My Dear Marthandan

My Dear Marthandan
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Directed by	Prathap K. Pothan
Produced by	Santhi Narayanasamy C. T. Manohar
Written by	R. P. Viswam
Screenplay by	Prathap K. Pothan
Story by	G. M. Kumar
Starring	Prabhu Kushboo Goundamani Kovai Sarala
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography	Ashok Kumar
Edited by	B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan
Production company	Sivaji Productions
Distributed by	Sivaji Productions
Release dates	24 August 1990
Country	India
Language	Tamil

My Dear Marthandan is a 1990 Tamil-language film starring Prabhu and Kushboo in the lead roles. The film was produced by Sivaji Productions and directed by Prathap K. Pothan. The movie was a remake of 1988 Hollywood movie Coming to America, starring Eddie Murphy. Actor Ramkumar, Prabhu's Brother did a guest role in the film. It was remade in Telugu as Raja Vikramarka.

Plot

Marthandan lives with his parents in a palace. He sets out to Chennai to find a girl. There he meets "Idea Mani" (Goundamani), who is very cunning and tries to make money from the innocent Marthandan in comical ways. He meets a girl (Kushboo) in a bakery and befriends her. The rest of the story is about how he tries to win her over and how he understands the value of money.

Cast

• Prabhu as Marthandan
• Kushboo
• Goundamani as Idea Mani
• S. S. Chandran
• Nizhalgal Ravi
• Kovai Sarala
• Kamal Haasan (Guest appearance)
• Thyagu
• Sivaji Ramasamy Santhanam

Soundtrack

The music and background score was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

Tracklist
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Oh Alagu Nilavu"	Piraisoodan	Mano
2.	"Aaduthu Paar"	Gangai Amaran	Ilaiyaraaja
3.	"Illavattam Kai thattum"	Vaali	S.P.Balasubramaniam, S. Janaki
4.	"Kalyana Mapillaikku"	Gangai Amaran	S. P. Sailaja
5.	"My Dear Marthandan"	Gangai Amaran	Ilaiyaraaja
6.	"Oh Maharaja"	Gangai Amaran	Sasi Rekha
7.	"Paakku Vethala"	Vaali	S.P.Balasubramaniam
8.	"Satham Varamal"	Vaali	Mano, Chitra
9.	"Uttalakadi"	Gangai Amaran	Gangai Amaran, S.P.Balasubramaniam

External links

• My dear Marthandan at IMDb