Punnagai Mannan (1986)

Original title

புன்னகை மன்னன்

Directed by

K. Balachander

Genre

romance film

Country

India

Rated

U

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man survives a suicide attempt that killed his lover. He later finds a new romance, but the relationship faces challenges.

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What happens

Punnagai Mannan (transl. King of smiles) is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language musical romantic drama film written and directed by K. Balachander. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Revathi in the lead roles, with Srividya, Rekha, Delhi Ganesh, Sudarshan and Sundar Krishna Urs in supporting roles. Its plot revolves around a man who, after surviving a suicide attempt that killed his lover, finds new love, but their romance faces obstacles. Haasan pitched to Balachander a story based on a true incident about two lovers' attempted suicide, with only the male surviving. Balachander expanded this story to make Punnagai Mannan. The film was released on 1 November 1986, Diwali day, and ran for over 25 weeks in theatres, becoming a silver jubilee hit. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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