Coimbatore Mappillai (transl. The Groom from Coimbatore) is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by C. Ranganathan. It stars Vijay and Sanghavi. The film's score and music was composed by Vidyasagar. It was released on 15 January 1996 during Pongal.[1] The film ended as a blockbuster at the box office as it released on Pongal festival, marking Vijay's favourable success streak with his other film releases on Pongal day.[2][3] It is regarded as the first commercial blockbuster film in Vijay's career.[2]
| Coimbatore Mappillai | |
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 Poster | |
| Directed by | C. Ranganathan |
| Written by | C. Ranganathan |
| Produced by | M. S. V. Murali |
| Starring | Vijay Sanghavi |
| Cinematography | R. Raja Ratnam |
| Edited by | C. Cedrick |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
Production company | Shree Vijayalakshmi Movieland |
Release date |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
editBalu comes to Chennai from Coimbatore and stays with his friend Gopal, who claims he has a job. Actually, he is also unemployed. Both of them are tenants of a girl named Sumithra. First, Balu and Sumithra get into fights, but then their arguments and fights turn into love. Meanwhile, Sumithra's cousin Mahesh is also in love with her. One day, Balu witnesses a thief stealing a necklace, and when he tries to catch him, the thief inserts the necklace in Balu's pocket, and Balu is blamed for stealing it. Sumithra starts hating Balu. Taking advantage of this situation, Mahesh creates a rift between them by hiring goons to attack them, and he blames Balu for that too. Balu explains his sad story to her grandmother Paattiamma that he lost his mother when he was young and could not endure the torture of his stepmother, so he escaped from home. Paatiamma believes him, but Mahesh takes revenge by setting up wires and making her paralysed. In the hospital, Sumithra overhears Mahesh and his father wanting to kill her to steal their colony. Balu pays the medical bills and attempts to commit suicide, but Sumithra saves him. Mahesh, who tried to kill him, is killed in a stampede. The film ends with Balu and Sumithra living happily.
Cast
edit- Vijay as Balu
- Sanghavi as Sumithra
- Goundamani as Gopal
- Senthil as White
- Nirmalamma as Paattimaa, Sumithra and Mahesh's grandmother
- Karan as Mahesh, Sumithra's cousin
- Vinu Chakravarthy as Mahesh's father
- Pandu as Traffic Police Ponraj
- Omakuchi Narasimhan
- Master Mahendran as Sumithra's neighbour
- A. K. Senthil
- Chelladurai as Naina
- LIC Narasimhan as Doctor
- Bonda Mani as Tenant
- Idichapuli Selvaraj as Monkey Charmer
- Sethu Vinayagam as J. P.
- Chaplin Balu as Cycle Shop Owner
- J. Lalitha as Balu's stepmother
- Karuppu Subbiah as Tenant
- Master Udayaraj as young Balu
- Silk Smitha as special appearance in the song "Annamalai Deepam"
Soundtrack
editThe soundtrack was composed by Vidyasagar.[4] Bollywood playback singer Sadhana Sargam recorded her first Tamil song for this film.[5]
| Title | Singer(s) | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Annamalai Deepam" | Mano, Swarnalatha | Vaali | 4:31 |
| "Coimbatore Mappillaikku" | Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam, Vijay | 4:31 | |
| "Jeevan En Jeevan" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | P. R. C. Balu | 4:42 |
| "Oru Theithi Paarthal" | Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam | Vaali | 4:32 |
| "Bombai Party" | Vijay, Shahul Hameed | 4:24 |
Reception
editD. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu wrote "Director C. Ranganathan, with some minor hiccups here and there the Mahabalipuram sequence is one among them sets a brisk pace for the proceedings, his screenplay coming good in portions where the young villain makes his moves to win the confidence of the heroine and her grandmother."[6]
In popular culture
editThe film's villain background music suddenly went viral in 2018 due to the word "Shroovv".[7] In one of the scenes where Vijay's character talks to his grandmother about Karan's character, and the latter's appearance is seen along with the background music "Shroovv", thus earned him the title "Shroov star".[8]
References
edit- ^ "Koyambathur mappillai ( 1996 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 18 September 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Coimbatore Mappilai blockbuster at the box office". The News Minute. 12 December 2022. Archived from the original on 25 August 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "13 Pongal releases for Vijay". Behindwoods. 3 January 2017. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Coimbathore Mapillai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP". Apple Music. 5 June 1995. Archived from the original on 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ Pradeep, K. (7 February 2019). "Weaving magic with music". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ Ramanujam, D. S. (20 January 1996). "Cinema: Coimbatore Maapplaye/Vaanmathi/Thirumbipaar/Ullathai Alli". The Hindu. p. 73. Archived from the original on 21 December 1996. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ Rajendran, Gopinath (9 October 2019). "Something like 'Shroov' now trending really shows power of cinema: Karan". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ Ramanujam, Srinivasa (4 October 2018). "'Wherever I go, people say, Shroov, Shroov'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
