Thaai Veedu (1983)

Thai Veedu (transl. Mother's House) is a 1983 Tamil-language film directed by R. Thyagarajan, starring Rajinikanth and Anita Raj. The film was a success and was remade in Hindi as Jeet Hamaari with Rajinikanth returning.

Plot

Rajasekaran (Major Sundarrajan) is a rich man who is in possession of an antique sword that holds the key to a treasure. Nagalingam (Thengai Srinivasan), a criminal, makes several unsuccessful attempts to steal the sword from Rajasekaran. On one such attempts Anand (Jaishankar) saves Rajasekaran and becomes his trusted guy to protect the sword. Raju (Rajnikanth), an orphan who is being raised by an alcoholic, ex-thief Rajasingam (M. N. Nambiar), is an expert in boosting cars and Anita (Anita Raj) is his love interest. Several years back, Rajasingam had stolen a car owned by Nagalingam with a child inside without knowing that the car and the child (Raju) actually belonged to Rajasekaran. One day Rajasingam spots Nagalingam in a shopping complex and believing that Raju is the son of Nagalingam, he hands Raju to him as his own son. Nagalingam deceitfully accepts Raju as his son and cleverly employs him to steal the sword from Rajasekaran, his real father. While Raju attempts to steal the sword, Anand keeps thwarting him. Despite Anand's efforts Raju manages to loot the sword, but then discovers that he's actually the son of Rajasekaran and he himself had been instrumental in stealing his own family treasure for the wrong men. With the help of Anand, Raju fights with Nagalingam's gang to successfully retrieve their family treasure and reunites with his family.

Cast

Rajinikanth as Raju/Mohan

Anita Raj as Anitha

Jai Shankar as Anand

Vijayakumar as Vijay

M. N. Nambiar as Rajasingam

Thengai Srinivasan as Nagalingam

Major Sundarrajan as Rajasekaran

Suhasini Maniratnam as Geetha

Pandari Bai as Nirmala

Silk Smitha as Vijay's love interest

K. Natraj as Gowtham (Guest appearance)

Rajesh as Geetha's love interest (Guest appearance)

A. R. S as Police Commissioner

Idichapuli Selvaraj

Bayilvan Ranganathan

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh (Inspired from Bappi Lahiri original music). The highlight of the album was the disco song Unnai Azhaithathu.

1 "Aasai Nenje" - S. Janaki

2 "Azhagiya Kodiye Aadadi" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

3 "Mama Mama En Paarthe" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki, K. J. Yesudas

4 "Unnai Azhaithathu" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki

Reception

The movie was one of the template hits of Devar films and Rajinikanth. With the screenplay being knitted with all the action, humour and sentimental ingredients required for a Rajinikanth starrer, was received well in the box office and was another hit for Rajinikanth. This movie was made in Hindi as "Jeet Hamaari" with Rajinikanth and Silk Smitha reprising their roles which was released a month later.

THAAI VEEDU - KALKI REVIEW

(08.05.1983 தேதியிட்ட கல்கி இதழிலிருந்து . .  .)