Maruthu Pandi (1990)
In the village Ammapatti, Maruthu Pandi is a coracle operator in day and the village protector at night. The villagers give him food in exchange of his work. Maruthu Pandi has a mentally ill sister Lakshmi who is pregnant and he takes care of Lakshmi like a mother. Kanagavalli, a dancer, slowly falls in love with Maruthu Pandi. Kanagavalli is in fact a police officer who wants to arrest Maruthu Pandi. Maruthu Pandi's real name is Manickam, and after a revealed flashback, police team come to Ammapatti to arrest Manickam. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Director:
Manoj Kumar
Writer:
Manoj Kumar
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Ramki as Maruthu Pandi / Manickam |
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Seetha as Kanagavalli |
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Nirosha as Kavitha |
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Nassar as Thiagarajan |
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S. S. Chandran as Nattamai |
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Senthil as |
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Kovai Sarala as |
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K. Kannan as Vellaichaamy |
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Veera Raghavan as |
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K.K. Soundar as |
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Singamuthu as |
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Pasi Narayanan as |
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Srilekha as |
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Theni Kunjarammal as |
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Balambika as |
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Pradeep Shakti as |
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Joker Thulasi as |
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Sathyapriya as |
| Directing | Manoj Kumar | Director |
| Writing | Manoj Kumar | Screenplay |
| Writing | Manoj Kumar | Writer |
| Writing | R. P. Viswam | Dialogue |
| Sound | Ilaiyaraaja | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Srinivas Krishna | Editor |
| Camera | R. H. Ashok | Director of Photography |
