Moondru Mudichu

Moondru Mudichu
Moondru Mudichu

The VCD cover of Moondru Mudichu
Directed by K. Balachander
Produced by R.Venkataraman
Written by K. Balachander, Kannadasan(Lyrics)
Starring Kamal Hassan
Rajnikanth
Sridevi
Calcutta viswanathan
Rajamani
Anupama
Baby Indira
Kalavathi
Y.Vijaya[1]
Music by MS Viswanathan
Cinematography B.S.Loknath
Editing by N.R.kittu
Release date(s) 22 October 1976
Language Tamil

Moondru Mudichu (Tamil: மூன்று முடுச்சு) (English: The Three Knots) is a Tamil film that was directed by K. Balachander. The movie stars Kamal Hassan, Rajnikanth and Sridevi. It is hailed as the movie that made Rajnikanth a big "villain" star. The movie revolves around 3 people - a college going girl(Sridevi) and 2 men who fall in love with her (Kamal Hassan and Rajnikanth). Sridevi was 16 at the time when she performed her character which was 2 years older than she was. Rajinikanth played as an anti-hero who appeared as a womaniser whilst Kamal Hassan did a small role for his mentor K. Balachander and good friend Rajinikanth. Movie is based on telugu film "O Seeta Katha" directed by K. Viswanath released in 1974.

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Plot

Prasath (Rajnikanth) and Balaji (Kamal Hassan) are room-mates in a city. Balaji falls in love with Selvi (Sridevi) who lives in the same apartment complex. Prasath, who has his eyes on Selvi, pretends to back Balaji's love while secretly hoping to create a divide between them. Selvi realizes Prasath's evil intentions when she finds out that he has seduced an innocent girl living in the same apartment complex. However, she is unable to convince Balaji, who hero-worships Prasath.

Things come to a head when Balaji and Selvi go for a picnic by the lake and Balaji decides to invite Prasath along. As the three of them head to the middle of the lake on a boat, Balaji topples over by mistake. Prasath refuses to jump in and save Balaji, on the pretext that he does not know swimming. A devastated Selvi returns home to another shock - her sister (Y. Vijaya), who plays small roles in movies, has been in a fire accident which has left her face permanently charred. Overnight, Selvi's life undergoes a drastic change.

After that Prasath becomes kind towards Selvi and she comes to his house and lives as a maid. Prasath lives with his father (Calcutta Viswanathan) and his younger siblings. His father wants Selvi to marry Prasath. In an attempt to salvage her life, Selvi decides to marry Prasath's father in the absence of Prasath. After her marriage to Prasath's father, she decides to use her 'mother' status to exact revenge on Prasath and gives him a shock when he returns.

Trivia

  • The film was a remake of O Seetha Katha, which in turn was remade in Malayalam as Mattoru Seetha.
  • Kamal Haasan appeared only in the first half of the film.
  • This film was Rajinikanth's first major role in Tamil.

The movie ends with the following lines in Tamil:

விதைக்கின்ற வேளையிலே விளங்காத மனசாட்சி...

விளைவுக்குப் பின்னாலே விரைந்து வரும் மனசாட்சி...
தனக்காக தன்னுடனே போராடும் மனசாட்சி...
தவறுபவன் கண்களுக்குப் பைத்தியந்தான் மனசாட்சி!

It translates to:

"When it is time for a seed to sprout, if the conscience cannot emphathise; and only after the incident, is the conscience present! When conscience grapples with oneself for selfish ends; in the evildoer's eyes, his madness will be his conscience!"

Songs

Song Singer Duration
Aadi Velli Jayachandran, Vani Jayaram 3:47
Naan Oru P. Susheela, L. R. Eswari 3:07
Vasanthe Kala Jayachandran, Vani Jayaram, M.S.Viswanathan 3:20

Awards

  • Filmfare Best actress nomination for Sridevi

References

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