Thaali Pudhusu

Thaali Pudhusu (English: New sacred thread) is a 1997 Indian Tamil drama film, directed by K. R., starring Ramki, Suresh and Kushboo in lead roles. The film, had musical score by Vidyasagar and Raj, and was released on 10 April 1997. The film is a remake of Telugu film Aame (1994).

Plot

Arun (Ramki) falls in love at first sight with a bank cashier Seetha (Kushboo). Arun begins to follow her everywhere. Seetha refuses his love and tells him her past.

In the past, Seetha was from a middle-class family. Seetha's brother-in-law (Thalaivasal Vijay) was a jobless son-in-law and lived with them. Balu (Suresh) was a bank manager and falls in love with Seetha. Mani (Manivannan), Balu's father, a miser, looked for a rich daughter-in-law. Finally, Balu married Seetha and the same day, Balu died in a crossfire. So Mani refused to keep Seetha in his house. Later, without money, Mani begged Seetha to come with him and she took her late husband job. Seetha's brother-in-law took his wife's thaali and tied the thaali to Seetha. She immediately removed the thaali.

Arun decides to marry her despite her past. The court cancels the marriage between Seetha and her brother-in-law. Seetha's sister beats her husband in spinal cord to save Seetha's marriage. In the end, Arun and Seetha get married.

Cast

Ramki as Arun
Suresh as Balu
Kushboo as Seetha
Rajesh as Seetha's father
Thalaivasal Vijay as Seetha's brother-in-law
Manivannan as Mani, Balu's father
Senthil as 'Leg' Dada
Venniradai Moorthy as a marriage broker
Sangeetha as Lakshmi, Seetha's mother
Kalaranjini as Kala, Seetha's sister
Pandu
Madhan Bob
R. S. Sivaji
Ennatha Kannaiya
Omakuchi Narasimhan
Sudha as Balu's father
Manager Cheena
Varna
Sriji
Natarajan
Karuppu Subbiah
Vellai Subbiah
Pasi Narayanan
Marthandan
MLA Thangaraj
Chelladurai

Soundtrack 

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Vidyasagar and Raj. The soundtrack, released in 1997, features 2 tracks with lyrics written by Vasan. The critic give a negative review and he described the tracks as atrocious.

Reception
A critic from hindu.com cited : "there is really nothing new" but praised the comedy tracks.

References

External links

Category:1997 films
Category:Indian films
Category:Tamil-language films
Category:Tamil remakes of Telugu films
Category:1990s Tamil-language films
Category:Tamil films scored by Vidyasagar
Category:Indian drama films