Naan Pudicha Mappillai

1991 Indian film

21 February 1991 (1991-02-21)

Running time

141 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Naan Pudicha Mappillai (transl. The groom I chose) is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film written and directed by V. Sekhar. The film stars Nizhalgal Ravi, Saranya Ponvannan and Aishwarya, with Janagaraj, Sumithra, Goundamani, Senthil, Vasu Vikram and Shanmugasundari in supporting roles. It was released on 21 February 1991.^[1] The film was remade in Telugu as Mamagaru, in Kannada as Muddina Maava and in Hindi as Meherbaan.^{[citation needed]}

Plot

Cast

Nizhalgal Ravi as Village President Muthuraj
Saranya Ponvannan as Lakshmi
Aishwarya as Rajathi
Janagaraj as Pichayandi
Sumithra as Rajathi's mother
Goundamani as Thandavarayan
Senthil as Konaiyan
Vasu Vikram as Thandavarayan's son
Shanmugasundari as Rajathi's grandmother

Soundtrack

Lyrics were written by Vaali, Pulamaipithan, Muthulingam and composed by Chandrabose.^[2]^[3]


Title	Singer(s)	Duration
"Myna Myna Pakkathu Rani"	Gangai Amaran, K. S. Chithra	4:33
"Velavane Muruga Vendukirom"	Malaysia Vasudevan	5:00
"Kudumbam Or Kovil"	K. J. Yesudas, S. P. Sailaja	4:18
"Deepavali Deepavali"	Chandrabose	4:57
"Ada Mookuthi Jolippu"	S. Janaki	4:24
"Unmaiyai Sollaporean"	Malaysia Vasudevan	5:11

Reception

Sundarji of Kalki praised the acting of Nizhalgal Ravi and Janagaraj and liked Diwali song from Chandrabose's music but panned other songs as formulaic and also felt the climax was rushed as if producer warned only two reels are remaining.^[4]

References

^ "Naan Pudicha Maapillai (1991)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ "நான் புடிச்ச மாப்பிள்ளை (1991)". Raaga.com (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
^ "Naan Pudicha Mappillai and Vaa Arugil Vaa Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ சுந்தர்ஜி (10 March 1991). "நான் புடிச்ச மாப்பிள்ளை". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 43. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023 – via Internet Archive.