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Ramarajan
Ramarajan (born 18 October, 1960) is an Indian actor, writer, director and politician who specialised in acting and directing films on village-based subjects. He is also known as ''Makkal Nayagan'' in Tamil cinema. Career Ramarajan started his career by doing small roles beginning in the year 1977. He turned director with '' Mannukketha Ponnu'' (1985), Ramarajan instead approached Gangai Amaran to compose music. He got his first hype as a lead in the film ''Namma Ooru Nalla Ooru'', released in 1986. He is popular for doing films on the village-based subjects; these films became the notable identity of Ramarajan. He was known for his dark shirts and colorful costumes. His film '' Karagattakaran'' (1989) was a blockbuster hit. It ran for over 100 days in 25 centers, one year in seven-eight centres and clocked 400 days in four theatres. This was Ramarajan’s 18th film as hero, and his third collaboration with Gangai Amaran after two hits in ''Enga Ooru Pattukaran'' (1987) and ''Sh ...
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Karagattakaran
''Karakattakkaran'' () is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy dance film written and directed by Gangai Amaran. The film stars Ramarajan and debutant Kanaka, while Santhana Bharathi, Chandrasekhar, Goundamani, Senthil, Shanmugasundaram, Raja Bahadur, Ganthimathi and Kovai Sarala play supporting roles. It revolves around two karakattam dancers who fall in love with each other, but circumstances prevent them from confessing their love for one another. How they overcome these forms the rest of the story. The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and all the songs were well-received, in particular, "Maanguyilae Poonguyile". The film was released on 16 June 1989 and was a major commercial success, running for over a year in theatres, and won two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. It was also Goundamani and Senthil's 100th film as a combo. Goundamani and Senthil's banana comedy sequence from this film remains one of their popular act. Plot Muthaiya is the lead performer of ...
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Enga Ooru Pattukaran
''Enga Ooru Pattukaran'' () is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Gangai Amaran. The film stars Ramarajan, Rekha and Nishanthi, with Senthamarai, Vinu Chakravarthy, Senthil, Kovai Sarala and S. S. Chandran playing supporting roles. The film, produced by Kalyani Murugan, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 14 April 1987. The film was a huge blockbuster at box office, making it as one of the highest grossing Tamil films of 1987. It gave a breakthrough for Ramarajan and Rekha. After this film, Ramarajan-Gangai Amaran duo were known as one of the successful duos in Tamil cinema then. Plot Shenbagam ( Nishanthi), the daughter of a wealthy landlord ( Senthamarai), and Seethan (Ramarajan), an orphan milkman, are in love but they do not express their love directly. Seethan has been brought up by Maruthamuthu (Vinu Chakravarthy). When Shenbagam's father decides to get her married to a rich man, she commits suicide. Seethan becomes distr ...
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Medhai
''Medhai'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by debutant director Saravanan and produced by Kalaimagal Kalaikoodam. The film stars Ramarajan, Kaushika, Haasini and Charle. The music was composed by Dhina. The film released on 15 January 2012. Plot Cast *Ramarajan as Saravana *Kaushika *Haasini as Saravana's sister * Charle *Raj Kapoor * K. Natraj *Vijay Krishnaraj * Alex *Kovai Senthil * Ganja Karuppu * Pandu *Muthukaalai Production ''Medhai'' marked the acting comeback of Ramarajan after many years and it was his 44th film as an actor. The film marked the directorial debut of Saravanan who earlier apprenticed with Senthilnathan and Hari. Soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by Dhina. The audio release of the film was held on 17 July 2010 at Chennai. Reception A critic from ''Behindwoods'' wrote "Medhai is quite obviously built around Ramarajan and his comeback. One only wishes the film had got a more contemporary story, treatment and better te ...
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Paattukku Naan Adimai
''Paattukku Naan Adimai'' () is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Shanmugapriyan and produced by S. Rameshchand Jain. The film stars Ramarajan, Rekha, Khushbu and Ravichandran. The film had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja. Plot Ramarajan (Paneer) lives in a village and spends most of his time by singing village folk songs himself. He meets Rekha (Sandhya), who hails from a rich family and falls in love with her. Sandhya happens to be the illegitimate daughter of a rich man Ravichandran (Village President). Post Sandhya's mother's death, Ravichandran takes Sandhya along with him which angers Ravichandran's legal wife Sulakshana and her brother Anandaraj (Vajeravelu). Paneer and Sandhya decide to elope and get married fearing opposition from Ravichandran. Paneer comes to railway station and waits for Sandhya, but she does not turn up. Paneer feels disappointed and assumes Sandhya has ditched him agreeing to marry someone of her father's choice. Paneer boards the train ...
