Rani Theni

Rani Theni
Rani Theni
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	G. N. Rangarajan
Written by	Basumani (dialogues)
Screenplay by	G. N. Rangarajan
Story by	Silakkalam Purushottaman
Produced by	G. N. Rangarajan
Starring	Deepan Chakravarthy; Mahalakshmi; Vanitha Krishnachandran; Sivachandran;
Cinematography	N. K. Vishwanathan
Edited by	K. R. Ramalingham
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production; company	Parameswari Enterprises
Distributed by	Parameswari Enterprises
Release date	9 October 1982
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Rani Theni (transl. Queen bee)^[2] is a 1981 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.

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.

This movie shot in salem and modern theatre. Also, on the train track scene, heroine miraculously escaped after hero rescued on timely saving from rail accident. Later heroine said she assumed the train coming was under impression that it was part of shooting.

Cast[]

Mahalakshmi as Parvathi
Deepan Chakravarthy as Selvam
Sivachandran as Sekar
Vanitha Krishnachandran as Kanagam
Charuhasan
Thengai Srinivasan as Thulasilingum
Kamal Haasan as Miller (Guest appearance)
Y. G. Mahendra (Guest appearance)
T. K. S. Natarajan^[3]

Soundtrack[]

Soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.^[4]

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics
1	"Enna Solli Naan Ezhutha"	P. Susheela	S. N. Ravi
2	"Samy Sambo Saranam"	Malaysia Vasudevan	Gangai Amaran
3	"Ramanukke Seethai"	S. Janaki, Deepan Chakravarthy	Panchu Arunachalam
4	"Koodi Vantha Megam"	Malaysia Vasudevan	Vairamuthu

References[]

^ "ராணித்தேனீ". Dina Thanthi (in Tamil). 9 October 1982. p. 8.
^ "Stars who gave up the glitter of the silver screen and embraced spirituality". Moneylife. Retrieved 4 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "'என்னடி முனியம்மா' பாடல் மூலம் பிரபலமான நடிகர் டி.கே.எஸ். நடராஜன் காலமானார்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 5 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
^ "Rani Theni Tamil film EP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja". Mossymart. Retrieved 4 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links[]

Rani Theni at IMDb

[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. Retrieved 4 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] "'என்னடி முனியம்மா' பாடல் மூலம் பிரபலமான நடிகர் டி.கே.எஸ். நடராஜன் காலமானார்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 5 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.

[4] "Rani Theni Tamil film EP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja". Mossymart. Retrieved 4 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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