''Thangam'' ( en, Gold) is a 2008 Tamil action film starring

Sathyaraj Rangaraj Subbiah (born 3 October 1954), professionally known as Sathyaraj, is an Indian actor, producer, director and a media personality who has predominantly appeares in Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema, Telugu Cinema. His 240 films also includ ...

and

Goundamani Subramaniyan Karuppaiya (born 25 May 1939), known by his stage name Goundamani, is an Indian actor and comedian who works in Tamil cinema. He is known for his comic duo partnership in Tamil films with fellow actor Senthil. The pair dominated t ...

about the life of a village do-gooder in

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Plot

Set in a small town near Coimbatore, 'Thangam' portrays tw families headed by Rajendranath and Mahadevan respectively. Thangam (Sathyaraj) is the son of Delhi Kumar and Aaruchami (Shanmugaraj) is the son of Mahadevan. Kaalai (Goundamani) is the uncle of Thangam. Thangam and his sister Bhagyalakshmi (Jayashree) share a special attachment. The sister finds a suitable girl (Megha Nair) for the brother, who tries hard to arrange her marriage in a grand manner. The two families turn foes because of the local MLA, who is corrupt. The MLA wants to get rid of Rajendranath, who commands respect in the constituency. He gets close to Aaruchami, who is jealous of the respect commanded by Thangam and his family. The story has many twists and turns. Aaruchami, a compulsive womanizer, woo Thangam's sister and makes her pregnant. Thangam, who is mad of his sister, makes Aaruchami marry him. Aaruchami commits a murder but Thangam accepts the responsibility and go to the jail to save Aaruchami, to make the marriage of his sister possible. Later, the relationship between the families is affected further with Mahadevan revolts against Rajendranath to make his son Aaruchami as MLA. In the process, he commits a murder and gets punished. The battle gets worsened. Rajendranath and Bhagyalakshmi are killed. The rest of the story narrates how Thangam avenges for the murders.

Cast

as Thangam *

Meghna Nair Meghna Nair is an Indian actress who has appeared in Tamil and Malayalam films. Career Aged 18, Meghaa Nair first began shooting for ''Thangam'' (2008), portraying the role of the lead actress paired opposite Sathyaraj. She portrayed Sathyara ...

as Kaalai *Jayasree as Bhagyalakshmi *Mahadevan *Delhi Kumar *Shanmugaraj as Aaruchami

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Srikanth Deva, with lyrics written by

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. *"Othakathu" - Karthik, Saindhavi *"Rathathula" - Manikka Vinayagam *"Pattukara" -

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*"Chinna Chinna" - Senthildas,

Surmukhi Raman Surmukhi Raman (earlier called as Suchithra Raman), born on 15 September 1983 in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu is an Indian playback singer from Tamil Nadu. She was brought up in Pune, Maharashtra. She occasionally writes lyrics. She is one of the ...

*"Solran" - Priyadarshini

Reception

''Sify'' wrote "The story is as old as the hills, presentation in mass masala format that works in B & C centers. Kicha makes no bones about it that he is playing to the galleries and uses the tested formula that was a winning factor in the 80's - Annan-Thankachi Pasum (brother-sister sentiments), comedy and action". ''Behindwoods'' wrote "Thangam proves that the old Kollywood formula of masala stirred together with those old, oppressive patriarchal sentiments doesn’t glitter anymore". ''Indiaglitz'' wrote "Overall, the movie has nothing new or novel to offer. But it does entertain with a good script and comedy element".

References

2008 films Indian action drama films 2000s Tamil-language films Films scored by Srikanth Deva 2008 action drama films {{2000s-Tamil-film-stub