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''Banda Paramasivam'' is a 2003 Indian
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directed by
T. P. Gajendran T. P. Gajendran (1955 – 5 February 2023) was an Indian film director and actor who played minor roles. He directed more than 15 films and acted in more than 100 films. He was the son of Tuticorin MR.Perumal. Actress T. P. Muthulakshmi, his s ...
and produced by
P. T. Selvakumar P. T. Selvakumar is an Indian film director, producer, marketing and PRO who has worked in the Tamil film industry. Career Selvakumar started his career as a journalist before becoming associated with film director S. A. Chandrasekhar, who la ...
. The film stars
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, Kalabhavan Mani, and
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, Rambha,
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, and
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while Manivannan,
Vinu Chakravarthy Vinu Chakravarthy (15 December 1945 – 27 April 2017) was an Indian actor, screenwriter and director who is known for acting in more than 1000 movies in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Badaga and Malayalam mostly as a comedian, supporting actor or in ...
,
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, and
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, among others, play supporting roles. The music was composed by
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, and editing was done by Ganesh Kumar. The film was released on 14 April 2003. The film is a remake of the Malayalam film ''
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'' (1998) This was Rambha's final Tamil film as a heroine.


Plot

Pandiyan ( Manivannan) and Cheran (
Vinu Chakravarthy Vinu Chakravarthy (15 December 1945 – 27 April 2017) was an Indian actor, screenwriter and director who is known for acting in more than 1000 movies in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Badaga and Malayalam mostly as a comedian, supporting actor or in ...
) are stepbrothers who are constantly at loggerheads, and their daughters Manju ( Ramba) and Anju (
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) continue their enmity. They are always trying to prove to each other that one is better than the other and are always bickering. When Cheran sees his daughter's suitor Ravi (
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), who comes to see her in hopes of finding a future bride, Cheran insults Ravi for not having as much money as he did and questioned his mother if she had other husbands. Hearing this, Ravi's father suffers a heart attack. In anger, Ravi, wanting to make Cheran lose his properties and come to the streets, arranges to have a petty thief named Paramu (
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) pose as a rich man and wriggle his way in as Pandiyan's son-in-law. Paramu and his friend Sivam ( Kalabhavan Mani), who is also a thief, are always competing against each other to be better than the other and to become a millionaire before the other. This leads to a lot of comic rivalries, but Paramu mistakenly enters Pandiyan's house because the gate of Cheran's house had been recently been painted over. Manju begins falls for Paramu. Meanwhile, Sivam enters Cheran's house, posing as a cinema director. Madhavan (
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) helps them both since he is in love with a poor girl and is pretty sure that his father Chidambara Udayar (
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) will oppose his wedding. Paramu and Sivam make a deal with Madhavan that if he helps them become rich, then Paramu would adopt Shenbagam (
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), the poor girl that Madhavan loves, so that they would be equal in prestige and stature. This way, Udayar would agree to their marriage. Paramu and Sivam pose as Udayar's sons. Things went worse when Paramu's father-in-law Pandiyan takes them to Madhavan's house. The film revolves around how Paramu, Sivam, and Madavan deal with the situation and how everything comes to be known to both families and Madhavan's family forms the crux of the story.


Cast

*
Prabhu ''Prabhu'' means master or the Prince in Sanskrit and many of the Indian languages; it is a name sometimes applied to God. The term is also used by devotees of the Hindu God Lord Krishna/Vishnu as a title and form of address. It is also appended ...
as Paramu * Kalabhavan Mani as Sivam *
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as Madhavan * Rambha as Manju *
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as Anju *
Monica Monica may refer to: People *Monica (actress) (born 1987), Indian film actress *Monica (given name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Monica (singer) (born 1980), American R&B singer, songwriter, producer, ...
as Shenbagam *
Vinu Chakravarthy Vinu Chakravarthy (15 December 1945 – 27 April 2017) was an Indian actor, screenwriter and director who is known for acting in more than 1000 movies in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Badaga and Malayalam mostly as a comedian, supporting actor or in ...
as Cheran * Manivannan as Pandiyan *
P. Vasu Vasudevan Peethambharan, known professionally as P Vasu, is an Indian director, writer and actor who works in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and Malayalam language films. In a career spanning three decades, Vasu has directed over 64 films.
as Chidambara Udayar, Madhavan’s father *
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as Police inspector *
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as Ravi *
T. P. Gajendran T. P. Gajendran (1955 – 5 February 2023) was an Indian film director and actor who played minor roles. He directed more than 15 films and acted in more than 100 films. He was the son of Tuticorin MR.Perumal. Actress T. P. Muthulakshmi, his s ...
as Vellaichamy *
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as Nokia *
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as Doctor *Rajkrishna as Film hero *T. K. Natarajan as Ravi’s father *Benjamin as Painter *Adhavan as Guna, Shenbagam’s brother *
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as Sornam, Pandiyan’s wife *Babitha as Pushpa, Cheran’s wife *Jaya Murali as Madhavan’s mother *Vijaya Singh as Ravi's mother *Neetu as Viji *Priyanka as Film heroine *
P. T. Selvakumar P. T. Selvakumar is an Indian film director, producer, marketing and PRO who has worked in the Tamil film industry. Career Selvakumar started his career as a journalist before becoming associated with film director S. A. Chandrasekhar, who la ...
as Shop owner *Lekhasri in a special appearance


Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Sirpy and lyrics were written by Ra. Ravishankar.http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/Banda-Paramasivam-songs-T0000857 *"Panchumala" -
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, Sujatha *"Tajmahal" - P. Unnikrishnan, Sujatha *"Mappillai" -
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, Krishnaraj *"Lelakkadi" - Krishnaraj,
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*"Aleka Aleka" - Mano, Krishnaraj


References

{{reflist 2003 films Tamil remakes of Malayalam films 2000s Tamil-language films Films directed by T. P. Gajendran