Uzhavan Magan

Uzhavan Magan (transl. The Peasant's Son)[1] is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language action drama film, directed by R. Aravindraj and produced by A. S. Ibrahim Ravuthar. The film stars Vijayakanth, Raadhika, Radha and Radha Ravi. The film had musical score by Manoj Gyan. The film became a superhit it ran more than 300 days in theatres. The movie did great business and lead the box office.

Uzhavan Magan
Poster
Directed byR. Aravindraj
Produced byA. S. Ibrahim Rowther
Written byAabavanan
StarringVijayakanth
Raadhika
Radha
Radha Ravi
Music byManoj Gyan
CinematographyA. Ramesh Kumar
Edited byG. Jayachandran
Production
company
Rowther Films
Release date
  • 21 October 1987 (1987-10-21)
Running time
154 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Chinna Durai (Vijayakanth), a farmer lives quietly in his village when Nirmala (Radha) and Gunasekhar (Radha Ravi) intervene to wreak havoc.

For revenge, Nirmala's family and Chinna Durai's father (M. N. Nambiar) insist on getting married. While the wedding is in preparation, Gunasekhar's troops twist the neck of Durai's father. Chinna Durai seeing him dead, is embarked on Guna's general surprise and his relatives for attempted murder to the police leaving her lover Selvi (Raadhika).

While Chinna Durai is in prison, the little brother Siva (Vijayakanth again) says that he wants to get revenge for Guna making her new husband believe in Nirmala but already had a positive relationship in the past. Chinnai Durai delivered and his brother Siva will now recover their father's property.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Manoj Gyan, and the lyrics were written by Aabavanan.[2]

Track listing[3]
No.Title{{{extra_column}}}Length
1."Seamari Aade"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vijaya4:32
2."Solli Tharava"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sasirekha5:26
3."Unnai Thinam Thedum"T. M. Soundararajan, Sasirekha5:44
4."Pon Nel"M. Vasudevan4:36
5."Varahu Chamba"Sasirekha4:39
6."Matthapoo"M. Vasudevan04:11

Release and reception

Uzhavan Magan got released on 21 October 1987 alongside another Vijayakanth film Sattam Oru Vilayaattu and it faced heavy competition from Nayakan and Manithan. However, all films went on to become successful in box-office.[4] N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express wrote, "[..] the narrative lacks believability, because there isn't any feeling in this film".[5]

References
  1. Pillai, Sreedhar (15 January 1988). "Rush of contenders for top place in Tamil films". India Today. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. "Uzhavan Magan - Tamil Bollywood Vinyl LP". BollywoodVinyl. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  3. "Uzhavan Magan". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  4. "Friday Fury - Captain Vijayakanth's double blockbuster release on single day". Top 10 Cinema. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  5. Krishnasamy, N. (23 October 1987). "No feeling". The Indian Express. p. 5.
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