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Wikipedia article




'Thai Maaman' is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language political satire film starring Sathyaraj and Meena. It was released on 16 September 1994.

Plot



Rasappan (Sathyaraj) is a wealthy 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. Nambiar) congratulates Rasappan for his honesty and promotes him as the new minister for Home and Police. Back in his village, Paramasivan's henchmen attempt to kill him, but they fail. Meena agrees to get married to Rasappan.

Cast



*Sathyaraj as Rasappan

*Meena as Meena

*Goundamani as Rasappan's uncle

*Vijayakumar as Velusamy, Meena's father

*Manivannan as Paramasivan

*Manoramma 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

*Seetha (Malayalam actress) as Rasappan sister

Soundtrack



Soundtrack was composed by Deva and lyrics were written by Vairamuthu and Kalidasan.

Release and reception



'Thai Maaman' was released on 16 September 1994. Malini Mannath wrote in 'The Indian Express', "['Thai Maaman'] has turned out to be an engrossing entertainer that keeps you in splits for most of the time and thoughtful and ruminating for the rest." Thulasi of 'Kalki' felt Meena was underutilised, but appreciated the film's fast pace.

References




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