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Namma Ooru Nalla Ooru
''Namma Ooru Nalla Ooru'' () is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by V. Azhagappan. The film stars Ramarajan, Rekha, Rajeev and Sulakshana. It was released on 28 November 1986, and Ramarajan won the Cinema Express Award for Best New Face Actor. Plot Cast * Ramarajan as Ramu *Rekha as Sita * Rajeev * Sulakshana * S. S. Chandran * Senthil *Vinu Chakravarthy * K. K. Soundar *Rajavelu as Judge * Pasi Narayanan *'Director' Dasarathan *S. Ramasamy *Manohan *Kovai Balu *Karunakaran *Balraj *Vasanthi *Kaarai K. Balan *Baby Saarah *Shankar–Ganesh in a friendly appearance Soundtrack Soundtrack was composed by Gangai Amaran. Reception N. Krishnaswamy of ''The Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split be ...'' criticised the film and called th ...
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Mannukketha Ponnu
Mannukketha Ponnu is a 1985 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Ramarajan and produced by P. S. V Hariharan. The film stars Pandiyan, Ilavarasi, Goundamani, Senthil, Vinu Chakravarthy, Ganthimathi, Kovai Sarala, Janagaraj,. The film had musical score by Gangai Amaran. Cast * Pandiyan as Marudhan * Ilavarasi as Bhaggiyam * Goundamani as Vishamurukki Veluchami * Senthil as Ammavasai * Vinu Chakravarthy as Bhaggiyam's father * Ganthimathi as Bhaggiyam's mother * Chandrasekhar * Kovai Sarala as Thenmozhi * Janagaraj as Chinna Pannai *Pasi Sathya as Villager *K. K. Soundar as Villager *Pasi Narayanan as Villager * T. K. S. Natarajan as Patient of Veluchami *Vellai Subbaiah as Patient of Veluchami *Idichapuli Selvaraj as Station Master Guest Appearances * Nizhalgal Ravi * Nalini Soundtrack The Songs were written by Pulamaipithan, Vairamuthu, Muthulingam, Gangai Amaran. Music was composed by Gangai Amaran Gangai Amaran is an Indian music composer, singer, lyricist, ...
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Shenbagamae Shenbagamae
''Shenbagamae Shenbagamae'' is a 1988 Tamil language film written and directed by Gangai Amaran. The film stars Ramarajan and Rekha, with Silk Smitha, Vagai Chandrasekar, K. Shanmugasundaram, R. P. Vishwam, Senthil, S.S.Chandran and Venniradai Moorthy. The title of the film is inspired from a song "Shenbagamae Shenbagamae" from the film '' Enga Ooru Pattukaran'' (1987), another combo of Ilaiyaraaja, Gangai Amaran and Ramarajan. This film ran for 100 days. Plot Cast * Ramarajan as Thangarasu * Rekha as Shenbagam * Silk Smitha * Vagai Chandrasekhar as Muthaiah * Shanmugasundaram as Surulivelu * R. P. Viswam as Sivanandi * Senthil * S. S. Chandran * Venniradai Moorthy *A. Veerappan * Kallapetti Singaram * Pakiri Samy * Varalakshmi * S. N. Parvathy * Sathya Soundtrack The songs of the film were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Reception ''The Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in ...
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Enga Ooru Kavalkaran
''Enga Ooru Kavalkaran'' () is a 1988 Indian Tamil language film, directed by T. P. Gajendran and produced by Kalyani Murugan. The film stars Ramarajan, Gautami, M. N. Nambiar and T. P. Gajendran in lead roles. The film had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja. The film was a commercial success at the box office and ran for more than 100 days. Plot A young and beautiful woman falls in love with her bodyguard. However, they must overcome many challenges in order to be together. Cast *Ramarajan as Kanthaya *Gautami as Poovayi * M. N. Nambiar * Senthamarai * T. P. Gajendran * S. S. Chandran *Sangili Murugan * Senthil *Ganthimathi *Usilai Mani *Ilaiyaraaja *Kovai Sarala *Y. Vijaya Yenigandla Vijaya (born 8 February 1957) is an Indian actress and classical dancer. She has appeared in more than 1000 films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages. Early life and education Y. Vijaya was born on 8 February 1957 in Ku ... Soundtrack The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. R ...
