Rani Theni

Rani Theni (transl. Queen bee)[2] is a 1982 Tamil language film directed by G. N. Rangarajan, starring Kamal Haasan in an extended guest role. The film stars playback singer Deepan Chakravarthy, the son of Trichi Loganathan, a veteran playback singer in his first leading role. The female leads are played by Mahalakshmi / Shree and Vanitha Krishnachandran.

Rani Theni
Theatrical release poster
Directed byG. N. Rangarajan
Screenplay byG. N. Rangarajan
Story bySilakkalam Purushottaman
Produced byG. N. Rangarajan
Starring
CinematographyN. K. Viswanathan
Edited byK. R. Ramalingham
Music byIlaiyaraaja
Production
company
Parameswari Enterprises
Release date
  • 9 October 1982 (1982-10-09)[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Kamal Haasan plays a comedy role with no connection with the main story and interacts only in one scene with the main villain Sivachandran, who plays the role of a playboy and Casanova; his character is killed by the heroine. The film was a remake of Telugu film Kukka Katuku Cheppu Debba.

Plot

Parvathi, a girl with traditional values gets engaged to Selvam but Sekar, a womaniser, deceives her in the guise of Selvam.

Cast

Production

Rani Theni was produced and directed by G. N. Rangarajan. After the film was completed, many distributors refused to buy the film due to lack of star value.[4] Kamal Haasan who came to know of this suggested Rangarajan that he will do a cameo which will appear throughout the film and completed his portions within three days.[4] After shooting scenes with Haasan, Rangarajan was able to sell his film to distributors.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[5]

SongSingersLyrics
"Enna Solli Naan Ezhutha"P. SusheelaS. N. Ravi
"Samy Sambo Saranam"Malaysia VasudevanGangai Amaran
"Ramanukke Seethai"S. Janaki, Deepan ChakravarthyPanchu Arunachalam
"Koodi Vantha Megam"Malaysia VasudevanVairamuthu

Release and reception

According to Rangarajan, though Rani Theni failed at box-office, he could able to recover the money.[4] Thiraignani of Kalki felt Mahalakshmi's acting and Deepan Chakarvarthy's characterization could have been better but praised Charuhasan's acting and Viswanathan's cinematography and concluded saying half the story, the rest is Haasan.[6]

References
  1. "ராணித்தேனீ". Dina Thanthi (in Tamil). 9 October 1982. p. 8.
  2. "Stars who gave up the glitter of the silver screen and embraced spirituality". Moneylife. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  3. "'என்னடி முனியம்மா' பாடல் மூலம் பிரபலமான நடிகர் டி.கே.எஸ். நடராஜன் காலமானார்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 5 May 2021. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  4. "சம்பளம் வாங்காமல் நடித்தார், கமல்". Dina Thanthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  5. "Rani Theni Tamil film EP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  6. திரைஞானி (24 October 1982). "ராணித்தேனீ". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 56. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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