''Thoongathey Thambi Thoongathey'' () is a 1983 Indian

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-language masala film directed by

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, starring

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in a double role, supported by

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and Sulakshana. It was a blockbuster and completed a 275-day run at the box office.

Plot

Gopi is an unemployed graduate from a middle class society and Vinod is a rich graduate from high society returning from abroad after his father's death. To claim the property of Vinod, the estate manager with his mob guys assaults him and make him a drug addict by repeated injections administered by a fake doctor. Gopi's lover Padmini's father, a family friend of Vinod's father, together with Padmini, come to the estate on an excursion. Due to her curiosity, she sees Vinod and finds out that he is in a dangerous state of health due to the drug addiction. Padmini later learns that Gopi and Vinod are twins separated at birth. With the help of the house's servant, Padmini replaces Vinod with Gopi and sends him to his mother's house to save him. Gopi takes it upon himself to save the estate and properties from the hands of Vinuchakravarthy, his accomplice and his assistant.

Cast

as Gopi and Vinod *

as Padmini * Sulakshana as Jayanthi * Jamuna as Anu *

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as Chandrasekar (Padmini's father) * Vinu Chakravarthy as the estate manager * Goundamani as the assistant of the estate manager * Janagaraj as the fake doctor *

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as the estate manager's accomplice *

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as Padmini's friend * Dilip as Gopi's friend * Kuyili(actress) as Vinod's Dancer

Production

After the success of ''

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'' (1958), M. G. Ramachandran wanted his second directorial to be titled as ''Thoongathey Thambi Thoongathey'' named after the song from the film, however the project was shelved. In 1983, AVM Productions launched a film with the same name starring Kamal Haasan. Kamal portrayed two distinct roles, and the cinematographer Babu used mask shots to differentiate the roles. The song "Vaanam Keezhe" took 17 days to be completed, this song was taken at a cost of . The song "Summa Nikkathinga" was shot at Vijaya Gardens. To shoot an expensive climax involving helicopter chase, makers took inspiration from the climax of Hindi film ''

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'' at the insistence of journalist Manian by taking long shots of bursting helicopter from that film and matched along with the actors.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

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and lyrics for all songs were written by Vaali. For the Malayalam-dubbed version ''Vasantholsavam'', all lyrics were written by

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, and

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wrote the lyrics for the Telugu-dubbed version ''Jalsa Rayudu''. The song "Naanaga Naanillai" was well received and it based on

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raga which resembles Hindolam. In early 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in India, a version of "Varuthu Varuthu" with rewritten lyrics spreading awareness about COVID-19, became

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Release

''Thoongathey Thambi Thoongathey'' was released on 4 November 1983, and completed a 275-day run at the box office.

References

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* {{AVM Productions 1980s masala films 1980s Tamil-language films 1983 films AVM Productions films Films directed by S. P. Muthuraman Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Films with screenplays by Panchu Arunachalam Twins in Indian films