En Rasavin Manasile

En Rasavin Manasile
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Directed by	Kasthuri Raja
Written by	Kasthuri Raja
Produced by	Rajkiran
Starring	Rajkiran Meena
Cinematography	Kichas
Edited by	L. Kesavan
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Red Sun Art Creations
Release date	13 April 1991 (1991-04-13)
Running time	143 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Tamil

En Rasavin Manasile (transl. In the heart of my man) is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Kasthuri Raja in his directorial debut. The film stars Rajkiran (who also produced) and Meena. It was released on 13 April 1991. The film had a silver jubilee run and gave a break to Rajkiran and Meena.^[2][3] The film was later remade in Telugu as Moratodu Naa Mogudu (1992) with Meena reprising her role,^[4] and in Sinhala as Ayadimi Sama (1999).^[5]

Plot

Mayandi was a brave and strong man who was respected by the villagers. He was in love with his cousin Solaiyamma and wanted to marry her, but they had nothing in common. The soft-spoken Solaiyamma was afraid of him. In the meantime, Murugesan, a city youngster, fell in love with Solaiyamma's younger sister Kasthuri. Later, Mayandi and Solaiyamma had an arranged marriage, but Solaiyamma was still afraid of him after the marriage. One night, Mayandi came drunk in his house, molested the innocent Solaiyamma, and brutally raped her. Since that night, Solaiyamma began to avoid Mayandi, and she did not talk to him any more. A few months later, Solaiyamma discovered that she was pregnant. Mayandi and Solaiyamma were unable to understand their feelings. Finally, Ponnuthayi, Mayandi's adopted mother, brought them back together. Unfortunately, Solaiyamma died after giving birth. Kasthuri then brings up Mayandi's baby. Mayandi, who cannot take care of the baby alone, needs a wife to bring up his baby, and he thinks that Kasthuri would be the perfect mother for his baby. Kasthuri's mother however refuses as she feels Mayandi was responsible for Solaiyamma's death. Meanwhile, Murugesan compels his father Pannaiyar, a ruthless landlord, to accept for the marriage. Pannaiyar encourages Mayandi to bring back his son Murugesan, but Kasthuri stops it and clearly tells him that she can only be with Murugesan. Mayandi decides to arrange Murugesan and Kasthuri's marriage against Pannaiyar's wish. In the end, Mayandi manages to get Murugesan and Kasthuri together along with subduing Pannaiyar, but dies from his injuries.

Cast

Production

Kasthuri Raja, who earlier assisted K. S. Gopalakrishnan and Visu, made his directorial debut with this film. He said, "I went to narrate a story to Rajkiran, who was then looking for a script for Ramarajan, as he had got the dates of the popular actor. But script did not suit and I had to do a different script and Rajkiran acted in it".^[6] The film was based on a real event that happened in Kasthuri Raja's native village Malingapuram, he decided to make a film on it.^[7] Rajkiran's role was originally offered to Vijayakanth and Sathyaraj, both of whom declined.^[8] Meena's role was originally offered to Rekha, who declined due to date issues with Oliyampukal (1990).^[9] Vadivelu made his official acting debut with this film.^[10]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.^[11][12] The song "Poda Poda Punnakku" was recreated by his son Yuvan Shankar Raja for Coffee with Kadhal (2022).^[13]

Reception

C. R. K. of Kalki praised Rajkiran for his acting and also for introducing debutants including himself and director while also praising the cinematography and Ilaiyaraaja's music but was critical of certain dialogues in village dialect.^[15]

Accolades

Notes

References

External links

• En Rasavin Manasile at IMDb

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