Thangachi

Thangachi (transl. Younger sister) is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by R. Krishnamoorthy, and starring Ramki, Pallavi and Seetha.[1][2] The film was a remake of Telugu film Aadupaduchu (1986).

Thangachi
LP Vinyl Records Cover
Directed byR. Krishnamoorthy
Written byLiaquat Ali Khan
Screenplay byR. Krishnamurthy
Produced byS. R. Arul Prakasham
StarringRamki
Pallavi
Seetha
CinematographyR. H. Ashok
Edited byV. Chakrapani
Music byS. A. Rajkumar
Production
company
Rathna Movies
Distributed byRathna Movies
Release date
  • 27 November 1987 (1987-11-27)
Running time
136 mins
LanguageTamil

Plot

Dharmaraja is an influential man in politics that's involved in many illegal activities. Inspector Raja curtails many of his illicit businesses in the course of his investigations. Raja's only family is his younger sister, Seetha, and her contractor husband, Prakash. He also meets and falls in love with Radha. Raja arrests Das, an associate of Dharmaraja. Das is soon released on bail and remains defiant towards Raja. Dharmaraja, incensed by Raja's interference with his business, has Prakash disrupt Raja's investigations. Prakash has always been a part of Dharmaraja's team. When a sub-inspector from Raja's team follows Das, he is caught at Prakash's construction site. Dharmaraj, Prakash and Das kill him while Seetha becomes an accidental witness. Assuming that she only saw the other two, Prakash plays the concerned husband but plots to have her murdered. His plan goes awry and Seetha kills Das as he was trying to murder her. Raja must now investigate to free his sister and catch Dharmaraj.

Cast

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar.[3]

No.SongSingersLyrics
1"Marutha Jilla"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, SunandhaS. A. Rajkumar
2"Kathirukkum Maama"Uma Ramanan
3"Mudhal Muraiye"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sunandha
4"Ye Kuruvi Poongkuruvi"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. P. Sailaja, Sunandha
5"Siraiyinil Seethai"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sunandha

Reception

The Indian Express wrote "Dont be fooled by the title; [..] Thangachi uses the sentimental peg only to hang a lot of things more attractive".[4]

References
  1. "Thangachi Vinyl LP Records". musicalaya. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. "Thangachi Vinyl LP Records". ebay. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  3. "Thangachi - Tamil Bollywood Vinyl LP".
  4. "The Indian Express - Google News Archive Search".


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