Manam Kothi Paravai
Manam Kothi Paravai is a 2012 Indian Tamil romantic comedy film written and directed by Ezhil, starring Sivakarthikeyan and Athmiya Rajan in lead roles. D. Imman has scored the music. The film opened to moderate reviews from critics, but it was a commercial hit. The film was remade in Kannada as Anjada Gandu with Satish Neenasam and Subhiksha and in Telugu as Vinavayya Ramayya with Nag Anvesh and Kruthika.
Plot
Kannan is a carefree youth who assists his father Ramaiah in his construction business. He spends time with his friends Nalla Thambi, Modu Mutti, and M. R. Kishore Kumar.Kannan is in love with his neighbour Revathy, whose father and uncles are the most dreaded goons in the village. They are both childhood friends. He gets a shocker when he decides to reveal his love to Revathy. Her family has arranged her a marriage with an influential man. To avoid the arranged marriage, Kannan's friends from Mumbai kidnap Revathy.
There is a twist in the tale. Revathy declares she has no romantic interest over Kannan. "He is just a friend", says the girl at first. But later reveals that she loves Kannan too, so much so that if others knew it, it'd be a problem to him and prove to be a risk to his life.
Meanwhile, the bride-to-be's family searches frantically to find their girl. They get hold of Kannan and his friends. Revathy and Kannan are separated.
After two years, Kannan returns from Oman after having worked as a site engineer there, to meet his love. He meets her with avidity and they talk for a while when she asks him to leave immediately, for fear that her father would harm him. Kannan, still a passionate lover, asks Revathy if they could marry, now that she's not married to anybody else.
Revathy's father barges in unexpectedly and asks Kannan to leave the house, but with Revathy.
Cast
- Sivakarthikeyan as Kannan
- Athmiya Rajan as Revathy
- Ravi Mariya as Natraj, Revathy's brother
- Ilavarasu as Ramaiah
- Singampuli as Modu Mutti
- Soori as Nalla Thambi
- Srinath as Nayar
- Aadukalam Naren as Revathy's father
- Venniradai Moorthy as Nayar's grandfather
- Vanitha Krishnachandran as Thirumathi
- Sugunthan as Landlord
- Chaams as Kannan's friend
- M. R. Kishore Kumar as Kannan's friend
- Jay Kumar
- Anbarasan
Production
It was initially expected that Yuvan Shankar Raja, whom Ezhil had worked with in Deepavali, would compose the music, but as the budget of this film could not afford to have Yuvan as the music composer, Ezhil opted for D. Imman. After the lead role in Marina and an important role in the recently released 3, Sivakarthikeyan is taking up a full-fledged lead role again for Manam Kothi Paravai.
The film, which is set in a village, has been shot at Ezhil's native place Kayathur, near Mayavaram and Siva Karthikeyan's Thiruvizhimizhalai.
Soundtrack
The music of Manam Kothi Paravai was scored by D. Imman. The soundtrack was released on 12 April 2012, which features 8 tracks with lyrics written by Yugabharathi. Universal Music is back in the Tamil market after a 30-year hiatus with 'Manam Kothi Paravai'.| Track | Song | Singer | Notes |
| 1 | "Jal Jal Jal Osai" | Aalap Raju, Surmukhi Raman | |
| 2 | "Po Po Po" | Javed Ali | |
| 3 | "Dang Dang" | Saisharan, S.Malavika, Malgudi Subha | |
| 4 | "Yenna Solla" | Vijay Prakash, Chinmayi | |
| 5 | "Ooraana Oorukkulla" | Santhosh Hariharan, Naveen Madhav, Sujatha Mohan, K. S. Chitra | |
| 6 | "Po Po Po " | D. Imman | |
| 7 | "Jal Jal Jal Oosai " | D. Imman | |
| 8 | "Dang Dang " | D. Imman |