Namma Ooru Mariamma is a 1991 Tamil drama film directed by K. Rajan. The film features Nizhalgal Ravi and Vaidehi in lead roles, with R. Sarathkumar, Jaiganesh and K. R. Vijaya playing supporting roles.. The film had musical score by Sankar Ganesh and was released on 14 February 1991.
Synopsis
Mariamma is married since several years but she doesn't have any children, she is afraid that their dynasty will disappear. To avoid this, Mariamma, her husband and her younger brother Muthu prepare a grand festival in their village with the financial help of the village rich man Rajadurai (R. Sarathkumar). In the meantime, Kaveri (Vaidehi) and Muthu (Nizhalgal Ravi) fall in love with each other but Rajadurai has an eye on Kaveri. Being the owner of the village temples, Rajadurai has the temples' keys and benefit illegally the donations. After the festival, Rajadurai betrays the villagers lying that temples incurred him heavy losses. So Muthu's family with the support of the villagers complains against Rajadurai. They obtain a favourable decision from the court. Thereafter to take revenge, Muthu's brother-in-law is killed by Rajadurai's henchman. Muthu and Kaveri ultimately get married. Few months later, Kaveri becomes pregnant. Rajadurai desires for revenge and want to destroy Muthu's dynasty. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
The film was a huge success and was considered one of the master piece of Manobala. It was also the best women oriented film during the decade.It also projected Nizhalgal Ravi as a versatile actor, who was until then known to play excellent roles.
Mirasu (Senthilnathan) killed his elder brother Selvanayagam (Nizhalgal Ravi) and Selvanayagam's wife (C. R. Saraswathi), he tried to kill his mistress Lakshmi (Kavitha) for the inheritance. The innoncent Lakshmi was then sent in jail for Selvanayagam's murder and gave birth in jail, with the help of a police officer, she escaped from jail with her son Vijay.
Directed bySP. Muthuraman ActorsKamal Haasan, Manorama, K. R. Vijaya, Raveendran (Ravindher), Jai Ganesh, Ramya Krishnan Rating66% Per Sollum Pillai has Kamal Haasan as an orphan, who is adopted by a wealthy family. He gets adopted into the family when he saves the entire family from being deliberately poisoned by a miscreant. K.R.Vijaya, the mother of the family, raises him as one of the family even though others outside the family see him as a servant. Kamal helps to run the family smoothly and looks after his step-parents, brothers and sisters like his own. He remains faithful and grateful to his step-parents for adopting him, an orphan, as their own son. Except for his step-parents and his sister, the other members of his family are jealous of the position his mother gives him in the family. Kamal's step-brothers are pleasure-seeking and lazy and want to live an easy life surviving on their mother's earnings. They also try to exploit a female worker in their house Radhika, whose mother Manorama is the cook of the house.
Dr. Rajalakshmi (KR Vijaya) is still grieving the son she lost 25 years ago. She is living with her niece Indu (Karthika). Rajalakshmi meets Raju (Kakka Ravi), a medical representative. Indu also meets Raju and they fall for each other. Though Raju claims his parents are living in Philadelphia, on later scenes it is revealed that he is an orphan raised in a Christian orphanage.
Solaiyamma (Sukanya) is a mother-less woman who is looked after by her father (Vinu Chakravarthy). She has been promised in marriage with her relative Balraj (Rahul) and they are in love. Vairavan (Karikalan) is a heartless muscular man who spreads terror among the villagers and rapes the village girls. One night, Vairavan enters Solaiyamma's house and tries to rape Solaiyamma but she stands against him and Vairavan runs away. The entire village thinks that she has been raped including her relatives and then her father commits suicide. Thereafter, she is rejected by the village. Vairavan tortures her psychologically to spend a night with him. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.