''Abhirami'' is a 1992 Indian

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, directed by Dilip Kumar in his directorial debut. The film stars Saravanan, Sujatha and Kasthuri, with the supporting cast including Anju,

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, Rohini,

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and Senthil. The film, produced by

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, had musical score by debutant Mano Ranjan and was released on 27 November 1992.

Plot

Abhirami has five daughters including Dhanam ( Kasthuri), Rajeshwari ( Anju), Maheshwari (

). The eldest Dhanam is a soft-spoken woman who worked as typist, while Rajeshwari is a short-tempered woman, Maheshwari is a carefree teenager and the last two are little girls. Saravanan ( Saravanan) is an orphan and jobless youth who is in love with Dhanam ( Kasthuri). He lives in a small hotel with his new friend Ramkanth ( Senthil). Saravanan finally finds a decent job in a clothes shop. He then moves with his friend Ramkanth near Dhanam's house. Saravanan slowly becomes one of their well-wishers but Saravanan learns that Dhanam will get married soon to someone else. The heartbroken Saravanan doesn't reveal his love and vacates the house. On the wedding day, Abhirami has an accident and their jewels have been stolen. Saravanan rushes Abhirami to the hospital, he then takes jewels from his boss' daughter Vasanthi ( Rohini) who is a widow. Afterwards, the wedding takes place. After the wedding, Saravanan reveals that Abhirami had died on the way to the hospital. Saravanan doesn't tell the truth for fear that the wedding would stop. Now, the remaining four girls accept Saravanan as their brother and he decides to live with them. Saravanan and Vasanthi will get married soon.

Cast

* Saravanan as Saravanan * Sujatha as Abhirami * Kasthuri as Dhanam * Anju as Rajeshwari *

as Maheshwari * Rohini as Vasanthi *

as Singaram * Senthil as Ramkanth (Ramasamy) *

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as Lakshmi *

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as Saroja *Vijaya Chandrika *

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*Indira Devi * Ra. Sankaran *

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as conductor *

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*Rajavelu * M. R. Krishnamurthy *Haja Shareef *Chitra Guptan as Ramkanth's uncle *Bayilvan Ranganathan as Ponnusamy * Swaminathan *

Omakuchi Narasimhan Narasimhan (c. 1936 - 12 March 2009), popularly known as Omakuchi, was an Indian stage and film actor. He acted in over 1,500 films in 14 Indian languages, predominantly in Tamil. Early life Born in Kumbakonam in 1936, Narasimhan made his ...

as Arogyam * Pasi Narayanan *Thayir Vadai Desigan as Bheemarajan * Karuppu Subbiah as Ramkanth's father *Marthandan *Kottai Perumal *Baby Bhanu *Baby Bhavani *

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* V. Gopalakrishnan as doctor * Kanal Kannan *

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as Mr. Dhilip Kumar in a guest appearance *Siva in a guest appearance * Ramesh Khanna in a guest appearance *Dilip Kumar in a cameo appearance

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Mano Ranjan, with lyrics written by Kalidasan,

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and Dilip Kumar.

Reception

Ayyappa Prasad of ''

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'' gave the film a positive review: "Dilip Kumar has handled the story with finesse" and praised the lead actors.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title 1990s Tamil-language films 1992 directorial debut films 1992 drama films 1992 films Indian drama films Super Good Films films