{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{short description|2021 Indian Tamil period thriller film directed by Dil Satya}} {{Infobox film | image = Maaligai.jpg | caption = Poster | director = Dil Satya | producer = Kamal Bohra<br /> Rajesh Kumar | writer = Dil Satya | starring = Andrea Jeremiah<br />Karthik Jayaram | music = Sri Krupa <br />Mahesh Mahadev | cinematography = K. Ramsingh | editing = Greyson A. C. A. | studio = Shanthi Telefilms <br />Bhavani Entertainment | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2021|10|29|df=y|Hindi Zee Cinema release}} | country = India | language = Tamil | budget = | gross = }} '''''Maaligai''''' ({{translation|Mansion}}) is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language period thriller film<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Subramanian|first=Anupama|date=2019-04-11|title=Maaligai gave me scope for various shades of acting: Andrea Jeremiah|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/110419/maaligai-gave-me-scope-for-various-shades-of-acting-andrea-jeremiah.html|access-date=2021-09-28|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|archive-date=27 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827140138/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/110419/maaligai-gave-me-scope-for-various-shades-of-acting-andrea-jeremiah.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2019-04-14|title=Andrea Jeremiah's next is Maaligai|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/andrea-jeremiah-next-maaligai-5675331/|access-date=2020-09-14|website=The Indian Express|language=en|archive-date=28 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928165304/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/andrea-jeremiah-next-maaligai-5675331/|url-status=live}}</ref> directed by Dil Satya and starring Andrea Jeremiah and Karthik Jayaram.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Andrea's next titled Maaligai|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2019/apr/09/andreas-next-titled-maaligai-10967.html|access-date=2020-09-14|website=Cinema Express|date=9 April 2019|archive-date=30 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930094525/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2019/apr/09/andreas-next-titled-maaligai-10967.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Cast == {{Cast listing| * Andrea Jeremiah as ACP S. Shanti * Karthik Jayaram as Vishnu / Vishnuvardhan * Ashutosh Rana as King Vikramaditya * K. S. Ravikumar as O. K. Kumar * Ali as Vishnuvardhan's uncle * Manobala as Power Paandi * Aadukalam Naren as Shanti's father * Meera Krishnan as Shanti's mother * Jangiri Madhumitha as Arthi Krishnan * Kovai Sarala as storyteller }}
== Production == The film began production in 2019 and was supposed to be made in Kannada by director Dil Satya and produced by Hindi producers, but it was made as a Tamil film due to Andrea Jeremiah's popularity there.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andrea plays a cop and a princess in 'Maaligai' |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/andrea-plays-a-cop-and-a-princess-in-maaligai-imagegallery-kollywood-tekrx6gjdcbaf.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410220702/http://www.sify.com/movies/andrea-plays-a-cop-and-a-princess-in-maaligai-imagegallery-kollywood-tekrx6gjdcbaf.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 April 2019 |access-date=14 September 2020 |website=Sify |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=manimegalai.a|title=2 வேடத்தில் நடிக்கும் ஆண்ட்ரியா!|url=https://tamil.asianetnews.com/cinema/andriya-acting-duel-role-movie-pq2762|access-date=2021-09-28|website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd|language=ta|archive-date=28 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928160707/https://tamil.asianetnews.com/cinema/andriya-acting-duel-role-movie-pq2762|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0"/> Dil Satya and Karthik Jayaram from the Kannada film industry forayed into Tamil cinema through this film.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-04-10|title=ஆண்ட்ரியாவுக்கு விஜய் ஆண்டனி கொடுத்த பட்டம்|url=https://gtamilnews.com/maaligai-press-meet-news/|access-date=2021-09-28|website=G Tamil News|language=en-US|archive-date=28 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928161326/https://gtamilnews.com/maaligai-press-meet-news/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/jayaram-karthik-to-make-his-kollywood-debut-with-malligai/articleshow/68835400.cms|title=Jayaram Karthik to make his Kollywood debut with 'Malligai'|date=11 April 2019|work=The Times of India|access-date=29 May 2024|archive-date=29 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529090434/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/jayaram-karthik-to-make-his-kollywood-debut-with-malligai/articleshow/68835400.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
Andrea plays an ACP, who upon investigating a palace learns about her past as a princess.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-04-10|title=தமிழ் சினிமாவின் சகலகலாவல்லி அவர்தான் - விஜய் ஆண்டனி|url=https://cinema.maalaimalar.com/cinema/cinemanews/2019/04/10205727/1236626/Vijay-Antony-Speech-in-Maaligai-movie-function.vpf|access-date=2021-09-28|website=maalaimalar.com|language=Tamil|archive-date=28 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928161513/https://cinema.maalaimalar.com/cinema/cinemanews/2019/04/10205727/1236626/Vijay-Antony-Speech-in-Maaligai-movie-function.vpf|url-status=live}}</ref> She accepted the role since she got to play two characters, which is rarely offered to heroines.<ref name=":0"/> K. S. Ravikumar accepted the film due to cinematographer K. Ramsingh, whose mentor Ashok Rajan worked on many of his directorial films starting with his second film ''Cheran Pandian'' (1991).<ref>{{Cite web|title=கஸ்தூரியைக் கிண்டலடித்த கே.எஸ்.ரவிகுமார்|url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/162987-.html|access-date=2021-09-28|website=Hindu Tamil Thisai|date=12 April 2019|language=ta|archive-date=28 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928160706/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/162987-.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
The film was shot in Baroda, Chennai, Jaipur and Kochi.<ref name=":1"/>
== Soundtrack == {{Track listing | headline = Track listing | extra_column = Singer(s) | title1 = Omkara<ref>{{Cite web| title=Andrea with Dance Master Shivashankar during Maaligai Movie Omkara Song Shoot | url=https://maheshmahadev.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Andrea-with-Dance-Master-Shivashankar-during-Maaligai-Movie-Omkara-Song-Shoot.jpg | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529175403/https://maheshmahadev.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Andrea-with-Dance-Master-Shivashankar-during-Maaligai-Movie-Omkara-Song-Shoot.jpg | archive-date=2024-05-29}}</ref> | music1 = Mahesh Mahadev | lyrics1 = T. Rajendar | extra1 = | length1 = }}
==Release== The Hindi dubbed version was released on 29 October 2021 on Zee Cinema.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zee5.com/global/movies/details/maaligai/0-0-1z531960|title=Watch Maaligai (Hindi) Full HD Movie Online on ZEE5|website=ZEE5|access-date=6 January 2024|archive-date=29 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129175852/https://www.zee5.com/global/movies/details/maaligai/0-0-1z531960|url-status=live|date=29 October 2021}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{IMDb title|tt11469726}}
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