Naan Petha Magane
| Naan Petha Magane | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | V. Sekhar |
| Written by | V. Sekhar |
| Produced by | Tamilselvi Sekhar |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | G. Rajendran |
| Edited by | A. P. Manivannan |
| Music by | Chandrabose |
Production company | Manithalayam |
Release date |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Naan Petha Magane (transl. My dear son) is a 1995 Tamil-language comedy-drama film directed by V. Sekhar. The film stars Manorama, Nizhalgal Ravi, Raadhika and Urvashi . The film, produced by Tamilselvi Sekhar, had musical score by Chandrabose and was released on 15 January 1995. Although initially received with some protest, the film went on to become a major hit at the box office.[1][2][3]
Plot
Ravi (Nizhalgal Ravi) owns a small advertising agency and is the only son of Andal (Manorama) who is very possessive about her son. Ravi meets Indra (Raadhika), an open minded advocate and both fall in love. However, Andal does not like Indra fearing that she might separate Ravi from Andal as Indra voices out against gender/social inequality frequently. Andal disapproves their wedding plan. Ravi has no option than to let go his love for Indra. Instead, Andal arranges Ravi’s wedding with a naïve girl Uma Maheswari (Urvashi) who hails from a village.
Ravi, although not interested in this wedding proposal with Uma, agrees for the sake of Andal. Slowly, Ravi gels well with Uma and they start leading a happy life. However, Andal feels possessive about Ravi and thinks that Uma is Ravi’s first priority and fears that Uma would start dominating her. So, Andal starts picking up frequent quarrels with Uma. Ravi worries that all is not well between Uma and Andal, but convinces Uma to tolerate Andal’s behavior. However, Uma keeps worrying.
Andal slowly starts understanding that her possessiveness towards Ravi is the only reason for all the mess at her home and decides to apologize to Uma. However, it is too late as Uma feels dejected due to continuous nagging from Andal and lack of moral support from Ravi and commits suicide. Andal gets arrested by the cops on the grounds of murder. At this point, Indra comes to rescue and appears on behalf of Andal. Indra discovers a letter written by Uma stating that she is going to commit suicide. Andal is acquitted but she feels guilty that she is responsible for Uma’s death. The movie ends with a message that mothers should not be over possessive with their sons especially post wedding.
Cast
- Manorama as Aandal
- Nizhalgal Ravi as Ravi
- Raadhika as Indra
- Urvashi as Uma Maheswari
- Goundamani as K. D. Varadarajan
- Senthil
- Vadivelu
- Kovai Sarala as Devi
- V. Gopalakrishnan as Indra's father
- Kumarimuthu
- Shanmugasundari as Sundari
- C. K. Saraswathi
- Theni Kunjarammal as Maragatham
- Nithya Ravindran
- Radhabai
- Seetha Lakshmi
- Rajeswari
- Idichapuli Selvaraj
- Bonda Mani
- Thideer Kannaiah as Nair
- Major Sundarrajan as Judge
Soundtrack
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Chandrabose, with lyrics written by Vaali.[4]
| Track | Song | Singer(s) | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Mannathi Mannanum" | S. Janaki | 2:30 |
| 2 | "Manja Kuruviyai" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Padma | 4:06 |
| 3 | "Manichudunga" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra | 3:53 |
References
- ^ "Naan Petha Magane (V. Shekhar)". indiancine.ma. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "Filmography of naan petha magane". cinesouth.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2006. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "Jointscene : Tamil Movie Naan Petra Mahane". jointscene.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "Naan Petha Magane". Gaana. Retrieved 24 February 2022.