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Gangai Amaran is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Sound Indian
Gangai Amaran is a music director, singer, lyricist, script writer, film director and actor in Tamil films. He is the younger brother of noted music director Ilayaraaja and father of director/actor Venkat Prabhu and actor/singer Premji Amaren.
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Gangai Amaran
Gangai Amaran is a music director, singer, lyricist, script writer, film director and actor in Tamil films. He is the younger brother of noted music director Ilayaraaja and father of director/actor Venkat Prabhu and actor/singer Premji Amaren.
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Sonna Puriyathu (2013)
, 2h18Genres Comedy
Actors Shiva, Vasundhara Kashyap, Manobala, Madhumitha, Gangai Amaran, Meera Krishnan
Roles TV show host
Rating53%
Shiva (Shiva) is a dubbing artist and a person who is not happy with love and marriages. His dream is to buy a Volkswagen car for himself. But his mother (Meera Krishnan) forces him by blackmailing him to marry and he finally accepts without satisfaction. The girl is Anjali (Vasundhara Kashyap) who is revealed to be a devotional girl and is a press reporter. When the marriage of one of Shiva's friends takes place, both Anjali and Shiva are invited. Anjali is invited because the friend was forced by Shiva in order to stop their marriage. But in that marriage, Shiva gets to know that Anjali is the exact opposite of what he thought she was, and that Anjali herself wanted to stop their marriage. They finally break up and they make their parents also accept (Shiva lied to Anjali's father that he got hurt during cricket match and Anjali cooks up a plot claiming that she became pregnant).
Naane Ennul Illai (2010)
Directed by Jayachitra
Actors Raaghav, Nassar, Saranya, P. Vasu, K.S.Ravikumar, Radha Ravi
Ullam Kollai Poguthey (2001)
Directed by Sundar C.
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Prabhu Deva, Karthik, Anjala Zaveri, R. Sarathkumar, Vivek, Jyothi
Jodi (1999)
, 2h41Genres Romance
Actors Prashanth, Simran, Vijayakumar, Nassar, Janagaraj, Ambika
Rating60%
Kannan (Prashanth), a young music shop employee dreams of his dreamgirl with gold anklets. He sees a running girl's leg and finds he has found his girl and follows her with his anklets. Kannan goes to a music college to repair musical instruments and a group of college girls led by Gayatri (Simran) the girl which Kannan found as his dreamgirl approach him to request him to not to repair the instruments all they are very old and unfit to use for the music contest. Kannan uses the opportunity to become close to her but Gayathri does not reciprocate. Instead, she gets angry on his behaviour. Kannan accompanies Gayathri to Bangalore for the music contest. Gayathri once sees Kannan getting money from one of the musical bands who has come to participate in the contest. On the day of the contest Gayathri and her team are shocked that the song which they have composed was stolen by other troop and she misunderstands that Kannan has stolen and sold their work for money despite Kannan's protest that he is innocent. Kannan lends the love poems which he had written for her to sing for the contest. Gayathri gets the song and sings which wins her the prize. Gayathri understands that Kannan has no role in the stealing of the song and he got money from the troop for fixing their repaired musical instruments. Gayathri now realised her blunder for hurting him and rushes to apologize and accept his love. Kannan gets news that his father was injured and rushes to his home.
Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen (1998)
, 2h45Directed by Vikraman
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy
Actors Karthik, Ajith Kumar, Roja, B. K. Moulee, Sathyapriya, Madhan Bob
Roles Cameo Appearance
Rating67%
Radha (Roja) is an illegitimate daughter who lives in her father's house as a maidservant with her step mother and father. The step mother's brother, Sanjay (Ajith Kumar) comes from Canada to visit Roja and her family. He said he likes her but needs at least 3 months to decide if she has the right qualities in a wife before he agrees to marry her. One day, two thieves Selvam (Karthik) and his friend steals a God statue from a temple and hide inside Radha's father's house while the elders are away. Radha finds them and lock them inside the house for 3 days. After 3 days, Radha gives Selvam some meaningful advice before he leaves. Selvam seems to have a liking of Radha and later he comes to know about Radha's story about her family and Sanjay. One day, her step mother throws her out of the house for accusing her of stealing her gold necklace and leaving a cigarette in a drawer. Selvam then finds a place for her in a hostel and makes many sacrifices in order to make her a famous singer.
