Pistha
| Pistha | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | K. S. Ravikumar |
| Produced by | Pyramid Natarajan |
| Written by | M. A. Kennedy |
| Starring | Karthik Nagma T. S. B. K. Mouli Manivannan Mansoor Ali Khan Jayashree |
| Music by | S. A. Rajkumar |
| Cinematography | Ashokrajan |
| Edited by | K. Thanikachalam |
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Production
company |
Pyramid Films International
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| Distributed by | Pyramid Films International |
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Release dates
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9 May 1997 |
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Running time
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174mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Pistha is a 1997 Tamil language film directed by K.S. Ravikumar and starring Karthik Muthuraman and Nagma in the lead roles. The movie completed a 100-day run in theaters and turned out to be a profitable venture for Pyramid Natarjan.[1]
Story
Manigandan is a server in a hotel who is a devotee of Lord Ayyappan. He follows a fasting for Ayyappa and is very sincere and honest. One day a businessman Dharmaraj visits the hotel where Manigandan works. He is very admired by Mani's sincerity and offers him Manager job in his factory at Ooty when he lost his server job. Dharmaraj takes Mani to his factory and office to introduce him to his employees who does not do any work but play games, sit idle, watch TV etc. Innocent Mani does not understand why employees does not work but gets scared that he must manage all of them which was impossible by 419 managers before him. Mani looks at a girl who breaks everything whatever she sees and Dharmaraj pays for everything she broke. He finds that she is Vennila, daughter of Dharmaraj who is an arrongant, spoilt woman who cannot be controlled even by her father. Mani and Vennila fight frequently and Mani succeeds without any effort. Vennila makes her every attempt to throw him away. Vevila visits home of her sister's lover to give money for their expenses. She finds out that she must inherit all her grandfather's property to continue to give money for them. The only way to inherit the property is to get married as per the will. She decides to marry Manigandan and attempts to win his heart. Manigandan also declares his love for vanilla but Dharmaraj objects to the love as Vennila is very dangerous girl and she might spoil his life. But unwillingly he accepts for the marriage and feels pity for Mani. Mani and Vennila get married. On the day of the marriage to everybody's surprise Manigandan is found to be a don who is an ex jail convict. Vevila is shocked by this and it is now Manigandan's turn to overpower Vennila and he begins his game.
The rest of the story follows with the fight between Mani and Vennila and how Mani surpasses Vennila's arrogancy. In the end, Vasu Vikram reveals that Nagma's sister's lover is a crook who killed her and pretended to be handicapped to steal her property. In a fight ensuing, Manikandan pushes him and makes him really handicapped, Vennila forgives Manikandan for mistakes. The film ends with Manikandan turning into Ayyappan devotee again.
Cast
- Karthik as Manikandan
- Nagma as Vennila
- Mouli as Dharmaraj
- Manivannan
- Jayashree
- Sindhu
- Balu Anand
- Vasu Vikram
- Sai Arun
- Mansoor Ali Khan
- Idichapuli Selvaraj
- Kavignar Kalidasan as Hotel owner
- K. S. Ravikumar in a Special Appearance
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar and lyrics for all songs were written by Kalidasan.[2]
- Kozhi Curry — Karthik
- Saranam Ayyappa — Unnikrishnan
- Kangalile Oru Kadhal Nila — Mano, Sujatha
- Siru Siru — Chithra
- Azhagu — Harini
- Oh Oh Kattuna — Malaysia Vasudevan, Mano
References
External links
- Pistha on Youtube
- Review of Pistha by Indolink
