Talk:Chandramukhi/Archive 1

Correct Box office figures

Did this film really collect 110 crores? Any evidence to substantiate the fact?

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nrupatunga (talk • contribs) 07:59, 21 March 2007 (UTC).

How is this movie notable?

How exactly is the film notable? The "review" is just advertisement. Pavel Vozenilek 14:13, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Agreed

I agree with the previous comment. I have watched the movie and i know that there is quite a bit more that can be discussed in the article. The article can atleast state a few more essential details, like cast, crew, etc.

Will be updated soon

It was a comeback movie for Rajini Kanth, was one of the recent Blockbuster in South India. Movie profits grossed over 50 crores cummulatively in Kollywood and Tollywood. I will update with proper details. --M.arunprasad 12:17, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Reduce trivia

There have been some good edits recently. One thing that could be worked on is to start reducing the size of the Trivia list. Per WP:TRIVIA, we should start relocating these items to elsewhere in the article, where appropriate. —  Jim Dunning  talk  :  16:04, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Has the movie crossed 768 days....

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:38, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Bhool Bhuliya

Bhool Bhuliya, starring Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan, and realease in 2007, is also similar to ChandraMukhi. Akshay Kumar plays the role similar to Rajnikanth. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.155.101.204 (talk) 03:37, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

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From Cast: useless but referenced:

Saravanan is a charismatic and friendly psychiatrist who goes about discovering the problems happening at the mansion and curing Ganga from her mental illness. He later disguises himself as Vettaiyan to trick Chandramukhi and cures Ganga. Vasu, regarding Rajinikanth's look in the film, said, "When I saw him in Bangalore, I was very confident that I could make him look young. He was doing a lot of exercises those days, so he looked quite trim. His face was glowing because he was taking adequate rest. He was mentally at peace. He looked very happy. If a person is happy, that shows on his face. He is one person who reduces weight if you tell him to. If he feels he has developed a paunch, he will work out one or two hours daily. He will do anything if his mind is free. I told him if he had a wig, he would look young."

A civil engineer and owner of Ganesh constructions. He moves to the town of Vettaiyapuram with his wife, Ganga, to buy the Vettaiyapuram Mansion. He married his love interest Ganga abruptly without letting his mother know, when he was already proposed to his cousin, Priya. He denies rumours that he hears about the haunted household and has no belief in ghosts or other superpowers. To possess Viswanathan, whom she thinks is her lover Gunasekaran, Chandramukhi tries to kill Senthilnathan twice with no success. About the film, Prabhu said, "Our banner has already produced Mannan with Rajini as hero and Vasu as director. The same combination comes together again after a decade.", further saying that "We (the producers) are doing our best to give the audience a good, entertaining movie."

Ganga is found suffering from split personality disorder; her second personality is the ghost of Chandramukhi. Ganga has a very curious and mischievous character. Married to Dr. Saravanan's friend Senthilnathan, she unlocks the ancient rooms of Vettaiyan and Chandramukhi, only to cause her family more trouble and having herself turn into the personality of Chandramukhi quite often, causing havoc in the family. Soundarya was initially selected to reprise her role from Apthamithra, but her death led the director to choose Simran and he shaped the character to suit her. In November 2004, Simran refused to do the project as her role required a lot of dancing and cited her pregnancy at that time as another main reason for her refusal. Sadha and Reemma Sen were also considered as replacements. The role finally went to Jyothika, who gave 50 days of her schedule for the film. Jyothika was paid ₹5 million (US$60,000) for her participation in the film. Jyothika thanked the cast and crew of the film, "All of them were confident that I'd do justice to the role. Vasu, especially, was very helpful. I saw Shobana in Manichitrathazhu. It was a magnificent performance. But Vasu didn't want me to imitate her. He wanted something different and enacted the scenes. I just followed his instructions."

The clumsy younger brother of Akhilandeswari and Kandaswamy. He is often irritated by Saravanan who occasionally socialises with his wife, who considers Saravanan as her own brother, which is misinterpreted by Murgesan, who thinks they are in a relationship and tries to safeguard his wife. He provides the comic relief in the film. Vadivelu, in an interview with S. R. Ashok Kumar of The Hindu, rated Chandramukhi as one of the best films he had done in his career.

Durga is the granddaughter of the mansion's gardener, and also Saravanan's love interest. Her first few encounters with Saravanan went with arguments, but later develops an interest in him, also needing his help to prove herself that she is not guilty. She helps out Ganga in her adventure to explore Chandramukhi's room and is later wrongly accused by Senthilnathan and Kandaswamy of causing troubles in the family. When she is informed about Ganga's mental illness by Saravanan, she agrees to take as much blame as possible for Ganga to be cured. Regarding Nayanthara's inclusion in the cast, Vasu said, "My wife saw the Malayalam film Manassinakkare, which had Jayaraam, Nayanthara and Sheela, who was making a comeback after so many years. She told me Nayanthara was very good. Then, I learnt that she was doing Ayya with Sarath Kumar in Tamil. The next day, I saw a picture of Nayanthara and Sarath in Dina Thanthi newspaper. I found her very appealing. I wanted to tell Rajni immediately. What happened was, he called me and asked, 'Did you see the picture of a girl in today's Dina Thanthi? She looks very good.' That was perfect timing, I would say. Ram Kumar also liked her. So we zeroed in on Nayanthara."[sic].

• Nassar as Kandaswamy

The brother of Akhilandeswari and Murugesan and father of Priya. He initially thinks that Saravanan is actually Senthilnathan, who was his soon-to-be son-in-law. He was proven wrong when it was clarified by Akhilandeswari. Kandaswamy accuses Durga for causing problems in the family and shows arrogance against Saravanan for supposedly fraternizing with his daughters, .

Viswanathan is a dance professor who is the principle love interest of Priya who lets him live in another portion of the mansion. When their love was exposed by Saravanan, it was disliked by Akhilandeswari, who also disliked the doctor intially. Viswanathan is looked upon by Chandramukhi as her lover Gunashekaran, who was beheaded by Vettaiyan. Viswanathan disguises as Gunashekaran during the climax when curing Ganga.

The intimidating older sister of Kandaswamy and Murugesan, and also the bachelorette family head. She is very arrogant and wants things to be done her way. Her characteristics are highlighted when she often shows her dissatisfaction for Saravanan. She initially gets the urge to take revenge on Senthilnathan and Ganga for cheating on Priya and makes everyone live with the couple at the mansion. She tries to get rid of Saravanan through her mute servant whom she refers to as Oomaiyan. Sheela was known for her role in the Malayalam film, Chemmeen (1965). When Sheela was signed on for the role, she was requested by the producers not to divulge details about her role to the media.

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Baffle gab1978 (talk) 03:18, 21 October 2014 (UTC)