''Nattupura Nayagan'' () is a 1997

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directed by

Rama Narayanan Rama Narayanan (3 April 1949 – 22 June 2014) was an Indian film director and producer. In the 1980s, he was known as a director who specialized in shooting commercial films in which animals played vital roles, while in the 1990s, several of h ...

. The film stars

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, Swathi and newcomer Timea. The film had musical score by

S. A. Rajkumar S. A. Rajkumar is an Indian composer and lyricist. He has made music for all South Indian language films in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada. Early life Rajkumar's father was a vocalist performing in stage shows conducted by popular mu ...

and was released on 4 July 1997. A. L. Alagappan co-produced the film.

Plot

Allimuthu is the lead performer of a

Karakattam ''Karakaattam'' ( ta, கரகாட்டம் or "''karakam'' ( 'water pot') dance") is an ancient folk dance of Tamil Nadu performed in praise of the rain goddess Mariamman. The ancient Tamil epic says that this type of dance derived from Bh ...

group based out of a village. Ranjani, who studied in London, returns to her village in India. She is a modern and arrogant girl, and the daughter of the rich landlord Pannaiyar. Despite having different upbringings and social status, Allimuthu and Ranjani both fall in love with each other. Allimuthu then gets an opportunity to perform in

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, there he meets a Britain girl named Timea who is fond of

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. Upon his return, Allimuthu is accompanied by Timea. Allimuthu spends a lot of time with Timea and he avoids Ranjani each time she wanted to talk to him. Ranjani was deeply struck by Allimuthu's behaviours, and one day, Ranjani forces him to talk to her. Allimuthu reveals that he has never loved her, he then spits out blood and he faints. Timea tells Ranjani what really happened in Delhi. In Delhi, Timea implored Allimuthu to teach her Karakattam and Allimuthu accepted it. In his hotel room, Allimuthu coughed up blood, Timea came in time to rescue him and transported him to the hospital. The doctor revealed to them that Allimuthu had blood cancer. Allimuthu decided to hide the truth from Ranjani and his family. He wanted Ranjani to hate him and therefore to forget him. Afterwards, Ranjani summons a doctor from London to treat him from cancer. Allimuthu is then cured by cancer and Timea brings the couple together.

Cast

as Allimuthu * Swathi as Ranjani *Timea as Timea * R. Sundarrajan as Singaravelan (Allimuthu Father) *Karai Subbaiya as Nadaswaram player *

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 ...

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as Kuppusamy *

Vennira Aadai Moorthy Vennira Aadai Moorthy (born 25 July 1936) is an Indian actor and comedian in Tamil cinema. He has starred in many Tamil films and television serials as a comedian and also played supporting roles. He is a lawyer by education, and holds a B.L. ...

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as Pannaiyar (Ranjani Father) *

Saroja Devi Bangalore Saroja Devi (born 7 January 1938) is an Indian actress who has acted in Kannada cinema, Kannada, Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu and Hindi cinema, Hindi films. She acted in around 200 films in over six decades. She is known ...

as Radha (Ranjani Mother) *

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as Pavalakkodi (Allimuthu Mother) *Mano *

Kumarimuthu Kumarimuthu (20 December 1940 – 28 February 2016) was a Tamil film character actor, comedian and politician of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). He was known for his unique comical laugh. Career Kumarimuthu starred in 728 films in his car ...

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as Valli *

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*B. Ashokarajan *

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*Marthandam *

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* R. K. as Doctor

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by

. The soundtrack, released in 1997, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by

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, R. Sundarrajan,

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, E. S. Moorthy and

References

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