முரட்டுக்காளை (1980)

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Murattu Kaalai is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by S. P. Muthuraman, and written by Panchu Arunachalam. The film stars Rajinikanth, Rati Agnihotri, Sumalatha and Jaishankar. It revolves around Kaalaiyan, an honourable villager who, despite being wealthy, chooses to live modestly while Sundaravelu, a less honourable man from the neighbouring village, tries to grab Kaalaiyan's land.

Production

AVM Productions took a break from producing films after few of their films failed at box-office. Its founder A. V. Meiyappan wanted S. P. Muthuraman to direct a film for AVM featuring Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan, and Muthuraman agreed. However, a month later, Meiyappan died and Muthuraman became upset at not fulfilling his wish. Soon after, Meiyappan's son M.

Panchu Arunachalam developed the script for the film, which was titled Murattu Kaalai. It marked the fourth collaboration between Muthuraman and Rajinikanth, and both men's first with AVM. The film also marked the comeback of AVM to Tamil films after a long sabbatical. It was co-produced by Saravanan's brothers M. Kumaran and M. Balasubramaniam, photographed by Babu and edited by R. Vittal.

Murattu Kaalai was the first film where Jaishankar, who was generally known for his heroic roles, portrayed a negative character. According to Muthuraman, the producers were initially hesitant to approach him, given his image, but Jaishankar agreed without any reservations. Rajinikanth wanted Jaishankar to get equal prominence in all the film's promotional material, and it happened that way. Y. G.

The introductory jallikattu sequence and succeeding song "Pothuvaaga En Manasu Thangam" were shot at Paganeri, a village near Karaikudi while the close-up shots of Rajinikanth fighting with the bull in the field were shot at the AVM school playground in Chennai. When Muthuraman and Babu were scouting for locations which conduct jallikattu, they found a village who said this event will happen on villages like Paganeri and Palayapatti.

The fight sequence at the top of a train was choreographed by Judo. K. K. Rathnam, was shot at Tenkasi Railway Station and took three days to film. According to Saravanan, the train fight scene was inspired by a Chinese film which was given by sons of Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti.

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