Manthoppu Kiliye

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{{Infobox film

| name = Manthoppu Kiliye

| image = Manthoppu Kiliye.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = M. A. Kaja

| producer = M. A. Kaja
S. Bhoominathan Bros.
Amuthua

| screenplay = M. A. Kaja

| story = Ram-Rahim

| starring = Sudhakar
Deepa

| music = Shankar–Ganesh

| cinematography = T. V. Balu

| editing = M. Umanath – Mani

| studio = Kadayanallur Cine Arts

| distributor =

| released = {{film date|1979|10|20|df=y}}

| runtime = 120 minutes

| country = India

| language = Tamil

}}

Manthoppu Kiliye ({{Translation|Mango grove's parrot}}) is 1979 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by M. A. Kaja.{{Cite web |last=ராம்ஜி |first=வி. |date=9 September 2020 |title='குருவம்மா', 'ஒச்சாயி கிழவி', 'கஞ்சப்புருஷனின் மனைவி'; நிகரில்லா நடிகை; 'நடிப்பு ராட்சஷி' காந்திமதி! |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/576556-actress-gandhimathi.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607080253/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/576556-actress-gandhimathi.html |archive-date=7 June 2021 |access-date=20 August 2021 |website=Hindu Tamil Thisai |language=ta}} It stars Sudhakar and Deepa, with Major Sundarrajan, Gandhimathi and Suruli Rajan in supporting roles. The film was released on 20 October 1979.{{Cite news |date=19 October 1979 |title=மாந்தோப்புக் கிளியே! |url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP372-6-23-4-4 |access-date=23 May 2024 |work=Anna |pages=8 |language=ta |via=Endangered Archives Programme}} Suruli Rajan played a niggard in the film which got very popular among the people. The film did well at the box office for his comedy.{{Cite web |last=மாதவன் |first=பிரதீப் |date=25 July 2014 |title=அந்த நாள் ஞாபகம் : எளிய மனிதர்களின் பிரதிநிதி! |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/10585-.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820043722/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/10585-.html |archive-date=20 August 2021 |access-date=20 August 2021 |website=Hindu Tamil Thisai |language=ta}}{{Cite web |date=13 December 2013 |title=புகழின் சிகரத்தில் இருந்தபோது சுருளிராஜன் திடீர் மரணம் |url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/12/13215301/surulirajan-cinema-history.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131220171345/http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/12/13215301/surulirajan-cinema-history.html |archive-date=20 December 2013 |access-date=20 August 2021 |website=Maalai Malar |language=ta}}{{Cite web |date=8 May 2017 |title=பிளாஷ்பேக்: ஒரே ஆண்டில் 50 படங்களில் நடித்த சுருளிராஜன் |trans-title=Suruli Rajan acted 50 films in a year |url=https://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/59034/cinema/Kollywood/Surulirajan-acted-50-films-in-a-year.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201033647/https://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/59034/cinema/Kollywood/Surulirajan-acted-50-films-in-a-year.htm |archive-date=1 February 2020 |access-date=1 February 2020 |website=Dinamalar |language=ta}}{{Cite news |date=6 August 2014 |title=Kollywood characters |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/kollywood-characters/article6283360.ece/photo/12/ |url-status=live |access-date=26 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820051051/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/kollywood-characters/article6283360.ece/photo/12/ |archive-date=20 August 2021}}

==Plot==

Raghupathy is an honest manager of a cement company, Arun is a worker of this company Mohan, the dishonest owner of another cement company tries to persuade Raghupathy to buy his products and promises commission of {{INR}}1 for each cement bag but he fails due to Raghupathy's honest nature. Late Mohan persuades Arun who accepts this plan due to his greed for money but the plan fails when Raghupathy discovers it, to take revenge he befriends Madan, who wants to marry Arun's sister Saratha who refuses this proposal due to bad nature of Madan and is wed to Shiva, brother of Raghupathy this event is opposed by Arun, however he is unsuccessful in cancelling Saratha's marriage, later Arun succeeds in dismissing Raghupathy from his job by falsely accusing him of stealing the company's money. The three families live separately.

Arun and Jayanthi's family is destroyed by Arun's greed, as he offers his wife to Madan for sex due to his greed for money, but his wife refuses to satisfy sexual favours of Madan. The second family prospers due to wise use of money. Due to which Raghupathy and Saratha are hired. Sulochana and Kasi's family is destroyed due to the misery nature of Kasi Nathan, predominantly due to the death of Kasi Nathan's son.