Rettai Vaal Kuruvi
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Rettai Vaal Kuruvi is a 1987
1987 in film
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Indian Tamil language film starring Mohan
Mohan (actor)
Mohan is a popular Kollywood actor. He hails from the Udupi district of Karnataka. He derived his name Kokila Mohan after debuting in a film called Kokila, which starred Kamal Haasan in the lead role. He considers Balu Mahendra as his mentor...
, Raadhika Sarathkumar
Raadhika Sarathkumar
Radhika 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...
and Archana
Archana
-Other people: * Archana, an Indian actress*Archana Nair, an American Malayali model*Archana Nayak, an Indian politician*Archana Sharma, an Indian experimental physicist*Archana Udupa, a Kannada singer...
. This movie was an unauthorized copy of the Hollywood flick Micki and Maude. Balu Mahendra
Balu Mahendra
Balanathan "Balu" Mahendran is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, and cinematographer widely regarded as part of the first in a wave of directors and screenwriters from the Chennai film industry who revitalised Tamil cinema...
never acknowledged the original movie in the credits.
Plot
Gopi(Mohan) works in a TV station under Vk Ramasamy. His wife is Tulasi(Archana) whom she knew since their early days. He meets Radhika. Love develops between them into marriage.The sequence goes on till the climax when both the heroines come to know of the other wife of Gopi.
The film was a huge success and was considered one of the master piece of Balu Mahendra. It was also the best comedy film during the decade.It also projected Mohan as a versatile actor, who was until then known to play excellent serious roles.
"Gopi Kanna, Thappu" was a famous phrase from the film, frequently said by VKR.
Soundtrack
- Kannan Vanthu - S. JanakiS. JanakiS. Janaki is an Indian female playback singer. Renowned for her voice modulation abilities, she has sung in many Indian languages, most frequently in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. Throughout a career spanning more than five decades, she has won four National Film Awards and 35...
- Raja Raja Chozan Naan - K. J. YesudasK. J. YesudasKattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian classical musician and playback singer.Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi,...
- Sudhanderam
- Thathu Edutha