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Malaikottai

Poster
 Directed by Boopathy Pandian

Written by Boopathy Pandian

Produced by T. Ajay Kumar

Starring Vishal

Priyamani

Cinematography Vaidy S

Edited by G. Sasikumar

Music by Mani Sharma

Production Sri Lakshmi Productions

company

Release date  28 September 2007

Running time 145 minutes

Country India

Language Tamil

Box office est. ₹15 crore

Malaikottai (transl. Rock Fort) is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action masala

film written and directed by Boopathy Pandian. The film
stars Vishal, Priyamani, Devaraj, Ajay, Ashish Vidyarthi, and Urvashi. The music was
composed by Mani Sharma, while the cinematography and editing were handled
by Vaidy S and G. Sasikumar respectively. The movie was remade into Bengali
Bangladesh as Jaan Kurbaan (2011).

Plot[edit]
Anbu is a happy-go-lucky engineering student who lives with his family
in Pattukottai and has fun with his friends. One day, Anbu gets into a fracas with a local
politician and his henchmen while trying to save his friend, where he gets arrested and
has a case registered against him. The local court gives him a conditional bail, provided
that he signs the register in a Trichy police station. On the way to the police station,
Anbu sees a college girl named Malar and falls in love with her. The police station,
where Anbu has to sign daily, is handled by his uncle Inspector Kandasamy, whose ex-
lover Kamala is the constable at the station. Anbu kindles his uncle's love life and
makes merry at Malar’s college, leading to funny situations.

Meanwhile, Trichy is run by a powerful politician named Palani and his brother Guna,
who have killed the local RDO in cold blood, watched by a huge crowd of onlookers.
While trying to save Malar from a situation with Palani, Anbu ends up getting the wrath
of Palani and his brothers. Although Malar's mother wants to move away from the city,
Anbu and his aunt convince her to stay and makes Anbu as her protector. After seeing
his care, Malar slowly falls for Anbu. Palani causes problems for Anbu, but Anbu
overcomes them and gets Palani killed by Kandasamy in an encounter. In the
aftermath, Malar and Anbu graduates from college and they get married.

Cast[edit]
 Vishal as Anbu
 Priyamani as Malar
 Devaraj as Palani
 Ajay as Guna
 Ashish Vidyarthi as Kandasamy
 Urvashi as Kamala
 Azhagu as Anbu's father
 Kadhal Dhandapani as Politician
 Mayilsamy as Idimutti Kannan
 Ponnambalam as Kukkala Bhaskar
 Poovilangu Mohan
 Ajay Rathnam as RTO official
 Aarthi as Malar's friend
 Deepa Venkat as RTO's wife
 Rekha as Malar's mother
 Nirosha as Kandasamy's wife
 G. M. Kumar as Pazhani's Righthand man
 Manobala as Bhaskar's aide
 Ashwanth Thilak (special appearance)
 Kanal Kannan as Mattu Sekar (special appearance)

Production[edit]
Shooting for the film commenced on 12 May 2007, at the Kumbakonam Mahamaham
tank with picturisation of a song on Vishal.

This was followed by shooting near the Srirangam temple, Tiruchirapalli central bus
stand, Kollidam bridge, Thiruvaiyaru court and near the Cauvery bridge in Tiruchirapalli.
[1]
Soundtrack[edit]
Malaikottai

Soundtrack album by

Mani Sharma

Released 2007

Genre Feature film soundtrack

Label Star Music

Producer Mani Sharma

The music was scored by Mani Sharma. The track "Yeh Aatha" is a remix of the same-
titled song scored by Ilaiyaraaja for the 1982 film Payanangal Mudivathillai, while the
track "Kantha Kadamba" uses a partial instrumental sample from the song "Marumalli
Jabilli", also composed by Sharma for the 2004 Telugu film Lakshmi Narasimha.[2]

No
Song Lyricist Singers Time Remarks
.

"Devathaye Vaa
1 Yugabharathi Vijay Yesudas 04:34
Vaa"

"Kantha Na.
2 Naveen Madhav 05:23
Kadamba" Muthukumar

3 "Oh Baby" Rahul Nambiar 04:37

Yugabharathi
Ranjith, Rita
4 "Uyire Uyire" 05:02
Thyagarajan

Gangai Tippu, Anuradha

5 "Yeh Aatha" 04:01
Amaran Sriram
 Release[edit]
The satellite rights of the film were sold to Kalaignar TV.[3]

Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
Malaikottai received mixed reviews from critics.[4]

Rediff wrote that "Director G Boopathy Pandian probably thought he had the next best
story since Ben-Hur, and fell prey to the ever-present Director's Folly".[4] Sify wrote the
film as "big let-down".[5] Behindwoods wrote as an "average masala-mix entertainer".
[6]
The film was dubbed in Telugu as Bhayya.[7][8]

Box office[edit]
The film grossed ₹ 15 crore.[9][10][11] The movie was declared a super hit at the box office.

References[edit]
1. ^ "Malaikottai shooting begins". Archived from the original on 12 January 2008. Retrieved 8
September 2016.
2. ^ Malaikottai (Tamil – Mani Sharma) by Milliblog!
3. ^ "Malaikottai Movie on Kalaignar TV". The Times of India. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 14
June 2015.
4. ^ Jump up to:a b Malaikkottai review
5. ^ Movie Review : Malaikottai
6. ^ Malaikottai Movie Review
7. ^ "Bhayya - Telugu & Tamil cinema Review - Vishal and Priyamani".
8. ^ http://movies.fullhyderabad.com/bhayya/telugu/bhayya-movie-reviews-2156-2.html?
sort=positive[bare URL]
9. ^ "Malaikottai top the charts," One India, 25 October 2007.
10. ^ Comedy 'Malaikottai' tops Tamil films
11. ^ "Dailynews - Tramenders people to 'malaikottai'". Archived from the original on 4 October
2007.

External links[edit]
 Malaikottai at IMDb
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nnar Vagaiyara (2018)

Categories:
 2007 films
 Films set in Tiruchirappalli
 Films shot in Tiruchirappalli
 2000s Tamil-language films
 Films scored by Mani Sharma
 2000s masala films
 Films directed by Boopathy Pandian