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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Maveeran<br />
| image = Maaveeran poster.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[Rajashekar (director)|Rajashekar]]<br />
| screenplay = Rajasekhar<br />
| story = Prayag Raaj<br />
| starring = [[Rajinikanth]]<br />[[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]]<br />[[Jaishankar]]<br />
| producer = G. Hanumantha Rao<br />
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
| editing = Kothagiri Gopalrao<br />
| cinematography = V. Ranga<br />
| studio = [[Padmalaya Studios]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|1986|11|01|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 157 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Maaveeran''''' ({{Translation|Great Warrior}}) is a 1986 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action film]] directed by [[Rajashekar (director)|Rajashekar]]. A remake of the 1985 [[Hindi]] film ''[[Mard (1985 film)|Mard]]'', it stars [[Rajinikanth]], [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]] and [[Jaishankar]]. The film revolves around a rude princess, who falls in love with a simpleton after initially being hostile towards him.<br />
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''Maaveeran'' was the first in Tamil to be shot in [[70 mm film]] format, and have a six-track stereophonic sound. It was released on 1 November 1986, [[Diwali]] day, and became a critical and commercial failure.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
*[[Rajinikanth]] as Raja (Maaveeran)<br />
*[[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]] as Rekha<br />
*[[Jaishankar]] as Harry<br />
*[[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]] as Raja's mother<br />
*[[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Joe<br />
*[[Anand Babu]] as a dancer<br />
*[[Dara Singh]] as Sethupathi<br />
*[[C. R. Vijayakumari]] as Gowri<br />
*[[Nagesh]] as Stepfather of raja<br />
*[[Thengai Srinivasan]] as Drama head – Guest Appearance<br />
*[[Sunitha (actress)|Sunitha]] as Helina<br />
*Vittal Prasad as Vicky<br />
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== Production ==<br />
''Maaveeran'' is a remake of [[Manmohan Desai]]'s 1985 [[Hindi]] film ''[[Mard (1985 film)|Mard]]'', and even used some footage from that film.{{sfn|Ramachandran|2012|p=111}} It was shot in the expensive [[70 mm film]] format, becoming the first Tamil film to do so.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1-15 December 2013 |title=The Tamil Film in 100 years of Indian Cinema |url=http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2023%20No%2016/the-tamil-film-in-100-years-of-indian-cinema.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902220237/http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2023%20No%2016/the-tamil-film-in-100-years-of-indian-cinema.html |archive-date=2 September 2019 |access-date=2018-12-17 |website=[[Madras Musings]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Baskaran |first=S. Theodore |title=The Eye of the Serpent: An Introduction to Tamil Cinema |publisher=East West Books |year=1996 |location=Chennai |pages=223 |oclc=243920437 |author-link=S. Theodore Baskaran}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maaveeran (Old) (1986) |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0002781 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203092802/http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0002781 |archive-date=3 December 2013 |access-date=24 December 2013 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref> He composed a six-track stereophonic sound, making ''Maaveeran'' the first film to achieve this feat.<ref name="moondru mugam" /><br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || "Ammaa Ammaa" || [[Malaysia Vasudevan]] || [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || 04:22<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || "Ezhugave" ||Malaysia Vasudevan||[[Vairamuthu]] || 04:28<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Hey Maina" ||Malaysia Vasudevan, [[K. S. Chithra]]||[[Gangai Amaran]] || 04:26<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Nee Koduththatha" ||Malaysia Vasudevan, K. S. Chithra||Vaali|| 07:01<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || "Sokku Podi" ||Malaysia Vasudevan, K. S. Chithra||Gangai Amaran|| 04:37<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || "Vaangada Vaanga" ||Malaysia Vasudevan<br />
|Gangai Amaran|| 04:23<br />
|}<br />
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== Release and reception ==<br />
''Maaveeran'' was released on 1 November 1986, [[Diwali]] day,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 November 1986 |title=Maaveeran |page=7 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19861101&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}</ref> and faced heavy competition from ''[[Punnagai Mannan]]'', ''[[Aruvadai Naal]]'' and<br />
''[[Palaivana Rojakkal]]''.<ref name="moondru mugam">{{Cite news |date=11 December 2017 |title=Rajinikanth turns 67: More than moondru mugam |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2017/dec/11/rajinikanth-turns-67-more-than-moondru-mugam-1724738.html |url-status=live |access-date=20 April 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180420112329/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2017/dec/11/rajinikanth-turns-67-more-than-moondru-mugam-1724738.html |archive-date=20 April 2018}}</ref> ''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote on 7 November 1986, "One Manmohan Desai in Hindi is enough. Was a Tamil import of his film necessary?".<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 November 1986 |title=Rajini's Raj |page=14 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19861107&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}</ref> The film emerged a critical and commercial failure;<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 May 2014 |title=Rajinikanth's 10 Biggest FLOPS |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-rajinikanths-10-biggest-flops/20140528.htm?print=true |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/su6CU |archive-date=6 April 2021 |access-date=6 April 2021 |website=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref> according to Rajinikanth's biographer [[Naman Ramachandran]], the combination of ''Punnagai Mannan''{{'}}s director [[K. Balachander]], lead actor [[Kamal Haasan]], lead actress [[Revathi]] and the soundtrack by Ilaiyaraaja "proved too much for ''Maaveeran'', and its audience was restricted to hard-core Rajinikanth fans".{{sfn|Ramachandran|2012|p=112}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |title=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |title-link=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |year=2012 |isbn=978-81-8475-796-5 |location=New Delhi |author-link=Naman Ramachandran}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=0318433}}<br />
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