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Evargal Indiyargal
''Ivargal Indiyargal'' () is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Om Sakthi S. Jagadhesan, starring Ramarajan, Madhuri and Lakshmi. It was released on 10 July 1987. Plot Cast *Ramarajan as Ramu * Madhuri as Savitri *Lakshmi * Senthil * Thyagu *Omakuchi Narasimhan Soundtrack The music was composed by Manoj–Gyan, with lyrics by Vaali. Reception ''The Indian Express'' wrote the film "has inklings of idealism and that its strong point". Jeyamanmadhan of ''Kalki Kalki ( sa, कल्कि), also called Kalkin or Karki, is the prophesied tenth and final incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. He is described to appear in order to end the Kali Yuga, one of the four periods in the endless cycle of exist ...'' appreciated the film's songs and dialogues. References External links * {{IMDb title 1980s Tamil-language films 1987 films Films scored by Manoj–Gyan ...
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Nalini (actress)
Nalini (born 28 August 1964) is an Indian actress known for her works in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu films and worked in television. Personal life Nalini was born 28 August 1964 as second among eight children to Moorthi and Prema at Tamil Nadu. Her father was a choreographer in Tamil movies and her mother was a professional dancer. She has 7 siblings, one sister and six brothers. She studied at TN government school until grade seven; she could not continue her studies as she became busy with movies. Nalini married actor Ramarajan Ramarajan (born 18 October, 1960) is an Indian actor, writer, director and politician who specialised in acting and directing films on village-based subjects. He is also known as ''Makkal Nayagan'' in Tamil cinema. Career Ramarajan started his ... in 1987. The couple have twins; Aruna and Arun, born in 1988. However, they divorced, citing differences in 2000. Her daughter Aruna married Ramesh Subramanian on 6 May 2013. Filmography Tami ...
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Soorakottai Singakutti
''Soorakottai Singakutti'' () is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language masala film, directed by Rama Narayanan for AVM Productions. The film stars Prabhu and Silk Smitha, with Vijayakumari, V. K. Ramaswami, Prameela and Gemini Ganesan in supporting roles. It was released on 9 September 1983. Plot Viswanathan, a happily married landlord befriends a dancer. Later she shows her true colours, separates him from his wife and marries him. Meanwhile, Selvam, a vibrant youth hears from his mother about his past and vows to avenge the person who caused injustice to his family. How he manages to do it, is the rest of the story. Cast *Prabhu as Selvam *Silk Smitha as Sokki *Gemini Ganesan as Viswanathan *C. R. Vijayakumari as Lakshmi *Prameela as Kalyani * V. K. Ramasamy as Velu *Sangili Murugan as Nondy *Venniradai Moorthy as Marriage Broker *S. S. Chandran as Chengalpattu Senthamarai Pulavar *Bindu Ghosh as Shantha *Omakuchi Narasimhan *Gundu Kalyanam *Ramarajan (Guest Role) Soundtrack So ...
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Kanne Radha
''Kanne Radha'' is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Rama Narayanan, starring Radha and Vanitha, with Karthik and Raja in supporting roles . This film was dubbed into Telugu as ''Radha Madhavi'' and released on 29 November 1985. Plot Radha (Radha) is the daughter of Su. So. Vi. Sokkalingam (Thengai Srinivasan), an influential businessman. Being a mischievous girl, she bunks classes with her cousin Geetha (Vanitha) to watch movies. On one such incident Radha acts like she is pregnant, simply to get a free ride to the theatre. Radha and her friends run into Raja ( Karthik), a taxi driver, who is forced to drop the "pregnant woman" to the hospital. However, he then realises that she fooled him, but is impressed by her antics. Raja saves up money for the treatment of his doting elder sister, Vadivu (Vadivukkarasi), a blind woman. He later meets his long time friend Nataraj and joins as a driver in his house after saving Nataraj's father from some goons. Raja and Radha ...
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