''Periya Manushan'' is a 1997

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-language

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directed by

Guru Dhanapal Guru Dhanapal (2 March 1959 – 18 April 2014) was an Indian film director, who worked in Tamil cinema, mostly with actor Sathyaraj. Career Guru Dhanapal made his directorial debut with ''Unna Nenachen Pattu Padichen'' (1992) starring Karthik ...

. The film stars Sathyaraj and

Ravali Ravali is an Indian actress who has appeared in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi Language films. She is probably best known for her performances in '' Subhakankshalu'', ''Pelli Sandadi'', ''Vinodam'' and '' Mard''. Career In the la ...

. The film, produced by G. Seethalaxmi, had musical score by Deva and was released on 30 October 1997. as one among Deepavali releases.

Plot

Ramakrishnan ( Sathyaraj) has two wives. Sivagami (

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), his first wife, is sterile while Parvathi (

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), his second wife, has a daughter, Indhu (

). Indhu falls in love with, Ramakrishnan's nephew, Subramani (Sathyaraj).

Cast

* Sathyaraj as Ramakrishnan / Subramani *

as Indhu *

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 car ...

as Johnson *

as Sivagami *

as Parvathi *

Vadivelu Kumaravadivel Natarajan (born 12 September 1960), known professionally as Vadivelu, is an Indian actor, comedian and playback singer, having acted in supporting and lead roles in Tamil cinema. He gained widespread acclaim in Kollywood in the ...

as Chellappa * Nizhalgal Ravi as Indhu's cousin *

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 i ...

as Indhu's uncle *

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. ...

*Arivoli * Alphonsa *Sharmili *

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 graduat ...

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as Marimuthu * Mayilsamy *

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (4 June 1946 – 25 September 2020), also referred to as SPB or SP Balu or Balu, was an Indian playback singer, television presenter, actor, music composer, dubbing artist, and film producer. He is wi ...

as a doctor

Production

replaced Shruti in the lead role of the film.

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Deva. The soundtrack, released in 1997, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali, Kalidasan and Pazhani Bharathi.

Reception

The film did not perform well at the box office.

References

{{reflist 1990s Tamil-language films 1997 films Films directed by Guru Dhanapal Indian comedy films