| Mappillai | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Rajasekar |
| Produced by | Chiranjeevi |
| Starring | Rajinikanth Chiranjeevi Guest Amala Srividya Rrajam Ravi S.S.Chandran Dilip Loose Mohan Janaki Sonia |
| Music by | Ilayaraja |
| Release date(s) | 1989 |
| Language | Tamil |
Mappillai (Tamil: மாப்பிள்ளை; English: Son-in-law) is a Tamil film is directed by Rajasekar. Chiranjeevi is the producer of the movie and appears in a guest role. Its a remake of super hit telugu movie Athaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu, starring Chiranjeevi, Vijaya Shanthi, and Vanisri produced by Allu Aravind.
Aarumugam (Rajnikanth) makes a blazing entrance, gatecrashing a marriage to abduct the bride. Geetha (Amala), the bride's friend, gets him arrested but then learns that he had rescued the girl from a forced marriage. Further revelations about him (he is a gold medalist, has a good heart, etc.) make her fall in love with him. After some convincing, Aarumugam reciprocates too. Meanwhile, Aarumugam's sister is in love with the son (Raja) of a rich woman Rajarajeswari (Srividya). When Rajarajeswari learns of this, she foists a false case on her and puts her in jail. It is then that Aarumugam has his first encounter with Rajarajeswari. He then learns that she is none other than Geetha's mother.He also invites Geetha's mother Rajarajeswari to his marriage. At that time he calls Kanaal(Chiranjeevi) and tells him that during his marriage there are rowdies to stop this marriage, he requests him to look after the rowdies and Kanaal comes and fights off the goons and he goes.He marries Geetha against her mother's wishes. Rajarajeswari vows to separate Geetha from him while he vows to prevent that and make Rajarajeswari understand that love and affection are more important than money.Which is an important message delivered to the audience.
The one-on-one confrontations between Rajnikanth and Srividya are the highpoints of the movie and each of these has been handled superlatively. Rajnikanth bristles with energy during their meetings and Srividya is suitably haughty and hits all the right notes. Their first encounter in her house, their private conversation immediately after the wedding and their talk in the garden before the climax in the house all reveal excellent execution by the director.