''Sahadevan Mahadevan'' is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language

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, directed by

Rama Narayanan Rama Narayanan (3 April 1949 – 22 June 2014) was an Indian film director and producer. In the 1980s, he was known as a director who specialized in shooting commercial films in which animals played vital roles, while in the 1990s, several of h ...

, starring Mohan and S. V. Shekhar, with S. S. Chandran,

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), '' ...

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, and Madhuri in supporting roles.The music was composed by

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. This movie is a Tamil remake of

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movie

Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu ''Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu'' () is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film directed by Priyadarshan and written by Sreenivasan from a story by Jagadish. It stars an ensemble cast led by Mohanlal, Mukesh, Sreenivasan, Jagathi Sreekum ...

(1986).

Plot

The story is about two unemployed youths, Sahadevan ( Mohan) and Mahadevan ( S. V. Shekhar), who become detectives to solve Kaveri's ( Madhuri) problem. Kaveri is Sahadevan's love interest. Adiyapatham ( S. S. Chandran) is a politician who is going to open a party for children. Adiyapatham is too affectionate with his wife Chinnamani (

). Mahadevan is an unemployed youth in a village and he ran away from his three daughters of his uncle after he came to Madras (Chennai). He went to Sahadevan's rental house and got into a problem with the house owner ( S. N. Parvathy). She took his and Mahadevan's degree certificates for not paying the rent, so both men went to Adiyapatham's place for asking about his car shed rent. He misunderstand that Mahadevan came for a marriage proposal to his daughter Geetha (

). Geetha falls in love with Mahadevan, but he runs away when he saw her. Sahadevan falls in love with Kaveri, but she has a problem with her maternal uncle Veerappa (Chozharajan), who wants to marry her. So he kidnaps Chinnamani instead of Kaveri, and Chinnamani gives the phone number of the place to Adiyapatham. Both Sahadevan and Mahadevan find the place through the telephone exchange. They go and fight with Veerappa and his people and save Kaveri from them with a final police sequence. The film finishes with the men's marriages.

Cast

* Mohan as Sahadevan * S. V. Shekhar as Mahadevan * S. S. Chandran as Politician Adiyapatham *

as Chinnamani *

as Geetha * Madhuri as Kaveri * S. N. Parvathy as Sahadevan's house owner *

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as Laundry Man *

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as Miloma Smuggler * Chozharajan as Veerappa, Kavari's maternal uncle * Pakoda Kathar as Kumarimuthu's laundry assistant

Songs

The music was composed by

and penned by Vaali. * "Aayiram Poigal Pesum" Sakthisanmugam * "Devaloga Indhiran Theendidaatha Chandhiran"

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and chorus * "Oru Jigu Jigu Rail"

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 ...

and

Vani Jayaram Vani Jairam (born as Kalaivani on 30 November 1945), also credited as Vani Jayaram, is an Indian singer. She is best known as a playback singer in South Indian cinema. Vani's career started in 1971 and has spanned over five decades. She has do ...

* "Raja Raja Chozhan Thaan"

and S. N. Surender * "Sirikkanum Thaikkulanga Sirikkanum" Seerkazhi Sivachidambaram

References

External links

1988 films 1980s Tamil-language films Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh Films directed by Rama Narayanan {{1980s-Tamil-film-stub