Manam Virumbuthey Unnai is a 1999 Tamil-language Drama movie written and directed by M. Sivachandran and produced by S. S. K. Sankaralingam under the banner of SSK. Productions. Shanmugam (Prabhu), a widower, has two daughters Kavita (P. Shwetha) and Anita (Baby Ashwini). In fact, the children were abandoned and he has brought up them without they know that they were orphans. Kavita and Anita pressure him to the photo of their mother Amudha, he describes the girl of his dreams to his friend Sabapathy (Dhamu) who then paints her portrait and Shanmugam shows them the portrait. By chance, the children Priya (Meena), who looks like the woman in the portrait. Shanmugam, Kavita and Anita go to her home in the city. Priya's family is an extended and rich family. Her family Prakash (Rajiv Krishna) secretly loves for Priya while Chandru is the supposed to be her future husband. In the city, Shanmugam meets his acquaintance Kaasi (S. S. Chandran) and he brings them to Priya's house. They decide to stay there. Then, Chandru finds out Priya's photo in his luggage, Chandru and Priya tease Shanmugam. Shanmugam loves Priya but after knowing that Prakash is in love with her, he sacrifices his love. Prakash overhears Priya saying that she is the mother of two children. In the marriage, Prakash sends his henchmen to kill Shanmugam but he attacks everyone and Prakash insults Priya by stopping this marriage. Priya leaves the place, Shanmugam urges Prakash to kill him but Prakash breaks down emotionally. In the end, Shanmugam unites with Priya. Manam virumbuthey unnai stars Karan, Rajiv Krishna, S.s. Chandran, Devan Sreenivasan, Dhamu, Delhi Ganesh and Baby P. Shwetha. The music was composed by National Award winner Ilaiyaraaja. Cinematography was done by Ilavarasu and editing by B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan. The movie has a running time of 140 minutes. It was released on 1st August 1999.