Mangudi Minor

Mangudi Minor
Title card
Directed byV. C. Guhanathan
Screenplay byV. C. Guhanathan
Produced byA. R. Kannappan Chettiar
StarringVijayakumar
Rajinikanth
Sripriya
CinematographyA. Somasundaram
Edited byR. Bhaskaran
T. Thirunavukkarasu
Music byChandrabose
Production
company
S. P. V. Films
Release date
  • 19 May 1978 (1978-05-19)
Running time
136 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Mangudi Minor is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by V. C. Guhanathan. The film stars Vijayakumar, Rajinikanth and Sripriya.[1] It is a remake of the 1972 Hindi film Raampur Ka Lakshman.[2] The film was released on 19 May 1978.[3]

Plot

Cast

Production

A Tamil remake of the Hindi film Raampur Ka Lakshman was announced as being in development in March 1973 with S. P. Muthuraman attached as director, Rajan Enterprises producing and V. C. Guhanathan as screenwriter.[4] The film was later titled Raman Thambi Lakshmanan, but it did not materialise.[5] When the project was revived by a different company with Guhanathan as director, he approached Rajinikanth to act in the film. Rajinikanth initially refused due to his busy schedule, but later accepted and completed his work within nine days.[2][6]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Chandrabose, and Vaali wrote the lyrics.[7] The song "Neenga Nenachapadi" attained popularity.[2]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Neenga Nenachapadi"T. M. Soundararajan03:40
2."Kazhuvura Neeril"Ceylon Manohar03:40
3."Unnidam Solven"T. M. Soundararajan, S. Janaki04:18
4."Kannan Ange"Vani Jairam04:31
5."En Kayil Iruppathu"P. Susheela04:03
Total length:20:12

References

  1. ^ "Mangudi minor ( 1978 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  2. ^ a b c "44 Years Of Rajinikanth's Mangudi Minor And That Special Song From The Film". News18. 20 May 2022. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  3. ^ "ரஜினிகாந்த் நடித்த படங்கள்" [Films where Rajinikanth acted]. Dina Thanthi (in Tamil). 23 December 1999. p. 10.
  4. ^ "ராஜம் என்டர்ப்ரைசாரின் புதிய படம்" [Rajam Enterprises' new film]. Navamani (in Tamil). 21 March 1973. p. 4. Retrieved 9 October 2025 – via Endangered Archives Programme.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ^ "குகநாதன் படத்திற்கு வியட்நாம் வீடு சுந்தரம் வசனம் எழுதுகிறார்". Navamani (in Tamil). 17 October 1973. p. 4. Retrieved 22 October 2025 – via Endangered Archives Programme.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ^ "பிளாஷ்ஃபேக்: ரஜினி 9 நாளில் நடித்துக் கொடுத்த படம்" [Flashback: Rajini completed a film in 9 days]. Dinamalar (in Tamil). 20 June 2016. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Mangudi Minor Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Chandrabose". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.