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My Dear Marthandan is a film of genre Drama directed by Pratap K. Pothen with Prabhu

My Dear Marthandan (1990)

My Dear Marthandan
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Genres Drama,    Romance
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My Dear Marthandan is a 1990 Tamil-language film starring Prabhu and Kushboo in the lead roles. The film was produced by Sivaji Productions and directed by Prathap K. Pothan. The movie was a remake of 1988 Hollywood movie Coming to America, starring Eddie Murphy. Actor Kamal Haasan did a guest role in the film. It was remade in Telugu as Raja Vikramarka.

Synopsis

Marthandan lives with his parents in a palace. He sets out to Chennai to find a girl. There he meets "Idea Mani" (Goundamani), who is very cunning and tries to make money from the innocent Marthandan in comical ways. He meets a girl (Kushboo) in a bakery and befriends her. The rest of the story is about how he tries to win her over and how he understands the value of money.

Actors

Prabhu

(Marthandan)Kamal Haasan

((Guest Appearance))Kushboo Sundar

(Rani)Chinni Jayanth
Kovai Sarala
And :
Goundamani
S. S. Chandran
Nizhalgal Ravi
Disco Shanti
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