''Pattukottai Periyappa'' is a 1994 Indian
Tamil
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-language
comedy drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple co ...
film written and directed by
Visu
Meenakshisundaram Ramasamy Viswanathan (1 July 1945 – 22 March 2020), best known by his stage name Visu, was an Indian writer, director, stage, film and television actor and talk-show host. Visu initially worked as an assistant to director K ...
. The film stars
Lakshmi,
Anand Babu,
Mohini
Mohini (Sanskrit: मोहिनी, ') is the Hindu goddess of enchantment. She is the only female avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. She is portrayed as a ''femme fatale'', an enchantress, who maddens lovers and demons, sometimes leading them t ...
and Visu. The film had musical score by
Deva
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Entertainment
* ''Deva'' (1989 film), a 1989 Kannada film
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* Deva ...
.
Plot
The story potrays the rivalry between a rich arrogant women, Aranthangi Akilandeshwari(
Y. Vijaya) and an ambitious lady, Jhansi (
Lakshmi) (Jawahar nagar ladies club president). The ensue between them leads to cancellation of Pitchumani(
Anand Babu) and Uma's(
Mohini
Mohini (Sanskrit: मोहिनी, ') is the Hindu goddess of enchantment. She is the only female avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. She is portrayed as a ''femme fatale'', an enchantress, who maddens lovers and demons, sometimes leading them t ...
) marriage. Pattukotai Periyappa (
Visu
Meenakshisundaram Ramasamy Viswanathan (1 July 1945 – 22 March 2020), best known by his stage name Visu, was an Indian writer, director, stage, film and television actor and talk-show host. Visu initially worked as an assistant to director K ...
), who is Pitchumani's uncle, tries to conduct the marriage against those women forms the rest of the story.
Cast
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Lakshmi as Jawahar Nagar 'Jhansi'
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Anand Babu as Pitchumani
*
Mohini
Mohini (Sanskrit: मोहिनी, ') is the Hindu goddess of enchantment. She is the only female avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. She is portrayed as a ''femme fatale'', an enchantress, who maddens lovers and demons, sometimes leading them t ...
as Uma
*
Visu
Meenakshisundaram Ramasamy Viswanathan (1 July 1945 – 22 March 2020), best known by his stage name Visu, was an Indian writer, director, stage, film and television actor and talk-show host. Visu initially worked as an assistant to director K ...
as Pattukottai Periyappa
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Vivek as Manmadan (TTR)
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Y. Vijaya as Akilandeshwari
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Vinodhini as Alamelu
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S. S. Chandran
S. S. Chandran (25 September 1941 – 9 October 2010) was an Indian comedy actor, producer, and politician from Tamil Nadu. He belonged to the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party and was a Member of the Parliament representing Tamil N ...
as Narayanaswami, clerk in Pitchumani's office
*
Delhi Ganesh as Pitchumani's father
*
Chinni Jayanth as Telex Pandian
*
Kumarimuthu as fake inspector
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Madhan Bob as office Manager
*
Kavithalaya Krishnan as Balu, Uma's brother
*
T. V. Varadarajan
S. Varadarajan, better known as T. V. Varadarajan, is an Indian theatre and television actor and news anchor from Tamil Nadu. He had been a news reader for Doordarshan for over 28 years.
Early life
Varadarajan was working with Bank of India at ...
as Varadan, Akilandeshwari's brother
*Manager Cheena as Alamelu's father
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by Deva and lyrics written by Kalidasan.
References
External links
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1994 films
Indian comedy-drama films
1990s Tamil-language films
Films directed by Visu
Films scored by Deva (composer)
Films with screenplays by Visu
1994 comedy-drama films