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{{Infobox film
| name = Aanazhagan
| image = Aanazhagan.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = [[Thiagarajan]]
| writer = Babu-Gopu (dialogues)
| screenplay = Thiagarajan
| story = P. Samba Siva Rao
| producer = S. Balaji
| starring = [[Prashanth]] Suneha [[Vadivelu]] [[Charle]] [[Chinni Jayanth]] [[K. R. Vijaya]]
| cinematography = V. Ranga
| editing = [[B. Lenin]] [[V. T. Vijayan]]
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| studio = Supreme Films International
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1995|3|11|ref1=}}
| runtime = 140 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Aanazhagan''''' is a 1995 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[comedy film]] directed by [[Thiagarajan]] and produced by S. Balaji. The film stars [[Prashanth]], newcomer Suneha, [[Vadivelu]], [[Charle]], and [[Chinni Jayanth]], while [[K. R. Vijaya]], [[Gandhimathi]], and [[Vaishnavi (Malayali actress)|Vaishnavi]] play supporting roles. It is a remake of the Telugu film ''[[Chitram Bhalare Vichitram]]'' (1992), which itself is based on Sailesh Dey's Bengali play ''Joymakali Boarding''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 July 2019 |title='Avvai Shanmughi', 'Mayamohini' and others: How cinema misrepresents drag culture |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/avvai-shanmughi-mayamohini-and-others-how-cinema-misrepresents-drag-culture-104621 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220916080201/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/avvai-shanmughi-mayamohini-and-others-how-cinema-misrepresents-drag-culture-104621 |archive-date=16 September 2022 |access-date=16 September 2022 |website=[[The News Minute]] |language=en}}</ref> The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]]. In the film, Prashanth disguises himself as a woman in order to convince the landlady.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Vikram in 'Kanthaswamy' – Kamal Haasan to Vikram: Actors who aced the lady avatar |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/photo-features/kamal-haasan-to-vikram-actors-who-aced-the-lady-avatar/Vikram-in-Kanthaswamy/photostory/63908240.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220081106/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/photo-features/kamal-haasan-to-vikram-actors-who-aced-the-lady-avatar/Vikram-in-Kanthaswamy/photostory/63908240.cms |archive-date=20 December 2018 |access-date=16 December 2018 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Raja, Sudhakar, Raghava and Marudhu are good friends who stay together as tenants at a rented house. After being thrown out, they start searching for a new house on rent, but no one is willing to give their house for bachelors. Finally, they come to know a landlady in search of a family as her tenants. A plot is hatched by, and all four bachelors dress up to be a family man (Sudhakar), his retarded brother (Raghava), his uncle (Marudhu), and his wife Lakshmi (Raja). Now, Raja's lady love Priya (Suneha) happens to be the landlady's daughter. At one point of time by mistake, the friends inform the landlady that Lakshmi is pregnant. The landlady arranges for [[Valaikaapu]] function, followed by a doctor checkup. This bursts into a series of rumbled conflicts, and all hell breaks loose.

== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
*[[Prashanth]] as Raja and Rajalakshmi alias Lucky
*Suneha (Debut) as Priya
*[[Vadivelu]] as Marudhu
*[[Charle]] as Sudhakar
*[[Chinni Jayanth]] as Raghava
*[[K. R. Vijaya]] as Landlady
*[[Gandhimathi]] as House Owner
*[[Vaishnavi (Malayali actress)|Vaishnavi]] as Doctor
*[[Manivannan]]
*[[Delhi Ganesh]]
*[[Vennira Aadai Moorthy]]
*[[Loose Mohan]]
*[[Dhamu]]
*[[V. K. Ramasamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]]
*[[Oru Viral Krishna Rao]]
*[[Kumarimuthu]] as Landlady's Servant
*[[Karuppu Subbiah]]
*[[Vellai Subbaiah]]
*[[Bayilvan Ranganathan]]
*[[Kazan Khan]]
}}

