Mudhalvan (1999)
November 7, 1999Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Arjun Sarja
Pughazhendhi Narayanan
Raghuvaran
Chief Minister Aranganathan
Manisha Koirala
Thenmozhi
Manivannan
Mayakrishnan
Vadivelu
Palavesham
Laila
Shuba
Kalairani
Pugazhendhi's Mother
Vijayakumar
Thenmozhi's Father
Cochin Haneefa
Chinnasami
Fathima Babu
Maragadham
S. V. Ramadas
Minister Thirupathisamy
Surya Bhagawan Das
Manohar
R. Madhesh
Producer
Sampath Ram
Sub-Inspector
A. M. Rathnam
Producer
Omakuchi Narasimhan
Palavesham's uncle
Kanal Kannan
Auto Driver
Sushmita Sen
Self
Ahmed Khan
Self / Choreographer
Ravi Chakravathy
Editor
A.R. Rahman
Original Music Composer
B. Lenin
Editor
Shankar
Producer / Director / Screenplay / Story
V. T. Vijayan
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 7, 1999
Original Nameமுதல்வன்
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 49m
Budget$7,400,000
Box Office$22,000,000
Genres
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Mudhalvan (transl. Chief Minister) is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language political action film produced by R. Madhesh and S. Shankar, written and directed by Shankar. The film stars Arjun, Manisha Koirala and Raghuvaran while Vadivelu and Manivannan appear in supporting roles. The film featured an award-winning soundtrack composed by A. R. Rahman, cinematography by K. V. Anand and dialogues by Sujatha.The film revolves around an ambitious TV journalist, Pughazhendi, who gets his first interview with the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Pughazh asks harder questions, and the Chief Minister starts trembling and asks him to put his money where his mic is and become his replacement CM for a day. After initially rejecting the offer, Pugazh agrees and does such a great job on his first day, that the actual cabinet collapses and fresh elections are held, where state voters eventually elect him to be their new official Chief Minister. The subsequent unpopularity and jealousy that the old Chief Minister goes through results in him taking revenge on Pugazh, and how he has stopped forms the crux of the story.
The film was released on 7 November 1999, as a Diwali release. The film enjoyed positive critical acclaim and emerged as one of the top-grossing Tamil films of 1999. The film ran for over 100 days in theatres and won awards on a regional scale. The film was later remade in Hindi as Nayak: The Real Hero (2001). Also, the film was unofficially remade in Bangladeshi Bengali as Minister (2002) and loosely remade in Indian Bengali as MLA Fatakeshto (2006).