Unnal Mudiyum Thambi
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| Directed by | K. Balachander |
| Produced by | Rajam Balachander Pushpa Kandaswamy |
| Written by | K. Balachander |
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Kamal Haasan Seetha Gemini Ganesh Manorama Charle Janagaraj Delhi Ganesh Nassar |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Cinematography | Raghunath Reddy |
| Edited by | R. Bhaskaran |
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| Distributed by | Kavithalayaa Productions |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Unnal Mudiyum Thambi (English: You can, Brother) is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language musical-drama film written and directed by K. Balachander. Produced by Kavithalaya Productions, the film features Kamal Haasan and Seetha in the lead roles alongside Gemini Ganesan. Janagaraj, Prasad Babu, Manorama, Delhi Ganesh, and Naasar play supporting roles. The film was a remake of director's own Telugu film Rudraveena (1988).
Unnal Mudiyum Thambi focuses on the ideological conflicts between 'Bilahari' Marthandam Pillai, a reputed carnatic musician and his younger son Udhayamurthy. Pillai's discrimination towards the people belonging to lower caste is met with criticism from Udhayamoorthy, who believes in society's welfare and walks out for good later. The events that led to change in Pillai's views form the remaining part of the story. Ilaiyaraaja composed the film's soundtrack and background score. R. Raghunadha Reddy was the film's director of photography. R. Bhaskaran edited the film and Mohanam was the art director. The film was released on August 12, 1988 to positive critical reception.
Udhayamoorthy (Kamal Haasan) is the younger son of an illustrious Carnatic music maestro, Bilahari Marthandam Pillai (Gemini Ganesan). The father is a strict disciplinarian who is very class conscious and cares only for his art. The maestro's elder son (Prasad Babu) is born mute and hence had to take to an instrument, the nadhaswaram, which he is quite adept at.
A car makes an entry into the village. An MP (VK Ramasamy) gets out of the car and finds that the village is self-disciplined in terms of cleanliness, get rid of bad habits such as drinking, etc. He learns that the cause of all this is a young man named Udayamurthy. The MP wonders how only a young man was able to achieve this and expresses this to Udayamurthy; a flashback begins.
Adolescent Udayamurthy from a high society family sees an old blind beggar woman struggling to pick up a banana thrown by a passer-by. Udayamurthy doesn't help the woman and an old man helps the beggar woman instead. The old man calls Udayamurthy and advices him to be helpful to others. The struggle of that elderly woman pinches his mindset due him not helping her in need. Now and adult, Udayamurthy is a very mischievous and happy-go-lucky guy who likes to pull pranks on his family members and gets punished by his father Pilahari Marthandam Pillai, an ardent devotee and a short-tempered Carnatic music singer. One day Marthandam Pillai shouts at his son saying that it is better to die than to live an irresponsible life like this and this hurts Udayamurthy. Next morning family members are shocked on seeing Udayamurthy hanging himself at the middle of the hall. But actually it is another prank played by him and he did not die so. Angayarkanni hurt by the mischief feels sad for not playing her role as a sister-in-law and not raised Udayamurthy properly and made him as an irresponsible boy. Udayamurthy changes his mind and start to be responsible making his family happy. He comes to a decision of being helpful to the society by reminding of the temple incident in his adolescent life and on seeing an old gardener who wants to live usefully for the society at least by planting trees.
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