Maayi

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Maayi
Directed by Surya Prakash
Produced by R. B. Choudary
Written by Surya Prakash
Starring Sarath Kumar
Meena
Vadivelu
Manorama
Kovai Sarala
Music by S. A. Rajkumar
Cinematography S. Saravanan
Edited by V. Jaishankar
Production
company
Super Good Films
Release dates
21 August 2000
Country India
Language Tamil

Maayi is a South Indian Tamil film released in 2000 which stars Sarath Kumar and Meena in lead roles wherein Vadivelu's comedy performance was critically acclaimed. The film was a super hit at box office.[1][2]

This film later remade into Telugu as Simharasi with Rajasekhar and Sakshi Sivanand in the year 2001 and in Kannada as Narasimha with Ravichandran in 2012.[3][4]

Plot

Maayi (Sarathkumar) is the well-respected, do-gooder in the village. He sees women in the village as his sisters and even conducts their marriages. He is a man who is ready to kill his father(Vijayakumar) when he learns that he had a second wife. But the father opts to kill himself rather than face his son and so, Maayi brings his stepsister Lakshmi (Suvalakshmi) to live with him. When the local MLA(Rajan. P. Dev) comes to him for support, he refuses and the MLA loses the election. But his son(Anand), who admires Maayi, marries Lakshmi. Meanwhile Bhuvaneswari (Meena), Maayi's sister's daughter, who comes to the village from Bangalore, wishes to marry him. Revealing his sad past, Maayi tells her why he can never think of marrying any woman. Later Meena was forced to married another guy. But during the marriage the guys family misunderstood that Meena and Sarathkumar are lovers and stopped the marriage. In the end; Sarathkumar married Meena.

Cast

Actor Role
Sarathkumar Maayaandi as Maayi
Meena Bhuvaneswari
Manivannan Uncle of Maayi
Vijayakumar Father of Maayi (Irulandi)
Sabitha Anand Mother of Maayi
Anand MLA's Son
Rajan P. Dev MLA
Suvalakshmi Lakshmi
Sathyapriya Mother of Bhuvaneshwari
Manorama
Vadivelu Mokkaisaamy
Kovai Sarala
Raasi Special Appearance
"Minnal" Deepa (Debut) Minnal

Remakes

Year Film Language Cast Director
2001 Simharasi Telugu Rajasekhar V. Samudra
2012 Narasimha Kannada V. Ravichandran Mohan

Soundtrack

The lyrics by Mu. Mehta, Ra. Ravishankar, Ilayakamban.

  • Nilave Vaan Nilave - Sujatha
  • Thennagam Aallum - SP. Balasubramaniam
  • Megam Udaiyuthe - Rajesh, Janaki
  • Sooriyane - S. Janaki
  • Oley Oley - Arun Mozhi, Swarnalatha

References

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  3. http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-simharaasi.html
  4. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/kannada/review/8108.html