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Thenali

  • 2000
  • 2h 44m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
2.8K
YOUR RATING
Thenali (2000)
ComedyDrama

A neurotic Sri Lankan patient crashes his psychotherapist's family vacation in Kodaikanal.A neurotic Sri Lankan patient crashes his psychotherapist's family vacation in Kodaikanal.A neurotic Sri Lankan patient crashes his psychotherapist's family vacation in Kodaikanal.

  • Director
    • K.S. Ravikumar
  • Writers
    • Crazy Mohan
    • Ramakrishna
    • K.S. Ravikumar
  • Stars
    • Kamal Haasan
    • Jayaram
    • Jyotika
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    2.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • K.S. Ravikumar
    • Writers
      • Crazy Mohan
      • Ramakrishna
      • K.S. Ravikumar
    • Stars
      • Kamal Haasan
      • Jayaram
      • Jyotika
    • 9User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Kamal Haasan
    Kamal Haasan
    • Tenali Soman
    Jayaram
    Jayaram
    • Dr. Kailash
    Jyotika
    Jyotika
    • Janaki
    • (as Jyothika)
    Devayani
    Devayani
    • Jalaja
    Delhi Ganesh
    Delhi Ganesh
    • Dr. Panchabhootam
    Ramesh Khanna
    Ramesh Khanna
    • Dr. Panchabhootam's assistant
    C.R. Vijayakumari
    • Kamakshi
    • (as Vijayakumari)
    Madhan Bob
    • Diamond Babu
    Meena
    Meena
    • Self
    Crane Manohar
    • Servant
    Charlie
    Charlie
    • Tourist guide
    Bayilvan Ranganathan
    • Inspector
    K.S. Ravikumar
    K.S. Ravikumar
    • Guest Appearance
    • Director
      • K.S. Ravikumar
    • Writers
      • Crazy Mohan
      • Ramakrishna
      • K.S. Ravikumar
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews9

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    9charu-iit

    Rib TIckling Comedy

    One Amazing Movie with Loads of Amazingly funny dialogues. Have laughed non-stop for scenes together.Kamal Hassan is undoubtedly the KING of comedy!! his acting, his vel, his mannerisms is just Mind blowing.Not to undermine Jayarams acting.His comedy timing is AWESOME too. Every character has some really funny dialogues from Diamond Babu's "I love.. Murkku" , to a TV reporter saying "unga Mentalla Medicalla programma paarthern" to Matrabootham's assistant never getting the name Thenali right (he goes thru sundali anjali mandali and loads of other names!) Although its a ripoff from What about Bob (which was another great movie!), its definitely got its own charm. All in all, a GREAT movie watching experience which no one should miss
    10Santhosh_2002

    Thenali

    The movie was excellent. As usual Kamal Hassan superb acting. Songs and BGM in the movie were also excellent. The comedy scenes in the movie were also hilarious.
    10indiankamal7

    Its a superb movie and the best performance by kamal haasan just in the change of dialog delivery

    it will be a quite excitement if you know Tamil when you watch the movie; the reason is that the big strength of the movie is how kamal change his language slag' in Tamil into srilankan Tamil... its a non stop comedy entertainer..

    just leave about whatever the resemblance of the movie... If at all it is a remake, no way the original version can be compared with kamal haasan's excellent performance...

    This is like a movie which kamal haasan does a light warm-up entertainer between high profile experimental projects (LIke Hey Ram and Aalavandaan) just like a spicy snack between sweet and coffee as mentioned by the legend himself..

    Don't miss the movie and the excitement but u need to know Tamil to enjoy 100% of its fun.
    9naveenvlfk

    Watch it for Kamal(Vs)Jayaram

    A great family entertainer and very rare to see such films these days. Kamal's interpretation on Jayaram's activities is the highlight of the film especially the second half at its best. Ar Rahman's great songs with Kamalhasan and Jyotika stylish dance movements is a plus.The doctors pair Ramesh and Delhi Ganesh are fabulous. Kamal's regular style of dialogue delivery in srilankan accent and his stunt sequences especially the Mouse fight will be a delight. Watch it once with your entire family and kids.
    1ldlAkasha

    Bad remake of What About Bob

    What started off as a mediocre US movie (what about bob) becomes a wretched Tamil one. Kamal Hasan has been a good actor in the past. Not so here. He does some good slapstick and his accent's ok, though. Still, the movie is one of the worst Tamil movies I've seen.

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    • Trivia
      Thenali is a Tamil remake of the American film "What About Bob?", starring Bill Murray.
    • Connections
      Remake of What About Bob? (1991)
    • Soundtracks
      Athini Sithini
      (Tamil Version)

      Written by: Arivumathi

      Produced by: A.R. Rahman

      Performed by: Hariharan, Chithra Iyer and Kamal Haasan

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    • Release date
      • October 26, 2000 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Tamil
    • Filming locations
      • Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India(location)
    • Production company
      • R.K. Celluloids
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    • Gross worldwide
      • ₹300,000,000
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 44m(164 min)
    • Color
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