Manithan

Manithan (2016)

மனிதன்

A struggling lawyer files a PIL in a hit-and-run case involving a business scion's son hoping that the resulting publicity would be good for his business.

Date of release
2016-04-29
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (14)
Runtime
2h 26m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
I. Mueenuddin Ahmed

Casting

Interesting facts

Manithan (transl. Human) is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language legal drama film written and directed by I. Ahmed. The film features an ensemble cast, including Udhayanidhi Stalin, Radha Ravi, Prakash Raj, Vivek, Hansika Motwani and Aishwarya Rajesh. A remake of the Hindi film Jolly LLB (2013), it revolves around a junior lawyer who, after a period of struggle and ridicule among colleagues, fights a case against a powerful supreme court lawyer, hoping to further his career. The film began production in August 2015 and ended by March 2016. It was released on 29 April 2016.

Production

In 2014, director I. Ahmed and producer Udhayanidhi Stalin planned a film titled Idhayam Murali, which would star Udhayanidhi and Hansika Motwani. However, the team were unable to begin production and decided to stall the venture, instead choosing to remake Subhash Kapoor's 2013 Hindi film, Jolly LLB. Unlike the original film, which was a comedy drama, Manithan was made to be more serious and dramatic.

Production began in August 2015, with the film not yet titled. The film was revealed to be reaching completion by early December 2015, before the film's set was destroyed in Saligramam following the 2015 South India floods. The title of the film, Manithan, was announced on 14 January 2016, coinciding with the release of the film's first poster.

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