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Kathanayagan (1988 film)

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Kathanayagan
Poster
Directed byMuktha Srinivasan
Written byCrazy Mohan (dialogues)[1]
Story bySiddique–Lal
Produced byMuktha Ramaswamy
StarringPandiarajan
S. V. Sekhar
Rekha
CinematographyMuktha S. Sundar
Edited byV. P. Krishnan
Music byChandra Bose
Production
company
Mukthaa Films
Release date
  • 20 May 1988 (1988-05-20)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Kathanayagan (transl. Hero of the story) is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Muktha Srinivasan[2] and produced by Ramaswamy Govind and Muktha S. Ravi. The film stars Pandiarajan, S. V. Sekhar, Rekha and Manorama. It is a remake of the 1987 Malayalam film Nadodikkattu.[3][4] The film was released on 20 May 1988.[5]

Plot

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Friends Mani and Ramani are B.Com and SSLC graduates respectively. They have difficulties finding jobs suited to their qualification. Even if they find jobs, they are unable to sustain in the jobs for long due to their attitude. Due to their innocence, Mani and Ramani are often fooled by people. One man sells them a cow saying it will give them many litres of milk per day, but the cow ends up hardly giving them any milk. After such failed endeavours, they meet an agent, who promises them to take them to Dubai and give them a job there. They give all their money to the agent, and he tells them to get on a boat. But they are fooled because the boat goes to Kerala instead. In Kerala, a drug smuggling gang mistakes them for CID officers due to some hilarious misconceptions and funny incidents. How Mani and Ramani survive in Kerala, and at the same time, how they unintentionally cause the smuggling gang to get caught by the police, forms the rest of the story.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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The soundtrack consist of four songs composed by Chandrabose, with lyrics written by Vairamuthu. The song "Vaisakha Sandhye" from Nadodikattu was retained in Tamil as "Poo Poothathu".[6][7]

Song Singers Length
"Ada Avatharam Eduthu Vanthal" Malaysia Vasudevan 04:19
"Naanthanda Hanuman Payran" Malaysia Vasudevan, Kovai Murali and chorus 03:53
"Poo Poothathai Yar Pathathu" K. J. Yesudas 04:25
"Poo Poothathai Yar Pathathu" Kovai Murali 04:24

Reception

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The Indian Express wrote, "The comedy line sometimes falters as it does when [Pandiarajan] keeps harping to the point of nausea on his educational attainment and his friend's lack of it".[8]

References

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  1. ^ Balakumar, K (11 June 2019). "How Kamal met Crazy Mohan: The story involves a graveyard". The News Minute. Archived from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  2. ^ Subhakeerthana, S; Rajendran, Gopinath (30 May 2018). "'Muktha Srinivasan was a people's person'". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  3. ^ "மோகன்லாலும், பின்னே தமிழ் ரீமேக்கும்..." Dinamalar (in Tamil). 5 July 2015. Archived from the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  4. ^ "மலையாளத்தில் மோகன்லால்.. தமிழில் பாண்டியராஜன்.. ரசிகர்களை கவர்ந்த காமெடி படம்!". News18 (in Tamil). 23 May 2023. Archived from the original on 24 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  5. ^ "கதாநாயகன் / Katha Nayagan (1988)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Katha Nayagan – Tamil Bollywood Vinyl LP". BollywoodVinyl. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Kadhanayagan". JioSaavn. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Kathanayagan". The Indian Express. 28 May 1988. p. 5. Retrieved 20 March 2019 – via Google News Archive.
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