Thangachi (transl. Younger sister) is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by R. Krishnamoorthy, starring Ramki, Pallavi and Seetha. It is a remake of the Telugu film Aadupaduchu (1986).[citation needed] The film was released on 27 November 1987.[1]

Thangachi
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Directed byR. Krishnamoorthy
Written byLiaquat Ali Khan (dialogues)
Screenplay byR. Krishnamurthy
Produced byS. R. Arul Prakasham
StarringRamki
Pallavi
Seetha
CinematographyR. H. Ashok
Edited byV. Chakrapani
Music byS. A. Rajkumar
Production
company
Rathna Movies
Release date
  • 27 November 1987 (1987-11-27)
Running time
136 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

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Dharmaraja is an influential man in politics that's involved in many illegal activities. Inspector Raja curtails many of his illicit businesses in the course of his investigations. Raja's only family is his younger sister, Seetha, and her contractor husband, Prakash. He also meets and falls in love with Radha. Raja arrests Das, an associate of Dharmaraja. Das is soon released on bail and remains defiant towards Raja. Dharmaraja, incensed by Raja's interference with his business, has Prakash disrupt Raja's investigations. Prakash has always been a part of Dharmaraja's team. When a sub-inspector from Raja's team follows Das, he is caught at Prakash's construction site. Dharmaraj, Prakash and Das kill him while Seetha becomes an accidental witness. Assuming that she only saw the other two, Prakash plays the concerned husband but plots to have her murdered. His plan goes awry and Seetha kills Das as he was trying to murder her. Raja must now investigate to free his sister and catch Dharmaraj.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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Soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar, who also wrote the lyrics.[2]

Song Singers
"Marutha Jilla" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sunandha
"Kathirukkum Maama" Uma Ramanan
"Mudhal Muraiye" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sunandha
"Ye Kuruvi Poongkuruvi" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. P. Sailaja, Sunandha
"Siraiyinil Seethai" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sunandha

Reception

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The Indian Express wrote "Dont be fooled by the title; [..] Thangachi uses the sentimental peg only to hang a lot of things more attractive".[3]

References

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  1. ^ "தங்கச்சி / Thangachi (1987)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Thangachi – Tamil Bollywood Vinyl LP". Bollywoodvinyl.in. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Only a peg". The Indian Express. 11 December 1987. p. 5. Retrieved 11 January 2019 – via Google News Archive.
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