Ejamaan

Ejamaan (Yejamaan)
File:Ejamaan poster.jpg Promotional Poster
Directed by	R. V. Udayakumar
Produced by	M. Saravanan M.Balasubramaniam
Written by	R. V. Udayakumar Gokula Krishna (dialogues)
Starring	Rajinikanth Meena Aishwariya Goundamani Vijayakumar Senthil Napoleon M. N. Nambiar Manorama
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography	Karthik Raja
Edited by	B. S. Nagaraj
Production company	AVM Productions
Distributed by	AVM Productions
Release dates	18 February 1993
Running time	153 min
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Box office	₹9.6 crore

Ejamaan is a 1993 Tamil romantic drama film directed by R. V. Udhayakumar. It stars Rajinikanth, Meena and Napoleon in the lead roles. It was a box office success and completed a 100-days run in theaters.

Plot

Vaanavaraayan (Rajinikanth) plays the role of a feudal chieftain, adored and respected by his village people. He lives with his grandparents (M. N. Nambiar & Manorama). Following his advice, they abstain from voting in the elections and instead, pool the money given by the candidates to get themselves some basic amenities. Vallavaraayan (Napoleon) is his arch enemy. Their enmity is further sharpened when Vaanavaraayan wins the hand of Vaitheeswari (Meena), whom Vallavaraayan had also wished to wed. So Vallavaraayan convinces the priest at the temple to mix a poison in the holy water that Vaitheeswari drinks. As a result she becomes incapable of conceiving. But surprisingly, Vaitheeswari soon becomes pregnant-though she has pretended with the help of the mid-wife (S. N. Lakshmi), to do so to uphold her husband's honor. She takes poison and kills herself unable to bear the grief of being incapable of giving her husband a child and on her deathbed makes Vaanavarayan swear to take Ponni (Aishwariya) as his wife. Vaanavarayan however refuses until Ponni agrees to marry Sembattai (Thalapathi Dinesh)- Vallavarayan's hechman-who abandons her to Vallavarayan's vice. Infuriated Vaanavarayam attacks Vallavarayam and spares his life after giving him a sermon on how to win the heart of people.

Cast

Actor	Role
Rajinikanth	Kantha Velu Vaanavarayan
Meena	Vaitheeswari
Aishwarya	Ponni - A Worshipper of Vaanavarayan and later on his wife
Napoleon	Vallavarayan
M. N. Nambiar	Grandfather of Vaanavarayan
Manorama	Grandmother of Vaanavarayan
Goundamani	A worker in Vaanavarayan house
Senthil	A worker in Vaitheeswari house
Vijayakumar	Father of Vaitheeswari
S. N. Lakshmi	Mid-wife
Rajesh Babu	Vallavarayan's younger brother
Sandhya	Vallavarayan's wife
M. Varalakshmi	Vaanavarayan's mother in law
Thalapathi Dinesh	Sembattai

Production

After the success of Chinna Gounder, Udayakumar was approached by various producers but he was unsure as to who should play the part of the hero for his next film. Subsequently, he decided to cast Rajini as the hero for his next film. Rajini agreed to act under the direction of Udayakumar. The director expressed his interest to make this film for AVM Productions. Initially, a different script titled "Jilla Collector" was narrated but Udaykumar subsequently opted to film a different script altogether, since AVM Saravanan had felt that the original script might go over budget. The actress Meena was selected as the heroine. Rajini was initially reluctant to have her as the heroine because she had appeared as a child artist for his film Anbulla Rajinikanth and he felt that his fans might not readily accept this pairing. But he eventually agreed to have Meena play the part. "Ejamaan" was Rajini's 141st film and his 8th collaboration with AVM Productions.

Legacy

Chinna Gounder and Ejamaan had started the trend of portrayals of village chieftain in films. The success of the films inspired similar themes - including Nattamai (1994), Marumalarchi (1998).

Director Rajmohan has directed a film titled Vanavarayan Vallavarayan (2014) named after the characters of the film starring Kreshna and Makapa Anand in lead roles. Dhanapal Padmanabhan who directed Krishnaveni Panjaalai (2012), rates "Ejaman" as the film that best captured the village flavour and beauty of Pollachi". One of the songs has inspired as a title for the film - Nilave Mugam Kaattu (1999).

Soundtrack

Yejaman
Soundtrack album by Ilayaraja
Released	1993
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	AVM Audio Agi Music Aditya Music
Producer	Ilayaraja
Ilayaraja chronology
Thevar Magan (1992)Thevar Magan1992 Yejaman (1993) Uzhaippali (1993)Uzhaippali1993

All Music composed by Ilayaraja while lyrics written by Vaali and R. V. Udayakumar. There are a total of eight tracks for this film. The song "Oru Naalum" is based on Sindhubhairavi Raga.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Aalappol Velappol "	S. P. Balasubramaniam, K. S. Chitra	5:06
2.	"Adi Raakumuthu"	S. P. Balasubramaniam	5:10
3.	"Ejamaan Kaladi"	Malaysia Vasudevan	4:08
4.	"Idiye Aanaalum Thangi Kollum"	Malaysia Vasudevan	1:44
5.	"Nilave Mugam"	S. P. Balasubramaniam , S. Janaki	5:06
6.	"Oru Naalum"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki	6:00
7.	"Thookkuchattiye"	Malaysia Vasudevan	3:56
8.	"Urakka Kathuthu Kozhi"	S. Janaki	5:04

External links

• Yejaman at IMDb
• Ejaman Soundtrack at MusicMazaa
• Ejaman Soundtrack at DesiMusic