killing a rich man for his money. So, they decide to dispose the body secretly. But there is a problem. They have to manage to escape the house servant who keeps constant vigil. The servant is none other than our Senthil, who carries a knife all the time. He walks in an upright posture like a soldier, his eyes rolling in all directions in a permanent state of alert, holding the knife in his hand... like he is going to hurt somebody really badly. But then, he uses the knife to cut an apple or apply jam on the bread. Total riot! :lol:
The three bachelors take the dead body out of the house several times to dispose it off but keep bringing it back because they get in some kind of a situation every time. After several funny attempts they finally manage to bury the body. But their bad luck, some tourist videotapes them burying it.
Karate Mani is the police inspector who is investigating the disappearance of the rich man. I had no idea that Karate Mani was such a wonderful actor and a looker. I was very impressed. Mani gets the videotape from the witness who filmed it and the three bachelors go on trial for murder. Mani also finds an audiotape in the rich man's house in which the three bachelors' voices are discussing a plan to murder the rich man for his money. This was just a fantasy the three were discussing the night before the man died. But it was accidentally recorded on tape and is now implicating them in the murder. The trial begins. Funny thing is the three bachelors are interrogated as a group in court. All three climb into the witness stand at the same time, squeeze themselves in and say the stupidest things. :lol:
MAJOR SPOILER ALERT! Skip the next paragraph if you do not want to know how the film ends.
The three almost get convicted. But Mani decides to take the stand at that time. He says that the three bachelors did not kill the rich man. And that it was he who killed the rich man. At that time Mani's sister Arundhathi enters the courtroom and says that it was she who killed the rich man, and explains the incident in flashback. The rich man is Mani's friend. On the day of the incident he comes to Mani's house when Arundhathi is alone and attempts to violate her. In self-defense she attacks him and the man dies. Then she takes the dead man to his house, in a hurry she leaves him in the guest room where the bachelors are sleeping. And returns to her house. Arundhathi asks the judge to acquit the three bachelors and convict her. The judge hears the story. Acquits the three bachelors. Pardons Arundhathi and Mani for the murder committed in self-defense and the coverup.
SPOILER ENDS!
Other songs from the film
kAthal vaLarnthathu - MV
Asaiyila pU mudippEn - VJ
kalluppatti kaththirikkA - ?
You have to read these pearls of wisdom from Loose Mohan. The paperboy Suresh reveals to the three bachelors that he is actually the son of a millionaire who lives in Ooty and that he ran away from home because he couldn't stand his father's bad habits. Listening to Suresh's story about a rich boy becoming a paperboy Loose Mohan gets all philosophical about life. With a very serious look in his face he utters these pearls of wisdom.
ஹூம்ம்ம்... என்ன மனுஷ வாழ்க்கை?
அண்ணாந்து பாத்தா... வானம் தெரியுது!
கவுந்தடிச்சுப் பாத்தா... பூமி தெரியுது!
கண்ணை மூடிக்கிட்டு பாத்தா...
ஒண்ணுமே தெரிய மாட்டேங்குது!
:lol: :rotfl:
Today's pick is a duet for Suresh and Nalini.
http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow...hane_thural.rm
AgAya thottil katti (Perumpulli)
Pick #631
Song: AgAya thottil katti
Film: Perumpulli
Music: S.A.Rajkumar
Singer: P.Susheela
Lyrics: Vikraman
Year: 1991
Happy Mother's Day!
Today's pick is a bit song written by director Vikraman. I will post the regular feature tomorrow.
http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow07/agaya_thottil.rm
urukku manasukkArar (Yugadharmam)
Pick #632
Song: urukku manasukkArar
Film: Yugadharmam
Music: Ilaiyaraja
Singers: P.Susheela, Malaysia Vasudevan
Lyrics: One of (Gangai Amaran, K.S.Gopalakrishnan)
Year: 1983
Directed by K.S.Gopalakrishnan, "Yugadharmam" is very interesting film though it is like a stageplay with its long dialog exchanges. The film starred K.R.Vijaya, Sulakshana, Rajesh, Rajiv, Poornimadevi, G.Srinivasan and others. Y.G.Mahendra is there to provide comic no-relief.
Collector Savithri(K.R.Vijaya) is the mother of Rajesh, Rajiv and Vanitha. Savithri is married to a much older G.Srinivasan, a stay-home husband. The family is wealthy and lives in a big house. KRV rules the household like an empress. The Collector's children are not that successful. Rajiv runs a tea and snack bar on the beach. Rajiv's girlfriend Poornimadevi is a rich girl with a bubbly personality. The other son Rajesh is unemployed. He likes Sulakshana who is Poornimadevi's friend. Sulakshana is poor, works as a telephone operator at a hotel and takes care of her father who is suffering from tuberculosis, a sister whose husband abandoned her, and the two children of her sister's, who are both blind.
In spite of her poor status, Rajesh still wants to marry Sulakshana and she agrees. Rajesh brings his parents and siblings to meet Sulakshana and her family to perform the engagement ceremony. KRV is very happy with Sualkshana and agress to proceed with the engagement. At this time, Sulakshana's father who went out to buy coffee for the guests returns. KRV looks at him and is shocked. He is shocked looking at KRV too. KRV quickly finishes the engagement ceremony and leaves.
