Thenali
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| Directed by | K. S. Ravikumar |
| Produced by | R. Karpagam |
| Written by | Crazy Mohan |
| Starring |
Kamal Haasan Jayaram Jyothika Devayani |
| Music by | A.R. Rahman |
| Cinematography | Priyan |
| Edited by | K. Thanigachalam |
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R. K. Celluloids
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| Distributed by | R. K. Celluloids |
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Release date
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Running time
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164 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Box office | ₹30 crore (equivalent to ₹87 crore or US$13 million in 2016) |
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| Soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman | ||||
| Released | 2000 | |||
| Recorded | Panchathan Record Inn | |||
| Genre | Feature Film Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 35:55 | |||
| Label | Star Music Sa Re Ga Ma |
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| Producer | A. R. Rahman | |||
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Thenali is a 2000 Indian Tamil comedy-drama film directed by K. S. Ravikumar and written by Crazy Mohan. The film stars Kamal Haasan in the title role, along with Jayaram, Jyothika, and Devayani. The film's music was composed by A. R. Rahman. The film was an unofficial remake of the 1991 Hollywood movie What About Bob? starring Bill Murray
The film opened to positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success at the Tamil Nadu box-office. The film won three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, including a Special Jury award for Jayaram's performance as Dr. Kailash.
Thenali (Kamal Hassan) is a man who fears anything and everything. Panchabhootham (Delhi Ganesh) and his assistant (Ramesh Khanna), who are the doctors treating Thenali, are jealous of a relatively junior doctor Kailash (Jayaram) getting all the media attention. They decide to derail Kailash's success by sending Thenali over to him. Soon after their first appointment, Kailash heads to his home in Kodaikanal on a vacation with his wife Jalaja (Devayani) and his two children. Kailash tells Thenali to wait until after the vacation before his therapy can begin, but Panchabhootham asks for Thenali to go meet Kailash while on vacation.
The expected happens. Thenali falls in love with Janaki (Jyothika), the younger sister of Kailash, which is vehemently opposed by the latter. The whole film is about how Kailash goes mad with the antics of Thenali and even begins to suspect that his wife has an affair with Thenali, as she has a soft corner for the latter. He even tries to kill Thenali by tying him to a tree with a time bomb, which Thenali (not knowing it is a real bomb) removes and puts it in Kailash's house, causing it to explode. Seeing this, Kailash suffers a paralytic attack.
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