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Thillu Mullu is a film of genre Comedy directed by Kailasam Balachander with Rajinikanth

Thillu Mullu (1981)

Thillu Mullu
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Length 2h16
Genres Comedy,    Romance
Rating85% 4.291784.291784.291784.291784.29178

Thillu Mullu (English: Hodgepodge) is a 1981 Tamil comedy film directed by K. Balachander. The film features Rajinikanth, Madhavi in lead roles while 'Thengai' Srinivasan, Nagesh, and Sowkar Janaki play supporting roles. The film was a remake of 1979 Hindi comedy film Gol Maal directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Thillu Mullu was produced by Kalakendra Movies. The soundtrack and score were composed by M. S. Viswanathan while the lyrics for the tracks were written by Kannadasan.

The film is about Chandran (Rajinikanth) who is advised by his family friend (Poornam Viswanathan) to attend the job at a company of his friend Sriramachandramoorthy (Thengai Srinivasan). Chandran pretends to be a cultured, well-mannered and patriotic person which impresses Sriramachandramoorthy. When Sriramachandramoorthy spots Chandran at a football match. Chandran fakes a story that he has a twin brother Indran without a moustache. What happens then forms the story.

Thillu Mullu was released on 1 May 1981. It received positive reviews from critics, who particularly praised Rajinikanth's performance, as he was known for doing mainly action films up until that point in his career. The film became successful at box-office.

Synopsis

Aiyampettai Arivudainambi Kaliyaperumal Chandran (A.A.K. Chandran for short) (Rajinikanth) is a playful young man. Upon completion of his degree, his father's friend and business partner (Poornam Viswanathan) advises him to attend an interview for a job at his friend Sri Ramachandramurthy's (Thengai Srinivasan) company. The doctor advises Chandran to act in a manner most appreciated by Sri Ramachandramurthy: namely, wearing a Nehru kurta, always telling his full name, giving importance to his moustache, showing a lack of interest in sports and drama, showing respect for his father's words (i.e., by repeating the phrase "My father always told me" often) and detesting the concept of recommendations.

Actors

Rajinikanth

(Chandran / Indiran)Madhavi Alladurgam

(Sarojini)Thengai Srinivasan

(Sri Ramachandramurthy)Nagesh

(Nagesh)Sowcar Janaki

(Meenakshi Doraiswamy)
And :
Poornam Vishwanathan
Viji Chandrasekhar
Kamal Haasan
Lakshmi Narayan
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