''Thendral Varum Theru'' () is a 1994 Indian

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which is the directorial debut of N. G. Gowri Manohar and screenwriting debut of Mu. Metha. The film stars

Ramesh Aravind Ramesh Aravind (born 10 September 1964), known mononymously as Ramesh, is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter and television presenter. Ramesh has predominantly worked in Kannada and Tamil films along with a few Telugu and Hindi films. He ...

and Kasthuri. It was released on 15 September 1994.

Plot

Cast

Production

''Thendral Varum Theru'' is the directorial debut for N. G. Gowri Manohar, and Mu. Metha's first film as screenwriter.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by

Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works in Indian cinema, predominately in Tamil cinema, Tamil in addition ...

and lyrics for all songs were written by Mu. Metha.

Reception

Malini Mannath of ''

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'' praised Gowri Manohar's direction and Metha's writing, but said Ramesh Aravind was probably the only actor with a "consistent performance and characterisation". She felt Kasturi failed to do complete justice to her role and Rizabawa's role was not well defined.

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* {{IMDb title, 0318754 1990s Indian films 1990s romance films 1990s Tamil-language films 1994 directorial debut films 1994 films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Indian romance films Tamil-language Indian films