Mappillai Sir

Mappillai Sir (transl. Mr. Groom) is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film written and directed by D. S. Balagan from a story by Balachandra Menon. The film stars Visu, Mohan and Rekha. A remake of the 1983 Malayalam film Karyam Nissaram,^{[citation needed]} It was released on 12 August 1988.

Mappillai Sir
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	D. S. Balagan
Screenplay by	D. S. Balagan
Story by	Balachandra Menon
Produced by	T. Subbulakshmi
Starring	Visu Mohan Rekha
Cinematography	V. Ramamurthy
Edited by	Ganesh–Kumar
Music by	Shankar–Ganesh
Production company	Lakshmi Raja Films
Release date	12 August 1988 (1988-08-12)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Varadarajan is a trained attorney who does not practice due to a promise he made his father-in-law when he married his wife. They have two daughters. His neighbour is a retired Army Colonel who has health issues and is married to Sumithra. The daughters marry their lovers with their father's consent, despite their mother's disapproval. The story then focuses on their reconciliation.

Cast

• Visu as Varadarajan
• Mohan as the driving master
• Rekha
• Jayanti as Meenakshi
• Kishmu as Colonel
• Dilip as Dilip
• Sethu Vinayagam
• Master Suresh as Viji
• Sumithra as Mary
• Manorama as social worker
• Pournami as Tara

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by the duo Shankar–Ganesh, with lyrics by Idhaya Chandran.^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Madi Veettukkoondukkili"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
2.	"Daddy...Daddy"	Chithra, Suja Radhakrishnan
3.	"Malligaiye...Malligaiye"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
4.	"Kallanalum Kanavanthandi"	Malaysia Vasudevan
5.	"Pattuppoovai Thottupparkka"	S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra
6.	"Yea! Ittakkaru"	S. P. Sailaja, Chorus

Release and reception

Mappillai Sir was released on 12 August 1988.^[2] NKS of The Indian Express wrote, "The Maappillai Saar objective is the taming of the arrogant Jayanthi [...] The taming of the shrew line having exhausted itself midway, the film occupies itself with an assortment of cooked up conflicts".^[3] Jayamanmadhan of Kalki criticised the film for its writing, likening it to a car being driven without a brake.^[4]