Mambattiyan is a film directed by Thyagarajan. This film which is a remake of the film Malaiyur Mambattiyan is being made in Tamil and Telugu languages. Prashanth who is donning the role of Mambattiyan while speaking to the media said,”
The film Malaiyur Mambattiyan was remade in Telugu film which had Krishnamraju in the lead role, in Kannada which had Ambareesh and in Hindi which had Rajnikanth. Now this film is being remade in Tamil.
I am donning the role which Thyagarajan did in the original version. Meera Jasmine is donning the role which Saritha did and Mallika Sherawat is donning the role which Silk Smitha did.
Vadivelu is donning the role which Goundamani did in the original version. I have done special workouts to don this role. The fighting scenes featuring me, wild bisons and elephants will be very thrilling. The comedy with Vadivelu would me much spoken after Winner. Shaji Kumar is handling the camera.
We are holding a contest to guess that who is the music composer of this film. The person who guesses it correct will be given a prize by the music composer who had composed music for this film on the audio launch function.
The story and scenes will not be the same as in the original version. We have changed the screenplay to suit the present day trend. Modern graphics scenes will feature in this film.”