villagers and demands Muthupechi to be handed over to them. The villagers of Karisalpatti decide that enough is enough and ask Veerannan to accept Muthupechi as his second wife to protect the village honour but Muthupechi refuses, keeping in mind the welfare of Veerannan's wife. The villagers get upset with her decision, excommunicate and leave them. Malaichamy gets the message that Muthupechi is no longer under the villagers' protection, reaches the village and abducts her. When Veerannan learns of this, he goes to fight with them and rescue her. In the fight, Veerannan's wife gets killed by Malaichamy. Enraged, Muthupechi takes the trident of the temple to kill Malaichamy. At the same time, Veerannan, after beating the other men, also comes to kill Malaichamy and succeeds. Muthupechi realises Veerannan's love for her and they unite. Cast Pandiyan as Veerannan Revathi as Muthupechi Vijayan as Mookkaiyan Ganthimathi as Ochayi Nizhalgal Ravi as School Teacher Vinu Chakravarthy K. K. Soundar Janagaraj as School Teacher Y. Vijaya S. Sathyendra Production Pandiyan was selling bangles in Madurai, India when he was spotted by director Bharathiraja who offered him the lead role in his film Mann Vasanai. Asha Kelunni Nair was spotted by Bharathiraja, who was searching for a new heroine for the same film, and went on to play the female lead of the film, making her acting debut. She was given the screen name Revathi. While filming the climax scene, Bharathiraja slapped Revathi to ensure that she cried as required for the script, rather than use glycerine. Soundtrack The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Reception Ananda Vikatan, in a review dated 2 October 1983, rated the film 48 out of 100. S. Shivakumar of Mid-Day wrote "A love story based on a real incident is a trifle too long with some unnecessary song sequences but all this is compensated for by the technical brilliance" and appreciated the performances of Pandian and Revathi. The film ran for over 200 days in theatres. It later won the Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Film. Revathi received Filmfare Special Award – South for her performance in the film. References External links 1980s Tamil-language films 1983 films 1983 romantic drama films Films directed by Bharathiraja Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Indian romantic drama films Tamil films remade in other languages