Manidharil Ithanai Nirangala!

Manidharil Ithanai Nirangala!
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Directed by	R. C. Sakthi
Produced by	V.D.S.Sundaram for VDS Productions
Written by	R. C. Sakthi
Story by	Govi. Ilangovan
Based on	Agni Roja (novel)
Starring	Kamal Haasan Sridevi
Music by	Shyam
Cinematography	Benjamin
Release dates	29 October 1978
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Manidharil Ithanai Nirangala! is a 1978 Tamil-language Indian feature film directed by R. C. Sakthi and starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist and Sridevi as the female lead.

This movie marked the Tamil debut for Murali Mohan. Shyam's musical score features a couple of hit songs - "Ponne Boomiyadi" and "Mazhai tharumo En megam".

Storyline

Santha (Sridevi) is an orphaned young woman who tries to find a job in Madras to survive. She is exploited by a crook and loses her honour and is also mistakenly dubbed by the Police as a sex worker. She returns to her native village and starts living with her old friend Devaki (Sathyapriya). Devaki's husband is the belligerent but soft-hearted Velu (Kamal Hassan) who runs a cycle-repair shop. Santha relishes her life in the village with Devaki and Velu but things take a turn when the village station-master Mohan (Murali Mohan) falls in love with her. Santha is reluctant to reciprocate due to her past which also returns to haunt her in the form of the inspector who had once arrested her in Madras and is now tranferred to her village and also through Mohan's father (Major Sundarrajan) who had once encountered her in a dubious situation. Whether Santha is able to transcend her unpleasant past and restore normalcy in her life forms the rest of the story.

Cast

• Kamal Haasan
• Sridevi
• Murali Mohan
• Major Sundarrajan
• Sathyapriya
• K. A. Thangavelu
• Suruli Rajan
• Manorama
• Sudhakar
• Satheesh Kumar

External links

Manidharil Ithanai Nirangala at IMDb