Unnal Mudiyum Thambi

Unnal Mudiyum Thambi (1988)

உன்னால் முடியும் தம்பி

The son of an orthodox Carnatic Musician spreads awareness about social causes against his father's will, and gains the trust of local people and brings self-awareness to neighbouring villages.

Date of release
1988-08-12
TMDB
8.2 / 10 (6)
Runtime
2h 41m
Genres
Family, Drama, Romance
Director
K. Balachander

Casting

Interesting facts

Unnal Mudiyum Thambi is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language musical drama film written and directed by K. Balachander. Produced by Kavithalayaa Productions, the film stars Kamal Haasan, Seetha and Gemini Ganesan. Manorama, Janagaraj, Prasad Babu, Nassar, and Delhi Ganesh play supporting roles. The film was a remake of Balachander's own Telugu film Rudraveena (1988).

Production

Unnal Mudiyum Thambi is a remake of the Telugu film Rudraveena. Kamal Haasan's character was inspired by, and named after a real life social activist M. S. Udayamurthy. Gemini Ganesan was cast as the Carnatic musician Bilahari Marthandam Pillai, reprising his role from the Telugu original. R. Visweswaran, husband of Bharatanatyam artist Chitra Visweswaran portrayed the role of the Prime Minister who appears in the climax.

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