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Gopala Gopala (1996 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Gopala Gopala' is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written and directed by Pandiarajan.https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1997/jan/05-01-1997/p80.jpg The film stars himself and Khushbu, with music composed by Deva. The film was named after a song from the film 'Kadhalan'.
The film received positive reviews from critics, with praise for the performances, particularly those of pandiyarajan, and kushboo the comedy sequences.
The film run for 100 days. The film was remade in Malayalam as 'Mister Butler' and in Telugu as 'Suprabhatam'.
Plot
Gopalakrishnan (Pandiarajan), a clever cook from Coimbatore, moves to an apartment in Chennai. He becomes quickly popular and appreciated among the apartment's women, however, their husbands get jealous of Gopalakrishnan. Meanwhile, he falls in love with Usha (Khushbu). He decides to marry her with the support of his neighbours. After the marriage, Usha has just learned that Gopalakrishnan was already married. Gopalakrishnan had got married with a girl (Sindhu) but she was already pregnant and she eloped with her lover that very evening. Gopalakrishnan informed Usha's father of all these details, but Usha's father did not convey it to Usha because he thought it to be irrelevant. Usha, unaware of these details, is upset thinking that Gopalakrishnan tried to cheat her, and refuses to live with him. Usha's grandmother fuels Usha's mistrust towards Gopalakrishnan because the grandmother does not like Gopalakrishnan generally. Later, Gopalakrishnan finds a forsaken baby (by his ex-wife) in a dustbin and leaves the baby to an orphanage. Gopalakrishnan's father (Manivannan), an army officer, comes to live with his son and tries to help his son to win back Usha's heart. After a series of misunderstandings, Usha finally realises the honesty and good-naturedness of Gopalakrishnan and they reunite.
Cast
*Pandiarajan as Gopalakrishnan and Usha's grandfather
*Khushbu as Usha
*Manivannan as Gopalakrishnan's father
*Janagaraj as Kuzhanthaivel
*Chithra as Meenakshi, Kuzhanthaivel's wife
*Venniradai Moorthy as Sundaram
*Jyothi Meena as Annakili, Sundaram's wife
*Charle as Chettiar
*Kovai Sarala as Valliammai, Chettiar's wife
*Malaysia Vasudevan as Usha's father
*Jayanthi as Usha's mother
*Sindhu
*Anju as Fathima
*Loose Mohan
*Kollangudi Karuppayee as Usha's grandmother
*Paandu as Chinna
*Sempuli Jegan
*Kumarimuthu
*Jaguar Thangam as Gold
*Pandiyan (guest appearance)
Soundtrack
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Deva. The soundtrack, released in 1996, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vairamuthu.
References
Category:1996 films
Category:Indian comedy-drama films
Category:Tamil films remade in other languages
Category:Films scored by Deva (composer)
Category:1990s Tamil-language films
Category:1996 comedy-drama films
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