Moondru Mugam
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Moondru Mugam is Tamil feature film starring Rajinikanth doing a triple role.
) comes back from America after 10 years as a saint. His father (Thengai Srinivasan)does not want his son to be like that so he gets press reporter (Radhika Sarathkumar) to change him back to a normal person like everyone else. Firstly she takes him out to the temple but pretends the car has broken down so she tells him to walk there. While he is walking she sends a child crying. Arun picks it up not knowing it is a setup. He gives the child a chocolate, then another boy comes and shouts its the person who steals children then all the other children round Arun up. Then Arun manages to escape. Radika does this so she can cut off his beard which he grows when he is in America. After some time he changes to normal.
After Arun goes to work and finds out that his father is sending money to someone for more than twenty years.
Later a man asks a lady that someone has prosposed to her nephew (Rajnikanth
in his second role as John) He asks her that the brides parents want to know who John's parents are. She tells him that her that John was none other than Alex Pandian (Rajnikanth
in his third role).
A flashback ensues that explains Alex Pandian's story.
Alex Pandian was a police officer. He does not like corrupt people. One day he arrests some guys who are selling illegal drinks. Then the boss of this gang tells Alex Pandian to release them from the cell. But Alex Pandian refuses. Then they come out illegally and kill Alex Pandian. At his dying moment Alex Pandian says he will be born again to kill them.
When Alex Pandian dies so does his wife after giving birth to twins. The first child is born to be Arun and the second child John. Meanwhile thengai srinivasan's wife gives birth but the child dies which is third time in a row. So the sister of Alex Pandian gives the child who is later named Arun, to Thengai Srinivasan because she can not afford to look after two children.
Arun on his 25th birthday party suddenly says he the reincarnation of Alex Pandian, which shocks everyone at the occasion. Meanwhile when he goes to a house because smitha called him. Then he fights a person and kills him. Arun goes to jail. Later he comes to court and see who killed him and tries to kill him but goes back to jail. The he comes back to tell the truth when Alex Pandian comes and says he is not dead and that he was in Sri Lanka. But really he is Arun's brother John but John does not know that. He is working with the person who killed his father.
Then Arun says he lied that he was an incarnation because he wanted to know who the enemies are because they will want to kill him. So he can get them back.
Later in the story John finds who Alex Pandian is and who Arun is and goes to save his brother. Then they fight but the villain stabs John but johns kills the man and put him in the sea like what he did to his father and he also dies. Arun and Radhika get together and then the film ends.
This Movie remade in hindi titled John Jani Janardhan
starring Rajnikant, Rati Agnihotri
& Kader Khan
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The starring cast are:
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Plot
Arun (RajnikanthRajnikanth
Rajinikanth is an Indian film actor, media personality, and cultural icon. He made his debut as an actor in the National Film Award-winning motion picture Apoorva Raagangal , directed by K. Balachander, whom the actor considers his mentor....
) comes back from America after 10 years as a saint. His father (Thengai Srinivasan)does not want his son to be like that so he gets press reporter (Radhika Sarathkumar) to change him back to a normal person like everyone else. Firstly she takes him out to the temple but pretends the car has broken down so she tells him to walk there. While he is walking she sends a child crying. Arun picks it up not knowing it is a setup. He gives the child a chocolate, then another boy comes and shouts its the person who steals children then all the other children round Arun up. Then Arun manages to escape. Radika does this so she can cut off his beard which he grows when he is in America. After some time he changes to normal.
After Arun goes to work and finds out that his father is sending money to someone for more than twenty years.
Later a man asks a lady that someone has prosposed to her nephew (Rajnikanth
Rajnikanth
Rajinikanth is an Indian film actor, media personality, and cultural icon. He made his debut as an actor in the National Film Award-winning motion picture Apoorva Raagangal , directed by K. Balachander, whom the actor considers his mentor....
in his second role as John) He asks her that the brides parents want to know who John's parents are. She tells him that her that John was none other than Alex Pandian (Rajnikanth
Rajnikanth
Rajinikanth is an Indian film actor, media personality, and cultural icon. He made his debut as an actor in the National Film Award-winning motion picture Apoorva Raagangal , directed by K. Balachander, whom the actor considers his mentor....
in his third role).
A flashback ensues that explains Alex Pandian's story.
Alex Pandian was a police officer. He does not like corrupt people. One day he arrests some guys who are selling illegal drinks. Then the boss of this gang tells Alex Pandian to release them from the cell. But Alex Pandian refuses. Then they come out illegally and kill Alex Pandian. At his dying moment Alex Pandian says he will be born again to kill them.
