| Director: | D. S. Balagan |
| Screenplay: | D. S. Balagan |
| Story: | Balachandra Menon |
| Producer: | T. Subbulakshmi |
| Starring: | Visu Mohan Rekha |
| Cinematography: | V. Ramamurthy |
| Editing: | Ganesh–Kumar |
| Music: | Shankar–Ganesh |
| Studio: | Lakshmi Raja Films |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Tamil |
Mappillai Sir is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film written and directed by D. S. Balagan from a story by Balachandra Menon. The film stars Visu, Mohan and Rekha. A remake of the 1983 Malayalam film Karyam Nissaram, It was released on 12 August 1988.
Varadarajan is a trained attorney who does not practice due to having promised his father-in-law when he married his wife. They have two daughters. His neighbour is a retired Army Colonel who has health issues, is married to Sumithra. The daughters marry their lovers with their father's consent, despite their mother's disapproval. The story then focuses on their reconciliation.
The soundtrack was composed by the duo Shankar–Ganesh, with lyrics by Idhaya Chandran.[1]
Mappillai Sir was released on 12 August 1988.[2] NKS of The Indian Express wrote, "The Maappillai Saar objective is the taming of the arrogant Jayanthi [...] The taming of the shrew line having exhausted itself midway, the film occupies itself with an assortment of cooked up conflicts".[3] Jayamanmadhan of Kalki criticised the film for its writing, likening it to a car being driven without a brake.[4]
