Joker (2016 film)

Joker
Mannar Mannan Engira Joker
Tamil: ஜோக்கர்
Directed by	Raju Murugan
Produced by	S. R. Prakashbabu S. R. Prabhu
Written by	Raju Murugan
Starring	Guru Somasundaram Ramya Pandian
Music by	Sean Roldan
Cinematography	Chezhiyan
Edited by	Shanmugam Velusamy
Production company	Dream Warrior Pictures
Release date	12 August 2016
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Joker is a 2016 Indian Tamil language political satire film, written and directed by Raju Murugan (of Cuckoo fame) and produced by Dream Warrior Pictures. The film stars Guru Somasundaram and newcomers Ramya Pandian and Gayathri Krishnaa. Bava Chelladurai, Ramasamy and Bala Murugan are doing supporting roles.

Mannar Mannan is a villager who declares himself as the President of India. He leads many protests against various injustices happening around his village. Most of the time he is seen as a joker. He and his small team of like-minded individuals sue on behalf of villagers. One of his cases is against the local illegal sand mining group whose lorry maimed a goat. Another case is against a local school owner on whose property a toddler fell down an open deep bore well resulting in brain damage. When this case was dismissed, Mannar Mannan stabs the school owner and is promptly arrested. His past is told through the report submitted on the order of the judge.

Mannan falls in loves with a girl, Mallika, from his neighbouring village. Mallika proclaims she will marry him only if he built a toilet at his home. He applies for a government scheme that provides incentive for building a toilet, along with his neighbours, but is cheated out of the government grant and is handed over just the basin. When the President of India announces a visit to the village to formally open the first toilet built under this scheme, Mannan's house is chosen. This prompts the village councilor to complete the unfinished toilet. It is still unfinished when the security team refuses clearance and another villager's toilet is chosen instead. Mallika yearns to use the toilet. When she does use it during a storm, the unfinished walls collapse on her and is discovered the next day by Mannan, the day of the President's visit. The police and the politicians lock him up in his own house when he demands an ambulance. It was too late when Mallika is finally taken to the hospital. She goes into a vegetative state and the foetus was lost. He petitions all the way to the Supreme Court to grant euthanasia to his wife. Mannan loses his mind while he waits for a verdict. He takes up various causes and is beaten in the police station every time.