''Gomathi Nayagam'' is a 2004 Indian

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directed by

Ponvannan Ponvannan (born Shanmugam; 23 September 1964) is an Indian actor and director who has worked in Tamil cinema and television. After beginning his career as an artist (painter), Ponvannan apprenticed as a director and writer under Bharathiraja. H ...

. The film stars Ponvannan, Haripriya and Karthika, with

Manivannan Manivannan (31 July 1953 – 15 June 2013) was an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter, voice artist, playback singer and social activist who worked in Tamil cinema. In a career spanning three decades, he went from being a story and ...

Ilavarasu Ilavarasu is an Indian cinematographer and actor, who works in the Tamil film industry. He started his career as a cinematographer and worked for 13 films, winning a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for one of them. He, however, became better known ...

, Ponnambalam, Devan, Vishnu Prasad,

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and Kottachi in supporting roles. The film, produced by Aroma Mani, was released on 24 December 2004.

Plot

In a remote village, Kunjappan is a carefree man who has the dream of becoming a cinema hero and he renames himself as Gomathi Nayagam to avoid embarrassments. His innocent relative Sevanthi is in love with Gomathi Nayagam but Gomathi Nayagam is adamant about being single until he becomes a cinema hero. In the meantime, Parameshwari arrives at the village with her family to become the new school teacher. Aravindan who is in love with Parameshwari since the college days comes to the village to charm her and Gomathi Nayagam decides to help him. Later, Gomathi Nayagam's parents want him to marry Parameshwari but Gomathi Nayagam refuses. Meanwhile, Parameshwari's mother has a heart attack and on her hospital bed, she gets a promise from Gomathi Nayagam that he will marry Parameshwari. Gomathi Nayagam then plans to have a fake marriage with Parameshwari but things get complicated and after a misunderstanding, Gomathi Nayagam marries Parameshwari for real. After the marriage, Gomathi Nayagam reveals that he doesn't love her and Parameshwari decides to change his mind. Thereafter, all the issues are solved and Gomathi Nayagam finally understands Parameshwari's true feelings. Gomathi Nayagam eventually decides to direct and produce his own film to become a cinema hero.

Cast

Production

, who played character roles and acted in TV serials, returned to direction with the film titled ''Gomathi Nayagam''. He also played the lead role, handled the story, screenplay, and the dialogue in this film. Haripriya and Karthika were selected to play the heroines. Produced by Malayalam film producer Aroma Mani for Sunitha Productions, the film had in the supporting cast

, Ponnambalam,

, Devan, Vishnu Prasad,

Saranya Ponvannan Saranya Ponvannan (born Sheela Christina) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam and a few Kannada language films. She also acted in one Hindi movie '' Chup: Revenge of the Artist'' in 2022. Saranya made ...

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and Sumithra. The music director of Malayalam film M. Jayachandran made his debut in Tamil cinema and Palani Bharathi had penned all the songs. The film had cinematography by K. B. Ahmed, editing by K. Pazhanivel, and art by Sreeni. The film was shot in places like

Pollachi Pollachi is a town and municipality in Coimbatore district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Pollachi taluk. It is situated near the center of the South Indian Peninsula, surrounded by Western Gha ...

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and

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. Speaking of the film, Ponvannan said, "It will be on the lines of comedies like '' Avvai Shanmughi'' and ''

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''".

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by M. Jayachandran.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title 2000s Indian films 2000s Tamil-language films 2004 comedy films 2004 films Films directed by Ponvannan Films shot in Chennai Films shot in Puducherry Films shot in Sri Lanka Indian comedy films