| Aranmanai | |
|---|---|
 Series logo | |
| Directed by | Sundar C. |
| Written by | Dialogues: Venkat Raghavan (Aranmanai, Aranmanai 2) |
| Screenplay by | Sundar C. S.B.Ramadoss |
| Story by | Sundar C. |
| Produced by | D. Dinesh Karthik (Aranmanai) Khushbu (Aranmanai 2) Khushbu Sundar (Aranmanai 3) |
| Starring | Hansika Motwani Sundar C. Khushbu Sundar Kovai Sarala Manobala Andrea Jeremiah Chithra Lakshmanan Vinay Rai Raai Laxmi Santhanam Siddharth Trisha Poonam Bajwa Soori Vaibhav Reddy Radharavi Arya Raashi Khanna Vivek Yogi Babu Sakshi Agarwal Vishakha Singh Veronika Arora |
| Cinematography | U. K. Senthil Kumar (Aranamanai, Aranmanai 2) |
| Edited by | Srikanth.N.B (Aranmanai, Aranmanai 2) |
| Music by | Original Songs: Bharathwaj (Aranmanai) Hiphop Tamizha (Aranmanai 2) Background Score: Karthik Raja (Aranmanai) Hiphop Tamizha (Aranmanai 2) |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Red Giant Movies (Aranmanai) Sri Thenandal Films (Aranmanai, Aranmanai 2) |
Release dates | 1: 19 September 2014 2 : 29 January 2016 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | ₹32 crore (US$4.5 million) (2 films) |
| Box office | ₹61 crore (US$8.6 million) (2 films) |
Aranmanai (transl. Palace) is an Indian horror comedy film series directed by Sundar C. that consists of the Tamil-language films, Aranmanai (2014), Aranmanai 2 (2016) and Aranmanai 3 (2021).[1][2][3] where Hansika Motwani, Sundar C., Kovai Sarala, Manobala and Chithra Lakshmanan who appear in the first film, appear in the second film and also appear in third film playing different roles while Andrea Jeremiah, Vinay Rai, Raai Laxmi, Santhanam, Siddharth, Trisha, Poonam Bajwa, Soori, Arya, Raashi Khanna, Vivek, Yogi Babu, Sakshi Agarwal playing a lead roles in a respective series.
Synopsis
The films are not connected with each other. The films revolves around a family arriving at a place that is haunted by supernatural events.
Films
- Aranmanai (2014): A family returns to their hometown to sell their ancestral palace. However, their arrival is marred by supernatural events, and Ravi, a relative of the family, decides to uncover the truth.[4]
- Aranmanai 2 (2016): Murali returns to his ancestral home along with his fiancée as his father lands in a coma under mysterious circumstances. His life takes a turn when he uncovers his family's dark secrets.[5]
Cast
Aranmanai
- Hansika Motwani as Selvi
- Sundar C. as Ravi
- Vinay Rai as Murali
- Andrea Jeremiah as Madhavi
- Raai Laxmi as Maya
- Santhanam as Paalsamy
- Kovai Sarala as Eshwari
- Manobala as Eshwari's husband
- Nithin Sathya as Muliankannan
- Meera Krishnan as Murali's mother
- Chithra Lakshmanan as Maya's father
- Saravanan as Ayyanar
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Swamiji
Aranmanai 2
- Hansika Motwani as Maya
- Sundar C. as Ravi
- Siddarth as Murali
- Trisha as Anitha
- Poonam Bajwa as Manju
- Soori as Devadas & Sandhu Bondhu Naadimuthu
- Kovai Sarala as Komalam
- Manobala as Komalam's brother
- Vaibhav Reddy as Arun
- Radharavi as Ramesh, Murali and Maya's father
- Khushpu Sundar in Special appearance in the Song "Amman"
- Subbu Panchu as Ramesh, Maya's brother
- Vinodhini Vaidyanathan as Sandhya, Murali's sister-in-law
- Chithra Lakshmanan as Anitha's father
Aranmanai 3
- Sundar C as Ravi
- Arya as Murali
- Raashi Khanna
- Andrea Jeremiah as Madhavi
- Sakshi Agarwal
- Veronika Arora
- Madhusudan Rao
- Ovi Bhandarkar
- Khushpu Sundar
- Vivek
- Yogi Babu
- Chithra Lakshmanan
- Sampath Raj
- Manobala
- Vishaka Singh as Suma
- Kovai Sarala
- Amit Bhargav
- Hariharan in special appearance
- Shankar Mahadevan in a special appearance
- Vincent Ashokan
- Bharath Ram in a special appearance
Character Identification
| Character(s) | Film(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Aranmanai (2014) |
Aranmanai 2 (2016) |
Aranmanai 3 (2021) | |
| Spirit | Hansika Motwani | Andrea Jeremiah | |
| Ravi | Sundar C | ||
| Ravi's lover | Raai Laxmi | Poonam Bajwa | Sakshi Agarwal |
| Murali | Vinay | Siddharth | Arya |
| Murali's lover | Andrea Jeremiah | Trisha | Raashi Khanna |
| Child Artist(s) | Priya | Nithin Manivannan | Veronika Arora, Ovi Bhandarkar |
References
- ↑ Gupta, Rinku (19 May 2014). "'A Big Family House is the Heroine in Horror-Comedy Film Aranmanai'". New Indian Express. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ↑ Srinivasan, Sudhir (23 September 2016). "Aranmanai-2 : More navel than novel". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ↑ "Sundar C. to return to 'Aranmanai' franchise with a third part?". News Minute. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ↑ "Aranmanai (aka) Aranmanai review". www.behindwoods.com.
- ↑ "Review : Aranmanai 2 Review: Ghosts & laughs (2016)". www.sify.com.