Manithan

2016
2h 30m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

1.5K

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Prakash Raj, Hansika Motwani, Udhayanidhi Stalin, and Aishwarya Rajesh in Manithan (2016)

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Sakthivel, a struggling lawyer in his hometown, comes to Chennai to become successful. He goes all out against a wealthy man in a hit-and-run case hoping that the publicity would help his bu... Read allSakthivel, a struggling lawyer in his hometown, comes to Chennai to become successful. He goes all out against a wealthy man in a hit-and-run case hoping that the publicity would help his business.Sakthivel, a struggling lawyer in his hometown, comes to Chennai to become successful. He goes all out against a wealthy man in a hit-and-run case hoping that the publicity would help his business.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

1.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
One of the sets of the film was destroyed by the floods, that happened at Chennai in 2015.

Alternate versions
The UK release was cut, the distributor chose to remove images of bloodied bodies in order to obtain a 12A classification. An uncut 15 classification was available.

Connections
Remake of Jolly LLB (2013)

Soundtracks
Aval
Produced by Santhosh Narayanan
Written by Vivek
Performed by Pradeep & Priya Hemesh

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Featured review

9/10

A Well Made Remake

Manithan (2016) is the remake of a well received bollywood movie Jolly LLB. Director Ahmed has done his best to remake a well written courtroom drama for Tamil audience.

The movie starts with Uday (hero of the movie) , a lawyer in the sessions court at Pollachi. He struggles to argue in the courtroom and win a case. He is getting mocked by everyone for being a failure in his career. He wants to prove himself to his girlfriend Hansika and decides to practice law in the high court in Chennai. He joins his uncle Vivek who is also a lawyer in the high court. What Uday did to prove himself to the world is the rest of the story.

Notable performances from Prakash Raj, Radha Ravi elevates the tension of the courtroom scenes. Hansika and Ishwarya have done their roles as expected. Uday has done his best till date especially in the Climax scene. Vivek makes a good comeback and brings in laughs at the right times.

As a whole very well executed courtroom drama with excellent performances all around. Go and watch it in theaters.