Malaiyoor Mambattiyan
| Malaiyoor Mambattiyan | |
|---|---|
Poster | |
| Directed by | Rajasekhar |
| Screenplay by | Rajasekhar |
| Story by | Raghavan Thambi |
| Produced by | Siva. Ramadoss W. S. Sivashankar K. M. Ravi K. Muthukumaran |
| Starring | Thiagarajan Saritha Jaishankar Silk Smitha |
| Cinematography | V. Ranga |
| Edited by | R. Vittal |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
Production company | Sri Devi Bagavathy Films |
Release date |
|
Running time | 135 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Malaiyoor Mambattiyan (transl. Man with shovel from Malaiyoor) is 1983 Indian Tamil-language vigilante action film directed by Rajasekhar, starring Thiagarajan, Saritha and Silk Smitha. It was released on 1 July 1983. The film became a blockbuster and established Thiagarajan as a star. It was remade in Hindi by the same director as Gangvaa (1984) and in Telugu as Kondaveeti Nagulu (1984). In 2011, Thiagarajan remade the film starring his son Prashanth, titled as Mambattiyan.