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Yamanukku Yaman
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Wikipedia article
'Yamanukku Yaman' is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language fantasy comedy film directed by D. Yoganand. Starring Sivaji Ganesan and Sripriya, it is a remake of the 1977 Telugu film 'Yamagola'. The film was released on 16 May 1980, and became a box-office bomb.
Plot
Sathyam is the village panchayat president having won the election against local rich man Aarumugam. Sathyam is also in love with Savithri, Arumugam's daughter. Sathyam is a reformer and fights for the rights for of the people which pits him against Arumugam who has him killed. In heaven, Sathyam points out the hypocritical behaviour of Indran and is sent to hell. He quickly organises Yama's workers to unionise and fight for their rights. He also convinces Yaman to go to Earth to take a break from his own duties. Convinced, Yaman allows Sathyam to return to Earth where he plans revenge against Aarumugam.
Cast
*Sivaji Ganesan as Yamadharmaraja / Sathyamoorthy
*Sripriya as Savithiri
*Pandari Bai as Sathyamoorthy's mother
*V. K. Ramasamy as Aarumugam
*Major Sundarrajan as Indran
*Thengai Srinivasan as Chitragupta
*V. S. Raghavan
*R. S. Manohar as C.I.D.Sivanandam
*M. R. R. Vasu as Kanthasamy
*Jayamalini as Rambhai
*Y. G. Mahendran
*Junior Balaiah
*Typist Gopu
*Pushpalatha as Savithiri's mother
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by K. Chakravarthy.
Release
'Yamanukku Yaman' was released on 16 May 1980, and became a box-office bomb.
References
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