The wedding takes place in the living room of KRV's big house. When it is time to tie the knot, KRV asks to hold off the wedding and asks Sualkshana's father to give her a dowry of Rs.10,000. He is shocked. He says he is too poor, has no money for dowry, and begs for her mercy to proceed with the wedding. KRV stays firm on her demand. G.Srinivasan scolds KRV. She responds, "You don't know the whole story. Many years ago, this man (Sulakshana's father) was engaged to marry me. But for want of a dowry of Rs.10,000 he cancelled the wedding at the last minute in the wedding hall. He hid the true reason from the wedding guests and told them that he just came to know that me(KRV) and my sister make a living prostituting ourselves and that was why he was cancelling the wedding. My father had a heartattack right there and died. Later one day a bunch of street thugs asked my sister to sleep with them and chased her. To escape from them she jumped in a well and died. After that I worked very hard, studied very hard and became a collector. By that time I was too old, couldn't find a better groom and had to marry you(Ouch!). But now, in the same lifetime, I have a chance for justice. I want the money. Then my son will tie the knot. This is Kaliyuga Dharmam.". KRV then goes upstairs to her room and shuts the door. Everybody is stunned. But Rajiv tells Rajesh to proceed with the wedding. Rajesh and Sulakshana are married. KRV comes out of her room and is outraged. She swears that she will never accept Sulakshana as her daughter-in-law and storms out.
At their wedding night Sulakshana tells Rajesh that until KRV accepts her as her daughter-in-law she does not want to consummate their marriage. Rajesh agrees. Rajiv tells Rajesh that if KRV has to respect him or his wife he needs to get a job, stand on his own legs and take care of his wife. Rajiv helps Rajesh find a job in Dubai. Rajesh leaves for Dubai. But the plane explodes midair and Rajesh dies. KRV is hysterical. She screams and cries. Sulakshana is literally speechless and stands frozen. KRV looks at Sulakshana, curses her and says that she is so heartless she won't even cry. They get into a heated argument. As emotions fly high, Sulakshana tells KRV that she doesn't have any good memory of her husband to think about about and cry over. She reveals that she never shared a happy moment with Rajesh. It is heartbreaking scene in the film. But KRV's stonecold heart is not moved.
Few days later Sulakshana refuses to go through the widowing rituals. She says until KRV accepts her as her daughter-in-law she will not take up widowhood. KRV yells that if she is not going to live by her rules then she must either leave the house or not eat another meal in her house. Sulakshana strikes back that it is her husband's house too, that she will not leave the house and that she will not even drink a drop of water in that house let alone eat a meal.
Sulakshana starts going to work, earns her own money and brings food and water from outside. Poornimadevi who had been travelling returns home, goes to see Sulakshana and finds out what has happened. The two cry. Then Poornimadevi tells Sulakshana that she is in love with Rajesh's brother Rajiv (this is when today's pick occurs). But Rajiv has told Poornimadevi that until there is some kind of resolution for Sulakshana he cannot marry Poornimadevi, because it was he who sent Rajesh to Dubai and caused his death and so he has to fix what he broke.
In the meantime KRV as a Collector is doing all kinds of good things for the public but treating Sulakshana cruelly at home. She doesn't know where Sulakshana goes to work everyday. She makes mean-spirited comments like "Girls her age can make a living anyway they want" and "She used to be a hotel employee, no one will believe she is clean even if she is". One day while driving to work KRV sees Sulakshana working as a traffic cop. KRV purposely drives through the stop sign. Sulakshana writes her a ticket and brings her to court. KRV is humiliated, pays the fine and goes home.
When Sulakshana comes home from work that evening, a furious KRV stops her at the doorstep and picks a fight about how Sulakshana humiliated her on purpose. But Sulakshana says that she did not know that KRV was the person driving the car and wrote the ticket as part of her duty as a cop. KRV says that humiliating others is a trait that runs in Sulakshana's family. KRV swears that she will take revenge some day by humiliating Sulakshana in public.
SPOILER ALERT! Skip the next two paragraphs if you do not want to know how the film ends.
Rajiv finds out that KRV's personal asssitant Bhaskar is looking for a wife and asks him if he will be kind enough to marry a widow. Bhaskar knows that Rajiv is referring to Sulakshana and agrees to marry her. Rajiv comes home to talk to Sulakshana. Sulakshana had just left home because someone called her and asked her to go meet Poornimadevi who is in some kind of emergency. But Poornimadevi arrives at their house at this time looking just fine. They all know something is wrong and go out looking for Sulakshana. They find that KRV's car driver has kidnapped Sulakshana. Rajiv chases the driver's van, fights with him and saves Sulakshana. They all come home. Rajiv yells at KRV that it was her fault that Sulakshana was about to be harmed. The car driver apologizes and says that KRV's insulting comments about Sulakshana gave him the idea to kidnap and violate her. That way Sulakshana will be humiliated and KRV would only be happy about it. An outraged G.Srinivasan asks KRV, "This girl was going to be seriously harmed as a result of your actions. According to your Yugadharmam you must receive a punishment for this in this lifetime. What is it going to be?". KRV hangs her head in shame.
Rajiv says, "Don't punish mother. I have a Praayachitham. Bhaskar is willing to marry Sulakshana". KRV and G.Srinivasan look at Sulakshana for her opinion. Sulakshana says that she only wants to be KRV's daughter-in-law and nothing else. KRV is taken aback. She looks at Rajiv like she was asking if he would be open to marry Sulakshana. Rajiv and Poornimadevi are shocked. Poornimadevi makes a quick decision and nods her head in approval with tears running down her face. KRV and G.Srinivasan are happy that Sulakshana will marry Rajiv and become their daughter-in-law. Sulakshana looks at everyone, excuses herself and goes into her room. She comes back wearing a white saree.
SPOILER ENDS!
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