''Thambikku Entha Ooru'' () is a 1984 Indian

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-language

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film directed by Rajasekhar and written by

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. The film stars Rajinikanth, Madhavi and Sulakshana. It revolves around a spoilt rich man who is forced to live in a village for one year to learn discipline. The film was released on 20 April 1984. It was later remade in

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as ''

Anjada Gandu ''Anjada Gandu'' () is a 1988 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film produced by B N Gangadhar under the banner of ANS Productions and written and directed by Renuka Sharma. The film stars Ravichandran and Khushbu in the lead roles along ...

'' (1988).

Plot

Balu is a lavish spendthrift with a cavalier attitude towards life. Born to a rich father Chandrasekhar, he has a rampant and aggressive behaviour and gets into confrontations wherever he perceives injustice. Worried about Balu's behaviour, Chandrasekhar decides to send him to his friend and ex-militaryman Gangadharan's village – Uthama Palayam, to work for him for one year with a condition that Balu will not reveal that he is the son of Chandrasekhar. Balu slowly gets accustomed to the village life and learns to work hard and develops a good relation with Gangadharan and his family. During his stay, he spars with an arrogant rich girl, Sumathi. Assuming Balu to be a poor villager, she tries to humiliate him and Balu responds in kind. Eventually they both fall in love. Gangadharan's daughter (Sulakshana) also loves with Balu, but learns he is in love with Sumathi. A dejected Sulakshana agrees to marry a man chosen by her father. Sumathi's father, who had agreed to get her married to his partner's son, rescinds the proposal on Madhavi's request. This enrages the villainous partner and he kidnaps Sumathi to marry her by force to his son. Balu rescues her and leaves her in the custody of Gangadharan's daughter and her suitor. However, the suitor betrays his trust and turns her over back to the partner and his son. In a final fight sequence, Balu rescues Sumathi and returns her to her father. Balu then leaves the village after learning hard work, discipline and many other good virtues from Gangadharan. The final scene shows Sumathi and her father at Balu's father house discussing marriage for Sumathi. Sumathi initially refuses, but soon realizes that she is actually in Balu's house and to everyone's surprise, Balu clad in a full suit walks down the stairs.

Cast

* Rajinikanth as Balu * Madhavi as Sumathi * Sulakshana as Gangadharan's daughter * Senthamarai as Gangadharan *

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as Chandrasekhar *

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as Sumathi's father * Srikanth * Nizhalgal Ravi *

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* Master Vimal *

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* Vani *

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* Sathyaraj * T. K. S. Natarajan *

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Production

The film was initially titled ''Naane Raja Naane Manthiri'' ().

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and the lyrics were written by

. The song "Aasaikliye" is based on the Carnatic raga

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, while "Kadhalin Deepam Ondru" is based on the

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raga. Ilaiyaraaja was hospitalised after a

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surgery and therefore unable to sing, so he composed this song by whistling and sent the notes to his studio. During the recording and rehearsals, Ilaiyaraaja would be available over phone to make corrections, and when the song's singers

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and

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were recording, they practised the whole tune and sang it over the phone while Ilaiyaraaja made the necessary corrections. The song "En Vaazhvile" is based on "Aye Zindagi Gale Lagale" from ''

Sadma ''Sadma'' () is a 1983 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film, written and directed by Balu Mahendra. It stars Kamal Haasan, Sridevi in the lead roles, with the music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film tells the story of Nehalata Malhotra, ...

'' (1983). In May 2015, the FM radio station, Radio City, commemorated Ilaiyaraaja's 72nd birthday by broadcasting the composer's songs in a special show titled ''Raja Rajathan'' for 91 days. "Kadhalin Deepam Ondru" was one of the most requested songs on the show.

References

External links

* {{Rajasekhar (director) 1980s Tamil-language films 1984 films 1984 romantic comedy films Films directed by Rajasekhar (director) Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Films shot in Ooty Films with screenplays by Panchu Arunachalam Indian romantic comedy films Tamil films remade in other languages