Maan Karate
Maan Karate | |
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Directed by | Krish Thirukumaran |
Screenplay by | Krish Thirukumaran |
Story by | AR Murugadoss |
Produced by | P. Madhan AR Murugadoss |
Starring | Sivakarthikeyan Hansika Motwani Vamsi Krishna |
Cinematography | M. Sukumar |
Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
Music by | Anirudh Ravichander |
Production company | AR Murugadoss Productions |
Distributed by | Escape Artists Motion Pictures |
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Running time | 159 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Maan Karate (transl. Deer Karate) is a 2014 Indian
Plot
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Five
The IT gang successfully manages to track down Peter. However, they immediately find out that he is not a boxer but rather an unambitious youth who is absolutely idiotic and unskilled beyond logic, and who just spends his time drinking and roaming around with his best friend, Neruppu Kumar. However, he is in love with a young woman named Yazhini Islam Sethuraman, who is a sports buff. To impress Yazhini, he accepts their offer to participate in the tournament. However, Peter does not show any inclination to train for the tournament and instead uses the IT gang to fulfill his own desires, including winning Yazhini's heart, much to their chagrin. Later, the IT gang finds out that there is another boxer named Peter whose father also works in Royapuram BSNL like the Peter they are sponsoring, but is a 15-time champion boxer who is even nicknamed "Peter the Killer". Thinking that they are sponsoring the wrong Peter, the IT gang approaches "Killer" Peter and offers to sponsor him, but he refuses. They reluctantly decide to continue sponsoring the Peter they are currently sponsoring.
Soon the boxing tournament starts, and Peter somehow manages to win all the preliminary matches by fluke, by using a technique wherein he uses his nimble and agile body to escape being hit by his stronger and more experienced opponents, eventually causing them to inadvertently get
Eventually, Peter enters the final of the tournament, where he is to face "Killer" Peter. He becomes upset at this development, fearing that he might be killed by "Killer" Peter due to his lack of boxing skill and also Yazhini's rejection if she finds out he is not a boxer. He tries to avoid fighting in the final through various means, none of which are successful. In a last-ditch attempt, he tries to convince "Killer" Peter to "throw" the match so that he could win and impress Yazhini, but is verbally abused( He gives Peter an offer that Killer will loose in the match but has to send Yazhini to have sex with killer) and physically assaulted by him in response. Hurt at the treatment which "Killer" Peter meted out to him, and Peter begins to train hard for the final with the sole purpose of defeating "Killer" Peter. Meanwhile, unknown to him, the IT gang defects to "Killer" Peter's side after being offered ₹75,00,000 by "Killer" Peter's father-in-law Fernando, despite Nikita's reservations.
The final takes place on the day of Ayudha Puja. "Killer" Peter immediately gains the upper hand, pummelling Peter with heavy blows. However, Peter is undaunted and continues to put up a brave fight, but he is severely weakened and is soon on the verge of being
The movie ends with a display of a portion of the newspaper the siddhar had materialised torn by Nikita and left at the Chandragiri forest several months ago. The portion shows a photo of Maan Karate Peter lifting the boxing tournament trophy.
Cast
- Sivakarthikeyan as "Maan Karate" Peter
- Hansika Motwani as Yazhini Sethuraman
- Vamsi Krishna as "Killer" Peter
- Sayaji Shinde as Kalaimamani Sethuraman
- Shaji Chen as Peter's coach
- Sathish as Santhosh "Sandy"
- Preethi Shankar as Vaishnavi
- Ashwathy Ravikumar as Nikitha
- Rajesh Gopalan as Joe
- Vinu Karthik as Gokul
- Tejaswini as "Nancy"
- Ravi Prakash as Fernando
- Arunraja Kamaraj as Neruppu Kumar
- Swaminathan as Doctor
- Yogi Babu as Vavvaal
- Vikramadithyan as Siddhar
- Rajkumar as Lift Guy
- Mippusaamy as Vavvaal's friend
- Soori as Tiger Tyson (cameo appearance)
- Paravai Muniyamma (special appearance in the song "Royapuram Peter")
- Baba Bhaskar (special appearance in the song "Royapuram Peter")
- Louna (special appearance in the song "Maanja")
- AR Murugadoss (special appearance in the song "Open the Tasmac")
- Anirudh Ravichander as himself (special appearance in the song "Open the Tasmac")
Production
A pooja ceremony for the launch of the film took place on 10 July, followed by a press meet. The film was shot in Chennai, Bangalore and Athirappilly during the first schedule and a couple of songs were shot at Malta. Hansika started shooting for her portions first while Sivakarthikeyan joined the team from the first week of August.[2] The film was named after a dialogue spoken by Dhamu in Gemini (2002),[3] where he explains that "Maan Karate" means nothing more than how a deer runs away when in danger.[4]
Soundtrack
Maan Karate | ||||
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Film soundtrack | ||||
Length | 24:52 | |||
Language | Tamil | |||
Label | Sony Music | |||
Producer | Anirudh Ravichander | |||
Anirudh Ravichander chronology | ||||
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The soundtrack was composed by Anirudh Ravichander scoring for the second Sivakarthikeyan film after Ethir Neechal (2013). The audio was launched at Sathyam Cinemas (Chennai) on 16 March 2014. Behindwoods rated the album 3.25/5 stating "Hit machine Anirudh delivers one more with his signature sound".[5] The song "Open the Tasmac" has an alternate, edited version titled "Open the Shutter" after it elicited controversy from a welfare organisation for "misleading" use of the term TASMAC.[6]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Maanja" | Gaana Bala | Deva, Anirudh Ravichander | 4:06 |
6. | "Darling Dambakku Reprise Version" | Yugabharathi | Nivas, Kalpana Raghavender | 4:11 |
Total length: | 24:52 |
Release
Maan Karate was released on 4 April 2014,[7] in over 650 screens worldwide, which was the biggest release in Sivakarthikeyan's career to that point.[8]
Critical reception
Maan Karate received mixed reviews from critics.
Box office
The film collected ₹4.1 crore (US$510,000) on its first day. The film saw a huge drop in its second day by collecting ₹3 crore (US$380,000) and on third day it collected ₹3.5 crore (US$440,000). Over its first weekend, the film grossed ₹10.83 crore (US$1.4 million) selling 1 million tickets worldwide.[19] In Chennai, the film collected ₹1.41 crore (US$180,000).[20] The film collected over ₹4 crore (US$500,000) in Chennai till 11 May.[21]
See also
References
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- ^ Mannath, Malini (9 May 2014). "This Contender Packs a Mean Punch". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
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- ^ "Box Office Collection: 'Vallavanukku Pullum Aayudham', 'Yaamirukka Bayamey' and Other Tamil Films". International Business Times. 12 May 2014. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
External links
- Maan Karate at IMDb