Manaivi Oru Manickam

1990 Indian film

17 March 1990 (1990-03-17)

CountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Manaivi Oru Manickam (transl. Wife is a gem) is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language supernatural thriller film, directed by Chozharaajan and produced by N. Ramasamy. The film stars Arjun, Mukesh (in his Tamil debut),^[1] Radha, Sadhana and S. S. Chandran. It was released on 17 March 1990.^[2]

Plot

Cast

Arjun as Vijay
Mukesh as Ravi
Radha as Gayathri
Sadhana as Female Serpent
Radha Ravi in a Guest Appearance
S. S. Chandran
Babloo
Dubbing Janaki as Meenakshi
Charle
Idichapuli Selvaraj
Kullamani
Y. Vijaya
Kovai Sarala
Disco Shanthi

Soundtrack

The soundtrack consist of five songs composed by Shankar–Ganesh. Lyrics are by Vaali.^[3]

Song	Singers
"Kunguma Nayagi"	K. S. Chitra and chorus
"Rasathi Nagavalli"	Mano
"Nathan Mudimele"	K. S. Chitra
"Rambai Thandi"	Mano and S. P. Sailaja
"Poojai Neram"	K. S. Chitra and chorus

Reception

P. S. S. of Kalki wrote leaving the actors behind, the snakes and eagles leaping to scratch, the story's interest stands at the fore.^[4]

References

^ "நடிகர் முகேஷ் விவாகரத்து" [Actor Mukesh heads for divorce]. Dina Thanthi (in Tamil). 28 July 2021. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ Praveen (17 June 2019). "1990-ல் ஒரே நாளில் போட்டி போட்டு வெளிவந்த படங்கள்" [The films which came out on same day in 1990]. Cinemapettai (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ "Manaivi Oru Manickam Tamil film LP Vinyl Record by Shankar Ganesh". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ பி. எஸ். எஸ். (22 April 1990). "மனைவி ஒரு மாணிக்கம்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 19. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2021.