''Thalaimurai'' () is a 1998 Indian
Tamil
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-language
drama film
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directed by Saravana Pandian and produced by M. K. Hari Shankar. The film stars director
K. S. Adhiyaman
K. S. Adhiyaman is an Indian film director and producer, who has directed Tamil, Hindi and Telugu films.
Career
Adhiyaman apprenticed under director K. Vijayan for eight films in the late 1980s, before deciding to become a film maker. After be ...
in leading role along with
Rajkiran
Mohideen Abdul Khadar, known by his stage name Rajkiran, is an Indian actor, producer and director, who has acted in more than 30 Tamil films. He won one Filmfare Award South and four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards in his career.
Early life
R ...
,
Kanaka,
Bhanupriya
Bhanupriya (born Manga Bhanu; 15 January 1967) is an Indian actress and dancer. In a four decade old career, she has appeared in 155 feature films, predominantly in Telugu cinema, Telugu and Tamil cinema, Tamil, and a few in Malayalam cinema, M ...
,
Revathi
Asha Kelunni Nair (born 8 July 1966), better known by her stage name Revathi, is an Indian actress and director, known for her works predominantly in Tamil cinema, Tamil and Malayalam cinema - in addition to Telugu language, Telugu, Hindi and ...
and
Rajkapoor playing supporting roles. Revathi received
Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize
Recipients
Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won.
* The year mentioned refers to the year in which the films released.
This is the list of Winners of Jury's Special Award
See also
* Tamil cinema
* Cinema of Indi ...
for Best Actress. Adhiyaman, the lead actor of this film later directed Telugu remake of this film ''
Bobbili Vamsam''.
Plot
Pandithurai (Raj Kiran) and Naachchiyaar (Revathi) are a respectable couple in the village. Naachchiyaa manages to conceive after 7 seven long years of marriage. She has a still born baby – Pandithurai replaces the dead baby with an illegitimate baby born to Panchavarnam (Bhanupriya) in the same hospital the same day, out of love for his wife, since he thinks that she would die if she hears that her baby was born dead. Raj Kapoor is the villain who is the father of this baby; Panchavarnam and Pandithurai promise each other that they wouldn't reveal this secret to anybody; but their conversation is overheard by Radha Ravi (Naachchiyaa's loving elder brother) and starts hating Muthu since he thinks he is an illegitimate child born to Panchavarnam and Pandithurai, but manages to keep it to himself out of fear of breaking up his sister's family. Panchavarnam joins the thurai household as domestic help. The son Muthu grows up to be an irresponsible but a very tender man (Adhiyaman), he is greatly hated by his uncle and the entire village. Radha Ravi's daughter (played by newcomer Lakshmi) and Muthu are in love and are supported by the entire family except Radha Ravi, who knows the secret of Muthu's parentage. He blurts the truth out to his sister in anger when she asks the reason for his opposition to their children's marital union. How the various characters involved (Pandithurai, Naachchiyaa, Muthu and Panchavarnam) come to terms with this new revelation, forms the rest of the story.
Cast
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Rajkiran
Mohideen Abdul Khadar, known by his stage name Rajkiran, is an Indian actor, producer and director, who has acted in more than 30 Tamil films. He won one Filmfare Award South and four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards in his career.
Early life
R ...
as Pandithurai
*
Revathi
Asha Kelunni Nair (born 8 July 1966), better known by her stage name Revathi, is an Indian actress and director, known for her works predominantly in Tamil cinema, Tamil and Malayalam cinema - in addition to Telugu language, Telugu, Hindi and ...
as Nachiyar
*
Bhanupriya
Bhanupriya (born Manga Bhanu; 15 January 1967) is an Indian actress and dancer. In a four decade old career, she has appeared in 155 feature films, predominantly in Telugu cinema, Telugu and Tamil cinema, Tamil, and a few in Malayalam cinema, M ...
as Panchavarnam
*
K. S. Adhiyaman
K. S. Adhiyaman is an Indian film director and producer, who has directed Tamil, Hindi and Telugu films.
Career
Adhiyaman apprenticed under director K. Vijayan for eight films in the late 1980s, before deciding to become a film maker. After be ...
as Muthuppandithurai "Muthu"
*
Kanaka in cameo appearance
*
Vadivelu
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as Thavudu
*
Manobala
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*
Vadivukkarasi
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*
Radha Ravi
Madras Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan Ravi mononymously called as Radha Ravi is an Indian actor and politician who played supporting roles throughout his career. He is the son of veteran actor M. R. Radha and the uncle of Vasu Vikram and half-brot ...
*
Sindhu
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as Rasathi's mother
*
Raj Kapoor
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*Lakshmi as Rasathi
Production
Actress Lakshmi made her debut in the film under her original name. For her next ventures, including K. Rajan's ''
Aval Paavam'' (2000), she changed her name to Ritika. Director Raj Kapoor made his acting debut with this film.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by
Ilaiyaraaja
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.
Reception
D. S. Ramanujam of ''
The Hindu
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'' wrote, "Though the story belongs to director K. S. Gopalakrishnan's period, director Saravana Pandiyan gives a new glossy mould to the story through his dialogue and screenplay in Muthu Movies' ''Thalaimurai''. It touches a raw nerve or two when the director stokes the flames of ruffled relations between the husband and wife when she learns the truth about the son, the husband standing firm in keeping his promise to the real mother".
References
External links
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1990s Indian films
1990s Tamil-language films
1998 drama films
1998 films
Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja
Indian drama films
Tamil films remade in other languages
Tamil-language Indian films