Nattamai is a 1994 Tamil language

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 film directed by K. S. Ravikumar

K. S. Ravikumar

K. S. Ravikumar is an Indian film director and actor, primarily working in Tamil cinema. He has directed numerous films ranging from comedy and drama to action thrillers. His film Dasavathaaram went on to gross $16 million worldwide in the first four weeks and eventually became one of the...

. It starred Sarath Kumar

Sarath Kumar

Sarathkumar Ramanathan is an Indian journalist, film actor, politician, body builder and the current president of the South Indian Film Artistes' Association. He started his career in Tamil cinema playing negative roles, and later played minor roles in other movies. He was first chosen for the...

, Kushboo Sundar

Kushboo Sundar

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 and Meena in the lead roles. It became a blockbuster upon release. This was the first Tamil film where they first introduced the punch dialogue "Nattamai, theerpa maathi sollu."
Upon release and the huge success of the film it become a trend setter for Tamil films as all future big actor films are cloned with the same formula, a chief of village doing good to its people.The film is also well received for the Goundamani- senthil comedy which was then a huge hit. The film is remade in Bollywood as Bulandi

Bulandi (2000 film)

Bulandi is an Anil Kapoor film, a remake of Nattamai.In Bulundi, Anil Kapor portrays the protagonist, with Rekha and Ravina in supporting roles. Shakthi Kapoor plays the role of the villain...

starring Anil Kapoor and Rekha.