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{{short description|1985 film by S. P. Muthuraman}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Japanil Kalyanaraman
| image = Japanil Kalyanaraman.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Poster
| director = [[S. P. Muthuraman]]
| producer = {{plainlist|
* Meena Panchu Arunachalam
* Sethu Bhaskaran
}}
| writer = [[Panchu Arunachalam]]
| narrator =
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Kamal Haasan]]
* [[Radha (actress)|Radha]]
* [[Sathyaraj]]
* [[Tinku (actor)|Master Tinku]]
}}
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = T. S. Vinayagam
| editing = R. Vittal<br />C. Lancy
| studio = P. A. Art Productions
| distributor = P. A. Art Productions
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1985|11|11}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Japanil Kalyanaraman''''' ({{trans|Kalyanaraman in Japan}}) is a 1985 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language comedy film directed by [[S. P. Muthuraman]], starring [[Kamal Haasan]] and [[Radha (actress)|Radha]] . A follow up to ''[[Kalyanaraman (1979 film)|Kalyanaraman]]'' (1979), it is the first sequel film in Tamil cinema. It garnered mixed reviews and performed average business at the box office.

== Plot ==
Raman ([[Kamal Haasan]]) is a journalist who exposes a smuggling and black money racket, which involves the high-profile ([[Sundarrajan (actor)|Major Sunderarajan]]) and his son Narendran ([[Sathyaraj]]), and is about to go public. The magazine is bought by Narendran overnight.

When Raman reveals that he is about to start his own magazine, he is beaten up by Narendran's men. After surviving miraculously, Raman, his son Arun ([[Tinku (actor)|Master Tinku]]), and the spirit of the now-dead Kalyanaraman (also played by Kamal Haasan), travel to Japan to buy printing equipment and to show Arun around.

In the comedy side plot, Mayilsamy ([[Goundamani]]) and Muppaathaa ([[Kovai Sarala]]) win a lucky draw to visit Japan, guided by Munusamy ([[Chitra Lakshmanan]]).

Raman meets Radha ([[Radha (actress)|Radha]]), who is a waitress in a restaurant, and they gradually fall in love, with the efforts of Kalyanaraman and Arun. Meanwhile, Narendran also travels to Japan to get rid of Raman before he arrives back in India.

The movie ends with Raman helping to arrest Narendran and getting back together with Radha and Arun.

== Cast ==
* [[Kamal Haasan]] as Raman and Kalyanam
* [[Radha (actress)|Radha]] as Radha
* [[Sathyaraj]] as Narendran
* [[V. K. Ramasamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]] as Samikannu
* [[Major Sundarrajan]]
* [[Goundamani]] as Mayilsamy
* [[Kovai Sarala]] as Muppatha
* [[Chitra Lakshmanan]] as Munusamy Guide
* [[Tinku (actor)|Master Tinku]] as Arun
* ISR as Textile showroom salesman
* Nazeem

== Production ==
''Japanil Kalyanaraman'' is a sequel to the 1979 film ''[[Kalyanaraman (1979 film)|Kalyanaraman]]'', making that the first Tamil film to have a sequel.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 June 2012 |title=Kamal to do a sequel |url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/jun-12-03/kamal-haasan-vishwaroopam-16-06-12.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813074745/http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/jun-12-03/kamal-haasan-vishwaroopam-16-06-12.html |archive-date=13 August 2014 |access-date=24 February 2021 |website=Behindwoods}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pillai |first=Sreedhar |title=Kollywood's franchise factory opens |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/kollywood-s-franchise-factory-opens-news-tamil-mfzfiKjchchsi.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402193125/http://www.sify.com/movies/kollywood-s-franchise-factory-opens-news-tamil-mfzfiKjchchsi.html |archive-date=2 April 2019 |access-date=24 February 2021 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> The film was entirely shot in Japan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vikram to sizzle with Reema & Shriya! |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/vikram-to-sizzle-with-reema-shriya-news-tamil-ljtqJXeigahsi.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229105840/https://www.sify.com/movies/vikram-to-sizzle-with-reema-shriya-news-tamil-ljtqJXeigahsi.html |archive-date=29 December 2019 |access-date=24 February 2021 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> Buck Tooth for Master Tinku was designed by Janakiraman, a dentist.<ref>{{Cite news |last=R |first=Sujatha |date=20 November 2003 |title=Dentist to the stars |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/lf/2003/11/20/stories/2003112009260200.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141213143655/http://www.thehindu.com/lf/2003/11/20/stories/2003112009260200.htm |archive-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Japanil Kalyanaraman
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = Ilaiyaraaja
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1985
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 30:47
| label = Echo
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| producer =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
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| next_year =
| misc = {{External media
| audio1 = {{YouTube|zJLzIfA7os4| Audio Jukebox}}
}}
}}

