Aanandham

Aanandham is a 2001 Tamil language family-drama film directed by debutant N. Linguswamy, and starring Mammootty, Murali, Abbas, Srividya, Devayani, Rambha and Sneha in the lead roles. It became a blockbuster upon release and was one of the highest grossing films of the year.^[1] This film was remade in Telugu as Sankranthi, starring Venkatesh, Sneha, Srikanth and Arti Agarwal in lead roles.

Plot

Tirupathi(Mammootty) is the eldest of four brothers and the head of a respected family in the village. He has struggled to bring his family out of poverty and put his other two brothers, Kannan(Abbas) and Surya(Shyam Ganesh), through college. His younger brother Madhavan(Murali) has provided able support. Tirupathi marries Bharathi(Devayani) who fits into the family admirably. But the arrival of Renuka(Rambha) as Madhavan's wife signals the start of problems as she doesn't like her husband's obeisance to Tirupati. Kannan falls in love with the village rich man's daughter Viji(Sneha) but is willing to give her up to save his family from the man's ire.

Cast

• Mammootty as Thirupathi
• Murali as Madhavan
• Abbas as Kannan
• Devayani as Bharathi
• Rambha as Renuka Madhavan
• Sneha as Viji
• Shyam Ganesh as Surya
• Delhi Ganesh
• Srividya

Production

The director Linguswamy revealed that the film was inspired by moments in his lifeand through a series of incidents his mother had narrated to him.^[2]

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