| Manasukkul Mathappu | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Robert Rajasekaran |
| Produced by | Saraswathi D |
| Story by | Priyadarshan |
| Starring | Prabhu Ganesan Saranya Ponvannan Sarath Babu Senthamarai |
| Music by | S.A. Rajkumar |
| Release date(s) | 1988 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Manasukkul Mathappu (Tamil: மனசுக்குள் மத்தாப்பு; English: Fireworks In My Heart) is a 1988 Tamil drama film starring Prabhu Ganesan, Saranya Ponvannan and Sarath Babu. The story is very loosely based on the English novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. It is actually a remake of the 1986 Malayalam film Thalavattam, which was directed by Priyadarshan.[1]
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Prabhu becomes mentally ill after his girlfriend dies because of an electric short circuiting accident during a rock concert. Vinod is admitted into an institution managed by a doctor (Senthamarai).
With the help of a young doctor (Saranya Ponvannan), who is Senthamarai's daughter, and an old friend (Sarath Babu), Prabhu slowly regains his memory and mental equilibrium. Prabhu and Saranya fall in love. Senthamarai has already arranged Saranya's marriage with someone else, so he opposes the lovers.
When Senthamarai finds that Saranya and Prabhu are adamant, he performs a surgery (Lobotomy) on Prabhu that puts him into a state of coma. Sarath Babu feels that death would be preferable to vegetative life and kills Vinod. He confronts Senthamarai and confesses to the euthanasia. Saranya overhears the conversation, and loses her mental equilibrium. She is admitted into the same institution as a patient.