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Punnagai Mannan is a Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist. The film was directed by K. Balachander. [edit] CastKamal Haasan Sethu/Chaplin Chellapa [edit] PlotThe plot opens with Sethu (Kamal Haasan) and Ranjani (Rekha) arriving to a cliff where they plan to commit suicide due to the pressure put up by Ranjani's parents against their marriage. Sethu who is a son of an ordinary drunkard cook and a also a dancer is not accepted as bride for Ranjani by her parents. The parents threaten Ranjani that either they would kill Sethu or commit suicide. While jumping from the cliff Sethu accidentally gets trapped in a tree and escapes but Ranjani dies. Despite the attempts made by Ranjani's father to jail Sethu by framing a fault case that Sethu killed Ranjani, no strong evidence was there to prove. He is jailed for the offence of attempt suicide for one year. After an year, he is released from jail. Padmini (Srividya) who owns a dance school provides him a job of dance master as he is the former student. Sethu visits regularly to the cliff as a remembrance of his love. On his way he looks at a girl who attempts suicide for silly reason of failure in examination and he stops her from it. He again meets the girl in a gallery. The girl introduces herself to him as Malini(Revathi)but he ignores her. Malini again meets Sethu at a tourist apot where she clicks photos without his knowledge but Sethu who found it damages her camera. Malini chases him to his dance school as his student. Sethu repeatedly insults and nose cuts her but Malini develops a love for Sethu. Malini once meets Chaplin Chellapa ([Kamal Hasan]), uncle of Sethu who dressed himself like Charlie Chaplin and makes people laugh. She comes to know about Sethu's failed love from him,which increases her affection towards Sethu. Chaplin Chellapa helps her to win Sethu's heart.Sethu's repeated attempts to prevent himself loving Malini fails and finally he confesses his love for her and proposes her. Malini is more attracted to Chaplin chellapa than Sethu due to his sense of humour. This creates jealousy in Sethu and imitates him to attract Malini which leads to an accident. Sethu later finds that chaplin Chellapa who is a failed lover, to forget his past has wore a mask of Charlie Chaplin. Sethu and Malini unites Chelapa and Padmini who is a spinster. Sethu again faces pressure from Malini's father as Malini is of Sinhelese origin and Sethu is a Tamilian. Both of them struggle hard to win in their love. Malini goes to the extend of escaping from Sri Lanka to TamilNadu to join with Sethu. After understanding the tight bond of Malini with Sethu, Malini's father approves their marriage. Ranjani's father who hears about Sethu's marriage wants to take revenge for his daughter's death. On the day of Sethu's engagement, he gives a basket full of apples which has time bomb in it to Sethu's father pretending to be his gift for his son.Sethu's father who does not know about the bomb keeps the basket in Chaplin Chellapa's car. Sethu and Malini starts to visit Sethu's love cliff in Chellapa's car which has the bomb. Chellapa who comes to know about this, chases them to stop but in vain. Tha bomb explodes at the same place where Sethu-Ranjani attempted suicide and Sethu-Malini die in the explosion. The plot ends with Chellapa showering flowers in the place where the three of them died. [edit] Soundtrack
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