Manidharil Manikkam

Manidharil Manikkam (transl. A gem among humans) is a 1973 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by C. V. Rajendran. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Prameela and A. V. M. Rajan. It was released on 7 December 1973.^[1]

Manidharil Manikkam
Poster
Directed by	C. V. Rajendran
Screenplay by	Vietnam Veedu Sundaram
Story by	Dr. Nihar Ranjan Gupta
Starring	Sivaji Ganesan A. V. M. Rajan Prameela
Cinematography	Sreekanth
Edited by	N. M. Shankar
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production company	Vasanth Movies
Distributed by	Sivaji Films
Release date	7 December 1973 (1973-12-07)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Sivaji Ganesan as Dr. Ananth
• A. V. M. Rajan as Boopathy
• Prameela as Ponni
• Major Sundarrajan as D. S. P. Prabhu
• M. N. Rajam as Kalyani
• R. S. Manohar as Rathnam
• Cho as Velu
• Manorama as Rukmani
• Suruli Rajan as Constable Kannaiya
• Pattom Sadan as Ponni Assistant
• Master Ramu as Ramu/Murali
• Baby Chithra as Child Artist

Production

Ganesan's character was inspired by a Conjunctivitis specialist in Madras (later renamed Chennai).^[2]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, while lyrics were written by Kannadasan and Vaali . I will sing for you was written by Vaali became popular https://mossymart.com/product/manitharil-manickam-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-m-s-viswanathan/.^[3]

Song	Singers	Lyrics
"Manam Ullavan Evano"	M. S. Viswanathan	Kannadasan
"Attamenna Solladi" (I will sing for you)	T. M. Soundararajan
"Kanna Nee Vaazhga"	Latha	Vaali
"Raathirikku Raathiri"	L. R. Eswari
"Oru Paiyala Nambi"	T. M. Soundararajan

Reception

Kanthan of Kalki criticised the cinematography, but praised the makers for taking an ordinary story and stretching it to produce good results.^[4]