Muthu (film)

Muthu is a 1995 Indian Tamil drama film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film stars Rajinikanth, Meena, and Sarath Babu. It was the debut film for K. S. Ravikumar with Rajinikanth. The films score and soundtrack is composed by A. R. Rahman. It is an official remake of the Mohanlal starrer Malayalam film Thenmavin Kombath 1994. It was the first Indian film to have a major success in Japan and earned Rajnikanth, a huge fan following in Japan.

According to the promise tendered to the Zamindar, the son of the Zamindars sisterinlaw Ejama becomes a Zamindar Sarath Babu and Muthu works as his servant. A huge fan of drama, Ejama regularly takes Muthu along with him wherever he goes. One day Ejama falls in love with a drama actress Ranganayaki Meena. But Ranganayakis heart lies with Muthu. Raenganayaki shows love and passion to Muthu. Amidst all this, Ejamas Uncle Radha Ravi, tries to capture all the property by killing Ejama. In the mean time the Zamindar who was in Himalayas returns to see his sister resembling a Begger Sage, who saves the Ejama and once for all everything about Muthu is revealed to everyone and he marries Ranganayaki, while Ejama marries his uncles daughter who was madly in love with him. The film ends by showing Muthu refusing to be Zamindar and chooses to be a worker pointing Oruvan oruvan Muthalali which means God is the real master and we all are his servants.The film was first reported in March 1995, when it was mentioned that K. S. Ravikumar would direct Rajinikanth in a film titled Velan, to be produced by K. Balachander. The title was later changed to Muthu. The film is characterised by location shots in Kerala and was shot in numerous palaces. The Zamindars palace in which the movie was shot is the Lalitha Mahal Palace in Mysore. ........

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