My Dear Marthandan

My Dear Marthandan
Directed by	Prathap K. Pothan
Produced by	Santhi Narayanasamy; C. T. Manohar
Written by	R. P. Viswam (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Prathap K. Pothan
Story by	G. M. Kumar
Starring	Prabhu; Kushboo; Goundamani; Kovai Sarala;
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography	Ashok Kumar
Edited by	B. Lenin; V. T. Vijayan;
Production; company	Sivaji Productions
Distributed by	Sivaji Productions
Release date	24 August 1990
Country	India
Language	Tamil

My Dear Marthandan is a 1990 Tamil-language film starring Prabhu and Kushboo in the lead roles. The film was produced by Sivaji Productions and directed by Prathap K. Pothan. The film was a remake of Coming to America (1988), starring Eddie Murphy. It was remade in Telugu as Raja Vikramarka (1990).

Plot

Marthandan lives with his parents in a palace. He sets out to Chennai to find a girl. There he meets "Idea Mani" (Goundamani), who is very cunning and tries to make money from the innocent Marthandan in comical ways. He meets a girl (Kushboo) in a bakery and befriends her. The rest of the story is about how he tries to win her over and how he understands the value of money.

Cast

Prabhu as Marthandan
Kushboo
Goundamani as Idea Mani
S. S. Chandran
Nizhalgal Ravi
Kovai Sarala
Venniradai Moorthy
Thyagu
Pandu
Kumarimuthu
Kullamani
Chinni Jayanth
R. S. Shivaji
Oru Viral Krishna Rao
Disco Shanti
Ponnambalam
Ramkumar Ganesan (Guest appearance)

Soundtrack

The music and background score was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

Track list
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Oh Alagu Nilavu"	Piraisoodan	Mano
2.	"Aaduthu Paar"	Gangai Amaran	Ilaiyaraaja
3.	"Illavattam Kai thattum"	Vaali	S.P.Balasubramaniam, S. Janaki
4.	"Kalyana Mapillaikku"	Gangai Amaran	S. P. Sailaja
5.	"My Dear Marthandan"	Gangai Amaran	Ilaiyaraaja
6.	"Oh Maharaja"	Gangai Amaran	Sasi Rekha
7.	"Paakku Vethala"	Vaali	S.P.Balasubramaniam
8.	"Satham Varamal"	Vaali	Mano, Chitra
9.	"Uttalakadi"	Gangai Amaran	Gangai Amaran, S.P.Balasubramaniam