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Seedan
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Subramaniam Siva
Story by Ranjith
(Original Story)
Subramaniam Siva
(Additional Story)
Based on Nandanam by Ranjith
Produced by Amit Mohan
Starring Dhanush
Unni Mukundan
Ananya
Sheela
Suhasini Maniratnam
Vivek
Cinematography Srinivas Devamsam
Edited by Ram Sudharsan
Music by Dhina
Production
company

Myth Productions
Release date

25 February 2011

Running time
135 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil

Seedan (Tamil: சீடன்) (English: Disciple) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language romantic


fantasy drama film directed by Subramaniam Siva. The film stars Unni Mukundan and
Ananya in the lead, and features Dhanush in an extended cameo appearance, while
Sheela, Suhasini Mani Ratnam, Vivek, Ponvannan, and Ilavarasu appear in supporting
roles.[1]

The film, a partial remake of the 2002 Malayalam film, Nandanam, released on 25
February 2011 to mixed reviews.[2][3] This film was dubbed in Telugu as
Mahalakshmi.[4]
Plot

Mahalakshmi is a servant at the residence of the elderly Amritavalli. Everyone is


really fond of her and treats her as one of the family, not a servant. However, she
finds herself doing all the work in the house. She is also a great devotee of the
Lord Murugan. Despite residing in Pazhani, she is unable to attend a Murugan temple
there.

In a dream, she finds herself at her wedding with an unknown man. The next day that
man comes to the house. He is none other than Amritavalli's own grandson Mano
Ramalingam. He falls in love with Maha. Maha, though hesitant at first, finds
herself in love with him as well. Mano constantly assures Maha that his mother will
arrange marriage. However, as fate has it, Mano is afraid to admit to his mother
Thangam that he is in love. This encourages Thangam to fix his marriage with her
childhood friend's daughter. However, when Thangam learns of the love affair, she
is helpless, and all she is able to do is encourage the lovebirds to forget each
other. Soon, everyone (except Amritavalli, Thangam and Mano) treats Maha as a
servant, not a family member. Maha, angry, claims to Lord Murugan that she will not
face ever again.
Enters Saravanan, who enters as a cook appointed by Madhava Gounder. Everyone finds
Saravanan's cooking awesome. However, Maha disapproves as cooking was her only
peaceful hobby in the house after she fell in Love. Saravanan is told to stay in
the guest house where Gumbidiswamy is staying. Gumbidiswamy is a fraud and is now
trying to pass as a swami. For this reason, he has stayed at their house. It did
not take Saravanan long to realize that Gumbidiswamy is a fraud, and he used this
to blackmail him. Having this control over Gumbidiswamy, Saravanan tells him to
tell everyone that according to background and religious research, Mano and his
fiancee are not suitable for each other.

After doing many things such as this, Saravanan is able to unite Maha and Mano.
Thangam and Amritavalli agree to let Mano marry Maha. Maha and Mano (on the day of
their wedding) search for Saravanan to thank him for his help. Instead of
Saravanan, another person comes and says he is the only Saravanan around the area.
Disappointed, Maha goes to Murugan's Altar to pray and there she sees Saravanan. He
soon fades away. At that point, Maha understood that Saravanan was Murugan himself.
The film ends with a message that god may come down to earth in a human form to
help those in need.
Cast

Dhanush as Saravanan and Murugan (extended cameo appearance)


Unni Mukundan as Mano Ramalingam (credited as Jai Krishna)
Ananya as Mahalakshmi
Sheela as Amritavalli
Suhasini Maniratnam as Thangam
Vivek as Gumbidi Swami
Ponvannan as Vijay
Ilavarasu as Madhava Kounder
Meera Krishnan as Janaki
Cell Murugan as Gumbidiswamy's assistant
Mayilsamy as Gumbidiswamy's follower
P.S. Seethalakshmi

Production

In early 2003, Sibi Sathyaraj was set to make his acting debut through Swami, the
Tamil remake of the Malayalam film Nandanam (2003), directed by Renjith. Navya Nair
was cast as the lead actress and A. R. Rahman was considered as the music composer,
in the film to be produced by Swargachitra Appachan. However, despite beginning
pre-production work, the film was later dropped.[5]
Music

The soundtrack album was composed by Dhina in his 50th film.


Seedan
Soundtrack album by Dhina
Released 2011
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Producer Dhina
Dhina chronology
Vallakottai
(2010) Seedan
(2011) Bhavani
(2011)
# Track-Title Singer(s) Lyrics
1 "Enadhu" V. V. Prasanna, Aalap Raju, Janaki Iyer Yugabharathi
2 "Munpani" Shreya Ghoshal Pa. Vijay
3 "Oru Naal Mattum" K. S. Chithra
4 "Saravana Samaiyal" Dhanush, Hariharan, Yesudas
5 "Valliamma" Shankar Mahadevan, Chinnaponnu
6 "Yaadhumaagiye" Shankar Mahadevan, Kavita Krishnamurthy
Reception
Critical response

Rohit Ramachandran of nowrunning.com gave it 3/5 stars stating that "Seedan spirals
downward and falls flat on its face."[6] The Times of India gave the film three out
of five stars and wrote that "Though Subramaniam Siva meanders in the first half by
making substantial changes in the original, he displays a much better grip in the
second, which makes the movie an enjoyable watch".[7]
References

"Dhanush moves to Seedan - Tamil Movie News - Dhanush | Seedan | Ananya |


Subramania Siva | Suhasini Mani Rathnam | Sheela". Behindwoods.com. 13 January
2010. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
"Review: Seedan is no match to the original - Rediff.com Movies". Rediff.com. 25
February 2011. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 20 March
2011.
"Movie Review:Seedan". Sify. Archived from the original on 28 October 2013.
Retrieved 20 March 2011.
Mahalakshmi Full Movie || Dhanush, Unni Mukundan, Ananya. YouTube. Archived from
the original on 11 December 2021.
"Yahoo Search - Web Search". Archived from the original on 1 July 2003.
"Seedan Review - Tamil Movie Review by Rohit Ramachandran". Nowrunning.com. 4 March
2011. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2011.

"Seedan Movie Review {3/5}: Critic Review of Seedan by Times of India". The
Times of India.

External links

Seedan at IMDb

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Films directed by Subramaniam Siva

Thiruda Thirudi (2003) Donga Dongadi (2004) Pori (2007) Yogi (2009) Seedan
(2011) Vellai Yaanai (2021)

Categories:

2011 films2011 romantic drama films2010s Tamil-language films2010s Indian


filmsIndian romantic drama filmsTamil remakes of Malayalam filmsFilms scored by
DhinaFilms directed by Subramaniam Siva

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