''Gomathi Nayagam'' is a 2004 Indian

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comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Ponvannan Ponvannan (born Shanmugam; 23 September 1963) is an Indian actor and director who has worked in Tamil cinema and television. After beginning his career as an artist (painter), Ponvannan apprenticed as a director and writer under Bharathiraja. H ...

. The film stars Ponvannan, Haripriya and Karthika, with

Manivannan S. Manivannan Rajagopal (31 July 1953 – 15 June 2013), better known by his mononym Manivannan, was an Indian film director, actor and activist who worked mainly in Tamil cinema and also worked in a few Telugu & Malayalam films. In a care ...

Ilavarasu Ilavarasu is an Indian cinematographer and actor, who works in the Tamil film industry. He started his career as a cinematographer and worked for 13 films, winning a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for one of them. He, however, became better known ...

, Ponnambalam, Devan, Vishnu Prasad,

Madhan Bob S. Krishnamoorthy (born 19 October 1953) professionally known as Madhan Bob, is an Indian actor and comedian, appearing in many Tamil films in supporting roles. Madhan Babu is known for his amusing facial expressions, laughter and protruding ey ...

Halwa Vasu Vasu, popularly known as Halwa Vasu, (died 17 August 2017) was a comedian in the Tamil film industry in India. He worked in around 900 films. Career Vasu who hailed from Madurai district, came to Chennai to work in cinemas after his graduati ...

and Kottachi in supporting roles. The film, produced by Aroma Mani, had musical score by

M. Jayachandran Madhusoodanan Jayachandran is an Indian composer, singer, and musician. He has won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director for a record number of nine times. In 2005, he also won the state award for best male singer. In 2015, he wo ...

and it was released on 24 December 2004.

Plot

In a remote village, Kunjappan (

) is a carefree man who has the dream of becoming a cinema hero and he renames himself as Gomathi Nayagam to avoid embarrassments. His innocent relative Sevanthi ( Karthika) is in love with Gomathi Nayagam but Gomathi Nayagam is adamant about being single until he becomes a cinema hero. In the meantime, Parameshwari (Haripriya) arrives at the village with her family to become the new school teacher. Aravindan (Vishnu Prasad) who is in love with Parameshwari since the college days comes to the village to charm her and Gomathi Nayagam decides to help him. Later, Gomathi Nayagam's parents want him to marry Parameshwari but Gomathi Nayagam refuses. Meanwhile, Parameshwari's mother has a heart attack and on her hospital bed, she gets a promise from Gomathi Nayagam that he will marry Parameshwari. Gomathi Nayagam then plans to have a fake marriage with Parameshwari but things get complicated and after a misunderstanding, Gomathi Nayagam marries Parameshwari for real. After the marriage, Gomathi Nayagam reveals that he doesn't love her and Parameshwari decides to change his mind. Thereafter, all the issues are solved and Gomathi Nayagam finally understands Parameshwari's true feelings. Gomathi Nayagam eventually decides to direct and produce his own film to become a cinema hero.

Cast

as Kunjappan/Gomathi Nayagam *Haripriya as Parameshwari * Karthika as Sevanthi *

as Nanjappan, Gomathi Nayagam's father *

as Kutraleeswaran * Ponnambalam as Sevanthi's father * Devan *Vishnu Prasad as Aravindan *

as Varadharajan *

as Bheem Boy *Kottachi as Pazhani *

Periya Karuppu Thevar Periya Karuppa Thevar (1936 - 18 September 2012) was a Tamil film character artiste and folk singer who appeared in Tamil-language films. Film career PKT was part of the drama troupe floated by veteran Sankaradoss Swamigal more than fifty year ...

* Sumithra as Dhanam *

Saranya Ponvannan Saranya Ponvannan (born Sheela Christina) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam language films. Saranya made her debut in a lead role in Mani Ratnam's ''Nayakan'' (1987) and went on to play lead roles from ...

Vanitha Krishnachandran Vanitha Krishnachandran is an Indian film and television actress. She acted during the 1980s in nearly 170 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films along with several Malayalam and Tamil Television serials. Personal life Vanitha was ...

as Thangam *

Sathyapriya Sathyapriya is an Indian actress. She has acted in over 350 films, and played the heroine in a few of them. She made her debut in ''Manjal Mugame Varuga'' opposite Vijayakumar in Tamil. Her notable films include ''Besuge'', ''Dharmasere'', ''H ...

as Parameshwari's mother *Ramya as Manju *

K. Sivasankar K. Shivashankar (7 December 1948 – 28 November 2021) was an Indian dance choreographer who worked in more than 10 languages but majorly with South Indian films, including Tamil films & Telugu films. Early life Shivashankar was born in Govin ...

as Himself (cameo appearance)

Production

, who played character roles and acted in

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, returned to direction with the film titled ''Gomathi Nayagam''. He also played the lead role, handled the story, screenplay, and the dialogue in this film. Haripriya and Karthika were selected to play the heroines. Produced by Malayalam film producer Aroma Mani for Sunitha Productions, the film had in the supporting cast

, Ponnambalam,

, Devan, Vishnu Prasad,

and Sumithra. The music director of Malayalam film

made his debut in Tamil cinema and Palani Bharathi had penned all the songs. The film had cinematography by K. B. Ahmed, editing by K. Pazhanivel, and art by Sreeni. The film was shot in places like

Pollachi Pollachi is a town and a taluk headquarters in Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu state, India. Located about to the south of Coimbatore, it is the second largest town in the district after Coimbatore. Pollachi is a popular Marketplace for ja ...

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Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

and

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. Speaking of the film, Ponvannan said, "It will be on the lines of comedies like ''

Avvai Shanmughi ''Avvai Shanmugi'' is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by K. S. Ravikumar and co-written by Crazy Mohan. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Meena, with Gemini Ganesan, Nagesh, Heera, Manivannan, Nassar, Delhi Ganesh and Ann in su ...

'' and ''

Thenali ''Thenali'' is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language comedy film co-written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Jayaram, Devayani and Jyothika, with Delhi Ganesh, Charle, Ramesh Khanna and Madhan Bob in supporting roles. It rev ...

''".

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by

. The soundtrack features 5 tracks.

References

{{reflist 2004 films 2000s Tamil-language films Indian comedy films Films shot in Chennai Films shot in Puducherry Films shot in Sri Lanka 2004 comedy films