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{{short description|1983 film by Rajasekhar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox film
| image = Malaiyoor Mambattiyan.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Rajasekhar (director)|Rajasekhar]]
| producer = Siva. Ramadoss W. S. Sivashankar K. M. Ravi K. Muthukumaran
| screenplay = Rajasekhar
| story = Raghavan Thambi
| starring = [[Thiagarajan]] [[Saritha]] [[Jaishankar (actor)|Jaishankar]] [[Silk Smitha]]
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = V. Ranga
| editing = R. Vittal
| studio = Sri Devi Bagavathy Films
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1983|7|1}}
| runtime = 135 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Malaiyoor Mambattiyan''''' ({{translation|Man with shovel from Malaiyoor}}) is 1983 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[vigilante film|vigilante]] [[action film]] directed by [[Rajasekhar (director)|Rajasekhar]], starring [[Thiagarajan]], [[Saritha]] and [[Silk Smitha]]. It was released on 1 July 1983.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Malaiyoor Mambattiyan / மலையூர் மம்பட்டியான் |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/malaiyoor-mambattiyan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231026124804/https://screen4screen.com/movies/malaiyoor-mambattiyan |archive-date=26 October 2023 |access-date=26 October 2023 |website=Screen 4 Screen}}</ref> The film became a blockbuster and established Thiagarajan as a star.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 February 2017 |title=A mastermind at work |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/A-mastermind-at-work/article17288295.ece |url-status=live |access-date=8 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011124346/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/A-mastermind-at-work/article17288295.ece |archive-date=11 October 2020}}</ref> It was remade in [[Hindi]] by the same director as ''[[Gangvaa]]'' (1984)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Us Salam |first=Ziya |author-link=Ziya Us Salam |date=21 December 2012 |title=Superstar Chronicles |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/superstar-chronicles/article4226280.ece |url-status=live |access-date=8 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922215949/https://www.thehindu.com/books/superstar-chronicles/article4226280.ece |archive-date=22 September 2020}}</ref> and in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''Kondaveeti Nagulu'' (1984). In 2011, Thiagarajan remade the film starring his son [[Prashanth]], titled as ''[[Mambattiyan]]''.<ref name="hi">{{Cite news |last=Ashok Kumar |first=S. R. |date=8 December 2011 |title=Mambattiyan |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/mambattiyan/article2696350.ece |url-status=live |access-date=8 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220110035/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/mambattiyan/article2696350.ece |archive-date=20 December 2016}}</ref>

== Plot ==
{{more plot|date=March 2022}}
There is a group of youngsters in the village headed by Mambattiyan, who lead life in a forest by robbing the rich and distributing the wealth to the poor.

== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
* [[Thiagarajan]] as Mambattiyan<ref>{{cite web |last1=Maderya |first1=Kumuthan |title=Rage against the state: historicizing the "angry young man" in Tamil cinema |url=https://ejumpcut.org/archive/jc52.2010/Tamil/text.html |website=[[Jump Cut (journal)|Jump Cut]] |access-date=7 April 2022 |date=2010 |archive-date=9 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809043053/http://ejumpcut.org/archive/jc52.2010/Tamil/text.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Saritha]] as Kannaathaa
* [[Jaishankar (actor)|Jaishankar]] as DSP Ranjith
* [[Silk Smitha]] as Gypsy
* [[Senthamarai (actor)|Senthamarai]] as Landlord Sundaralingam
* [[Goundamani]] as Landlord Chinna Pannai
* [[Jayamalini]] as Sornam
* [[Sangili Murugan]] as Duplicate Mambatiyan
* Muthu Bharathi as Oomai Durai
* [[Senthil]] as Bullet
* Jayashree
*Krishnamoorthy as Kovilraj<ref name=anna />
* [[S. N. Lakshmi]]
* [[Vinod Raj (Tamil actor)|Vinod Raj]] as a police officer
* [[Master Haja Sheriff]] as Kottai Paaku
}}

== Production ==
Thiagarajan was inspired to make a film on the bandit Malaiyoor Mambattiyan after he heard a folk song praising Mambattiyan for helping the people in Malaiyoor village and hailing him as a real-life [[Robin Hood]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 June 2011 |title=The story behind Mambattiyan |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/the-story-behind-mambattiyan/articleshow/8988256.cms |url-status=live |access-date=24 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824114925/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/the-story-behind-mambattiyan/articleshow/8988256.cms |archive-date=24 August 2023}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Malayoor Mambattian (1983) |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0000549 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206170120/http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0000549 |archive-date=6 December 2013 |access-date=21 November 2013 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Malaiyur Mambattiyan |url=https://avdigital.in/products/malaiyur-mambattiyan-super-7-33-rpm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026125702/https://avdigital.in/products/malaiyur-mambattiyan-super-7-33-rpm |archive-date=26 October 2023 |access-date=26 October 2023 |website=AVDigital}}</ref> The songs "Chinnai Ponnu Selai" and "Kaattu Vazhi" were well received and later reused in its 2011 remake.<ref name = hi />

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length
|-
| "Aaduthadi" || [[Malaysia Vasudevan]], [[S. P. Sailaja]] || [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || 04:39
|-
| "Chinna Ponnu Selai" || [[Ilaiyaraaja]], [[S. Janaki]] || rowspan=2|[[Vairamuthu]] || 04:11
|-
| "Kaattu Vazhi Pogum" || [[Ilaiyaraaja]] || 03:41
|-
| "Vellarikka" || [[Gangai Amaran]], [[S. P. Sailaja]] || [[Gangai Amaran]] || 04:57
|}

== Critical reception ==
[[Subha (writers)|Jayamanmadhan]] of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' praised the performances of cast, cinematography, music, stunt choreography and direction.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=ஜெயமன்மதன் |author-link=Subha (writers) |date=31 July 1983 |title=மலையூர் மம்பட்டியான் |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1983-07-31/page/n9/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230314094003/https://archive.org/details/kalki1983-07-31/page/n9/mode/2up |archive-date=14 March 2023 |access-date=14 March 2023 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=9 |language=ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> Balumani of ''Anna'' praised the acting, cinematography, music, dialogues and direction.<ref name="anna">{{cite news |last=பாலுமணி |date=19 July 1983 |title=மலையூர் மம்பட்டியான் |url=https://images.eap.bl.uk/EAP372/EAP372_6_23_7_260/4.jp2/full/1000,1381/0/default.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250618143756/https://images.eap.bl.uk/EAP372/EAP372_6_23_7_260/4.jp2/full/1000,1381/0/default.jpg |archive-date=18 June 2025 |access-date=18 June 2025 |newspaper=Anna |pages=4 |language=ta |via=[[Endangered Archives Programme]]}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title}}
{{Rajasekhar (director)}}

[[Category:1983 Indian films]]
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[[Category:1980s vigilante films]]
[[Category:1983 action films]]
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[[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police]]
[[Category:Films directed by Rajasekhar (director)]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:Indian action films]]
[[Category:Indian vigilante films]]
[[Category:Tamil films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

Malaiyoor Mambattiyan - Revision history

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