Uzhavan Magan

Uzhavan Magan (transl. The Peasant's Son)^[1] is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language action drama film, directed by R. Aravindraj and produced by A. S. Ibrahim Ravuthar. The film stars Vijayakanth, Radhika, Radha and Radha Ravi. It was released on 21 October 1987.

Uzhavan Magan
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Directed by	R. Aravindraj
Written by	Aabavanan
Produced by	A. S. Ibrahim Rowther
Starring	Vijayakanth Radhika Radha Radha Ravi
Cinematography	A. Ramesh Kumar
Edited by	G. Jayachandran
Music by	Manoj–Gyan
Production company	Rowther Films
Release date	21 October 1987 (1987-10-21)
Running time	171 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Chinna Durai, a farmer lives quietly in his village when Nirmala and Gunasekhar intervene to wreak havoc.

For revenge, Nirmala's family and Chinna Durai's father insist on getting married. While the wedding is in preparation, Gunasekhar's troops twist the neck of Durai's father. Chinna Durai seeing him dead, is embarked on Guna's general surprise and his relatives for attempted murder to the police leaving her lover Selvi.

While Chinna Durai is in prison, the younger brother Siva says that he wants to get revenge for Guna making her new husband believe in Nirmala but already had a positive relationship in the past. Chinna Durai delivered and his brother Siva will now recover their father's property.

Cast

• Vijayakanth in dual role as
  • Chinna Durai
  • Siva
• Radhika Sarathkumar as Selvi
• Radha as Nirmala
• Radha Ravi as Gunasekharan
• M. N. Nambiar as Marudhamalai Gounder
• Malaysia Vasudevan as Nirmala's father
• S. S. Chandran as Kannakku Pillai
• Senthil as Chinna Durai's friend
• Pandari Bai as Guna's mother
• A. Sakunthala as Guna's sister
• Kovai Sarala as Kannakku Pillai's daughter
• Kullamani as Chinna Durai's friend

Production

Vijayakanth agreed to act in the film without listening to the story.^[2] Art director GK revealed that the film's rekla race scene inspired from the chariot scene from Ben-Hur (1959) was shot on a set built on bamboo platform "at a possible height for five miles in length and 100 meters in breadth".^[3]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Manoj–Gyan, and the lyrics were written by Aabavanan.^[4][5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Semmari Aade"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vijaya, Yugendran	4:32
2.	"Solli Tharava"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sasirekha	5:26
3.	"Unnai Thinam Thedum"	T. M. Soundararajan, Sasirekha	5:44
4.	"Pon Nel"	M. Vasudevan	4:36
5.	"Varahu Chamba"	Sasirekha	4:39
6.	"Matthapoo"	M. Vasudevan	4:11
Total length:			29:08

Release and reception

Uzhavan Magan was released on 21 October 1987 alongside another Vijayakanth film Sattam Oru Vilaiyattu and it faced heavy competition from Nayakan and Manithan. However, all films went on to become successful in box-office.^[6] N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express wrote, "[..] the narrative lacks believability, because there isn't any feeling in this film".^[7] Jayamanmadhan of Kalki praised Vijayakanth and Radha and also praised Vijayakanth's stunt choreography especially the picturisation of rekla race and found the film similar to the films starring M. G. Ramachandran.^[8] Balumani of Anna praised acting, music, cinematography, humour and direction.^[9]