Maruthu Pandi

Maruthu Pandi (1990)

மருதுபாண்டி

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.

Date of release
1990-04-27
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 10m
Genres
Romance, Crime, Action
Director
Manoj Kumar

Casting

Interesting facts

Maruthu Pandi is a 1990 Indian Tamil language action drama film directed by Manoj Kumar. The film stars Ramki, Seetha and Nirosha, with Nassar, S. S. Chandran, Senthil, Kovai Sarala, Raghavi and Pradeep Shakthi playing supporting roles. It was released on 27 April 1990 and became a major box office success. The film was remade in Kannada as Kollur Kala (1991) and in Hindi as Aag (1994).

Production

The film was originally offered to Sathyaraj who refused it.

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