Mayor Meenakshi

Mayor Meenakshi is a 1976 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by Madurai Thirumaran. The film story was written by Suki Subramaniyam and the music was by M. S. Viswanathan. It stars K. R. Vijaya playing the title role, with Jaishankar, V. K. Ramasamy, Cho. Vijayakumar and Sripriya making cameo appearances. It was released on 28 May 1976.^[1]

Mayor Meenakshi
Poster
Directed by	Madurai Thirumaran
Story by	Suki Subramaniam
Starring	Jaishankar K. R. Vijaya
Cinematography	Ramachandran
Edited by	S. P. S. Veerappa
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production company	Ashok Brothers
Release date	28 May 1976 (1976-05-28)
Running time	155 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

The film revolves around Meenakshi, who rises from an ordinary corporation scavenger to becoming mayor and the trials and tribulations she faces to maintain a balance at work and at home.

Cast

• K. R. Vijaya
• Jaishankar
• Vijayakumar
• Sripriya
• M. N. Rajam
• Manorama
• V. K. Ramasamy
• Cho
• Thengai Srinivasan
• Suruli Rajan
• Baby Rohini
• V. S. Raghavan
• K. Kannan
• K. V. Udaiyappa
• A. Veerasamy
• Shanmugam
• Typist Gopu
• Rowdy Rathinam
• T. K. S. Natarajan
• Subburaman

Production

According to historian Vamanan, Mayor Meenakshi established K. R. Vijaya as the "ideal mother figure", prior to which she appeared mainly in "family-centric films".^[2] Some scenes were shot at Kashmir.^[3]

Soundtrack

Music was by M. S. Viswanathan. Songs were written by Kannadasan and Vaali.^[4]

Song	Singer	Length
"Evalo Oru Pennam Aval Naan"	P. Susheela	04:28
"Thirumurugan Aruginile Valli Kurathi"	P. Jayachandran, Vani Jairam	04:40
"Kodi Vitta Siru Mullai Malare"	Vani Jairam	04:00
"Kanden Kalyana Penn Pondra"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela	04:45
"Irundha Nalla Iru Ini"	Vani Jairam, M. S. Viswanathan[5]	04:03

Reception

Kanthan of Kalki in his review felt that the screenplay and script was weak.^[6]