Marupadiyum

Marupadiyum
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Directed by	Balu Mahendra
Produced by	Ashwin Kumar
Written by	Balu Mahendra
Story by	Mahesh Bhatt
Starring	Revathi Nizhalgal Ravi Arvind Swamy Rohini Vinodhini
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography	Balu Mahendra
Edited by	Balu Mahendra
Production company	Ashwin International
Distributed by	Ashwin International
Release date	14 January 1993
Running time	139 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Marupadiyum is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language film, written and directed by Balu Mahendra. It stars Nizhalgal Ravi, Revathi, Rohini and Arvind Swamy. The film is a remake of Mahesh Bhatt's 1982 Hindi film Arth. Marupadiyum was both a critical and commercial success.

Marupadiyum is an emotional and psychological drama that focuses on the central female protagonist, who is Thulasi (Revathi), a wife caught up in marital discord, and her life henceforth. Thulasi is married to Muralikrishna (Nizhalgal Ravi), a movie director who has an extra-marital affair with his star heroine, Kavitha (Rohini). Thulasi discovers this intimacy between her husband and Kavitha but is treated with indifference by her husband. Muralikrishna moves on to get a divorce from Thulasi. Thulasi pleads with Muralikrishna not to proceed with the divorce and asks Kavitha to leave her husband but both disagree to do so. Gowri Shankar (Arvind Swamy), a stranger, helps and befriends Thulasi after she leaves her husband.

Kavitha faces mental anguish as she feels guilty with another woman's husband and becomes psychologically affected. Muralikrishna ends up in a dilemma between his wife and his lover. Gowri Shankar turns into a dependable friend and asks Thulasi to marry him, but Thulasi has to choose her own path.

The song "Aasai athigam .." has been lifted of by Berny-Ignatius for "Manam thelinge" in the film Thenmavin Kombathu, 1994.