''Uruvangal Maralam'' () is a 1983 Indian

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written, produced and directed by S. V. Ramanan who also composed the film's soundtrack. The film stars Y. G. Mahendran and

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, with stars like

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ga ...

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and

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playing different forms of god in guest appearances. It was released on 14 January 1983. The film is based on the 1977 American film '' Oh, God!''.

Plot

Ramalingam believes in God more than anything else in this world. He is once called by God who tells him that he has to inform people about the various things about to happen in the future. Ramalingam starts his task of telling people, but no one believes him in the beginning. Slowly when what he says starts occurring people term him a powerful monk and start coming to him. God takes several other famous actor forms and keeps hinting the world through Ramalingam. One day, God tells Ramalingam that his son is going to die. The tables turn and Ramalingam starts cursing God. Does God win Ramalingam's faith back is the story.

Cast

* Y. G. Mahendran as Ramalingam *

as Lakshmi *

as God (Guest role) *

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as Manager * S. Ve. Shekher * Manorama as Goddess (Guest role) * K. A. Thangavelu as Punnaaku Punniyakotti *

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as Thengai Srinivasan working in Press * Bindu Ghosh as Kuchipudi Sabalam

Production

''Uruvangal Maralam'', a remake of the 1977 American film '' Oh, God!'', is Y. G. Mahendran's 100th film as an actor.

and

played different forms of god in guest appearances. Ganesan's scenes were filmed in one day. Haasan also choreographed one song in the film, "Kamanukku Kaman". This was the first film where Rajinikanth appeared as

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, a role he would reprise in a full-fledged manner in ''

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'' (1985).

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by S. V. Ramanan and lyrics were written by

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and Raghu.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 1411976 1980s Tamil-language films 1983 drama films 1983 films Films about God Indian drama films Indian remakes of American films