Manithanin Marupakkam (1986)

மனிதனின் மறுபக்கம்

The other side of man

Ravi Varma (Sivakumar), who sentenced to life prison for murdering his wife Kala (Radha), tell his story to his wife's Sister Sujatha (Jayashree), a news reporter, about the true story of what happened. The film was a remake of Malayalam film Nirakkoottu

Date of release
1986-07-25
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 2m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
K. Rangaraj

Casting

Interesting facts

Manithanin Marupakkam is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film, directed by K. Rangaraj and produced by T. G. Thyagarajan and G. Saravanan of Sathya Jyothi Films. The film stars Sivakumar, Radha, Jayashree and Jai Jagadish. A remake of the Malayalam film Nirakkoottu, it revolves around Ravi Varma (Sivakumar), who is sentenced to death for murdering his wife Kala (Radha), telling his story to his wife's sister Sujatha (Jayashree), a news reporter, about the true story of what happened. The film was released on 25 July 1986. The film's producer and director simultaneously made a Kannada remake of this film titled Sathya Jyothi in the same year.

Production

The film's title had been taken from a separate uncompleted film directed by K. Balachander starring Rajinikanth. This was Sivakumar's 150th film as an actor. The film was launched alongside song recording at Prasad Theatre in February 1986. A scene featuring Jayashree and Rajalakshmi was shot at Revathi Cine Studios. A scene featuring Sivakumar and Radha was shot at Ragam bungalow at Annanagar.

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