Mangudi Minor is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by V. C. Guhanathan. The film stars Vijayakumar, Rajinikanth and Sripriya. It is a remake of the 1972 Hindi film Raampur Ka Lakshman. The film was released on 19 May 1978.
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Cast
Vijayakumar as Lakshman (Mangudi Minor)
Rajinikanth as Kumar
Sripriya as Rekha
M. N. Rajam as Lakshman's mother
A. Sakunthala as Julie
Ramadas as Kumar's uncle
Isari Velan as Lakshman's friend
Arunprakash as Prakash
Ceylon Manohar as Prathap
Production
A Tamil remake of the Hindi film Raampur Ka Lakshman was announced as being in development in March 1973 with S. P. Muthuraman attached as director, Rajan Enterprises producing and V. C. Guhanathan as screenwriter. The film was later titled Raman Thambi Lakshmanan and Vietnam Veedu Sundaram was attached to write the dialogues, but it did not materialise. When the project was revived by a different company with Guhanathan as director, he approached Rajinikanth to act in the film. Rajinikanth initially refused due to his busy schedule but later accepted and completed his work within nine days.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Chandrabose, and Vaali wrote the lyrics. The song "Neenga Nenachapadi" attained popularity.