''Sahadevan Mahadevan'' is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language
comedy film, directed by
Rama Narayanan, starring
Mohan and
S. V. Shekhar
Sattanathapuram Venkataraman Shekher (born 26 December 1950) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter, politician and a playwright of Tamil-language plays. In 2006, he was elected as an MLA for the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIA ...
, with
S. S. Chandran
S. S. Chandran (25 September 1941 – 9 October 2010) was an Indian comedy actor, producer, and politician from Tamil Nadu. He belonged to the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party and was a Member of the Parliament representing Tamil N ...
,
Kovai Sarala,
Pallavi, and
Madhuri in supporting roles.The music was composed by
Shankar–Ganesh. This movie is a Tamil remake of
Malayalam movie
Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu (1986).
Plot
The story is about two unemployed youths, Sahadevan (
Mohan) and Mahadevan (
S. V. Shekhar
Sattanathapuram Venkataraman Shekher (born 26 December 1950) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter, politician and a playwright of Tamil-language plays. In 2006, he was elected as an MLA for the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIA ...
), who become detectives to solve Kaveri's (
Madhuri) problem. Kaveri is Sahadevan's love interest. Adiyapatham (
S. S. Chandran
S. S. Chandran (25 September 1941 – 9 October 2010) was an Indian comedy actor, producer, and politician from Tamil Nadu. He belonged to the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party and was a Member of the Parliament representing Tamil N ...
) is a politician who is going to open a party for children. Adiyapatham is too affectionate with his wife Chinnamani (
Kovai Sarala). Mahadevan is an unemployed youth in a village and he ran away from his three daughters of his uncle after he came to Madras (Chennai). He went to Sahadevan's rental house and got into a problem with the house owner (
S. N. Parvathy
S. N. Parvathy is an Indian actress who appears in supporting roles in Tamil films and serials. She often plays roles of a mother in films. She has worked in popular movies like ''Anubavi Raja Anubavi'', ''Pasi'', '' Palaivana Solai'', ''Agaya ...
). She took his and Mahadevan's degree certificates for not paying the rent, so both men went to Adiyapatham's place for asking about his car shed rent. He misunderstand that Mahadevan came for a marriage proposal to his daughter Geetha (
Pallavi). Geetha falls in love with Mahadevan, but he runs away when he saw her. Sahadevan falls in love with Kaveri, but she has a problem with her maternal uncle Veerappa (Chozharajan), who wants to marry her. So he kidnaps Chinnamani instead of Kaveri, and Chinnamani gives the phone number of the place to Adiyapatham. Both Sahadevan and Mahadevan find the place through the telephone exchange. They go and fight with Veerappa and his people and save Kaveri from them with a final police sequence. The film finishes with the men's marriages.
Cast
*
Mohan as Sahadevan
*
S. V. Shekhar
Sattanathapuram Venkataraman Shekher (born 26 December 1950) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter, politician and a playwright of Tamil-language plays. In 2006, he was elected as an MLA for the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIA ...
as Mahadevan
*
S. S. Chandran
S. S. Chandran (25 September 1941 – 9 October 2010) was an Indian comedy actor, producer, and politician from Tamil Nadu. He belonged to the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party and was a Member of the Parliament representing Tamil N ...
as Politician Adiyapatham
*
Kovai Sarala as Chinnamani
*
Pallavi as Geetha
*
Madhuri as Kaveri
*
S. N. Parvathy
S. N. Parvathy is an Indian actress who appears in supporting roles in Tamil films and serials. She often plays roles of a mother in films. She has worked in popular movies like ''Anubavi Raja Anubavi'', ''Pasi'', '' Palaivana Solai'', ''Agaya ...
as Sahadevan's house owner
*
Kumarimuthu as Laundry Man
*
Thyagu as Miloma Smuggler
* Chozharajan as Veerappa, Kavari's maternal uncle
* Pakoda Kathar as Kumarimuthu's laundry assistant
Songs
The music was composed by
Shankar–Ganesh and penned by Vaali.
* "Aayiram Poigal Pesum"
Sakthisanmugam
* "Devaloga Indhiran Theendidaatha Chandhiran"
Mano and chorus
* "Oru Jigu Jigu Rail"
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and
Vani Jayaram
* "Raja Raja Chozhan Thaan"
Mano and S. N. Surender
* "Sirikkanum Thaikkulanga Sirikkanum" Seerkazhi Sivachidambaram
References
External links
1988 films
1980s Tamil-language films
Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh
Films directed by Rama Narayanan
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