Michael Madhana Kama Rajan | |
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Directed by | Singeetam Srinivasa Rao |
Produced by | Meena Panchu Arunachalam |
Written by | Crazy Mohan (dialogues) |
Screenplay by | Kamal Haasan |
Story by |
Kamal Haasan Kader Kashmiri |
Starring |
Kamal Haasan Urvashi Rupini Kushboo Nassar Delhi Ganesh Crazy Mohan Manorama Venniradai Moorthy Santhana Bharathi Nagesh |
Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
Cinematography | B. C. Gowrishankar |
Edited by | Vasu |
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Distributed by | P. A. Art Productions |
Release date
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17 October 1990 |
Running time
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162 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Budget | ₹1 crore (equivalent to ₹6.9 crore or US$1.0 million in 2016) |
Michael Madhana Kamarajan | |
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Studio album by Ilayaraja | |
Released | 30 June 1990 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Label | Agi Music |
Producer | Ilaiyaraaja |
Michael Madhana Kama Rajan is a 1990 Tamil comedy film directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao and written by Kamal Haasan, with Crazy Mohan penning the dialogues.
The film also feature large ensemble cast alongside Kamal Haasan, Urvashi, Rupini, Kushboo played the female leads, while Manorama, Delhi Ganesh, Nassar, Venniradai Moorthy, SN Lakshmi, Jayabharathi, R. N. Jayagopal, Nagesh, Praveen Kumar and Santhana Bharathi playing other significant role. The film was a blockbuster and completed 175-day run at the box office.
The film tells a story of quadruplets, Michael, Madhanagopal, Kameshwaran, and Raju, all played by Kamal Haasan. Kamal distinguished each of those characters with his body language and language lingo. Michael has a husky voice and an aggressive demeanor, Madan has a British accent with a sophisticated upper-class personality, Kameshwaran speaks Palakkad Tamil and has a naive, childish personality while Raju speaks Madras Tamil and has an outgoing, cheerful personality; all in keeping with their diverse upbringing as per the plot. The film's climax scene is said to be inspired from the Charlie Chaplin movie, The Gold Rush. The film was dubbed in Telugu as Michael Madana Kama Raju.