Dhanam (2008 film)

Dhanam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	G. Shiva
Produced by	S. Kousalyarani
Written by	G. Shiva
Starring	Sangeetha Kota Srinivasa Rao Ashish Vidyarthi Manobala Karunas Prem Girish Karnad
Music by	Ilayaraja
Cinematography	Srinivas Devamsam
Edited by	B. Lenin Co-Director Jaya Kumar AssoDirector R Muthukkumaran
Distributed by	Sri Nandhimedu Selliaamman Movies
Release date	5 September 2008
Running time	154 minutess
Country	India
Language	Tamil

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Co-Director Jaya Kumar

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Dhanam (Tamil: தனம்) is a 2008 Tamil drama film written and directed by G. Shiva. The film stars Sangeetha, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Ashish Vidyarthi and Manobala. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by maestro Ilayaraja. The film is the last project Sangeetha completed before her marriage.

The film opens with a cop (Ashish Vidyarthi) and his assistant (Manobala) searching for a prostitute named Dhanam (Sangeetha) in the streets of Hyderabad. While they ask the public around the streets about Dhanam a flashback breaks out.

The story goes five years back from the present day. Ananth (Prem), a young student from a Hindu Brahmin family based in Kumbakudam comes to Hyderabad to study medicine. There he meets Dhanam. He falls in love with her and begins to follow her for several days. She suspects that Ananth came to her to do business and takes him to her place. They both have sex for money and this begins to happen frequently.

One day Ananth opens up his feelings to her, but she refuses his propose, let the public in the street beat him up and walks away. Dhanam's close friends tell her to stop living as a prostitute and start over her life by live with Ananth. They both meet at a temple and have an argument. Dhanam finally comes with a decision that if Ananth's family accept her she will marry him.

The next day they both go to Kumbakudam to visit Ananth's family. After hearing that Dhanam is a prostitute and that Ananth wants to marry her, his family refuse to accept the marriage. A priest named Vedhagiri (Rao) who is a good family friend of Ananth's family forces them to accept the marriage by telling them that the horoscopes match. The family immediately go to Hyderabad and arrange everything for the marriage. They both get married the next day. This is a trap by Vedhagiri. Vedhagiri who had earlier asked Dhanam in Hyderabad to have sex for money uses this situation to get closer to Dhanam, but she tells him to stay away.