Pattathu Raani
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{{Infobox film
| name = Pattathu Raani
| image =
| caption =
| director = Manivasagam
| producer = Rajeswari Manivasagam
P.S. Mani
| writer = Manivasagam
K. C. Thangam (dialogues)
| starring = {{ubl|Vijayakumar|Gautami}}
| music = Deva
| cinematography = R. H. Ashok
| editing = L. Kesavan
| distributor =
| studio = Raja Pushpa Pictures
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1992|08|14}}
| runtime = 145 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
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Pattathu Raani is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Manivasagam. The film stars Vijayakumar and Gautami, leading an ensemble cast including Manorama, Goundamani, Janagaraj, Senthil, Delhi Ganesh and Manivasagam. It was released on 14 August 1992.{{Cite web |title=பட்டத்து ராணி / Pattathu Raani (1992) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/pattathu-raani |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221054713/https://screen4screen.com/movies/pattathu-raani |archive-date=21 February 2024 |access-date=21 February 2024 |website=Screen 4 Screen}}
Plot
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Jalagandeswaran and Rayappan are brothers and house owners of a small colony. The tenants refused to pay up their rents, knowing that the houses were built on State land. Rayappan has the idea to rent a vacant house to Usha, a beautiful company manageress. Usha is married to a middle-aged man Sundaram. The couple moves into their new house and befriends the neighbours. The married neighbours Jalagandeswaran, Viswanathan, Ganesan and Coimbatore fall in love with the beautiful Usha and they begin to woo the young woman. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Cast
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- Vijayakumar as Sundaram
- Gautami as Usha
- Manorama as Muniamma
- Goundamani as Jalagandeswaran
- Janagaraj as Viswanathan
- Senthil as Rayappan
- Delhi Ganesh as Ganesan
- EV Velu as Coimbatore
- Sethu Vinayagam
- Vijayaraj as Nagaraj
- Vadivukkarasi as Yamuna
- Kovai Sarala as Savitri
- Vasuki as Mami
- Deepa
- Mahesh as Ramakrishnan
- Mythili as Shanthi
- Idichapuli Selvaraj
- Karuppu Subbiah
- Vellai Subbaiah
- Thideer Kannaiah
- Pasi Sathya
- R. Sundarrajan in a guest appearance
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Soundtrack
The music was composed by Deva, with lyrics written by Kalidasan.{{Cite web |title=Pattathu Rani {{sic|nolink=y|(2006)}} |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=t0003420 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316004734/http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=t0003420 |archive-date=16 March 2014 |access-date=15 March 2014 |website=Raaga.com}}
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! Song !! Singer(s) !! Duration | ||
| "Ada Thotta" | S. Janaki, Mano | 4:37 |
| "Devathi Devarum" | G. Radhika, Malaysia Vasudevan, Mano, Uma Ramanan, Krishnaraj | 6:20 |
| "Muthu Muthu" | K. S. Chithra | 4:28 |
| "Pennaga Piranthore" | K. J. Yesudas | 4:41 |
| "Sound Kodu" | Mano, K. S. Chithra | 4:24 |
Reception
K. Vijayan of New Straits Times gave the film a mixed review citing "See it with your wife and you probably enjoy it yourself" and described the film as "comedy loses steam midway".{{Cite news |last=Vijiyan |first=K. |date=9 January 1993 |title=Comedy loses steam midway |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=75kWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VBQEAAAAIBAJ&hl=en&pg=4106%2C3204539 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515051512/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=75kWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VBQEAAAAIBAJ&hl=en&pg=4106%2C3204539 |archive-date=15 May 2024 |access-date=15 May 2024 |work=New Straits Times |pages=25 |via=Google News Archive}} The Indian Express praised the artiste's performances and dialogues.{{Cite news |date=14 August 1992 |title=Fun-filled |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19920814&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=8 January 2019 |work=The Indian Express |pages=7 |via=Google News Archive}}{{cbignore}}
References
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