Maasilamani is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language romance action comedy film directed by R. N. R. Manohar and produced by AGS Entertainment. It stars Nakul and Sunaina and in their second collaboration after Kadhalil Vizhunthen, while Pawan, Santhanam, Karunas, Srinath and M. S. Baskar appear in supporting roles.[1] The music was composed by D. Imman with cinematography and editing by Vetri and Manoj.
| Maasilamani | |
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| Directed by | R. N. R. Manohar |
| Written by | Manohar |
| Produced by | Kalpathi S.Aghoram Kalpathi S.Ganesh Kalpathi S.Suresh |
| Starring | Nakul Sunaina Pawan Santhanam Karunas Srinath M. S. Baskar |
| Cinematography | Vetri |
| Edited by | Manoj |
| Music by | D. Imman |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Sun Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Box office | ₹1.91 crore |
Maasilamani was released on 19 June 2009 and became a commercial success at the box office. The film was remade in Odia as To Akhire Mun in 2010.
Plot
editMaasilamani aka Maasi (Nakul) is an orphan living in a lower-middle-class colony. With a heart of gold, he is a popular guy who takes up local issues, fights for them, and is considered rowdy by those who do not know him. Enters the heroine Divya (Sunaina), a rich upper-middle-class girl who is a dance instructor and with whom Maasi falls in love at first sight. However, Divya shows aversion to his rowdyism due to ruining her dance competition and gets offended by his proposal. Urged by his friends, Maasi attempts to win her family by being a good person and dons another name, Mani. All are aware that Mani and Maasi are one person except Divya. When Divya finds out the truth about him while he was beating someone, she gets into a dilemma as to whom she has to choose. Bhoopathy (Pawan), the new local corrupt inspector who is also behind Divya, is determined to flop Maasi's plans and prove that Mani is none other than Maasi and started troubling his relatives, Selvi, who is Maasi's aunt's daughter gets into accident done by Bhopathy and tells the truth to Maasi and her mother while Divya rejects Bhopathy's marriage proposal and chooses Mani to be her husband and Maasi fights with Bhopathy for troubling his relatives. Maasi does a death drama for Divya and she realises her mistakes and they embrace.
Cast
edit- Nakul as Maasilamani, a well-known do-gooder who falls in love with Divya and Divya's love interest turned fiancee.
- Sunaina as Divya Ramanathan, a dancer instructor who abhors Maasi's aggressive ways and Maasilamani's love interest turned fiancee, Thalisdar and Mrs. Ramanathan's daughter and Tinku's elder sister.
- Pawan as Inspector Pirmalsamy Bhopathy, a new police inspector who got transferred to Ashok Nagar station who wants to marry Divya but hates Maasi and Maasi's enemy but he realized his mistake in the climax.
- Santhanam as Pazhani, Maasi's friend.
- Srinath as Kathir, Maasi's friend.
- M. S. Bhaskar as 'Coma' Ramaswamy, a man who wants to become an actor and he was betrayed by an unknown man by stealing his money. (played by Karunas)
- Karunas
- Delhi Ganesh as Thalisdar Ramanathan, Divya and Tinku's father
- Meera Krishnan as Mrs. Ramanathan, Divya and Tinku's mother
- Santhana Bharathi as Councillor
- Manobala as Advocate
- Raj Kapoor as Kanthuvatti
- T. K. Kala as the woman who was assaulted by Bhopathy
- Rajendranath as Police Inspector
- KVM Kannan as Judge
- Tatineni Rajeshwari as Patthi, Divya's grandmother
- Tharini as Karpagam
- V. Mahadevan
- Harini as Priya, Divya's dance student
- Mahima
- Azhagu
- Krishna
- Sangeetha as Tinku, Divya's sister
Music
edit| Maasilamani:The Official Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 22 May 2009 | |||
| Label | Sony Music | |||
| Producer | D. Imman | |||
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The songs were composed by D. Imman. The album consists of five songs.[2]
| Track # | Song | Singer(s) | Lyrics |
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| 1 | "Chikku Chikku Boom Boom" | Keerthi Sagathia, Feji, Baby Harini | Viveka |
| 2 | "Dora Dora" | Balram, Chinmayi, Kalyani nair | P. Vijay |
| 3 | "Nacka Romba Nacka" | Benny Dayal, Rita | Na. Muthukumar |
| 4 | "O Divya O Divya" | Shaan | P. Vijay |
| 5 | "Odi Odi Vilayada" | Mukesh Mohamed, SuVi, Emcee Jesz | Na. Muthukumar, Emcee Jesz |
Reception
editBehindwoods wrote "Masilamani gives you an instant hangover of having watched too many movies over a very short period of time. The script feels like a medley-mash of movies released over the past decade. And it wouldn't be possible for us to name each of them since the list runs to pages."[3] Indiaglitz wrote "As said old wine in a new bottle, SUN Pictures' 'Masilamani' definitely adheres to this quote. The movie reflects a mix of several masala flicks with a dash of refinement."[4]
Box office
editMaasilamani was a commercial success at the box office grossing $2 million.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Masilamani Cast & Crew, Masilamani Tamil Movie Cast, Actor, Actress, Director".
- ^ "Masilamani Tamil Movie Songs Download & Listen to Music by D.Imman - Listen High Quality mp3 Masilamani - Songs Free @ StarMusiQ.Com". Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^ "Masilamani – Behindwoods.com – Tamil Movie Reviews – Nakul Sunayna Santhanam". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Masilamani review. Masilamani Tamil movie review, story, rating".
- ^ "Masilamani — Tamil Top Ten Movies". Behindwoods.com. 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.