Malaiyoor Mambattiyan

Malaiyoor Mambattiyan
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Directed by	Rajasekhar
Produced by	Siva. Ramadoss W. S. Sivashankar K. M. Ravi K. Muthukumaran
Written by	Rajasekhar
Story by	Raghavan Thambi
Starring	Thiagarajan Saritha Jaishankar Silk Smita Senthamarai Goundamani Sangili Murugan Senthil
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography	V. Ranga
Edited by	R. Vittal
Production company	Sri Devi Bagavathy Films
Distributed by	Sri Devi Bagavathy Films
Release dates	1983 (1983)
Running time	135 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	Rs 85 lakhs

Malaiyoor Mambattiyan (Tamil மலையூர் மம்பட்டியான் literally, Man with shovel from Malaiyoor) is a 1983 Tamil-language Indian feature film directed by Rajasekhar, starring Thiagarajan, Saritha and Silk Smita. The film was remade in Hindi by Rajasekhar himself as Gangvaa with Rajinikanth and Shabana Azmi in the lead. Later in 2011, Thiagarajan remade this film with his son Prashanth, titled as Mambattiyan.

Plot

Malaiyoor Mambattiyan is the story of a group of youngsters in the village headed by Mambattiyan, who lead life in a forest by robbing the rich and distributing the wealth to the poor; thus Mambattiyan becomes the local Robin Hood.

Cast

• Thiagarajan
• Saritha
• Jaishankar
• Silk Smita
• Senthamarai
• Goundamani
• Jayamalini
• Sangili Murugan
• Muthu Bharathi
• Senthil
• Jayashree

Soundtrack

The music composed by Ilaiyaraaja.^[1]

Remakes

References

• http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-25/news-interviews/29702192_1_film-songs-villagers
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt/

External links

• Malaiyoor Mambattiyan at the Internet Movie Database