Magudam
| Magudam | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Pratap Pothen |
| Written by | Shanmuga Priyan Pratap Pothen |
| Produced by | K. Balu |
| Starring | Sathyaraj Bhanupriya Gautami |
| Cinematography | Ashok Kumar |
| Edited by | B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
Production company | K. B. Films |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Magudam (transl. Crown) is a 1992 Indian Tamil language film, written and directed by Pratap Pothen. The film stars Sathyaraj, Bhanupriya and Gautami. It was released on 24 July 1992.[1]
Plot
[edit]Muthuvelu was brought up by his grandmother, who does not permit him to talk to girls. One night, Muthu meets Thilakavathi and becomes scared, thinking she is a ghost because she was wearing a white dress. Then he realizes she is a human. When Thilaka tries to drink poison, he stops her and asks her why she is doing this. Thilaka says that she was a medical student, and her chief asked her to conduct a postmortem on a woman. Thilaka was coerced into reporting that it was a case of suicide, but she conclusively proved that the woman was killed and that it was done by Thilaka's husband Thillainathan. For this, Thillainathan spoiled Thilaka's name, killed her mother, and tried to kill her also. She did not want to die at their hands, so she decided to commit suicide.
Muthu wants to help Thilaka. Soon after, they fall in love. He also convinces his grandmother, who says that Thilaka should continue her studies, for which Muthu will help. Later, Muthu was arrested by the police and framed by Thillainathan. In that period, he loses his land to Thillainathan. When he returns from jail, he plans to take revenge on Thillainathan. He forms a gang and becomes a local rowdy. Meanwhile, Thilaka becomes a doctor.
Enters Bhavani, a mischievous girl who falls in love with Muthu and tries to persuade him to marry her. Meanwhile, Thillainathan tries to kill Muthu by shooting him. Bhavani saves him but gets shot. At the hospital, the doctor says that Bhavani is going to die and asks her brother to fulfill her last wish. Bhavani says that she wants to die as Muthu's wife, and Muthu marries Bhavani. Unfortunately, Thilaka saves Bhavani and becomes devastated knowing that Muthu was Bhavani's husband. She stops her marriage, and his grandmother also hates Muthu without knowing about his marriage, and goes with Thilaka. Thilaka maintains a good friendship with Bhavani and solves her family problems. Thillainathan tries to kill Muthu in many ways, while Bhavani gives birth to a child.
Finally, Thillainathan kidnaps Muthu's child, grandmother, Bhavani, and Thilaka. Muthu and Bhavani's brother comes to rescue them. In this process, Bhavani is shot by Thillainathan, whose last words are that Muthu should marry Thilaka and that Thilaka should be the mother of her baby. Then she pushes Thillainathan from a rock, and both fall and die. Muthu marries Thilaka.
Cast
[edit]- Sathyaraj as Muthuvelu
- Bhanupriya as Bhavani
- Gautami as Dr. Thilakavathi
- Manorama as Muthuvelu's grandmother
- Charan Raj as Bhavani's brother
- Salim Ghouse as Thilainathan
- Goundamani as Thanisami
- Senthil as Manasthan
- Mansoor Ali Khan as Thillainathan's brother
- Alagumani as Manasthan's sister (uncredited)[2]
- Sridevi as herself (Photographic Appearance only)
Soundtrack
[edit]The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics by Vaali.[3][4][5]
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Chinna Kanna" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | 4:57 |
| 2. | "Sivappana Chinna Pappa" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | 4:45 |
| 3. | "Indha Mamavukku" | K. S. Chithra, Swarnalatha, Uma Ramanan | 5:01 |
| 4. | "Thangalaye" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 4:53 |
| 5. | "Vanga Kadal" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 4:58 |
| 6. | "Karpulla Kaalaiya" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Manorama | 4:39 |
| Total length: | 29:13 | ||
Reception
[edit]Malini Mannath of The Indian Express wrote, "With a weak storyline, an abundance of characters who are never really justified, and a half-hearted treatment, Magudam[6] is a film which never really takes off from the scene one".[7] Sujitha Sridharan of Kalki felt the film had very artificial scenes, fragmented scenes and ordinary music from Ilaiyaraaja.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Magudam (1992)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Remember This Actress From 1992 Movie Magudam? This Is What She Does Now". News18.
- ^ "Magudam (1992)". Music India Online. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "Magudam Tamil FIlm Audio Cassette by Ilayaraaja". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Magudam". JioSaavn. 20 November 2017.
- ^ "Vishal Krishna Breaks Silence On Makutam:"I've Been Guiding the Film All This Time"". Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- ^ Mannath, Malini (31 July 1992). "Fails to take off". The Indian Express. p. 5. Retrieved 8 January 2019 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ ஸ்ரீதரன், சுப்ரஜா (16 August 1992). "மகுடம்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 64. Retrieved 11 August 2023 – via Internet Archive.
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