The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Japanil Kalyanaraman (1985) |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0000063 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140623132244/http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0000063 |archive-date=23 June 2014 |access-date=21 December 2013 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref>

{{Track listing
|headline =
|extra_column = Singer(s)
|total_length = 30:47
| title1 = Appappoi Ammammoi
| note1 =
| extra1 = [[Kamal Haasan]]
| lyrics1 = [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
| length1 = 4:23
| title2 = Chinna Poo
| note2 =
| extra2 = [[S. Janaki]]
| lyrics2 = Vaali
| length2 = 4:42
| title3 = Radhe En Radhe
| note3 =
| extra3 = M. Ramesh, [[S. Janaki]]
| lyrics3 = Vaali
| length3 = 5:33
| title4 = Vaaya Vaaya
| note4 =
| extra4 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
| lyrics4 = Vaali
| length4 = 4:32
| title5 = Kadhal Un Leelaiya
| note5 =
| extra5 = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| lyrics5 = [[Vairamuthu]]
| length5 = 4:24
| title6 = Appappa Thithikkum
| note6 =
| extra6 = S. P. Balasubramanyam
| lyrics6 = Vairamuthu
| length6 = 4:28
| title7 = Theme Music
| note7 =
| extra7 =
| lyrics7 =
| length7 = 2:45
}}

== Reception ==
''Japanil Kalyanaraman'' was released on 11 November 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ராம்ஜி |first=வி. |date=11 November 2018 |title=தமிழில் முதல் பார்ட் டூ… ஜப்பானில் கல்யாணராமன்; 33 வருடங்களுக்கு முன்பு… ஓர் ப்ளாஷ்பேக்! |url=https://www.kamadenu.in/news/cinema/9442-japanil-kalyanaraman-33-years-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603114426/https://www.kamadenu.in/news/cinema/9442-japanil-kalyanaraman-33-years-1.html |archive-date=3 June 2019 |access-date=24 February 2021 |website=[[Kamadenu (magazine)|Kamadenu]]}}</ref> The film failed commercially because, according to the director, "it lacked the freshness the original version had".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramesh |first=Neeraja |date=15 December 2016 |title=Sequels a reliable recipe for hit films |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/sequels-a-reliable-recipe-for-hit-films/articleshow/55992609.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205134308/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/sequels-a-reliable-recipe-for-hit-films/articleshow/55992609.cms |archive-date=5 February 2017 |access-date=24 February 2021 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> This movie dubbed into [[Telugu language|Telugu-language]] as ''Japan Ramudu'', released on 18 September 1987.<ref>https://ghantasalagalamrutamu.blogspot.com/2019/08/1977_26.html?m=1</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0140293}}

{{S. P. Muthuraman}}

[[Category:1985 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films set in Japan]]
[[Category:Foreign films shot in Japan]]
[[Category:Indian sequel films]]
[[Category:Films directed by S. P. Muthuraman]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Comedy of remarriage films]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Panchu Arunachalam]]
[[Category:Japan in non-Japanese culture]]
[[Category:1985 romantic comedy films]]

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