''Periya Thambi'' () is a 1997 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language drama film directed by Chitra Lakshmanan. The film stars Prabhu (actor), Prabhu and Nagma. The film, produced by Chitra Lakshmanan and Chithra Ramu, had musical score by Deva (composer), Deva and was released on 14 January 1997.

Plot

Siva (Prabhu (actor), Prabhu) lives with his father Soundarapandian (Thalaivasal Vijay), a police officer, and his little sister Geetha in the city. Geetha gets engaged and Siva notes that his father will not invite his family to the wedding. Hence, Siva finds out the village of his family and decides to go there. At his father's village, Siva is insulted by his uncle Sankarapandian (Vijayakumar (Tamil actor), Vijayakumar), while his aunt Kamachi (Vadivukkarasi) welcomes him. Soon, Kamachi's daughter Selvi (Nagma) and Siva fall in love with each other. How Siva reconciles his uncle and marries Selvi forms the rest of the story.

Cast

*Prabhu (actor), Prabhu as Siva *Nagma as Selvi *Goundamani as Azhagu Sundaram *Vijayakumar (Tamil actor), Vijayakumar as Sankarapandian *Vagai Chandrasekhar, Chandrasekhar as Muthu *Thalaivasal Vijay as Sundarapandian, Siva's father *Uday Prakash (actor), Uday Prakash as Thangarasu *Ponvannan as Rathnam *Vadivukkarasi as Kamachi, Selvi's mother *Sangeeta (Telugu actress), Sangeeta as Sivagami *Rudra (actress), R. V. Aswini as Meena, Sankarapandian's daughter *Suvarna Mathew as Kannamma *Chitra Lakshmanan *K. K. Soundar as Muthu's father *Kullamani *Periya Karuppu Thevar *Jaya Mani *Mahanadi Dinesh

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Deva (composer), Deva. The soundtrack, released in 1997, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vairamuthu.

Reception

R. P. R. of ''Kalki'' praised the first half as natural but criticized the second half as cliched and routine.

References

{{reflist 1997 films Films scored by Deva (composer) 1990s Tamil-language films Indian drama films