Senthamizh Selvan

Senthamizh Selvan (transl. Pure Tamil rich man) is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language action drama film, written and directed by Manoj Kumar. The film stars Prashanth and Madhoo, while music was given by M. S. Viswanathan and Ilaiyaraaja as a team. It was released on 12 August 1994.^[1][2]

Senthamizh Selvan
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Directed by	Manoj Kumar
Written by	Manoj Kumar Sivaram Gandhi (dialogues)
Produced by	M. S. V. Murali
Starring	Prashanth Madhoo
Cinematography	Lakshmi Balan
Edited by	Cedric Mani
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Shree Vijayalakshmi Movieland
Release date	12 August 1994 (1994-08-12)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Vijay Bhoopathy and Sundarapandian have been friends. Bhoopathy is an atheist, while Sundarapandian is a temple priest. Bhoopathy's son Selvan and Sundarapandian's daughter Vaidegi fall in love with each other. Muthukalai is Vijayakumar's brother-in-law. His daughter Meenakshi is also madly in love and vows to marry Selvan. Against their families' wishes, Prashanth and Madhoo elope. Ever since, the two families hate each other. Later, Bhoopathy is murdered in front of his wife Janaki, who becomes mentally sick from the shock. Selvan comes to the village, announces that he is the son of Bhoopathy and tries to treat his mentally affected mother. Sundarapandian tries to kill Selvan to claim the huge property left by Prashanth's father. How Selvan saves the mother, property and how he marries Madhoo forms the rest of the story.

Cast

• Prashanth as Selvan
• Madhoo as Vaidegi
• Sivaranjani as Meenakshi
• Sujatha as Janaki
• Vijayakumar as Zamindar Vijay Bhoopathy
• Mohan Natrajan as Sundarapandian
• Chandrasekhar as Muthukalai
• Shanmugasundaram as Shanmugasundaram
• Senthil as Vellaichamy
• Charle

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by M. S. Viswanathan, while orchestration and BGM were composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics written by Vaali.^[3][4]

Song	Singer(s)
"Rathiri Pozhuthu"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
"Thaikulame"	K. S. Chithra
"Pattu Esa Pattu"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
"Odunga Kalaikala"	M. Vasu
"Kuyile Ilaman"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
"Machan Ennai"	Swarnalatha
"Koodu Enge"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra

Reception

K. Vijiyan of New Straits Times criticised the film for its abundance of songs, adding, "I have lost count of the numerous movies where one man reigns over a village using violence and there seems to be no law or order. Sadly, [Senthamizh Selvan] is another film in this genre, with nothing much to make it memorable or outstanding".^[2] Thulasi of Kalki wrote except for cinematography and art direction, the film has nothing else to talk about.^[5]