Mangudi Minor

1978 Indian film

19 May 1978 (1978-05-19)

Running time

136 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Mangudi Minor is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film directed by V. C. Guhanathan. Vijayakumar played the lead role and Rajinikanth acted as villain in this film.^[1] The film is a remake of the Hindi film Raampur Ka Lakshman.

Plot

Kedarnath and Laxman are then adopted by a kind-hearted person. Laxman faces a tough choice, whether to save Prakash or his real brother Ram.

Cast

Vijayakumar as Lakshman (Mangudi Minor)
Rajinikanth as Kumar
Sripriya as Rekha
M. N. Rajam as Lakshman's mother
Arunprakash as Prakash
Ceylon Manohar as Prathap
S. V. Ramadas as Kumar's uncle
A. Sakunthala as Julie

Production

Mangudi Minor is a remake of the Hindi film Rampur Ka Lakshman.^[2] When Guhanathan approached Rajinikanth to act in the film, he initially refused due to his busy schedule; however, he later accepted and completed his work within nine days.^[3]

Soundtrack

All lyrics are written by Vaali; all music is composed by Chandrabose.^[4] The song "Neenga Nenachapadi" attained popularity.^[2]

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Neenga Nenachapadi"	T. M. Soundararajan	03:40
2.	"Kazhuvura Neeril"	Ceylon Manohar	03:40
3.	"Unnidam Solven"	T. M. Soundararajan, S. Janaki	04:18
4.	"Kannan Ange"	Vani Jairam	04:31
5.	"En Kayil Iruppathu"	P.Susheela	04:03
Total length:			20:12

References

^ "Mangudi minor ( 1978 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
^ ^a ^b "44 Years Of Rajinikanth's Mangudi Minor And That Special Song From The Film". News18. 20 May 2022. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
^ "பிளாஷ்ஃபேக்: ரஜினி 9 நாளில் நடித்துக் கொடுத்த படம்" [Flashback : Rajini acted a film in 9 days]. Dinamalar (in Tamil). 20 June 2016. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
^ "Mangudi Minor Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Chandrabose". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.