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{{Infobox film
| name = Annanagar Mudhal Theru
| image = Annanagar Mudhal Theru.jpg
| director = [[Balu Anand]]
| producer = M. Padmavathi
| writer = Balu Anand
| screenplay =
| story = [[Sathyan Anthikad]]
| starring = {{ubl|[[Sathyaraj]]|[[Radha (actress)|Radha]]|[[Janagaraj]]|[[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]]}}
| music = [[Chandrabose (composer)|Chandrabose]]
| cinematography = V. Ranga
| editing = T. R. Shekhar
| studio = [[Vivekananda Pictures]]
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|1988|1|14|df=y}}
| runtime = 159 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
}}
'''''Annanagar Mudhal Theru''''' ({{translation|[[Anna Nagar]] First Street}})<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pillai |first=Sreedhar |date=15 January 1988 |title=Rush of contenders for top place in Tamil films |work=[[India Today]] |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19880115-rush-of-contenders-for-top-place-in-tamil-films-796855-1988-01-15 |access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref> is a 1988 [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[comedy-drama]] film directed by Balu Anand. The film stars [[Sathyaraj]], [[Radha (actress)|Radha]], [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]], [[Janagaraj]], [[Raghuvaran]] and [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ashish Rajadhyaksha |url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema |last2=Paul Willemen |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |page=658}}</ref> It a remake of the 1986 [[Malayalam]] film ''[[Gandhinagar 2nd Street]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 July 2015 |title=மோகன்லாலும், பின்னே தமிழ் ரீமேக்கும்... |language=ta |trans-title=Mohanlal films and their Tamil remakes |work=[[Dinamalar]] |url=http://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/34110/cinema/Kollywood/Mohanlal-movies-and-their-remakes.htm |access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref> The film was declared superhit at box office.

== Plot ==
Sivaraman (Sathyaraj), unable to find a good job, joins a colony as a Gorkha identifying himself as Ramsingh. Ambika lives in the colony with her daughter. Ambika's husband works abroad. A police officer (Jaiganesh) comes to the colony along with his daughter Latha (Radha). Latha is none other than Sivaraman's ex-lover. A flashback is shown where Sivaraman and Latha are classmates and in love with each other. But Latha breaks up after a misunderstanding.

Seeing Latha after a long time, Sivaraman gets excited but Latha does not reciprocate. Ambika finds the real identity of Sivaraman and treats him with respect while other colony members ill treat him as he is just a security guard. The colony members also spreads rumour about Ambika having illegal affair with Sivaraman.
Anand, a cunning guy lives in the colony and sets an eye on Latha but gets beaten up by Sivaraman. Now the colony members turn against Sivaraman. But Ambika comes for rescue. Latha also understands that Sivaraman is still in love with her and decides to patch up with him.

Ambika's husband (Prabhu) comes from abroad. The colony members speak ill about Ambika to Prabhu. But Prabhu does not believe those and trusts Ambika. It is revealed that Ambika has already informed Prabhu about Sivaraman and Prabhu has also arranged him a job abroad. The movie ends on a positive note with Sivaraman and Latha uniting.

== Cast ==
*[[Sathyaraj]] as Sivaraman/Kodumudi Govindasamy son
*[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama (actress)]] as Colony Secretary
*[[Thyagu (actor)]] as Constable
*[[Prabhu (actor)]] as Dubai NRI
*[[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]] as Teacher
*[[Radha (actress)|Radha]] as
*[[Janagaraj]] as Madhavan
*[[Raghuvaran]] as Widower Professor
*[[Anand (actor)]] as Flirty son of Manorama n smuggler
*[[Venniradai Moorthy]] as Script Writer
*[[TS. Raghavendra]] as Smuggler
*[[Jaiganesh (actor)]] as Inspector Rajagopal

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[Chandrabose (composer)|Chandrabose]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Annanagar Mudhal Theru |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0001969 |website=[[Raaga.com]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212093759/http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0001969 |archive-date=12 December 2013 |access-date=8 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="bollywoodvinyl">{{Cite AV media |url=https://bollywoodvinyl.in/products/anna-nagar-muthal-theru-1987-tamil-vinyl-l-p |title=Anna Nagar Muthal Theru |last=Chandrabose |type=[[liner notes]] |language=ta |publisher=AL |year=1988 |author-link=Chandrabose (composer)}}</ref> The songs became chartbusters.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 October 2010 |title=Music director Chandrabose dead |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/02/stories/2010100252660600.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=24 September 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125045515/http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/02/stories/2010100252660600.htm |archive-date=25 January 2013 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length
|-
| 1 || "Enna Kathai Solla" (Female) || [[K. S. Chithra]] || rowspan=2|[[Pulamaipithan]] || 04:23
|-
| 2 || "Enna Kathai Solla" (Male) || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] || 04:15
|-
| 3 || "Medhuva Meduva" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[K. S. Chithra]] || rowspan=2|[[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || 04:19
|-
| 4 || "Theem Thanakutheem" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || 04:18
|-
| 5 || "Yei Pacha Kili" || [[Malaysia Vasudevan]], [[Vani Jairam]] || Pulamaipithan || 04:31
|}

== Release and reception ==
''Annanagar Mudhal Theru'' was released on 14 January 1988.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 January 1988 |title=Anna Nagar Mudhal Theru |page=5 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19880114&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}</ref> The following week, N. Krishnaswamy of ''[[The Indian Express]]'' praised the performances of Janakaraj and Sathyaraj, but noted that, slowly the film "belies its distinctive start and sluds into tiresome cliches so well-beloved to Tamil cinema."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Krishnaswamy |first=N. |date=29 January 1988 |title=Great start |page=5 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19880129&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:1988 comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:1988 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Malayalam films]]
[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Balu Anand]]
[[Category:1988 comedy films]]
[[Category:1988 drama films]]

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