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{{short description|2000 film directed by Rafi Mecartin}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Thenkasipattanam
| image = Thenkasipattanam.jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =VCD Cover Designed
| director = [[Rafi Mecartin]]
| producer = [[Lal (actor)|Lal]]
| writer = Rafi Mecartin
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Suresh Gopi]]|[[Lal (actor)|Lal]]|[[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]]}}
| music = [[Suresh Peters]]
| cinematography = [[Saloo George]]
| editing = Harihara Puthran
| studio = [[Lal Creations]]
| distributor = Lal Release
| released = 23 December 2000
| runtime = 150 minutes
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget = 4 crores INR
| gross = 20 crores INR
}}
'''''Thenkasipattanam''''' ({{lang-en|Thenkasi Town}}) is a 2000 Indian [[Malayalam]] [[Action film|action]] [[Comedy film|comedy]] film written and directed by [[Rafi Mecartin]], produced by [[Lal (actor)|Lal]], and starring [[Suresh Gopi]], [[Lal (actor)|Lal]] and [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]] with [[Samyuktha Varma]], [[Geethu Mohandas]] [[Kavya Madhavan]], [[Salim Kumar]] and [[Spadikam George]] in supporting roles.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/movies/thenkasipattanam.html | title= Thenkasipattanam (U) |publisher=.filmibeat.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/18033/malayalam/thenkasipattanam/ | title= Thenkasipattanam (2000) |publisher=.nowrunning.com}}</ref>

==Synopsis==
Kannan and Dasan are two powerful individuals in their village. Shathrugnan. a newcomer, is in love with Dasan's sister, Devootty, but she is not interested in him. Shathru joins Kannan's and Dasan's firm, KD & Company, as the manager, in an attempt to win the love of Devootty. KD & Company keeps as hostage a music troupe who comes to their village to perform. The main singer of that troupe, Sangeetha, gets expelled from her home because of this and Kannan and Dasan give her refuge, at the insistence of Devootty. Meenakshi and Kannan are in love. But due to some misunderstanding, Dasan falls in love with Meenakshi and Sangeetha falls in love with Kannan. Shathru takes the responsibility of sorting it out and linking Dasan with Sangeetha. In the chaos and confusions that follows, he manages to be victorious and wins his lady love Devootty too.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.ranker.com/list/full-cast-of-thenkasipattanam-actors-and-actresses/reference | title= Cast of Thenkasipattanam |publisher=.ranker.com}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Suresh Gopi]] as Kannan
* [[Lal (actor)|Lal]] as Dasan
* [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]] as Shathrughnan
* [[Samyuktha Varma]] as Meenakshi
* [[Geethu Mohandas]] as Sangeetha
* [[Kavya Madhavan]] as Devootty
* [[Salim Kumar]] as Muthuraman
* [[Spadikam George]] as Devarajan
* [[T. P. Madhavan]] as Sangeetha's uncle
* [[Usharani]] as Sangeetha's aunty
* Manka Mahesh
* [[Kochu Preman]]
* [[Vinu Chakravarthy]]
* [[Narayanankutty]]
* Bindhu Krishna
* [[Sajitha Betti]]
* Dimple Rose
* [[Manjima Mohan]] as Jr. Devootty
*[[Pandu (actor)|Pandu]]

== Soundtrack ==
The film's soundtrack contains 7 songs, all composed by [[Suresh Peters]], with lyrics by [[Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.friendlysms.com/malayalam-lyrics/thenkasi-pattanam-107344.html | title= Thenkasi Pattanam Movie Song Lyrics |publisher=.friendlysms.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| "Engu Poy Nee"
| [[Dr. K. J. Yesudas]]
|-
| 2
| "Golmaalu"
| [[M. G. Sreekumar]], [[Sujatha Mohan]], [[Mano (singer)|Mano]]
|-
| 3
| "Pachappavizha (Ente Thenkaasi)"
| [[K. S. Chitra]], [[Suresh Peters]]
|-
| 4
| "Kadamizhiyil"
| [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[Swarnalatha]]
|-
| 5
| "Oru Simhamalayum Kaattil"
| Sujatha Mohan, Chorus
|-
| 6
| "Kadamizhiyil (Version 2)"
| [[Palakkad Sreeram|K. L. Sreeram]], Swarnalatha
|-
| 7
| "Pachappavizha (Ente Thenkaasi)"
| M. G. Sreekumar, Suresh Peters
|}

==Box office==
The film was a commercial success at the box office and one of the biggest hits of 2000. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Rafi-Mecartin-reunite-with-a-family-entertainer/amp_articleshow/34118940.cms|title=Rafi-Mecartin reunite with a family entertainer|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=24 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2020/jun/07/the-show-must-surely-go-on-2153251.html|title=The show must surely go on...|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=7 June 2020}}</ref> It ran for 275 days in theatres <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/05/10/stories/2002051000670300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030404195241/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/05/10/stories/2002051000670300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 April 2003|title=Super hero makes a clean sweep|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=10 May 2002}}</ref><ref>http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article24129.ece?service=print</ref>and collected {{INRConvert|20|c}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.movieboxofficecollection.com/highest-grossing-malayalam-movies-of-all-time-worldwide-kerala/%3famp|title=Highest grossing Malayalam films|work=Movie Box Office Collection}}</ref>then became one of the highest grossed movies of the year.

==Remakes==
This film was remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] with the [[Thenkasi Pattanam|same name]], starring [[Sarath Kumar]] and [[Napoleon (actor)|Napoleon]]. In Telugu, it was remade as ''[[Hanuman Junction (film)|Hanuman Junction]]'' with [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]] and [[Jagapathi Babu]]. And in Kannada as ''[[Kodanda Rama]]'' with [[Ravichandran (Tamil actor)|Ravichandran]] and [[Shivrajkumar]]. It was also remade in Bengali as ''[[Golmaal (2008 film)|Golmaal]]''. Suresh Peters was retained as composer for Tamil and Telugu remakes reusing the tunes from the film.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Year
! Film
! Language
! Cast
! Director
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Hanuman Junction (film)|Hanuman Junction]]''
| Telugu
| [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]], [[Jagapathi Babu]]
| [[M. Raja|Jayam Raja]]
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Kodanda Rama]]''
| Kannada
| [[V Ravichandran|Ravichandran]], [[Shivrajkumar]]
| [[V Ravichandran|Ravichandran]]
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Thenkasi Pattanam]]''
| Tamil
| [[Sarath Kumar]], [[Napoleon_(actor)|Napoleon]]
| [[Rafi Mecartin]]
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Golmaal (2008 film)|Golmaal]]''
| Bengali
| [[Prosenjit Chatterjee|Prasenjit]], [[Tota Roy Chowdhury|Tota Ray Chowdhury]], [[Jisshu Sengupta]]
| [[Swapan Saha]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0334482|Thenkasipattanam}}

[[Category:2000s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:2000 films]]
[[Category:2000 action comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian action comedy films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Malayalam films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films set in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2000 comedy films]]

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