Oor Mariyadhai

1992 Indian film

Sarathkumar
Sasikala
Napoleon
Anand

CinematographyAshok RajanEdited byK. ThanikachalamMusic byDeva

Production
company

Super Good Films

Release date

1 May 1992 (1992-05-01)

Running time

148 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Oor Mariyadhai (transl. Respect of the village) is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film stars Sarathkumar, Sasikala, Napoleon and Anand. It revolves around Rathnavelu (Sarathkumar), who is in love with Rasathi (Sasikala) who, however, loves Kannan (Anand). When her mother discovers this fact she gets her forcefully married to Rathnavelu leading to Kannan committing suicide and his brother swearing revenge. The film, produced by R. B. Choudary, was released on 1 May 1992.

Plot

Rathnavelu is a respected man in his village, whereas Veerapandi, a womaniser, is hated by everyone. Rathnavelu loves his niece Rasathi, while his cousin Kamachi loves him. Kannan, Veerapandi's brother, returns to his village after studying in the city. Kannan and Rasathi fall in love with each other.

In the past, Rasathi's father Chinna Raja won the village's prestige price for the first time. The angry Muthupandi Thevar, Veerapandi's father, could not bear it, so he tried to kill Chinna Raja, and they finally killed each other.

Knowing the relationship between Kannan and Rasathi, Rasathi's mother forces her brother Rathnavelu to marry Rasathi. The next day, Kannan is found hanged. Rasathi is still shocked by her lover's death, and Veerapandi only wants to take revenge on Rathnavelu's family. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Cast

Sarathkumar as Rathnavelu
Sasikala as Rasathi
Napoleon as Veerapandi
Anand as Kannan
Srividya as Rasathi's mother and Rathnavelu's sister
Sindhu as Kamachi
Goundamani as Mahadevan
Senthil
V. Gopalakrishnan as Arumugam Thevar
Delhi Ganesh as Veerapandi's uncle
Vijayakumar as Chinna Raja (guest appearance)
Kitty as Muthupandi Thevar (guest appearance)
Kumarimuthu
Gandhimathi as Chinna Thaayi
K. S. Jayalakshmi as Mahadevan's wife
Pratibha
R. N. Kumaresan
Typist Gopu
Bayilvan Ranganathan as Muniyandi
K. S. Ravikumar as Rakappan
Rajavelu

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Deva, with lyrics by Kalidasan.^[1]^[2] The song "Unna Naan Thottathukku" was originally composed for the film Adhikaalai Subavelai which never released.^[3]

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ethirveetu Jannal"	Malaysia Vasudevan, Krishnaraj	5:24
2.	"Kichchali Samba"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	5:03
3.	"Malaruthu"	K. S. Chithra, S. A. Rajkumar	4:56
4.	"Mariyadai Ullavan"	K. S. Chithra	5:05
5.	"Palapalanguthu Thalathalanguthu"	Swarnalatha, S. P. Sailaja	5:08
6.	"Unna Naan Thottathukku"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:30
Total length:			30:06

Release and reception

Oor Mariyadhai was released on 1 May 1992.^[4] C. R. K. of Kalki wrote even though name of the characters, locations, making, actors, screenplay will get changed, the story will remain the same.^[5]

References

^ "Oor Mariyadai". JioSaavn. 31 August 2014. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ "Cheran Pandiayan / Oor Mariyadhai". AVDigital. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ "70/80/ 90's Kids... இந்த சினிமா பாட்டு நினைவில் இருக்கா..?". Kungumam (in Tamil). 4 April 2021. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ "Oor Mariyathai". The Indian Express. 1 May 1992. p. 4. Retrieved 18 May 2018 – via Internet Archive.
^ சி. ஆர். கே. (24 May 1992). "ஊர் மரியாதை". Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 28–29. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2022 – via Internet Archive.