Muthu (1995 film)
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| முத்து | |
| Directed by | K.S. Ravikumar |
| Produced by | Rajam Balachander Pushpa Kandaswamy |
| Written by | K.S. Ravikumar |
| Story by | Priyadarshan |
| Starring |
Rajinikanth Meena Sarath Babu |
| Music by | A. R. Rahman |
| Cinematography | Ashok Rajan |
| Edited by | K. Thanigachalam |
| Distributed by | Kavithalayaa Productions |
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Release date
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23 October 1995 (Tamil) 3 April 1998 (Japanese) |
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Running time
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165 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Box office | ₹21 crore (equivalent to ₹66 crore or US$9.8 million in 2016) |
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| Soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman | ||||
| Released | 1995 (India) 1998 (Japan) |
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| Recorded | Panchathan Record Inn | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
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Pyramid Aditya Music |
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| Producer | A.R. Rahman | |||
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Muthu (Tamil: முத்து) is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film stars Rajinikanth, Meena, and Sarath Babu. The film's score and soundtrack is composed by A. R. Rahman. It was inspired from Priyadarshan's Malayalam film Thenmavin Kombath (1994). The film released on 23 October 1995 amid much fanfare and hype and became the highest-grossing Tamil film at the time, running for over 175 days in theaters across Tamil Nadu. The film also released in Japanese in 1998 and became a commercial success in Japan, earning Rajinikanth a large fan following there as well.
Muthu (Rajinikanth) is a kind-hearted man working in the zamin of Sivakami Ammal (Jayabharathi) taking care of the chariot and the horses used by her son Raja Malayasimman (Sarath Babu). Muthu is very loyal to the zamin family and in the meantime Muthu and Raja encounter Ranganayaki (Meena), a stage artist during their visit to a show and Raja immediately falls in love with Ranganayaki. Ambalathar (Radha Ravi) is the maternal uncle of Raja and he has plans of getting his daughter Padmini (Subhashri) married to Raja.
Ranganayaki’s drama troupe faces financial issues and Raja offers jobs to the entire troupe in his zamin. Now Muthu and Ranganayaki fall in love with each other and Sivakami gets to know about this. Kaali (Ponnambalam) is a spy for Ambalathar working in the zamin and keeps informing him about the happenings in the zamin. Kaali lies to Raja that Muthu is forcing Ranganayaki to marry him. This angers Raja and he has Kaali beat up Muthu, then orders him to leave the zamin. Sivakami gets angry on hearing about her son’s behaviour and informs him the truth that both Muthu and Ranganayaki are in love which shocks Raja.
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