Idhayam (1991)
Directed by Kadhir
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Murali, Heera, Aachi Manorama, Chinni Jayanth, Manorama, Janagaraj
Roles Special Appearance
Rating69%
Set in a medical college backdrop, the film is about a person (introvert), who loves his fellow college mate, but does not have courage to convey his love to her. The film has some memorable scenes, where the Hero wants to convey his Love, then he mistakes that the Heroine is in love with someone else (whereas, actually she is helping her sister and her lover to unite)
Villu Pattukaran (1991)
, 2h10Directed by Gangai Amaran
Actors Ramarajan, Rani, Chandrasekhar (Tamil actor), M. N. Nambiar, Goundamani, Senthil
Rating56%
Kalimuthu (Ramarajan) is the lead singer of a group performing Villu Paatu. The village head (Shanmugasundaram) decides to reconstruct the tumbledown village temple and gives Kalimuthu responsibility for funding money. Finally, the music director Ilaiyaraaja helps them financially. Then, Kalimuthu approaches a reputed sculptor (M. N. Nambiar) from another village. The sculptor and his daughter Abhirami (Rani) come to their village. Later, Kalimuthu and Abhirami fall in love with each other. Abhirami's father wants to marry Abhirami to his nephew Rajasekharan (Chandrasekhar) while the village head's son Chelladurai (Vikas Rishi), a womanizer, has an eye for Abhirami. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Enga Ooru Pattukaran (1987)
, 2hDirected by Gangai Amaran
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ramarajan, Shanti priya, Rekha, Vinu Chakravarthy, M. N. Nambiar, Kovai Sarala
Rating51%
Shenbagam (Shantipriya), the landlord's daughter, and Seethan (Ramarajan), an orphan milkman, were both in love but they didn't express it directly. Seethan was brought up by Maruthamuthu (Vinu Chakravarthy). When Shenbagam's father decides to engage her with a rich groom, she commits suicide.
Raja Paarvai (1981)
, 2h24Directed by Srinivasa Rao Singeetham
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Actors Kamal Haasan, Madhavi Alladurgam, Y. G. Mahendran, L. V. Prasad, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Delhi Ganesh
Rating76%
This drama tells the tale of a blind violinist, Ragu (Kamal Haasan), and a young lady, Nancy (Madhavi) who is keen on chronicling Ragu's inspiring life as a visually impaired but independently living person. Their relationship blossoms into a romance that is supported by Nancy's lighthearted and comical grandfather (L.V. Prasad).
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Themmangu Paattukaaran (1996)
Directed by Gangai Amaran
Actors Ramarajan, Aamani Hazrath, Goundamani, Senthil, Vinu Chakravarthy
Atha Maga Rathiname (1993)
, 2h10Directed by Gangai Amaran
Actors Selva, Ranjitha, Pandiyan, Viji, Aachi Manorama, Ganthimathi
Muniyandi (Selva) and Pandiamma (Ranjitha) are in love since many years. Muniyandi always wins his village's bull race against Minor Rajapandi (Pandiyan). Rajapandi is the village's richest man and has an eye on Pandiamma. Muniyandi's mother Angamma looks for a bride for his son and she finally finds the daughter of a rich man Vijaya (Viji). Angamma then tries to split Muniyandi and Pandiamma. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.
Chinnavar (1992)
, 2h15Directed by Gangai Amaran
Actors Prabhu, Kasthuri, Chandrasekhar (Tamil actor), Radha Ravi, Chitra, Kovai Sarala
Rating52%
Muthu (Prabhu) and Veerasamy (Chandrasekhar) are fishermen and they fish together in the same boat. Muthu lives with his mother (S. N. Lakshmi). Veerasamy drinks lot of alcohol and he has a sister, Meena (Kasthuri) who is in love with Muthu. Muthu decides to marry his carefree friend Veerasamy to Ponni (Chithra). In a financial trouble, Veerasamy joins Kumar's boat, Kumar (Radha Ravi) is a rich fishermen union leader. Veerasamy realizes that Meena is in love with Muthu and he promises to Muthu his sister's hand. Meanwhile, Kumar asks Veerasamy to marry Meena, compelled by his wife, Veerasamy accepts. Hopeless, Meena ties to herself a Thaali, she says to Veerasamy that Muthu marries her and Muthu confirms to save her honor. Veerasamy gets angry but when Muthu says the truth, he apologizes to him. Kumar beats Muthu's mother and kidnaps Meena, he arranges a forced marriage between him and Meena. Muthu saves her and he marry her with his best friend blessing.
Koyil Kaalai (1992)
Directed by Gangai Amaran
Actors Kanaka, Sujatha, Yuvarani, Goundamani, Senthil, Vadivelu
Rating55%
Villu Pattukaran (1991)
, 2h10Directed by Gangai Amaran
Actors Ramarajan, Rani, Chandrasekhar (Tamil actor), M. N. Nambiar, Goundamani, Senthil
Rating56%
Kalimuthu (Ramarajan) is the lead singer of a group performing Villu Paatu. The village head (Shanmugasundaram) decides to reconstruct the tumbledown village temple and gives Kalimuthu responsibility for funding money. Finally, the music director Ilaiyaraaja helps them financially. Then, Kalimuthu approaches a reputed sculptor (M. N. Nambiar) from another village. The sculptor and his daughter Abhirami (Rani) come to their village. Later, Kalimuthu and Abhirami fall in love with each other. Abhirami's father wants to marry Abhirami to his nephew Rajasekharan (Chandrasekhar) while the village head's son Chelladurai (Vikas Rishi), a womanizer, has an eye for Abhirami. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.