''Periya Kudumbam'' () is a 1995 Indian

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-language

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, directed by

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. The film stars

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, Kanaka and Vineetha, with Manorama, Vijayakumar,

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, Chithra,

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and Senthil in supporting roles. The film, produced by Ravi Shankar Films and had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja. The film was released on 1 September 1995. The film was a remake of the Telugu film ''

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'' (1994).

Plot

The story revolves around three brothers, Rathinavel, Thangavel & Manickavel who lead a simple life. All attempts by their cousins to create tiffs amongst them fails, until they take advantage of a weak situation and join a group of people who have similar thoughts.

Cast

as Rathnavel * Kanaka as Jothi * Vineetha as Bharathi * Manorama as Sivakami * Vijayakumar as Thangavel *

as Kasthuri *

as Manickavel *

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as Shanthi *

as Post Master Kanthasamy * Senthil as Post Man Dhandapani *

as Chinnapandi * Kitty as Sundarapandi * Ponnambalam as Veerapandi *

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as Dheenadayalan *

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as Minister Thandavarayan * Sathyapriya as Rajalakshmi *

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as Pappamma *

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as Rajavel * K. Kannan as Rajapandi * Ramesh Khanna as Police Inspector *

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as Rajapandi wife * Crane Manohar as a beggar * S. P. Rajkumar as a guy asking for Kunnakudi bus

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Ilaiyaraaja and lyrics were by Vaali, Pazhani Bharathi, R. V. Udayakumar.

References

External links

* {{K. S. Ravikumar 1990s Tamil-language films 1995 films Films directed by K. S. Ravikumar Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Indian drama films Tamil remakes of Telugu films