Vani Rani (Tamil: வாணி ராணி) is a 1974 Indian Tamil film, directed by Tapi Chanakya and later finished by C. V. Rajendran and produced by B. Nagi Reddy and Chakrapani. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Vanisri, R. Muthuraman and K. A. Thangavelu in lead roles. The film had musical score by K. V. Mahadevan. The film was an remake of the Hindi film Seeta Aur Geeta.
Sundharam (Sivaji Ganesan) loves Gomathi (C. R. Vijayakumari), where the latter is an orphan and lives with her uncle's family. Sundharam leaves to the United States of America for further studies. When Sundharam comes back four years later, he was shocked to see that his mother Vedhavalli (M. V. Rajamma) as a widow and was told that his father Sambasivam committed suicide due to of disgrace that unable to pay back the loans.
, 2h40 GenresDrama ActorsSivaji Ganesan, Sowcar Janaki, S. A. Ashokan, Sundarrajan, Vanisri, Bharathi Vishnuvardhan Rating74% Rajalingam (alias Raju) (Sivaji Ganesan) is the son of a wealthy Madurai-based industrialist, Sankaralingam (S. V. Ramadoss). Living with Raju is his driver and friend, Sundaram (Major Sundarrajan). While vacationing in his family estate at Kodaikanal with Sundaram and his family doctor, Gopal (S. A. Asokan), Raju meets Parvathi (Vanisri) and falls in love with her. Gopal too becomes smitten with Parvathi when he meets her whilst conducting her father's (Poornam Vishwanathan) medical treatment. Parvathi, who knows Raju through her father, as he is also an accountant of Raju's family estate, reciprocates Raju's feelings. Gopal decides not to reveal his love for Parvathi to Raju for Raju's sake. Raju and Parvathi marry in secret with the help of Gopal and the consent of Parvathi's father. The couple live together in Kodaikanal without disclosing the knowledge of their marriage to Raju's father, Sankaralingam.