Thirumathi Palanisamy

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Palanisamy is an uneducated man who dreams to marry a teacher and lives with his friend Dhandapani. Palanisamy falls in love with Hamsaveni at first sight. He decides to go to her village Irugur. First reluctant, she finally agrees to marry him, but only under three conditions: to continue to work as a teacher, to live in her hometown and with her father. After the marriage, Palanisamy imposes her three conditions: she must leave her hometown, be a teacher in the city that he has chosen and leave her father. She accepts them and Palanisamy explains the reason for these conditions.

In the past, Palanisamy lived in a village where a don Aandhavar forced the children to work in his fireworks factory. Palanisamy's father was a doctor and tried to save the children; knowing it, Aandhavar killed him. Aandhavar also killed his sister for the only reason that she was educated. Palanisamy asked many teachers to come to his village but everyone refused for fear of Aandhavar. Palanisamy's only hope is now Hamsaveni. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.

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• Sathyaraj as Palanisamy
• Sukanya as Hamsaveni
• Goundamani as Dhandapani
• R. Sundarrajan as Kunju Gounder
• Rekha (guest appearance)
• Srividya
• Nassar
• Kovai Sarala as School Teacher and Salem Annakili
• Babu Antony
• Delhi Ganesh as Palanisamy's father
• Kripa Shanker as Aandhavar
• Pandu as House Owner
• Mannangatti Subramaniam as Marimuthu Gounder
• Typist Gopu
• Balambika as Palanisamy's sister
• Gandhimathi as Aandal
• Kamala Kamesh
• Ram-Lakshman
• Karuppu Subbiah
• Vellai Subbaiah
• Tirupur Ramasamy
• Joker Thulasi
• Vikram Dharma in a cameo appearance
• Rajendran
• Balu Anand as Kovil Pusari

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The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.{{Cite web |title=Thirumathi Palanisaamy (1992) |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0002975 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106223515/http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0002975 |archive-date=6 January 2013 |access-date=26 February 2014 |website=Raaga.com}}{{Cite web |title=Walter Vetrivel- Thirumathi Palanisamy Tamil Audio CD by Ilaiyaraja |url=https://mossymart.com/product/walter-vetrivel-thirumathi-palanisamy-tamil-audio-cd-by-ilaiyaraja/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201042312/https://mossymart.com/product/walter-vetrivel-thirumathi-palanisamy-tamil-audio-cd-by-ilaiyaraja/ |archive-date=1 February 2023 |access-date=1 February 2023 |website=Mossymart}} The song "Nadu Samathile" is set in Pahadi raga.{{Cite web |date=1 June 2014 |title=தமிழ்த்திரை இசையில் ராகங்கள் : [ 19 ] : T.சௌந்தர் |url=https://inioru.com/%e0%ae%a4%e0%ae%ae%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b4%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%a4%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%a4%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b0%e0%af%88-%e0%ae%87%e0%ae%9a%e0%af%88%e0%ae%af%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b2%e0%af%8d-%e0%ae%b0%e0%ae%be%e0%ae%95-11/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227132300/https://inioru.com/%e0%ae%a4%e0%ae%ae%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b4%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%a4%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%a4%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b0%e0%af%88-%e0%ae%87%e0%ae%9a%e0%af%88%e0%ae%af%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b2%e0%af%8d-%e0%ae%b0%e0%ae%be%e0%ae%95-11/ |archive-date=27 February 2021 |access-date=18 April 2024 |website=Inioru |language=ta}}

Thirumathi Palanisamy was released on 25 October 1992,{{Cite news |date=25 October 1992 |title=Thirumathi Palanisamy |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19921025&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=11 June 2019 |work=The Indian Express |pages=13 |via=Google News Archive}}{{cbignore}} Diwali day.{{Cite news |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=16 October 1992 |title=Deepavali releases |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19921016&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=2 February 2023 |work=The Indian Express |pages=7 |via=Google News Archive}}{{cbignore}} Malini Mannath of The Indian Express gave the film a mixed review citing that "the first half was highly enjoyable and humorous" and she criticised the latter part.{{Cite news |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=23 October 1992 |title=Partly hilarious |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QJBlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=u54NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2024%2C2848203 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516084131/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QJBlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=u54NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2024%2C2848203 |archive-date=16 May 2024 |access-date=26 September 2016 |work=The Indian Express |pages=7 |via=Google News Archive}} C. R. K. of Kalki praised the director for the message of the film.{{Cite magazine |last=சி. ஆர். கே. |date=8 November 1992 |title=திருமதி பழனிச்சாமி |url=https://ibb.co/tM7s39C |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203061402/https://ibb.co/tM7s39C |archive-date=3 February 2023 |access-date=3 February 2023 |magazine=Kalki |pages=12–13 |language=Ta}}

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