Maruthu Pandi

Overview

In the village Ammapatti, Maruthu Pandi is a coracle operator in day and the village protector at night. The villagers give him food in exchange of his work. Maruthu Pandi has a mentally ill sister Lakshmi who is pregnant and he takes care of Lakshmi like a mother. Kanagavalli, a dancer, slowly falls in love with Maruthu Pandi. Kanagavalli is in fact a police officer who wants to arrest Maruthu Pandi. Maruthu Pandi's real name is Manickam, and after a revealed flashback, police team come to Ammapatti to arrest Manickam. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 27, 1990

Original language

Tamil

Spoken languages

Tamil

Countries

India

Production

Ponmanam Films

Cast

Ramki,Seetha,Nirosha,Nassar,S. S. Chandran,Senthil,Kovai Sarala,K. Kannan,Veera Raghavan,K.K. Soundarand 8 more

Director

Manoj Kumar

Writer

Manoj Kumar,R. P. Viswam,Su. Thirunavukkarasar

Producer

S. Selvarethinam

Cinematography

R. H. Ashok

Music

Ilaiyaraaja

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0234209