Thambi Durai (Tamil: தம்பிதுரை) is a 1997 Indian Tamil film, directed by Senthilnathan and produced by K. Santhamani. The film stars Saravanan, Sukanya and M. N. Nambiar in lead roles. The film had musical score by Ilayaraja.
Réalisé parSanthana Bharathi GenresDrame, Action, Policier ThèmesSexualité, Prostitution ActeursKamal Haasan, Sukanya, Cochin Haneefa, Sennalkudi Narayana Thevar Lakshmi, Poornam Vishwanathan, Sangita Note85% Krishnaswamy (Kamal Hassan) is a widower living happily along with his mother-in-law Saraswathi (S. N. Lakshmi), daughter Kaveri (Mahanadi Shobana) and son Bharani (Mahanadhi Dinesh) in a village near Trichy. Dhanush (Cochin Haneefa); a con from the city has an eye on Krishnaswamy's prosperity and asks him to join his chit fund business. At first Krishnaswamy is reluctant; however when a rich friend from a foreign country visits house, he too wants to be rich like them. Hence he agrees to Dhanush's proposal and arrives at the city. However, he is unaware of Dhanush's tricks and when Dhanush swindles away the chitfund money, the blame is put on Krishnaswamy. and he lands up in jail. He finds that even his future father-in-law Panjapakesan (Poornam Viswanathan) is also in jail for same reason whose daughter is Yamuna (Sukanya) working as nurse. He advises Krishnaswamy not to be angry if the jailor is cruel; as he might be released sooner if he is submissive in the jail. During Krishnaswamy's tenure in jail, Yamuna takes care of his family. Due to unavoidable situations, his mother-in-law dies and his son and daughter go missing. Krishnaswamy learns this after coming out from the jail suffering unnecessary hardships.
Réalisé parSanthana Bharathi GenresComédie ActeursSukanya, Prabhu, Radha Ravi, Anand, Visu, Sivaranjani Note64% Prabhu is a kind-hearted poor man who works as a coolie in bus stand. Visu, a marriage broker wants him to pose as a rich man from Singapore and marry Sukanya to break the arrogance and her money-minded father (Radha Ravi). Her father finds out that he is a coolie. But Prabhu brilliantly lies that it is his younger brother. How he reforms both of them forms the story.