Mangudi Minor

Mangudi Minor is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by V. C. Guhanathan. The film stars Vijayakumar, Rajinikanth and Sripriya.^[1] It is a remake of the 1972 Hindi film Raampur Ka Lakshman.^[2]

Mangudi Minor
Title card
Directed by	V. C. Guhanathan
Screenplay by	V. C. Guhanathan
Produced by	A. R. Kannappan Chettiar
Starring	Vijayakumar Rajinikanth Sripriya
Cinematography	A. Somasundaram
Edited by	R. Bhaskaran T. Thirunavukkarasu
Music by	Chandrabose
Production company	S. P. V. Films
Release date	19 May 1978 (1978-05-19)
Running time	136 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Vijayakumar as Lakshman (Mangudi Minor)
• Rajinikanth as Kumar
• Sripriya as Rekha
• M. N. Rajam as Lakshman's mother
• A. Sakunthala as Julie
• Ramadas as Kumar's uncle
• Arunprakash as Prakash
• Ceylon Manohar as Prathap

Production

A Tamil remake of the Hindi film Raampur Ka Lakshman was announced as being in development in March 1973 with S. P. Muthuraman attached as director, Rajan Enterprises producing and V. C. Guhanathan as screenwriter; it did not materialise.^[3] When the project was revived by a different company with Guhanathan as director, he approached Rajinikanth to act in the film. Rajinikanth initially refused due to his busy schedule, but later accepted and completed his work within nine days.^[2][4]

Soundtrack

All lyrics are written by Vaali; all music is composed by Chandrabose.^[5] The song "Neenga Nenachapadi" attained popularity.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Neenga Nenachapadi"	T. M. Soundararajan	03:40
2.	"Kazhuvura Neeril"	Ceylon Manohar	03:40
3.	"Unnidam Solven"	T. M. Soundararajan, S. Janaki	04:18
4.	"Kannan Ange"	Vani Jairam	04:31
5.	"En Kayil Iruppathu"	P. Susheela	04:03
Total length:			20:12