Mangai Oru Gangai

Mangai Oru Gangai is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language legal drama film directed by T. Hariharan and produced by Kovaithambi. The film stars Saritha and Nadhiya. It was released on 24 July 1987.

Plot
Radha Ranganathan, an advocate, becomes cynical after failing to get a criminal convicted for the murder of her brother-in-law.

Production
Mangai Oru Gangai was directed by T. Hariharan and produced by Kovaithambi of Motherland Pictures. Hariharan also wrote the screenplay, based on a story by Motherland Pictures' Story Department, and the dialogue was written by M. G. Vallabhan. Cinematography was handled by U. Rajagopal, and editing by M. S. Money.

Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by the duo Laxmikant–Pyarelal.

Release and reception
Mangai Oru Gangai was released on 24 July 1987. On 7 August, N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express wrote, "I was pleased that the makers of the film had done their homework on the script and had here something that was intellectually simulating", and praised the performances of Saritha, Charan Raj, Nadhiya and Viswanathan. Jayamanmadhan of Kalki, however, reviewed the film more negatively, feeling the court scenes were excessively stretched and inducing uncontrollable yawn.