''Thenkasi Pattanam'' () is a 2002 Indian

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-language

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directed by Rafi Mecartin and produced by S. S. Durairaju. The film stars

Sarath Kumar Sarathkumar Ramanathan (born 14 July 1954) is an Indian actor, politician, filmmaker, and singer. He has acted in more than 130 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. He has won two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards S ...

and

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as the male leads while Samyuktha Varma,

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, and Aswathi Menon play the female leads. This film is the Tamil remake of the

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movie '' Thenkasipattanam'' (2000). The music was composed by Suresh Peters, while the editing was done by Harihara Puthran. The film was released on 21 June 2002. It was one of the year's Tamil blockbusters.

Synopsis

Kannan and Dass are owners of the market in

Tenkasi Tenkasi is a town and headquarters of the Tenkasi district in Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Being one of the most significant spiritual and cultural places in South Tamilnadu,Tenkasi houses The Kutraleeshwarar temple (Chitra Sabha), one of the ...

. They become the famous rowdies under the guidance of their godfather. Dass has a sister called Uma who is the educated girl and wants to get rid of their rudeness from their behaviour. Manikkam pillai (shortened as Mapillai) who later joined as the manager of the KD & Co who is regularly beaten by them due to his stupidity. Soon later it is revealed that Mapillai is in love with their sister, but she is not interested in him. He joins Kannan's and Dass's firm KD & Company as the manager in an attempt to win Uma's love and her brothers. To make her (Uma) happy, Mapillai decides to find the brides for Dass and Kannan. KD & Co once keeps as hostage a music troupe who comes to their village to perform. The main singer of that troupe, Sangeetha, gets expelled from her home because of this, so Kannan and Dass gives her refuge upon Uma's insistence. Mapillai plans to unite Dass and Sangeetha. Meenakshi is the childhood friend of Kannan, who is their enemy's daughter. Meenakshi tries to prove her love and Kannan does not reciprocate it. Soon, Kannan asks Dass for the marriage with Meenakshi for him, but Dass mistakenly understands Meenakshi as his bride. On the other hand, Sangeetha is in love with Kannan after some fights, Dass and Kannan bring Meenakshi to their home, and starts wedding preparation. Soon Mapillai realises his mistake and wants to change the brides to their respective grooms. When the truth is revealed, Dass who is madly in love with Meenakshi, forces her in a marriage with him, Kannan who is badly beaten by Dass who is ready to give up his love for his friendship. Dass changes his mind, allows Kannan and Meenakshi to unite. Sangeetha is to marry Dass. Finally, both Dass and Kannan allow Mapillai to marry Uma.

Cast

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as Kannan *

as Dass * Vivek as Manikkam Pillai (Mapillai) * Samyuktha Varma as Meenakshi *

as Sangeetha * Aswathi Menon as Uma *

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as Devaraj *

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as S.K.Velu *

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as Young Kannan *

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as Rasappan *

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as Devaki *

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as Kamala *

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as Parthasarathi *

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as Kothandam * Thyagu as Thangarasu *

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as Raja * Kumarimuthu as Kumaresan *

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* Dimple Rose * Kovai Senthil

Production

The film was a remake of Malayalam film of same name, and

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was signed on to direct its Tamil version.

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was initially cast in a lead role, before he and the director both backed out. Rafi-Mecartin, who handled the original, was later approached to direct the Tamil version. Sarathkumar and Napoleon was chosen to portray lead roles. Samyuktha Verma made her debut in Tamil with this film reprising her role from original. The film's shooting took place in and around the outskirts of

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Thenkasi Tenkasi is a town and headquarters of the Tenkasi district in Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Being one of the most significant spiritual and cultural places in South Tamilnadu,Tenkasi houses The Kutraleeshwarar temple (Chitra Sabha), one of the ...

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and

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cities.

Soundtrack

All the songs were composed by Suresh Peters retaining all the tunes from original. This was Suresh Peter's second film in Tamil as composer and second collaboration with Sarathkumar after ''Coolie'' (1995).

Reception

'The film received a good response since its release ''Chennai Online'' wrote "The film is meant to be a laugh riot, but the laughs are hard to come by." ''The Hindu'' wrote "Thenkasi Pattanam" is a colourful mela ... action-filled and humorous."

References

{{Rafi Mecartin 2002 films Tamil remakes of Malayalam films 2000s Tamil-language films Films scored by Suresh Peters Indian comedy films 2002 comedy films Films directed by Rafi–Mecartin