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{{Short description|1967 film directed by S. K. A. Chari}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Maadi Veettu Mappilai
| image = Maadi Veettu Mappilai.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = S. K. A. Chari
| screenplay = A. L. Narayanan (dialogues)<ref name="Pesum Padam" />
| story = [[Vempati Sadasivabrahmam|Sadasivabrahmam]]
| based_on = [[Illarikam]] (1959)
| producer = A. V. Subba Rao
| starring = [[Ravichandran (Tamil actor)|Ravichandran]]<br />[[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalithaa]]
| cinematography = Annayya
| editing = J. Krishnaswamy
| music = [[T. Chalapathi Rao]]
| studio = [[Prasad Art Pictures]]
| distributor = Sri Vinayaka Movies
| released = {{Film date|1967|06|23|df=y|ref1=}}
| runtime = 177 minutes{{sfn|Cowie|Elley|1977|p=269}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Maadi Veettu Mappillai''''' ({{translation|The Son-in-Law who stays on the top floor}}) is a 1967 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[comedy film]], directed by S. K. A. Chari. A remake of the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film ''[[Illarikam]]'' (1959),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Narasimham |first=M. L. |date=24 September 2015 |title=Blast from the past: Illarikam (1959) |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/starring-a-nageswara-rao-jamuna-girja-hemalatha-relangi-gummadi-ramana-reddy-csr-allu-ramalingaiah-r-nageswara-rao/article7685387.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161209140112/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/starring-a-nageswara-rao-jamuna-girja-hemalatha-relangi-gummadi-ramana-reddy-csr-allu-ramalingaiah-r-nageswara-rao/article7685387.ece |archive-date=9 December 2016 |access-date=16 April 2019 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> it stars [[Ravichandran (Tamil actor)|Ravichandran]] and [[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalithaa]], with [[Nagesh]], [[Rama Prabha]], [[V. K. Ramasamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]], [[K. Balaji|Balaji]], [[Major Sundarrajan]], [[T. S. Muthaiah]], [[Udaya Chandrika]] and P. K. Saraswathy in supporting roles. The film was released on 23 June 1967.

== Plot ==
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Somu studies with the help of his maternal uncle Dharmalingam. He falls in love with the daughter of a Sivagnanam i.e. Meena. He marries her and stays in their house as ''Veettu Mappilai''. Sivagnanam's wife does not like this and insults him indirectly. Her cousin plots to usurp the wealth, by his son Balu who secretly married Seetha. Somu spots Seetha, his presumed to be dead sister while she was performing on stage. Not knowing they are siblings, Meena suspects Somu's fidelity. Balu and his father creates problems between Somu and Meena. How Somu solves all the problems and paves way for a happy family reunion forms the rest of the film.

== Cast ==
* [[Ravichandran (Tamil actor)|Ravichandran]] as Somu<ref name="Pesum Padam" />
* [[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalithaa]] as Meena<ref name="Pesum Padam" />
* [[Nagesh]] as Shankaran<ref name="Pesum Padam" />
* [[Rama Prabha]] as Gowri<ref name="Pesum Padam" />
* [[V. K. Ramasamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]] as Dharmalingam<ref name="Pesum Padam" />
* [[K. Balaji|Balaji]] as Balu<ref name="Pesum Padam" />
* [[Major Sundarrajan]] as Sivagnanam<ref name="Pesum Padam" />
* [[T. S. Muthaiah]] as Sadatcharam<ref name="Pesum Padam" />
* [[Udaya Chandrika]] as Seetha{{sfn|Cowie|Elley|1977|p=269}}
* P. K. Saraswathy as Nagamma<ref name="Pesum Padam" />

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[T. Chalapathi Rao]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics
|-
| "Paaladai Marainthu" || [[P. Susheela]], Vasantha, Jayadev || rowspan=7|[[Kannadasan]]
|-
| "Kettu Paar" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]], P. Susheela
|-
| "Nenjukku Mugame Kannadi" || T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela
|-
| "Pagalile Paarkavandadennu" || T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela
|-
| "Ennai Manikkavendum" || P. Susheela
|-
| "Maadi Veettu Mappilai" || Darapuram Sundarrjan
|-
| "Giya Giya Massage" || T. M. Soundararajan
|}

== Release and reception ==
''Maadi Veettu Mappilai'' was released on 23 June 1967,<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=25 June 1967 |title=மாடி வீட்டு மாப்பிள்ளை |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1967/jun/25-06-1967/p1.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220725055150/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1967/jun/25-06-1967/p1.jpg |archive-date=25 July 2022 |access-date=21 December 2021 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=1 |language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=6 December 2016 |title=ஜெயலலிதா நடித்த திரைப்படங்களின் பட்டியல் |url=https://www.dinamani.com/cm-jayalalitha/2016/dec/06/ஜெயலலிதா-நடித்த-திரைப்படங்களின்-பட்டியல்-2610816.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200624160449/https://www.dinamani.com/cm-jayalalitha/2016/dec/06/%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-2610816.html |archive-date=24 June 2020 |access-date=9 July 2022 |website=[[Dinamani]] |language=ta}}</ref> and distributed by Sri Vinayaka Movies.{{sfn|Cowie|Elley|1977|p=269}} ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' noted that the film's various flaws were eclipsed by its comedy.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=16 July 1967 |title=மாடி வீட்டு மாப்பிள்ளை |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1967/jul/16-07-1967/p35.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220725055204/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1967/jul/16-07-1967/p35.jpg |archive-date=25 July 2022 |access-date=21 December 2021 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=35 |language=ta}}</ref>

== References ==
<references>

<ref name="Pesum Padam">{{Cite magazine |date=July 1967 |title=மாடி வீட்டு மாப்பிள்ளை |url=https://issuu.com/sudalai/docs/________________________________196_ecd1a7cba956d9 |access-date=11 April 2022 |magazine=Pesum Padam |page=119 |language=ta |via=[[Issuu]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

</references>

== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jp7ayTLX1D8C&q=%22%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF+%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81+%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%88%22&pg=PA269 |title=World Filmography: 1967 |publisher=[[Fairleigh Dickinson University Press]] |year=1977 |isbn=978-0-498-01565-6 |editor-last=Cowie |editor-first=Peter |editor-link=Peter Cowie |editor-last2=Elley |editor-first2=Derek |editor-link2=Derek Elley}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|2175779}}

[[Category:1967 Indian films]]
[[Category:1967 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1966 comedy films]]
[[Category:1967 films]]
[[Category:Films scored by T. Chalapathi Rao]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Telugu films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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