Mambattiyan

Mambattiyan
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Directed by	Thiagarajan
Produced by	Thiagarajan
Written by	Thiagarajan
Story by	Raghavan Thambi
Based on	Malaiyoor Mambattiyan (1983) by Rajasekhar
Starring	Prashanth Meera Jasmine Prakash Raj Mumaith Khan Vadivelu
Music by	S. Thaman
Cinematography	Shaji Kumar
Edited by	Don Max
Production company	Lakshmi Shanthi Movies
Release date	16 December 2011 (2011-12-16)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Mambattiyan (The man with the shovel) is a 2011 Tamil action film co written, produced and directed by Thiagarajan, starring his son Prashanth as the title character. The film, also starring Meera Jasmine, Prakash Raj, Vadivelu and Mumaith Khan in other pivotal roles, is a remake of the 1983 Tamil blockbuster Malaiyoor Mambattiyan that starred Thiagarajan himself and Saritha. The film released on 16 December 2011 to above average reviews from critics.

IG Ranjith (Prakash Raj) recalls the memories of a criminal who he failed to capture.

Annachchi (Kota Srinivasa Rao) rules a village in western Tamil Nadu. When he is opposed by Mambattiyan's (Prashanth) father (Vijayakumar), the 'jameen' kills him. Coming to know of this, Mambattiyan kills the influential person and those in support of him.

A group of youngsters in the village join hands with Mambattiyan. They lead a life in a forest. By robbing the rich and distributing the wealth to the poor, Mambattiyan becomes the local Robin Hood.

Meanwhile, police forces led by Ranjith go from pillar to post to nab Mambattiyan. This is the start of a cat-and-mouse game between the two. Also, Mambattiyan has romance in the form of Kannathal (Meera Jasmine) and Sornam (Mumaith Khan). When Sornam raises a green flag, that means she needs him to come. An officer in disguises realizes this and reports it to Ranjith, so one by one all of his gang members die. Meanwhile, Kannathal, panicked and she asked Mambattiyan to go to a faraway place and to forgo his Robin Hood job. Mambattiyan agrees and asked her to wait at the river. So, with the help of Bullet, a villager, Kannathal waits at the river. Mambattiyan defeats the police forces and escapes. Bullet shoots him, because whoever captures Mambattiyan gets a rewards of money and land, so Kannathal hits him and he dies, then she dies too.