Mannan - The Taming Of The Shrew In Rajini style!
Mannan comes in the series of taming of the shrew story with Mappillai and Padayappa! Mannan was Rajini's first film in Sivaji's Sivaji Productions. Rajini never got to do a film with his Kannada idol Rajkumar but acted in 3 Rajkumar remake films - Polladhavan, Puthukavithai and Mannan. Mannan was a remake of Rajkumar's Kannada film Anuraga Aralidhe. In Telugu, Chiranjeevi did it as Gharana Mogudu which became All Time Blockbuster and lastly in Hindi Anil Kapoor did it as Laadla was average for mixing both Tamil and Telugu screenplay. Co-incidentally Mannan and Gharana Mogudu started the shoot on the same day in Oct 1991 but Mannan released in Jan 92 and Gharana Mogudu in Apr 92. With Thalapathi released for 91 Deepavali and Mannan releasing for 92 Pongal, Rajini literally ruled the box o...