Manal Kayiru

Manal Kayiru (1982)

மணல் கயிறு

A man refuses to get married until he finds a woman who can fulfil his eight conditions. His uncle lies to him and gets him married to a woman, but she fails to meet his expectations.

Date of release
1982-05-07
Runtime
2h 20m
Genres
Family, Drama, Comedy
Director
Visu

Casting

Interesting facts

Manal Kayiru is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film written and directed by Visu in his directorial debut. The film stars S. Ve. Shekher and Shanthi Krishna, with Visu, Manorama, Kishmu and Kuriakose Ranga in supporting roles. It is based on Visu's play Modi Masthan. The film was released on 7 May 1982. A sequel, Manal Kayiru 2, was released in 2016 with Shekar, Visu, and Ranga reprising their roles.

Production

Manal Kayiru is the directorial debut of Visu, and was adapted from his own play Modi Masthan. Maadhu Balaji was initially offered the lead role, but could not accept since his mother gave him permission to act only in stage plays. The role of the character, Kittumani, later went to S. Ve. Shekher. The film was shot in Pallavaram and Kovur, Chennai.

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