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Aranmanai (transl. Palace) is an Indian horror comedy film series directed by Sundar C. that consists of the Tamil-language films, Aranmanai (2014), Aranmanai 2 (2016) and Aranmanai 3 (2021).[1][2][3] where Sundar C., Hansika , Manobala and Chithra Lakshmanan who appear in the first film, appear in the second film and also appear in third film playing different roles while Andrea Jeremiah, Vinay Rai, Raai Laxmi, Santhanam, Siddharth, Trisha, Poonam Bajwa, Soori, Arya, Raashi Khanna, Vivek, Yogi Babu, Sakshi Agarwal playing a lead roles in a respective series. All films were successful at the box office, continuing the trend of the comedy-horror genre in Tamil cinema that began with Chandramukhi (2005).

Aranmanai
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Directed by	Sundar C.
Written by	Dialogues: Venkat Raghavan (Aranmanai, Aranmanai 2)
Screenplay by	Sundar C. S.B.Ramadoss Venkat Raghavan
Story by	Sundar C.
Produced by	D. Dinesh Karthik (Aranmanai) Khushbu (Aranmanai 2) Khushbu (Aranmanai 3)
Starring	Sundar C. Hansika Motwani Khushbu Sundar Andrea Jeremiah Kovai Sarala Manobala Chithra Lakshmanan Vinay Rai Raai Laxmi Santhanam Siddharth Trisha Poonam Bajwa Soori Vaibhav Reddy Radharavi Arya Raashi Khanna Vivek Yogi Babu Sakshi Agarwal Sampath Raj Nalini Amit Bhargav
Cinematography	U. K. Senthil Kumar
Edited by	Srikanth.N.B (Aranmanai, Aranmanai 2) Fenny Oliver (Aranmanai 3)
Music by	Original Songs: (Aranmanai) Hiphop Tamizha '/ (Aranmanai 2) Hiphop Tamizha (Aranmanai 3) C. Sathya
Production companies	Vision i Medias (Aranmanai) Avni Cinemax (Aranmanai 2, Aranmanai 3)
Distributed by	Red Giant Movies (Aranmanai) Sri Thenandal Films (Aranmanai, Aranmanai 2) Red Giant Movies (Aranmanai 3)
Release dates	1: 19 September 2014 (2014-09-19) 2: 29 January 2016 (2016-01-29) 3: 14 October 2021 (2021-10-14)
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹49 crore (US$6.1 million) (3 films)
Box office	₹154 crore (US$19 million) (3 films)

Synopsis

The films are not connected with each other. Each film typically revolves around a Zamindar family at a palace that is haunted by supernatural events.[4]

Films

• Aranmanai (2014): A family returns to their hometown to sell their ancestral palace. However, their arrival is marred by supernatural events, and Ravi, a relative of the family, decides to uncover the truth.[5]
• Aranmanai 2 (2016): Murali returns to his ancestral home along with his fiancée when his father lands in a coma under mysterious circumstances. His life takes a turn when he uncovers his family's dark secrets.[6]
• Aranmanai 3 (2021): Jyothi is haunted by an unknown spirit in her childhood. Years later, when the spirit starts haunting someone close to her, she decides to unearth the spirit’s connection with her family.[7]
• Aranmanai 4: Aranmanai 4 is under now in pre-production working.

Cast

Aranmanai

• Sundar C. as Ravi
• Hansika Motwani as Selvi
• Vinay Rai as Murali
• Andrea Jeremiah as Madhavi
• Raai Laxmi as Maya
• Santhanam as Paalsamy
• Kovai Sarala as Eshwari
• Manobala as Eshwari's husband
• Nithin Sathya as Muliankannan
• Meera Krishnan as Murali's mother
• Chithra Lakshmanan as Maya's father
• Saravanan as Ayyanar
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Swamiji

Aranmanai 2

• Sundar C. as Ravi
• Hansika Motwani as Maya
• Siddarth as Murali
• Trisha as Anitha
• Poonam Bajwa as Manju
• Soori as Devadas & Sandhu Bondhu Naadimuthu
• Kovai Sarala as Komalam
• Manobala as Komalam's brother
• Vaibhav Reddy as Arun
• Radharavi as Ramesh, Murali and Maya's father
• Khushbu in Special appearance in the Song "Amman"
• Subbu Panchu as Ramesh, Maya's brother
• Vinodhini Vaidyanathan as Sandhya, Murali's sister-in-law
• Chithra Lakshmanan as Anitha's father

Aranmanai 3

• Sundar C. as Ravi
• Arya as Saravanan
• Raashi Khanna as Jyothi
• Andrea Jeremiah as Eeshwari (Raani)
• Sakshi Agarwal as Hema
• Vivek as Sigamani
• Ovi Bhandarkar as Shalu
• Nalini as Tik Tok Sarala
• Madhusudan Rao as Vallimalai Swamiji
• Myna Nandhini as Mynavathi
• Veronika Arora as Young Jyothi
• Yogi Babu as Abhishek
• Sampath Raj as Rajasekhar
• Vichu Vishwanath as Kaali
• Manobala as Pencil
• Amit Bhargav as Eeshwari's lover
• Hariharan in a special appearance
• Shankar Mahadevan in a special appearance
• Vincent Ashokan as Durai
• C. Sathya in a Cameo appearance

Character identification

Character(s)	Film(s)
	Aranmanai (2014)	Aranmanai 2 (2016)	Aranmanai 3 (2021)	Aranmanai 4
Ravi	Sundar C
Ravi's lover	Raai Laxmi	Poonam Bajwa	Sakshi Agarwal	TBA
Male Lead(s)	Vinay Rai	Siddharth	Arya	TBA
Female lead(s)	Andrea Jeremiah	Trisha	Raashi Khanna	TBA
Spirit(s)	Hansika Motwani		Andrea Jeremiah, Amit Bhargav	TBA
Sprit possessed	Andrea Jeremiah	Trisha, Sundar C	Arya	TBA
Comedian(s)	Santhanam, Kovai Sarala, Manobala	Soori, Manobala, Kovai Sarala	Vivek, Nalini, Yogi Babu, Manobala	TBA
Child Artist(s)	Priya	Nithin Manivannan	Ovi Bhandarkar, Veronika Arora	TBA

Home media

Films	Satellite Rights	Digital Rights
Aranmanai	Sun TV	Sun NXT
Aranmanai 2	Sun TV	Sun NXT
Aranmanai 3	Kalaignar TV	ZEE 5

References

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