Rani Theni

''Rani Theni'' () is a 1982 Tamil language film directed by G. N. Rangarajan, starring Kamal Haasan in an extended guest role. The film stars playback singer Deepan Chakravarthy, the son of Trichi Loganathan, a veteran playback singer in his first leading role. The female leads are played by Mahalakshmi / Shree and Vanitha Krishnachandran.

Kamal Haasan plays a comedy role with no connection with the main story and interacts only in one scene with the main villain Sivachandran, who plays the role of a playboy and Casanova; his character is killed by the heroine. The film was a remake of the Telugu film '' Kukka Katuku Cheppu Debba''.

Plot

Sekhar spends time playing the guitar and flirting with girls. Parvati is the daughter of his neighbor. Sekhar flirts with a girl who repairs his guitar and teaches him how to play it. He also acts as if he loves Rukmini, who is the daughter of Raghavaiah. Parvati hates Sekhar and his behavior and always tries to avoid him. Selvam and his family like Parvati and fix an engagement with her family. Out of curiosity to meet Parvati, Selvam comes to her home on some reasons but unable to directly talk to her, writes a letter requesting her to come and meet him in backyard at night if she loves him, else he will break the engagement. Parvati comes to meet him, where she is seduced. This continues for a second night too, but Parvati is shocked when Selvam throws a torch light on her and she finds herself in the arms of Sekhar. Selvam is heart broken and leaves her.

Cast

Production

''Rani Theni'' was produced and directed by G. N. Rangarajan. After the film was completed, many distributors refused to buy the film due to lack of star value. Kamal Haasan who learned of this suggested to Rangarajan that he will do a cameo which will appear throughout the film and completed his portions within three days. After shooting scenes with Haasan, Rangarajan was able to sell his film to distributors.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

Release and reception

According to Rangarajan, though ''Rani Theni'' failed at the box office, he was able to recover the investment. Thiraignani of ''Kalki'' felt Mahalakshmi's acting and Deepan Chakarvarthy's characterisation could have been better but praised Charuhasan's acting and Viswanathan's cinematography and concluded saying half the story, the rest is Haasan.

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{{G. N. Rangarajan
1980s Indian films
1980s Tamil-language films
1982 films
Films directed by G. N. Rangarajan
Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja
Tamil remakes of Telugu films
Tamil-language Indian films