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Enakkoru Magan Pirappan
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Wikipedia article
'Enakkoru Magan Pirappan' is a 1996 Tamil language comedy film directed by Keyaar. The film stars Ramki, Khushbu, Vivek, Anju Aravind and Vadivukkarasi. The film, produced by V. Natarajan, had musical score by Karthik Raja and was released on 15 August 1996. The film is a remake of Malayalam film 'Aadyathe Kanmani'.
Plot
Ranganayaki (Vadivukkarasi), a rich women, has three sons : Gopi (Pandu), Madhu (Chinni Jayanth) and Balu (Ramki). Ranganayaki wants absolutely a grandson and she will pass on her whole inheritance to her son who has a male child. The elder sons have only daughters and Balu is still a bachelor.
Balu is a singer in the marriage functions and he falls in love with Swathi (Khushbu), a girl from a middle-class family. He marries her and Swathi becomes pregnant. Balu's best friend, Raja (Vivek), an honest journalist, is married to Shanthi (Anju Aravind) and his wife is also pregnant. Swathi and Shanthi deliver the same day. Balu has a daughter although Raja has a son.
In the meantime, Ranganayaki has a severe heart attack and the doctor says to not reveal shock news. In the hospital, a misunderstanding happens and Balu's father shows Raja's son to Ranganayaki in a serious condition. Ranganayaki is immediately recovered. Balu maintains the lie to save his mother's life. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.
Cast
*Ramki as Balu
*Khushbu as Swathi
*Vivek as Raja
*Anju Aravind as Shanthi
*Vadivukkarasi as Ranganayaki
*R. Sundarrajan as Sivaraman
*Senthil as Muthu
*Venniradai Moorthy as Ranganayaki's father
*Vinu Chakravarthy as J.K
*Chinni Jayanth as Madhu
*Pandu as Gopi
*Thyagu as Vargis
Production
Anju Aravind had signed on to portray a role in the film, anticipating that she would be paired opposite actor Ramesh Aravind. However, the actor later pulled out and was replaced by comedian Vivek.
Soundtrack
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Karthik Raja. The soundtrack, released in 1996, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by Arunmozhi and Ilandevan.
In popular culture
The character Verghese portrayed by Thyagu became popular in memes.
References
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