''Rani Theni'' () is a 1982 Tamil language film directed by G. N. Rangarajan, starring Kamal Haasan in an extended guest role. The film stars playback singer

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, the son of Trichi Loganathan, a veteran playback singer in his first leading role. The female leads are played by Mahalakshmi / Shree and

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. Kamal Haasan plays a comedy role with no connection with the main story and interacts only in one scene with the main villain Sivachandran, who plays the role of a playboy and

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; his character is killed by the heroine. The film was a remake of Telugu film '' Kukka Katuku Cheppu Debba''.

Plot

Parvathi, a girl with traditional values gets engaged to Selvam but Sekar, a womaniser, deceives her in the guise of Selvam.

Cast

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as Parvathi *

as Selvam *

Sivachandran Narayanan, better known by his stage name Sivachandran, is an Indian actor, director, and writer who was active in Tamil cinema mostly in the 1980s. Career Sivachandran was originally offered to act in '' Kizhakke Pogum Rail'' (1978), but decl ...

as Sekar *

as Kanagam *

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* Thengai Srinivasan as Thulasilingum * Kamal Haasan as Miller (Guest appearance) * Y. G. Mahendra (Guest appearance) * T. K. S. Natarajan

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0281116 1980s Tamil-language films 1982 films Films directed by G. N. Rangarajan Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Tamil remakes of Telugu films