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Manimaran bids the highest, buys her, and keeps her with him. Manimaran marries
Poongodi, and as per the pirate island's laws, the pirate captain cannot attempt to separate a married couple. He attempts to take Poongodi by force, gets defeated by Manimaran in a sword fight, and reforms. He accompanies the slaves led by Manimaran, to achieve their goal of freeing Neidhal Naadu. In the ensuing war, the dictator is defeated but tricks into arresting them instead. However, in his court, the dictator begs Manimaran to take over the throne. Manimaran politely refuses, citing his intention to continue his work as a doctor, serving the people.
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woo him on many occasions. She even offers freedom from slavery only to him, who rejects the offer demanding freedom for all of the slaves. Meanwhile, the island is attacked by pirates headed by a captain. As
Sengappan's troops are out of the island on another assignment, Sengappan pleads with Manimaran and the other slaves to help him. Manimaran demands freedom slavery in return for fighting the pirates, only to be betrayed later.
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255:(1935), and was Ramachandran's first with Panthulu. It was also the first of many collaborations between Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa. The story and screenplay were written by K. J. Mahadevan, and the dialogues by R. K. Shanmugham. The cinematography was handled by V. Ramamoorthy, and editing by R. Devarajan. The film was shot primarily in
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Forty-nine years after the original theatrical release, the film was digitally enhanced for a planned re-release in
January 2014. Apart from scope conversion from 35 mm to digital scope, the film also had a completely re-recorded background music played out by an assistant of M. S. Viswananthan.
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The slaves make an escape plan of their own and successfully take over the pirate ship, with whom they fought earlier. Manimaran tells the pirate captain about their plight and asks him to help them reach
Neidhal Naadu. The captain seemingly agrees, while actually taking them to his pirate island and
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Poongodi, the princess of Kanni Theevu and niece of
Sengappan, the guardian of the orphaned princess, falls in love with Manimaran at first sight. Simultaneously, her servant Thenmozhi falls for Azhaga, after initial arguments. Despite the differences between Poongodi and Manimaran, Poongodi tries to
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Sengappan and Poongodi. He brings Poongodi to the pirate island and tries to hide her from the pirate captain, but the pirate captain soon finds out. As per the island's policy, any treasure pirated must be auctioned, and so Poongodi is also auctioned.
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Manimaran is a doctor living in the country of
Neidhal Naadu with his sidekick Azhaga. He helps cure the illness of one of the rebels against the dictator of Neidhal Naadu. The ruler's guards arrest the rebels, along with Manimaran for helping them. Manimaran and the rebels are sold as slaves by the
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was released on 9 July 1965. The film emerged a critical and commercial success, running for more than 150 days in theatres. It was a milestone for both
Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa, cementing the former's image as a "do-gooder" among the general public, and helping the latter enter politics. A
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and sought his help to recover from those losses. Panthulu was adamant that
Ramachandran act in his film or he would shelve it as he considered the storyline tailormade for him. Ramachandran agreed, and this laid the foundation for
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holds them captive. He coerces them to work for him as pirates, or Manimaran will see all of his other men die. With no other option, Manimaran assents for the safety of his men.
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452:(1995). The song "Atho Andha Paravai" remains one of the most popular songs from the film. It was remixed and featured in the 2010 film
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23,500 for acting in the film. Shooting for some fight scenes and ship transportation scenes took place in
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Kannan, Ramya; Narasimhan, T. A.; Subramanian, Karthik (14 March 2014).
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1593:"Aayirathil Oruvan paved the way for entry into politics: Jayalalithaa"
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with different vocals, tune and instrumentations in
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1193:"MGR Remembered – Part 36 | MGR's Testimony"
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1657:"An exciting adventure yarn"
1633:. 16 October 1965. p. 3
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956:ராம்ஜி, வி. (9 July 2019).
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1258:"Ninety, and bowing away!"
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2523:Indian swashbuckler films
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201: One in a Thousand
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556:"Naanamo Innum Naanamo"
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1690:"A Good Entertainer"
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1625:"Āyirathil Oruvan"
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1454:"Āyirathil Oruvan"
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776:silver jubilee hit
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575:"Odum Maegangalae"
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399:The Crimson Pirate
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302:M. G. Ramachandran
217:M. G. Ramachandran
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2029:. Galatta Media.
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1562:India Today
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1230:Apple Music
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