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Thai Maaman (transl. Maternal uncle) is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language political satire film starring Sathyaraj and Meena. It was released on 16 September 1994.

Thai Maaman
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Guru Dhanapal
Written by	Guru Dhanapal
Story by	Anumohan
Produced by	M. G. Sekar S. Santhanam
Starring	Sathyaraj Meena
Cinematography	B. Bhalamurugan
Edited by	B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan
Music by	Deva
Production company	M. G. Pictures
Release date	16 September 1994 (1994-09-16)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Rasappan (Sathyaraj) is a wealthy but irresponsible landlord in a village, who loves his niece Meena (Meena), an educated girl. Their parents decide to engage them, but Meena refuses to marry as Rasappan is jobless. Rasappan challenges them to find a decent job. Rasappan's uncle (Goundamani) advises him to become a MLA. Rasappan joins Paramasivan's (Manivannan) political party and contests in MLA election against his uncle Velusamy (Vijayakumar). Paramasivan is cruel-natured and decides to loot public money if Rasappan wins in his party. But Rasappan feels bad contesting against his own uncle and campaigns electors to vote for Velusamy instead of him. But, in an unexpected event, Rasappan wins the election. Rasappan becomes an honest MLA and helps his village people. He convinces the villagers to deposit their money in a new bank, which is promoted by Paramasivan's relative. Paramasivan and his relative loot all the deposited money and escape, which lands Rasappan in trouble. Rasappan is immediately sent to jail. Villagers burn Rasappan's house and steal his properties. Velusamy bails him out, Rasappan retrieves the money, gives it back to the villagers, and then sends Paramasivan and his partner to jail. Then Rasappan goes to Chennai to resign as MLA, but the honest Chief Minister (M. N. Nambiar) congratulates Rasappan for his honesty and promotes him as the new minister for Home and Police. Back in his village, Paramasivan's henchmen attempt to kill him, but they fail. Meena agrees to get married to Rasappan.

Cast

• Sathyaraj as Rasappan
• Meena as Meena
• Goundamani as Rasappan's uncle
• Vijayakumar as Velusamy, Meena's father
• Manivannan as Paramasivan
• Manoramma as Rasappan's mother
• Thalapathi Dinesh as alcohol warehouse's proprietor
• Senthil
• Ponnambalam
• Vichu Viswanath
• M. N. Nambiar as Arivudai Nambi, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
• Manobala in a guest appearance
• Seetha (Malayalam actress) as Rasappan sister

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Deva and lyrics were written by Vairamuthu and Kalidasan.[1]

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length
1	"Aazha Samuthiram"	P. Jayachandran	Vairamuthu	03:36
2	"Amman Kovil"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra		04:59
3	"Enga Kulasamy"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra		04:43
4	"Kettele Oru Kelvi"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam		04:54
5	"Kongunaattukku"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	Kalidasan	05:09

Release and reception

Thai Maaman was released on 16 September 1994.[2] Malini Mannath wrote in The Indian Express, "[Thai Maaman] has turned out to be an engrossing entertainer that keeps you in splits for most of the time and thoughtful and ruminating for the rest."[3] Thulasi of Kalki felt Meena was underutilised, but appreciated the film's fast pace.[4]

References

External links

• Thai Maaman at IMDb

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