Periya Thambi

Periya Thambi (transl. Big brother) is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed and co-produced by Chitra Lakshmanan. The film stars Prabhu and Nagma. It was released on 14 January 1997.^[1]

Periya Thambi
Poster
Directed by	Chitra Lakshmanan
Written by	S. A. Abirama Moorthy (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Chitra Lakshmanan
Story by	Kesavan
Produced by	Chitra Lakshmanan Chithra Ramu
Starring	Prabhu Nagma
Cinematography	Ilavarasu
Edited by	N. Chandran
Music by	Deva
Production company	Gayathri Films
Release date	14 January 1997 (1997-01-14)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Siva (Prabhu) lives with his father Soundarapandian (Thalaivasal Vijay), a police officer, and his little sister Geetha in the city. Geetha gets engaged and Siva notes that his father will not invite his family to the wedding. Hence, Siva finds out the village of his family and decides to go there. At his father's village, Siva is insulted by his uncle Sankarapandian (Vijayakumar), while his aunt Kamachi (Vadivukkarasi) welcomes him. Soon, Kamachi's daughter Selvi (Nagma) and Siva fall in love with each other. How Siva reconciles his uncle and marries Selvi forms the rest of the story.

Cast

• Prabhu as Siva
• Nagma as Selvi
• Goundamani as Azhagu Sundaram
• Vijayakumar as Sankarapandian
• Chandrasekhar as Muthu
• Thalaivasal Vijay as Sundarapandian, Siva's father
• Uday Prakash as Thangarasu
• Ponvannan as Rathnam
• Vadivukkarasi as Kamachi, Selvi's mother
• Sangeeta as Sivagami
• R. V. Aswini as Meena, Sankarapandian's daughter
• Suvarna Mathew as Kannamma
• Chitra Lakshmanan
• K. K. Soundar as Muthu's father
• Kullamani
• Periya Karuppu Thevar
• Jaya Mani
• Mahanadi Dinesh

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Deva, with lyrics written by Vairamuthu.^[2]

Song	Singer(s)	Duration
"Aavaram Poovu"	Krishnaraj	5:22
"Left Right"	Swarnalatha	4:13
"Poovukku Oru Kalyanam"	Malaysia Vasudevan, Mano, Swarnalatha	5:17
"Taj Mahale"	Hariharan, Anuradha Sriram	5:12
"Vellikizhamai"	Swarnalatha	5:09

Release and reception

The film was released in Pongal 1997 alongside Minsara Kanavu, Iruvar, Bharathi Kannamma and Dharma Chakkaram.^[3] R. P. R. of Kalki praised the first half as natural but criticised the second half as cliched and routine.^[4]