Maravathe Kanmaniye

Maravathe Kanmaniye (transl. Don't forget, apple of my eye) is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by N. S. Madhavan in his debut. The film stars Vineeth and Ravali, with Karan, Reshma, Sivakumar and Senthil playing supporting roles. It was released on 7 October 1999.^{[citation needed]}

Maravathe Kanmaniye
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Directed by	N. S. Maadhavan
Written by	N. S. Maadhavan
Produced by	Malaysia T. Maharathan
Starring	Vineeth Karan Ravali Reshma
Cinematography	Sekhar V. Joseph
Edited by	V. Udhayasankaran
Music by	Mahakumar
Production company	Maha Creations
Release date	7 October 1999 (1999-10-07)
Running time	139 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• Vineeth as Surya
• Karan as Marudhu
• Ravali as Kanmani
• Reshma
• Sivakumar as Dharmaraasu
• Vennira Aadai Moorthy
• Senthil
• Kazan Khan
• Madhan Bob
• C. R. Saraswathi
• Chinni Jayanth
• Karikalan
• Kanagaraj
• Balaji
• Imayavan
• Theni Thenali

Production

When the film was launched in late 1997, Suriya was expected to star in the lead role and work alongside his father Sivakumar for the first time. However, he was later replaced by Vineeth.^[1] Ravali dieted and got into shape for her role in the film.^[2] Maravathe Kanmaniye is the debut of director N. S. Madhavan, producer Malaysia T. Maharathan and composer Mahakumar.^[3] Maharathan, a businessman from Malaysia who made a visit to Chennai met Mahakumar who was scouting for chances in films, he decided to produce the film after he was impressed by his tunes.^[4]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Mahakumar.^[5]

Song	Singer(s)	Duration
"Koo Koo Kuyilamma"	Sujatha Mohan	5:20
"Vaanirukku"	Hariharan	4:08
"Ellora Oviyam"	Sujatha Mohan, P. Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram	4:43
"Maravathey"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sunanda, T. L. Maharajan	4:44