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{{Infobox film<br />
| image = Mani Osai.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[P. Madhavan]]<br />
| writer = Pasumani<br />
| producer = A. L. Srinivasan<br />
| starring = [[Kalyan Kumar]] <br /> [[M. R. Radha]] <br /> [[R. Muthuraman]] <br /> [[C. R. Vijayakumari]] <br /> [[Kumari Rukmini]]<br />
| cinematography = [[M. Karnan]]<br />
| editing = R. Devarajan<br />
| music = [[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]<br />
| studio = ALS Productions<br />
| released = {{Film date|1963|01|12|df=yes}}<br />
| runtime = 168 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Mani Osai''''' ({{translation|Bell Sound}}) is a 1963 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]], directed by [[P. Madhavan]], his directorial debut. The film was produced by A. L. Srinivasan under ALS Productions and written by Pasumani. The film, inspired by [[Victor Hugo]]'s French novel, ''[[The Hunchback of Notre-Dame]]'', stars [[Kalyan Kumar]], [[M. R. Radha]], [[R. Muthuraman]], [[C. R. Vijayakumari]], [[V. Nagayya]], [[Nagesh]], [[Pushpalatha]] and [[Kumari Rukmani]]. [[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]] composed the music for the film.<ref name="thehindu">{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=27 October 2012 |title=Blast from the Past&nbsp;— Mani Osai 1963 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/mani-osai-1963/article3874020.ece |url-status=live |access-date=21 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320120735/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/mani-osai-1963/article3874020.ece |archive-date=20 March 2014}}</ref><br />
== Cast ==<br />
* [[Kalyan Kumar]]<br />
* [[M. R. Radha]]<br />
* [[R. Muthuraman]]<br />
* [[C. R. Vijayakumari]]<br />
* [[Pushpalatha]]<br />
* [[Kumari Rukmani]]<br />
* [[V. Nagayya]]<br />
* M. S. S. Bhagyam<br />
* [[Nagesh]]<br />
* Pushpamala<br />
* "Baby" Chandrakala<br />
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== Production ==<br />
''Mani Osai'' is the directorial debut of [[P. Madhavan]], and was inspired by French writer [[Victor Hugo]]'s 1831 novel, ''[[The Hunchback of Notre-Dame]]''. It was produced by A. L. Srinivasan under his company A. L. Productions.<ref name="thehindu" /><br />
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== Release and reception ==<br />
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''Mani Osai'' was released on 12 January 1963.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Mani Osai (1963) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/mani-osai |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251220190418/https://screen4screen.com/movies/mani-osai |archive-date=2025-12-20 |access-date=2025-12-20 |work=Screen4Screen}}</ref> ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' printed a positive review.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=January 27, 1963 |title=மணி ஓசை |url=http://archive.org/details/kalki1963-01-27 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20251230105651/https://archive.org/details/kalki1963-01-27/page/n21/mode/2up |archive-date=December 30, 2025 |access-date=December 30, 2025 |work=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=21 |language=Tamil |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> The film did not perform well at the box office; according to film historian [[Randor Guy]], this was due to its lack of a handsome hero.<ref name="thehindu" /><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by [[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]], with lyrics by [[Kannadasan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mani Osai |url=http://shakthi.fm/ta/album/show/b785472a |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911012851/http://shakthi.fm/ta/album/show/b785472a |archive-date=11 September 2016 |access-date=21 June 2016 |website=shakthi.fm}}</ref> Some of the film's songs, such as "Payuthu Paayuthu", "Devan Kovil Mani Osai" and "Aattukkutti Aattukkutti Mammavai" became popular.<ref name="thehindu" /><br />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! Song !! Singer !! Length<br />
|-<br />
| "Paayuthu Paayuthu" || [[P. Susheela]] [[L. R. Eswari]] || 05:04<br />
|-<br />
| "Aattukkutti Aattukutti" || L. R. Eswari || 04:10<br />
|-<br />
| "Devan Kovil Mani Osai" || [[Sirkazhi Govindarajan]] || 04:52<br />
|-<br />
| "Katti Thangam Rajavukku" || [[K. Jamuna Rani]], L. R. Eswari || 04.32<br />
|-<br />
| "Varusham Maasam Thedi" || [[S. Janaki]] || 04:35<br />
|-<br />
| "Varusham Maasam" (Sad) || P. Susheela || 02:48<br />
|-<br />
| "Varusham Ponne" || || 03:41<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title}}<br />
{{P. Madhavan}}<br />
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[[Category:1963 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1963 Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1963 directorial debut films]]<br />
[[Category:1963 drama films]]<br />
[[Category:1963 films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by P. Madhavan]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil-language drama films]]<br />
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