Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan

<p>The story narrates the tale of a brave prince named who redeems the kingdom from the hands of a Chola king. Under the identity of an itinerant poet, Paintamizh Kumaran, he is going to fire the consciousness of the people with his words and reunite them in his cause, which is the defence of freedom and rights. He unites the people and then engages in war with the emperor sending him reeling back and liberating Madurai reestablishing Pandiya empire. is based on the novel by , serialised in the magazine . The film began production in 1974, with as director and producer; however, following his death, took over directing while Sokkaiah and Subramani Iyer of Soleswar Combines took over production. The film was shot in Jaipur, Delhi and Mysore. It was Ramachandran’s final film as an actor, after which he became a full-time politician. (When this film was released, Ramachandran was already Tamil Nadu’s for months). The soundtrack was composed by . The song “Amutha Thamizhil” is set in raga. The song “Thendralil Aadidum” is set in raga. was released on 14 January 1978. rated the film out of 100. The film became a , with many people attributing it to the poor timing of release. Latha won the , creating a major upset as people expected either (for ) or (for ) to win.</p>