Thai Maaman
Thai Maaman (transl. Maternal uncle) is a 1994 Indian Tamil romantic comedy political film starring Sathyaraj, Meena, Goundamani and Manivannan in prominent roles. The film was well advertised in the Sun TV Network and succeeded at the box office, prompting the same team of Sathyaraj and Guru Dhanapal to associate with in their next venture, Maaman Magal, which got released in 1995.
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| Directed by | Guru Dhanapal |
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| Produced by | M. G. Sekar S. Santhanam |
| Written by | Guru Dhanapal |
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| Music by | Deva |
| Cinematography | B. Bhalamurugan |
| Edited by | B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan |
Production company | M. G. Pictures |
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Running time | 150 min |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
Rasappan (Sathyaraj) is a rich but irresponsible landlord in a village, who loves his niece Meena (Meena), an educated girl. Their parents decide to engage them, but Meena refuses to marry as Rasappan is jobless. Rasappan challenges them to find a decent job. Rasappan's uncle (Goundamani) advises him to become a MLA. Rasappan joins Paramasivan's (Manivannan) political party and contests in MLA election against his uncle Velusamy (Vijayakumar). Paramasivan is cruel natured and decides to loot public money if Rasappan wins in his party. But Rasappan feels bad contesting against his own uncle and campaigns electors to vote for Velusamy instead of him. But, in an unexpected event, Rasappan wins the election. Rasappan becomes an honest MLA and helps his village people. He convinces the villagers to deposit their money in a new bank, which is promoted by Paramasivan's relative. Paramasivan and his relative loot all the deposited money and escape, which lands Rasappan in trouble. Rasappan is immediately sent to jail. Villagers burn Rasappan's house and steal his properties. Velusamy bails him out, Rasappan retrieves the money, gives it back to the villagers and then sends Paramasivan and his partner to jail. Then Rasappan goes to Chennai to resign as MLA, but The honest Chief Minister [M. N. Nambiyar] congratulates Rasappan for his honesty and promotes him as new Minister for Home and Police. Back to his village, Paramasivan's henchmen attempt to kill him, but they fail. Meena accepts to get married with Rasappan.
Cast
- Sathyaraj as Rasappan
- Meena as Meena
- Goundamani as Rasappan's uncle
- Vijayakumar as Velusamy, Meena's father
- Manivannan as Paramasivan
- Vadivukkarasi as Rasappan's mother
- Thalapathi Dinesh as alcohol warehouse's proprietor
- Senthil
- Ponnambalam
- Vichu Viswanath
- M. N. Nambiar as Arivudai Nambi, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
- Manobala in a guest appearance
- Sathya Raj's sister actress name?
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by Deva and lyrics were written by Vairamuthu and Kalidasan.[1][2]
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
| 1 | Aazha Samuthiram | P. Jayachandran | Vairamuthu | 03:36 |
| 2 | Amman Kovil | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra | 04:59 | |
| 3 | Enga Kulasamy | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra | 04:43 | |
| 4 | Kettele Oru Kelvi | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 04:54 | |
| 5 | Kongunaattukku | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | Kalidasan | 05:09 |
Critical reception
Malini Mannath wrote in The Indian Express, "[Thai Maaman] has turned out to be an engrossing entertainer that keeps you in splits for most o the time and thoughtful and ruminating for the rest."[3]
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