Thoongathey Thambi Thoongathey


Thoongathey Thambi Thoongathey is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by S. P. Muthuraman, starring Kamal Haasan in double role, supported by Radha and Sulakshana. It was a blockbuster and completed a 263-day run at the box office. The film was dubbed into Telugu as Jalsa Rayudu and Malayalam as Vasantholsavam.

Plot

Gopi is an unemployed graduate from a middle class society and Vinod is a rich graduate from high society returning from abroad after his father's death. In order to claim the property of Vinod, the estate manager with his mob guys assaults him and make him a drug addict by repeated injections administered by a fake doctor. Gopi's lover Padmini's father, a family friend of Vinod's father, together with Padmini, come to the estate on an excursion. Due to her curiosity, she sees Vinod and finds out that he is in a dangerous state of health due to the drug addiction. Padmini later learns that Gopi and Vinod are twins separated at birth. With the help of the house's servant, Padmini replaces Vinod with Gopi and sends him to his mother's house to save him. Gopi takes it upon himself to save the estate and properties from the hands of Vinuchakravarthy and his accomplice.

Cast

After the success of Nadodi Mannan, M. G. Ramachandran wanted his second directorial to be titled as Thoongathey Thambi Thoongathey named after the song from the film, however the project was shelved. In 1983, AVM Productions launched a film with the same name starring Kamal Haasan. Kamal portrayed double roles, one a good man and the other a rich man. The film's cinematographer Babu used mask shots to differentiate the dual roles.
The song "Vaanam Keezhe" took 17 days to be completed, this song was taken at a cost of Rs 6 lakh. The song "Summa Nikkathinga" was shot at Vijaya Gardens. In order to shoot an expensive climax involving helicopter chase, makers took inspiration from the climax of Hindi film Dil Kaa Heera at the insistence of journalist Manian by taking long shots of bursting helicopter from that film and matched along with the actors.

Release

The film emerged as the top grosser of the year grossing 5 crore at the box office.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and lyrics for all songs were written by Vaali. The song "Naanaga Naanillai" was well received and it based on Chandrakauns raga which resembles Hindolam. The highlight of the album was the disco song Vaanam Keezhe....