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Periya Idathu Mappillai
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Wikipedia article
'Periya Idathu Mappillai' ( Groom from a rich place) is a 1997 Indian Tamil language comedy film directed by Guru Dhanapal. The film stars Jayaram, Goundamani, Manivannan, Devayani and Mantra. The film, produced by K. Murugan, had musical score by Sirpy and was released on 22 August 1997. The film is a remake of the Malayalam film 'Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava'.
Plot
Periya Thambi (Vijayakumar) and Chinna Thambi (Rajan P. Dev) are brothers and owners of a company. Gopalakrishnan (Jayaram) is from a poor family, despite being a graduate, he cannot find a job. To support his family, he becomes the driver of Periya Thambi and Chinna Thambi. Periya Thambi's daughter Lakshmi (Devayani) and Chinna Thambi's daughter Priya (Mantra) fall in love with Gopalakrishnan. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Cast
*Jayaram as Gopalakrishnan
*Goundamani as Kaali
*Manivannan as Manian Gounder
*Devayani as Lakshmi
*Mantra as Priya
*Vijayakumar as Periya Thambi
*Rajan P. Dev as Chinna Thambi
*R. Sundarrajan as Gopalakrishnan's father
*Pandiyan as Pandiyan
*Ponvannan as Chellappa
*Vivek as Ramu
*Halwa Vasu as Vasu
*Kalaignanam as Gopalakrishnan's grandfather
*Chokkalinga Bhagavathar as Gopalakrishnan's great-grandfather
*LIC Narasimhan
*Kalaranjini as Chinnavar's wife
*Vijaya Chandrika as Gopalakrishnan's mother
*Janaki as Gopalakrishnan's grandmother
*Radhabhai as Gopalakrishnan's great-grandmother
Soundtrack
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Sirpy. The soundtrack, released in 1997, features 4 tracks with lyrics written by Kalidasan and Palani Bharathi.
References
Category:1997 films
Category:1990s Tamil-language films
Category:Tamil remakes of Malayalam films
Category:1997 romantic comedy films
Category:Indian romantic comedy films
Category:Films scored by Sirpy
Category:Films directed by Guru Dhanapal
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