M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi

M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language sports drama film directed by M. Raja, starring Jayam Ravi, Asin, Nadhiya, and Prakash Raj in the lead roles while Vivek and Subbaraju play supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Srikanth Deva. The film was emerged as a blockbuster and one of the most profitable movies of 2004. It is a remake of the Telugu film Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi.[3]

M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi
Theatrical release poster
Directed byM. Raja
Produced byM. Raja
Written byPrasanna Kumar (dialogues)
Story byPuri Jagannadh
Based onAmma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi
Starring
Music bySrikanth Deva
CinematographyBalasubramaniem[1]
Edited byS. Surajkavee
Production
company
Jayam Productions
Release date
1 October 2004[2]
Running time
171 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

For Kumaran (Jayam Ravi), life is about his mother Mahalakshmi (Nadhiya), who was separated from her husband Easwar (Prakash Raj). Easwar goes on to pursue his passion in kickboxing and becomes a world-renowned trainer based in Malaysia. Mahalakshmi stays in India and devotes her life to bringing up her son. Kumaran is also passionate about kickboxing and shares a special relationship with his mother. In between, he falls in love with Mythili (Asin), a Malayali girl, but his life is destroyed after his mother's death. On her deathbed, she tells him to meet Easwar, and Kumaran goes to Malaysia to meet him. Kumaran gets a job at his father's kickboxing academy but finds him with another wife Shalini (Aishwarya) and a daughter Swapna. Kumaran feels betrayed and angry, and this causes plenty of friction between him and his father. Eeshwar trains a boxer named Anand (Subbaraju), who he is sure will win the championship. Easwar considers Anand his protege and on many occasions, demonstrates his preference for him over Kumaran. However, Anand soon makes Swapna pregnant and dumps her. He then turns traitor to Easwar and joins another team when they offer him a better contract. The rest of the story is about how Easwar trains Kumaran against Anand and wins the kickboxing competition, while Kumaran helps his half-sister with her love. Kumaran wins the kickboxing championship. The movie ends with Kumaran seeing a final apparition of his mother looking at him proudly and waving goodbye.

Cast

Production

After the success of Jayam (2003), Raja decided to remake successful Telugu film Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi (2003) with his brother Ravi in lead role. Asin, who appeared in the Telugu version made her debut in Tamil cinema with this film. Nadhiya made her acting comeback with this film portraying Ravi's mother as Raja felt that he wanted to portray her as a modern mother as opposed to the usual portrayal of mothers and she was the right choice for the role.[4][5] The team had also initially approached Dhruv, the son of actor Vikram, to star as a child artiste in the film, but he eventually did not feature.[6]

The film was originally titled M. Kumaran S/O Bhagyalakshmi before reverting to original title.[7] The film was extensively shot in Malaysia.

Soundtrack

The songs and background score was done by Srikanth Deva.[8] The song "Ayyo Ayyo" is based on the Malaysian song "Hati Kama", composed by Pak Ngah.[9] The song "Chennai Senthamizh" is based on "Chennai Chandrama" from the original film.

M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi
Soundtrack album by
Srikanth Deva
ReleasedOct 1, 2004
Recorded2004
GenreSoundtrack
Length38:45
LabelHit Musics
Divo
Bayshore
Think Music
ProducerSrikanth Deva
Srikanth Deva chronology
Kuththu
(2004)		 M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi
(2004)		 Aai
(2004)
Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Chennai Senthamizh"Na. MuthukumarHarish Raghavendra4:17
2."Neeye Neeye"VaaliKK6:19
3."Ayyo Ayyo"YugabharathiUdit Narayan, Shalini Singh5:47
4."Vacchuka Vacchukava"Srikanth DevaKK, Srilekha Parthasarathy5:25
5."Yaaru Yaaru Ivano"KabilanDevan, Febi Mani5:13
6."Tamizh Nattu Maanava"Pa. VijayShankar Mahadevan, Premgi Amaren5:22
7."Neeye Neeye II"VaaliSrikanth Deva6:22
Total length:38:45

Home media

The television satellite rights of the film were sold to Sun TV and VOD rights to Amazon Prime Video.[10]

Reception

Critical reception

The film received generally positive reviews with Indiaglitz.com saying "If you like films with sentiments, M Kumaran...is for you".[11] Behindwoods.com stated that "Raja has done well for his second film" and "he has well defined the relationship between a mother and a son in this movie", while The Hindu wrote that "casting is a main draw", praising the inclusion of Nadhiya.[12][13] Rediff.com also listed the film amongst the "best Tamil films of 2004", stating that the film was "a big success".[14]

The film went on to become a commercial success and a major leap in Jayam Ravi's career.[15]

Box-office

The film collected share of ₹54 crore in 40 days in Chennai[16] and ₹36 crore throughout Tamil Nadu selling $3 million tickets.

References
  1. "K. T. Balasubramaniem BIOGRAPHY (First look..)". Chennai Patrika. 14 February 2011. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  2. "M. Kumaran son of Mahalakshmi Tamil Movie Review — Critics Review — CineBee App". CineBee.
  3. "Telugu Cinema – Review – Amma Nanna O Tamil Ammai". Idlebrain.com. 19 April 2003. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  4. "Tamil movies : Nadhiya is back again". www.behindwoods.com.
  5. "Raja of remakes". 12 October 2007 – via www.thehindu.com.
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20040827072003/http://www.behindwoods.com/vik_family.html
  7. "`Remake` Ravi is back!".
  8. https://www.saavn.com/s/song/tamil/M.-Kumaran-SO-Mahalakshmi/Vacchukka-Vacchukka/P14EWjhKXF0
  9. https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/tamil-copied-songs-tamil-music-copy-cats-1238775-2018-05-22
  10. "M. KUMARAN S/O MAHALAKSHMI". timesofindia.com. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  11. "M.Kumaran Movie review from indiaglitz.com". Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  12. "Entertainment / Film Review : M. Kumaran Son of". The Hindu. 8 October 2004. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  13. ""M.Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi" – Review". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  14. "rediff.com: The Best Tamil Films, 2004". Specials.rediff.com. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  15. "Metro Plus Coimbatore / Personality : The family `connection'". The Hindu. 25 October 2004. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  16. "'Jayam' Ravi is victorious second time!".
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