Nala Damayanthi
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| Directed by | Mouli |
| Produced by | Chandra Hassan Kamal Haasan |
| Written by | Kamal Haasan, Mouli |
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Madhavan Geetu Mohandas Shrutika Sriman Anu Hasan |
| Music by | Ramesh Vinayagam |
| Cinematography | Siddharth |
| Edited by | Raja Mohammad |
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138 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Nala Damayanthi is a 2003 Tamil comedy film directed by Mouli and written and produced by Kamal Hassan. The film stars Madhavan in the lead role, with Geetu Mohandas and Shrutika playing supporting roles. Telling the tale of a naive Tamil cook stuck in Australia, the film released in June 2003 to positive reviews. This film has similarity with the English film Green Card which was released in 1990.
Ramji Narayanaswami Iyer (Madhavan), a naive and docile Pappaan (Kerala Iyer) cook, dreams of marrying off his sister Bhagyam (Divyadarshini) to a good family, as they are orphans and it becomes his sole responsibility. As per convention he has shell out dowry for the marriage and somehow falls short of the agreed sum. Incidentally the groom's family happens to admire the food cooked by Ramji and plan him to send to Melbourne, Australia as a cook for a multi millionaire Australian based Indian family. In return he has to send part of his salary as a compensation for the dowry he owes.
The millionaire dies of indigestion the day Ramji arrives, leaving him jobless and without his passport and visa, which had been stolen. Desperate to stay and earn, he starts working illegally as a cook in an Indian hotel owned by an NRI Badri (Sriman), but to stay on, he needs to get a legal work permit as the immigration police are on his heels. Ivan (Bruno Xavier), Badri's cunning lawyer friends explains him that the only way out is marriage with an Australian citizen. Ramji reluctantly agrees for a fake marriage with Ivan's fiancee Damayanthi (Geetu Mohandas), a free-spirited motorbiker of Sri Lankan Tamil Christian background and they get married over the weekend. For all these gimmicks Ivan charges heavy fees from Badri and deposit's in the joint account of his with Damayanthi. Ramji converts to Christianity, becoming Robert, and then moves into Damayanthi's house.
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