What is "mappillai"

Mappillai is a 1989 Tamil action comedy film directed by Rajasekhar starring Rajinikanth and Amala in lead roles. It is a remake of the Telugu film Athaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu, the Tamil version was produced by Geetha Arts, and Chiranjeevi who played the lead role in the original telugu version made a special appearance in this film. Initially the pivotal role of Rajinikanth's mother-in-law was offered to Vyjayanthimala. But she refused the role after which it was offered to Srividya. The film opened to positive response from the public and was a Mega hit Blockbuster movie ran 200 days at the Box-office history of Tamil cinema 890 shows were houseful, all the credits once again goes to superb mass style acting approach of Superstar Rajinikanth. The film was remade again in Tamil under the same name.

Mappillai can refer to three Tamil language films.

• Mappillai (1952 film), directed by T.R. Raghunath, music by G. Ramanathan, starring T.R. Ramachandran, T.K. Ramachandran and P.K. Saraswathi
• Mappillai (1989 film), a film starring Rajinikanth, Amala and Srividya
• Mappillai (2011 film), a film starring Dhanush, Hansika Motwani and Manisha Koirala

Mappillai is a 2011 Tamil romantic action comedy film directed by Suraj, starring Dhanush as the son-in-law and Manisha Koirala as the mother-in-law with Hansika Motwani, in her Tamil debut, playing her daughter. The film is a remake of the 1989 film of the same name, which incidentally starred Dhanush's father-in-law, Rajinikanth, in the lead role. Distributed by Sun Pictures, it was released on 8 April 2011. The film received mixed reviews, but was declared a hit at the box office.

Maappillai (Son in Law) is a 1952 Indian Tamil film directed by T. R. Raghunath under the banner of National Productions. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of T. R. Ramachandran, P. K. Saraswathi, T. K. Ramachandran, P. V. Narasimha Bharathi, P. S. Veerappa, M. N. Rajam, M. Lakshmiprabha, V. K. Ramasamy, K. A. Thangavelu, M. Saroja, M. S. S. Bhagyam, K. Lakshmikantham, Ragini, Kaka Radhakrishnan, C. S. Pandian, R. Balasubramaniam and T. K. Pushpavalli.