Thangamani Rangamani is a Tamil film, directed by Ramanarayanan.
Murali and
S. Ve. Shekher are, with S. S. Chandran, Kovai Sarala, Pallavi and Devisri in supporting roles. It is an unofficial remake of the 1984 Malayalam movie
Poochakkoru Mookkuthi
''Poochakkoru Mookkuthi'' () is a 1984 Indian Malayalam-language screwball comedy film written and directed by Priyadarshan. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Mohanlal, Shankar, Menaka, M. G. Soman, Nedumudi Venu, C. I. Paul, Suk ...
.
Plot
Thangamani and Rangamani are close friends. Rangamani, an unemployed youth, is in love with Meena, the daughter of a rich man. Thangamani is the son of a leading lawyer, who is also the legal advisor to Sivagangai Gopalakrishnan, who is a successful businessman.
Rangamani wants to marry Meena and settle down in life. Rangamani lies to Meena's father that he is the son of Sivagangai Gopalakrishnan and gets engaged to her. Thangamani comes across Lakshmi and falls in love with her. He misunderstands Lakshmi to be Sivagangai Gopalakrishnan's daughter. Much confusion follows and the film follows Rangamani and Thangamani's love story.
Cast
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S. Ve. Shekher as Thangamani
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Murali as Rangamani
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Pallavi
A pallavi has multiple connotations in carnatic music. It is the first part of any formal composition (Krithi) which has three segments - Pallavi, Anupallavi and Charanam (which can be one or more). Pallavi is usually also an abbreviation of R ...
as Lakshmi
* Devisri as Meena
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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 Sivagangai Gopalakrishnan
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Kovai Sarala
Kovai Sarala is an Indian actress and comedian, who prominently plays supporting roles in Tamil and Telugu films. She has won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Comedian three times, for her performances in '' Sathi Leelavathi'' (1995), '' ...
as Sivagangai Gopalakrishnan's wife
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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. ...
as Lawyer and Thangamani's father
* Bailvaan Ranganathan as Meena's father
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Charlie as Watchman Kannayeeram
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Thyagu
Thozhar Thiyagu (born 30 January 1950), also known as Comrade Thiyagu, is a social activist, politician, writer from Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He is also the General Secretary of Tamil National Liberation Movement and is well known for his ...
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Gandhimathi
Ganthimathi (30 August 1940 – 9 September 2011) was a Tamil stage and film actress. She acted in over 500 films.
Early life
Kanthimathi was born in Manamadurai in the then Ramanathapuram district of India. She started acting in dramas and ...
as Thangamani's mother
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Kullamani
Kullamani (1952–2013) was an Indian actor and comedian who appeared in South Indian films. He acted over 500 films. He is known for films like ''Karagattakaran'', '' Apoorva Sagodharargal'', ''Panakkaran'', ''My Dear Marthandan'', and many more ...
as Photographer
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by
Shankar–Ganesh
Shankar–Ganesh is an Indian music director duo who has worked on Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada movies for around 50 years.
Career
They started as assistants to Tamil music composers M. S. Viswanathan and T. K. Ramamoorthy in 1964 a ...
.
*"Va Va" -
Malaysia Vasudevan
Vasudevan (15 June 1944 – 20 February 2011), known as Malaysia Vasudevan, was a Malaysian-Indian playback singer and actor in Tamil cinema.
Early life
Malaysia Vasudevan's parents were from Palakkad. Chattu Nair of Ottappalam and Ammalu ...
,
S. P. Sailaja
*"Sembaruthi" -
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 ...
,
K. S. Chithra
Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra (born 27 July 1963), always credited as K. S. Chithra or Chithra, is an Indian playback singer and Carnatic musician. In a career spanning over four decades, she has recorded over 25,000 songs in various In ...
*"Pora" - TKS Natrajan
*"Rail Pola" -
Mano
Mano may refer to:
People
* Mano people, an ethnic group in Liberia
* Mano (name), a list of people with either the given name or surname
* Mano (Mozambican footballer) (born 1984), real name Celso Halilo de Abdul
* Mano (Portuguese footballer) ...
*"Thangamani" - Shankar
References
1989 films
1980s Tamil-language films
Films directed by Rama Narayanan
Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh
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