Periya Kudumbam

1995 Indian film

Prabhu
Kanaka
Vineetha

CinematographyAshok RajanEdited byK. ThanikachalamMusic byIlaiyaraaja

Production
company

Ravi Shankar Films

Distributed byGemini Film Circuit

Release date

1 September 1995 (1995-09-01)

Running time

150 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Periya Kudumbam (transl. Big Family) is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by K. S. Ravikumar.^[1] It stars Prabhu, Kanaka and Vineetha, with Manorama, Vijayakumar, Lakshmi, Chandrasekhar, Chithra, Goundamani and Senthil in supporting roles. The film was released on 1 September 1995.^[2]^[3] It is a remake of the Telugu film Thodi Kodallu (1994).^{[citation needed]}

Plot

The story revolves around three brothers, Rathinavel, Thangavel & Manickavel who lead a simple life. All attempts by their cousins to create tiffs amongst them fails, until they take advantage of a weak situation and join a group of people who have similar thoughts.

Cast

Prabhu as Rathnavel
Kanaka as Jothi
Vineetha as Bharathi
Manorama as Sivagami
Vijayakumar as Thangavel
Lakshmi as Kasthuri
Chandrasekhar as Manikkavel
Chithra as Shanthi
Goundamani as Post Master Kanthasamy
Senthil as Post Man Dhandapani
K. S. Ravikumar as Chinnapandi
Kitty as Sundarapandi
Ponnambalam as Veerapandi
Thalapathi Dinesh as Dheenadayalan
Vinu Chakravarthy as Minister Thandavarayan
Sathyapriya as Rajalakshmi
Vichithra as Pappamma
Kalyan Kumar as Rajavel
K. Kannan as Rajapandi
Ramesh Khanna as Police Inspector
Sathyakala as Rajapandi wife
Crane Manohar as a beggar
S. P. Rajkumar as a guy asking for Kunnakudi bus

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.^[4]^[5]

Song	Singer(s)	Length	Lyrics
"Aakki Vecha Soru"	Mano, K. S. Chithra, Sunanda	4:27	Palani Bharathi
"Muchathu Maadapura"	Mano, K. S. Chithra	4:59	R. V. Udayakumar
"Hey Muthamma"	Mano, Malaysia Vasudevan, Sunanda	6:09	Vaali
"Raththatha"	Arunmozhi	5:00	Vaali
"Thatthi"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	5:30	R. V. Udayakumar

Reception

D. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu wrote, "The film is good in patches like director Ravikumar's direction".^[6]

References

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^ "Periya kudumbam ( 1995 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
^ "பெரிய குடும்பம் / Periya Kudumbam (1995)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
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^ "Periya kudumbam Tamil Film Audio Cassette by Ilaiyaraja". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
^ Ramanujam, D. S. (8 September 1995). "Periya Kudumbam". The Hindu. p. 26. Archived from the original on 22 December 1996. Retrieved 7 July 2023.