Janakiraman

Janakiraman is a 1997 Tamil language comedy drama film directed by Sundar C. The film features Sarathkumar and Nagma in lead roles whilst Rambha, Goundamani and Manivannan play supporting roles. The film was one among 1997 Deepavali releases and became a commercial success as well.

Janakiraman
Directed bySundar C.
Produced byMalar K. Balu
K. Dhandapani
Written byK. Selva Bharathy (dialogues)
Screenplay bySundar C.
Story byK. Selva Bharathy
StarringSarathkumar
Nagma
Rambha
Goundamani
Music bySirpy
CinematographyU. K. Senthil Kumar
Edited byP. Sai Suresh
Production
company
Malar Films
Release date
  • 31 October 1997 (1997-10-31)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Janakiraman (Sarathkumar) and his brother (Goundamani) are nephews of R. Sundarrajan, Sunderajan is an devotee of Lord Hanuman and trains the two brothers to live as bachelors and not to interact with girls.

Meanwhile Manivannan, who plays another uncle, wants to get his two daughters married to the two brothers. So when Sunderajan goes out of town, Manivannan dresses up as Hanuman and comes to Janakiraman's bedroom and advices him to get married. He even tells him that the girl will arrive at Hanuman temple wearing the outfits of a colour he had suggested.

Mani then gets his daughters to dress up according to the colour combination however Janakiraman gets confused switches the colour combination of the blouse and meets Indhu (Nagma) instead.

Indhu is not happy living with her sisters because her two brothers-in-law (Anandaraj & Ponnambalam) want to marry her as their second wife to grab her property. So Janakiraman & Indhu plans to get married; and on the wedding day Anandaraj sets up a duplicate bride (to be switched with Indhu) Meanwhile Mani arranges the marriage of one of his daughter with Janakiraman (with the same idea as Anandaraj) to be held on the same day & in the same wedding hall as Janakiraman & Indhu's wedding. So all the four girls (Indhu, Mani's two daughters, and the duplicate bride) wear exactly similar sarees, their faces covered with hanging flowers, get switched. The confusion somehow brings Janakiraman & Indhu together and they get married; which disappoints Manivannan & Anandaraj.

Janakiraman and Indhu's life is short-lived after a woman named Gayathri (Rambha) arrives and claims to be Janakiraman's first wife. Indhu believes it to be true and assumes Janaki for betraying her. After lots of confusion when confronted by Janaki, Gayathri narrates her real reason for her act.

During her childhood, her mother was forced to indulged in prostitution for money but she falls ill in her old age. In order to cure her mother, she had to accept Anandraj's order to wreak havoc in Janaki's life by pretending as his wife. In the climax, Indhu and Gayatri gets abducted by the villains and will be saved by Janaki.

Gayathri whose mother's health is cured leaves the place. Sundarrajan who had been a bachelor till then marries a Malayalam-speaking woman.

Cast

Production

Portions of the film were shot in Gobichettipalayam, Erode. During the making of the film, it was alleged that Sarath Kumar and Nagma were seeing each other.[1] Furthermore, it was alleged that Nagma and Rambha were uncomfortable with each other's presence in the film.[2]

Music

The music was composed by Sirpy.[3][4]

No.SongSingersLyrics
1Hawaliya HawaliyaSanjeev Adwani, Sowmya RaohPazhani Bharathi
2Hey Cha Cha KadalichaHariharan, Nirmala
3Kadal Solla VarthaiHariharan, Sujatha
4Pottu Mela PottuS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Anuradha Sriram
5Yenadi KanneMano, Sujatha, Sirpy, Joseph

Reception

Indolink Tamil wrote "this movie has plenty of laughs and fast pacing music. Both Sundar C. and Sirpy have done an excellent job. They should be credited for their work."[5]

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References
  1. http://chandrag.tripod.com/track123.html
  2. "A-Z (II)". Indolink Tamil. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  3. "Janaki Raman songs". JioSaavn. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  4. "Janaki Raman songs". Gaana. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  5. "JanakiRaman". Indolink. 15 October 1997. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
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