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{{Infobox film
| name = Manikanda
| image =
| director = [[Selva (director)|Selva]]
| writer =G. K. Gopinath (dialogues)
| story =M. Rathnakumar
| starring = [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]] [[Jyothika]] [[Uma (actress)|Uma]] [[Pasupathy]] [[Vadivelu]] [[Ashish Vidyarthi]]
| producer = K. Dhandapani
| editing =Raghubob
| studio = Malar Combines
| music = [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
| cinematography = [[U. K. Senthil Kumar|U.K. Senthil Kumar]]
| distributor =
| released = 23 March 2007
| runtime = 133 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
}}
'''''Manikanda''''' is a 2007 [[India]]n [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[action film]] directed by [[Selva (director)|Selva]]. [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]] plays a dual role, that of father and son. The film, which began production in 2002, went through more production, and was finally released in 2007, was promoted as [[Jyothika]]'s "last release". It is a remake of the 2000 Telugu movie ''[[Jayam Manadera]]''. ''Manikanda'' was opened to mixed reviews.<ref>http://www.thiraipadam.com/cgi-bin/movie_review.pl?id=549&user_name=bbalaji&review_lang=english&lang=english</ref>

==Plot==

Raja ([[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]]) lives in Mumbai with his father ([[Chandrasekhar (Tamil actor)|Chandrasekhar]]). Mahalakshmi ([[Jyothika]]) comes to Bombay to get the blessings of a godwoman but since she is unable to meet Mataji immediately, she is forced to stay in Mumbai for 10 days and rents a guestroom among the many run by Raja. Love blossoms between Raja and Maha and when she returns to her village Maniyoor, he follows a few days later on her invitation. After he lands there, he comes to know of his own link to the village.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]] as Manikanda/Raja (Dual Role)
*[[Jyothika]] as Mahalakshmi (Maha)
*[[Uma (actress)|Uma]] as Lakshmi Manikandan
*[[Vadivelu]] as Madhayaanai
*[[Ashish Vidyarthi]] as Balasingam
*[[Chandrasekhar (Tamil actor)|Chandrasekhar]] as Veerasamy
*[[Nalini (actress)|Nalini]] as Mahalakshmi's mother
*[[P. Vasu]] as Mahalakshmi's grandfather
*[[Pasupathy]]
*[[Malavika (actress)|Malavika]]
*[[Poovilangu Mohan]]
*[[Periya Karuppu Thevar]]
*[[Madhan Bob]]
*[[Aryan (actor)|Aryan]]
*[[Singamuthu]]
*[[Thennavan (actor)|Thennavan]]
*[[Bonda Mani]]
*[[Halwa Vasu]]
*[[Priyanka]] as Maha's Friend
*Jeeva
*[[O. A. K. Sundar]]
*[[Satya Prakash (actor)|Satya Prakash]]
*Vijay Ganesh
*[[Chelladurai]]
*[[Nellai Siva]]
*[[Kovai Senthil]]
{{colend}}

==Production==
Selva who earlier directed "Karna" with [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]] announced the project in mid-2003. Jyothika was selected to play the lead role uniting with Arjun for second time after ''[[Rhythm (2000 film)|Rhythm]]''. P. Vasu, Pasupathi, Ashish Vidyarthi were selected to play villains. There were rumours that film's title would be changed as "Nanba" but later proved untrue.<ref>http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/14290.html</ref> The film's story happens in a village called Keeripatti where elections were never held for so many years.<ref>http://www.behindwoods.com/News/26-5-05/keeri.htm</ref> MGR's hit song "Mama Mama" has been remixed in this film.<ref>http://www.behindwoods.com/News/15-3-05/arjun_manikanda.htm</ref> Due to financial crisis the film was shelved for sometime and Selva and Arjun went on to do ''[[Aanai]]''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050511115700/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/03/11/stories/2005031100230200.htm ]</ref> During the time, Selva shelved other projects like "Ma.mu" (with Sathyaraj and Sibiraj) and "Thotta" (with Jeevan and Priyamani which he later continued) and finished ''[[Nenjil]]'' with [[Navdeep]].<ref>http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/may-06-02/11-05-06-nenjil-jil-jil.html</ref> Project was restarted in 2006 with a change of storyline and it was finally completed.<ref>http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/14614.html</ref>

==Release==
The satellite rights of the film were sold to [[Raj TV]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tv.burrp.com/series/manikanda/30650 |title=Manikanda on Friday 14,10:30 PM on Raj TV November |publisher=Burrp TV Guide |date=14 November 2014 |accessdate=10 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311195426/http://tv.burrp.com/series/manikanda/30650 |archive-date=11 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Critical reception==
Hindu wrote: "looks outdated".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070509020328/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/04/06/stories/2007040602130300.htm ]</ref> Cinefundas wrote:"The scenes are disjointed, have many loose ends, and lack uniformity and a smooth flow. It’s only towards the end that it perks up".<ref>http://www.cinefundas.com/2008/02/10/manikanda-tamil-movie-review{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Manikanda
| type = [[Soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
| cover =
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| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label = Hit Musics Bayshore
| language = [[Tamil (language)|Tamil]]
| producer = Deva
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}}
Soundtrack was composed by Deva, with lyrics written by [[Piraisoodan]], [[Na. Muthukumar]] and [[Kabilan (lyricist)|Kabilan]].<ref>http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0000696</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics
|-
| 1 || "Hey Mukundha" || [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[Pop Shalini]] || rowspan=2|[[Na. Muthukumar]]
|-
| 2 || "Inji Murappa" || [[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]], [[Anuradha Sriram]]
|-
| 3 || "Madhippukuriya" || [[Manikka Vinayagam]], Jayalakshmi || [[Piraisoodan]]
|-
| 4 || "Mama Mama" || Tippu, Anuradha Sriram || Na. Muthukumar
|-
| 5 || "Pondicherry" || [[Shankar Mahadevan]], Anuradha Sriram || [[Kabilan (lyricist)|Kabilan]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/moviegallery/7771.html still photos]
* [http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/trailer/7771.html trailer]

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