Manasukkul Mathappu

{{Infobox film

| image = Manasukkul Mathappu.jpg

| caption = Poster

| director = Robert–Rajasekar

| producer = D. Premakumari
B. Saraswathi

| screenplay = Robert–Rajasekar

| based_on = {{based on|Thalavattam|Priyadarshan}}

| starring = Prabhu
Saranya
Lissy

| music = S. A. Rajkumar

| cinematography = Robert–Rajasekar

| editing = R. T. Annadurai

| studio = Ownland Arts

| released = {{Film date|1988|06|24|df=y}}

| country = India

| language = Tamil

}}

Manasukkul Mathappu ({{translation|Sparklers in the heart}}) is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by Robert–Rajasekar. The film stars Prabhu, Saranya and Lissy, with Sarath Babu and Senthamarai in supporting roles. It is a remake of the 1986 Malayalam film Thalavattam {{Cite web |date=5 July 2015 |title=மோகன்லாலும், பின்னே தமிழ் ரீமேக்கும்... |trans-title=Mohanlal films and their remakes |url=https://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/34110/cinema/Kollywood/Mohanlal-movies-and-their-remakes.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111041614/https://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/34110/cinema/Kollywood/Mohanlal-movies-and-their-remakes.htm |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=7 May 2021 |website=Dinamalar |language=ta}}{{Cite web |date=1 October 2015 |title=Did you know that these popular Hindi movies that were actually copied from South Indian films? |url=http://www.businessinsider.in/Did-you-know-that-these-popular-Hindi-movies-that-were-actually-copied-from-South-Indian-films/articleshow/49183038.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225165922/http://www.businessinsider.in/Did-you-know-that-these-popular-Hindi-movies-that-were-actually-copied-from-South-Indian-films/articleshow/49183038.cms |archive-date=25 December 2015 |access-date=14 April 2017 |website=Business Insider}} which was inspired by the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest which in turn was an adaptation of the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey.{{Cite web |date=22 March 2020 |title=Bollywood remakes of South Indian films |url=https://www.msn.com/en-in/entertainment/bollywood/bollywood-remakes-of-south-indian-films/ss-BBxBiG9#image=17 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231117062116/https://www.msn.com/en-in/entertainment/southcinema/chiranjeevi-unites-with-bimbisara-director-for-a-fantasy-adventure/ar-AA1jXf0C |archive-date=17 November 2023 |access-date=17 November 2023 |website=MSN |at=slide 28}} The film was released on 24 June 1988 and Prabhu won the Cinema Express Award for Best Actor – Tamil.

Plot

Shekar becomes mentally ill after his girlfriend Anitha dies because of an electric short circuiting accident during a rock concert. He is admitted into an institution managed authoritatively by Nagaraj. With the help of a young doctor Geetha, who is Nagaraj's daughter, and an old friend Raja, Shekar slowly regains his memory and mental equilibrium. He and Geetha soon fall in love. But Nagaraj has already arranged Geetha's marriage with someone else, so he opposes the lovers. When Nagaraj finds that Geetha and Shekar are adamant, he performs a surgery (lobotomy) on Shekar that puts him into a state of coma. Raja feels that death would be preferable to vegetative life and kills Shekar. He confronts Nagaraj, confesses to the euthanasia and tries to kill him for ruining Shekar's life, but Geetha suddenly shoots her father dead. She is later admitted into the same institution as a patient.

Cast

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Prabhu as Shekar
Saranya as Geetha
Lissy as Anitha
Sarath Babu as Raja
Senthamarai as Nagaraj
Janagaraj as Vasu
Nassar as Babu
Neelu
Sachu as Nurse Mary
Samikannu as a mental patient
Kumarimuthu as a mental patient{{Cite web |last=சாந்தி கணேஷ் |first=ஆ |date=22 September 2020 |title=அப்பாவுக்கு நடந்தது யாருக்கும் நடக்கக்கூடாது!" - எலிசபெத் குமரிமுத்து |trans-title="What happened to my father should not happen to anyone!" – Elizabeth Kumarimuthu |url=https://www.vikatan.com/lifestyle/relationship/actor-kumarimuthu-daughter-elizabeth-shares-memories-of-her-dad |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210507043043/https://www.vikatan.com/story-feed |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=7 May 2021 |website=Ananda Vikatan |language=ta}}
Swaminathan as a mental patient

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Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar, who also wrote the lyrics.{{Cite web |title=Manasukkul Mathappu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP |date=24 June 1998 |work=Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/in/album/manasukkul-mathappu-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1705719862 |access-date=19 November 2024 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/8rNI3 |archive-date=19 November 2024 |url-status=live |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Manasukkul Mathapu |url=https://avdigital.in/products/manasukkul-mathapu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005141820/https://avdigital.in/products/manasukkul-mathapu |archive-date=5 October 2021 |access-date=5 October 2021 |website=AVDigital}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Song !! Singers !! Length
"Adadoi Mettu"	Malaysia Vasudevan	03:46
"Oh Ponmaan Kuyil"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	04:19
"Poonthendrale" (Duet)	P. Jayachandran, Sunandha	04:16
"Poonthendrale" (Solo)	K. S. Chithra	04:46
"Vaa Kanmani"	S. A. Rajkumar	04:28
"Yaar Yaar Inge"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	03:25

Release and reception

Manasukkul Mathappu was released on 24 June 1988.{{Cite web |title=மனசுக்குள் மத்தாப்பு / Manasukkul Mathappu (1988) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/manasukkul-mathappu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231117061450/https://screen4screen.com/movies/manasukkul-mathappu |archive-date=17 November 2023 |access-date=17 November 2023 |website=Screen 4 Screen}} On 1 July 1988, The Indian Express wrote, "With some films you don't want to say much about the performances though they might be good or sort of as much as you want to write home about the bright idea the scenarist had of disposing of a heroine he wanted to kill by electrocuting her while she is playing the electric guitar or the masterstroke of the filmmaker in cutting from the shriek of the hero in the shock chamber to a happy times song-dance sequence till then obscured by the iron curtain of amnesia." Jayamanmadhan of Kalki appreciated Prabhu's performance, and felt that though there was no newness in the songs, they were still worth listening to.{{Cite magazine |last=ஜெயமன்மதன் |author-link=Subha (writers) |date=17 July 1999 |title=மனசுக்குள் மத்தாப்பு |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1988/jul/17-07-1988/p39.jpg |url-status=dead |magazine=Kalki |language=ta |pages=39 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220730052750/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1988/jul/17-07-1988/p39.jpg |archive-date=30 July 2022 |access-date=13 April 2022}} Prabhu won the Cinema Express Award for Best Actor – Tamil at the 9th Cinema Express Awards.{{Cite news |date=11 March 1989 |title=Cinema Express readers choose Agni Nakshathiram |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19890311&printsec=frontpage |access-date=19 February 2021 |work=The Indian Express |pages=4 |via=Google News Archive |agency=Express News Service}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite web |date=15 April 2022 |title=Veteran Tamil Actor Prabhu Completes 40 Years in Film Industry |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/veteran-tamil-actor-prabhu-completes-40-years-in-film-industry-4991437.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907055324/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/veteran-tamil-actor-prabhu-completes-40-years-in-film-industry-4991437.html |archive-date=7 September 2022 |access-date=7 September 2022 |website=News18}}

References

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{{Cite news |date=1 July 1988 |title=Manasukkul Mathappu |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19880701&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=6 November 2017 |work=The Indian Express |pages=5 |via=Google News Archive}}{{cbignore}}

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