When Alex Pandian dies so does his wife after giving birth to twins. The first child is born to be Arun and the second child John. Meanwhile thengai srinivasan's wife gives birth but the child dies which is third time in a row. So the sister of Alex Pandian gives the child who is later named Arun, to Thengai Srinivasan because she can not afford to look after two children.
Arun on his 25th birthday party suddenly says he the reincarnation of Alex Pandian, which shocks everyone at the occasion. Meanwhile when he goes to a house because smitha called him. Then he fights a person and kills him. Arun goes to jail. Later he comes to court and see who killed him and tries to kill him but goes back to jail. The he comes back to tell the truth when Alex Pandian comes and says he is not dead and that he was in Sri Lanka. But really he is Arun's brother John but John does not know that. He is working with the person who killed his father.
Then Arun says he lied that he was an incarnation because he wanted to know who the enemies are because they will want to kill him. So he can get them back.
Later in the story John finds who Alex Pandian is and who Arun is and goes to save his brother. Then they fight but the villain stabs John but johns kills the man and put him in the sea like what he did to his father and he also dies. Arun and Radhika get together and then the film ends.
This Movie remade in hindi titled John Jani Janardhan
John Jani Janardhan
John Jani Janardhan is a Hindi film is directed by T.Rama Rao. South Indian Superstar Rajnikanth played the main lead in a triple role. John being the father and johnny and janardhan being the two sons. It is a remake of the 1982 Tamil film Moondru Mugam which starred Rajinikanth and...
starring Rajnikant, Rati Agnihotri
Rati Agnihotri
Rati Agnihotri is a veteran Indian actress. Her portfolio mainly includes films in Hindi-Urdu, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. She was born to a Sikh family.-Film career:...
& Kader Khan
Kader Khan
Kader Khan is an Indian film actor, comedian, script and dialogue writer. He graduated from Ismail Yusuf College affiliated to Mumbai University .-Early life:...
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Cast
Song Lyrics were written by:- ValiValiVali or Wali can refer to:* Váli * Váli* Vali * The Vali tribe, a Sarmatian tribe of Ptolemy* Ferenc A. Váli, Hungarian-born lawyer, author and political analyst* Al-Walee, one of the Names of God in the Qur'an...
- Muthulingam
- VairamuthuVairamuthuVairamuthu Ramaswamy Thevar is an award-winning Tamil poet and lyricist.Debuting in the film Nizhalgal with the lyrics for the song "Ponmalai Pozhudhu", he has now about 5800 songs to his credit as of January 2009. His partnership with the composers Ilaiyaraaja, and later A. R...
The starring cast are:
- RajnikanthRajnikanthRajinikanth is an Indian film actor, media personality, and cultural icon. He made his debut as an actor in the National Film Award-winning motion picture Apoorva Raagangal , directed by K. Balachander, whom the actor considers his mentor....
- Delhi GaneshDelhi GaneshDelhi Ganesh born in Tirunelveli as a veteran Tamil film actor, who mostly acts in supporting roles and is perhaps best known for his role in Kamal Hassan comedies and films like Nayagan and Michael Madana Kama Rajan. He has acted in more than 400 films from 1980 to present...
- Senthamarai
- Thengai Seenivasan
- V.Gopalakrishnan
- Poornam Viswanathan
- Haja Shareef
- SathyarajSathyarajSathyaraj is a Tamil film actor and media personality in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. A Tamil activist and a political influence, he has acted in over 150 films, ranging from action and drama to comedy. In 2007, he played the role of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy in the Tamil Nadu government-sponsored...
- Raadhika SarathkumarRaadhika SarathkumarRadhika Sarathkumar is a Tamil television and film actress, successful entrepreneur and producer. She is the founder of Radaan Mediaworks, which has produced the successful serials Chithi, Annamalai, Selvi, Arasi, and Idi Katha Kadu . She is currently acting in the serial Chellamay for Sun TV...
- Silk SmithaSilk SmithaSilk Smitha was an Indian film actress. She became a movie extra and subsequently the most wanted heroine of the early 80s. The sobriquet "Silk" came in 1979, with her first Tamil film Vandi Chakkaram, in which she played a bar girl named Silk...
- Vasantha
- RajalakshmiRajalakshmiT. A. Rajalakshmi was a Malayalam writer and poet in India.Born at Cherpulassery, Palakkad, her father was Marath Achutha Menon and mother was Kutty Malu Amma. As a notable writer she got Kerala Sahithya Academy Award in 1960 for her work “Oru Vazhiyum Kure Nizhalukalum”...
- KamalaKamesh
Awards
This film received the Best actor (for Rajinikanth) in 1982 from the Tamil Nadu GovernmentGovernment of Tamil Nadu
The Government of Tamil Nadu, headquartered at Chennai is the governing authority for the Indian State of Tamil Nadu. It is seated at the Fort St. George...
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