Katha Nayagan (1988 film)

Katha Nayagan (transl. Hero of the story) is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language comedy film, directed by Muktha Srinivasan[2] and produced by Ramaswamy Govind and Muktha S. Ravi. The film stars Pandiarajan, S. V. Sekhar, Rekha and Manorama. The film had musical score by Chandrabose. It is a remake of the Malayalam film Nadodikkattu.[3]

For the same named 2017 Tamil film, see Katha Nayagan (2017 film).

Katha Nayagan
Poster
Directed byMuktha Srinivasan
Written byCrazy Mohan (dialogues)[1]
Story bySiddique-Lal
Produced byMuktha Ramaswamy
StarringPandiarajan
S. V. Sekhar
Rekha
Manorama
CinematographyMuktha S. Sundar
Edited byV. P. Krishnan
Music byChandra Bose
Production
company
Mukthaa Films
Release date
  • 20 May 1988 (1988-05-20)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

The movie is a humorous and dramatic story of two friends Mani and Ramani (Pandiarajan and S.V.Sekhar) who are B.Com and SSLC graduates respectively. They have difficulties finding a job suited to their qualification. Even if they find a job, they are unable to sustain in their job for long due to their attitude.

Due to their innocence, Mani and Ramani are often fooled by people. One man sells them a cow saying it will give them many litres of milk per day, but the cow ends up hardly giving them any milk. After such failed endeavours, they meet an agent, who promises them to take them to Dubai and give them a job there. They give all their money to the agent, and he tells them to get on a boat. But they are fooled because the boat goes to Kerala instead. In Kerala, a drug smuggling gang mistakes them for CID officers due to some hilarious misconceptions and funny incidents. How Mani and Ramani survive in Kerala, and at the same time, how they unintentionally cause the smuggling gang to get caught by the police, forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack consist of four songs composed by Chandrabose, with lyrics written by Vairamuthu. The song "Vaisakha Sandhye" from Nadodikattu was retained in Tamil as "Poo Poothathu".[4]

No.SongSingersLength (min:sec)LyricsNotes
1"Ada Avatharam Eduthu Vanthal"Malaysia Vasudevan04:19Vairamuthu
2"Naanthanda Hanuman Payran"Malaysia Vasudevan, Kovai Murali and chorus03:53
3"Poo Poothathai Yar Pathathu"K. J. Yesudas04:25
4"Poo Poothathai Yar Pathathu"Kovai Murali04:24

Reception

The Indian Express wrote, "The comedy line sometimes falters as it does when [Pandiarajan] keeps harping to the point of nausea on his educational attainment and his friend's lack of it".[5]

References
  1. Balakumar, K (11 June 2019). "How Kamal met Crazy Mohan: The story involves a graveyard". The News Minute. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  2. Subhakeerthana, S; Rajendran, Gopinath (30 May 2018). "'Muktha Srinivasan was a people's person'". Cinema Express. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  3. "மோகன்லாலும், பின்னே தமிழ் ரீமேக்கும்..." Dinamalar. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  4. "Katha Nayagan – Tamil Bollywood Vinyl LP". BollywoodVinyl. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  5. "Kathanayagan". The Indian Express. 28 May 1988. p. 5.
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