== Production ==
T. R. Rajendran was initially supposed to direct this film; since he fell down and got hit hard and he was in very busy schedule with four films, he was replaced by Thiagarajan.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=30 October 1994 |title=திரை உலகை காட்டும் வான வேடிக்கை! |url=https://archive.org/download/kalki1994-10-30/kalki1994-10-30.pdf |access-date=24 August 2023 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |pages=92–95 |language=Ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> Prashanth appeared in drag role in ''Aanazhagan'' and noted the most daunting aspects of the role were the "waxing, the threading, the works" as well as "wearing a sari in summer, doing a bharatanatya sequence in a woman's costume, and getting the nuances and variations right were the other challenges", revealing his mother had assisted him.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 May 2010 |title=How to train your drag |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/05/22/stories/2010052250330300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603001612/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/05/22/stories/2010052250330300.htm |archive-date=3 June 2010 |access-date=6 July 2012 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> The actor was also involved in the production of the film.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Rangarajan |first=Malathi |date=15 February 2002 |title=Young and mature at once |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/02/15/stories/2002021501180300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030704160813/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/02/15/stories/2002021501180300.htm |archive-date=4 July 2003 |access-date=6 July 2012 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> The voice for Prashanth's female character Rajalakshmi was given by the famous dubbing artiste Durga Sundararajan.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}} The film became the first project to have scenes shot in the newly created JJ Studios in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sitaraman |first=Sandya |date=23 March 1995 |title=Tamil Movie News--Tamil New Year edition |url=https://groups.google.com/g/soc.culture.tamil/c/ji-Dgf1DoZ8/m/bW8EKoZnnpYJ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824133740/https://groups.google.com/g/soc.culture.tamil/c/ji-Dgf1DoZ8/m/bW8EKoZnnpYJ |archive-date=24 August 2023 |access-date=24 August 2023 |website=[[Google Groups]]}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]] and lyrics were written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aanazhagan |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/aanazhagan/0ZSC2guftIE_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506045818/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/aanazhagan/0ZSC2guftIE_ |archive-date=6 May 2022 |access-date=16 September 2022 |website=[[JioSaavn]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aanazhagan / Chinnamani Tamil Audio CDs By Ilaiyaraaja |url=https://www.vintageav.shop/product/aanazhagan-chinnamani-tamil-audio-cds-by-ilaiyaraaja/ |access-date=27 February 2024 |website=VintageAV.shop |language=en-US |archive-date=27 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227143957/https://www.vintageav.shop/product/aanazhagan-chinnamani-tamil-audio-cds-by-ilaiyaraaja/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer(s)
|-
| "Aaacha Paatcha" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[K. S. Chithra]]
|-
| "Arul Kann Paarvai" || K. S. Chithra
|-
| "Eley Matchi" || Mano
|-
| "Kanne Indru" ||Mano, [[Swarnalatha]]
|-
| "Konjum Pura" || [[S. Janaki]], Mano
|-
| "Nillatha Vennila" || [[Ilaiyaraaja]], Swarnalatha
|-
| "Poo Choodum" || [[Uma Ramanan]], [[Sunandha]]
|}

== Release ==
The film performed average at the box office.<ref name=":0" /> Soon after the film's release, Thiagarajan and Prashanth began working on another project titled ''Padagotti Babu'', which eventually did not develop.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sitaraman |first=Sandya |date=9 January 1996 |title=Tamil Movie News--1995 Review |url=https://groups.google.com/g/soc.culture.tamil/c/fwLpyN6aWTk/m/R4FfCjmQ3AsJ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719063625/https://groups.google.com/g/soc.culture.tamil/c/fwLpyN6aWTk/m/R4FfCjmQ3AsJ |archive-date=19 July 2021 |access-date=4 May 2021 |website=[[Google Groups]]}}</ref> Likewise, another production by his father during the period, ''Pulithevan'' co-starring [[Manisha Koirala]] and [[Sangita Madhavan Nair|Sangita]], was also stalled.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sitaraman |first=Sandya |date=29 March 1996 |title=Tamil Movie News--Pudhu Edition(Cont.) |url=https://groups.google.com/g/soc.culture.tamil/c/98PBC6XdMIc/m/PyyNQRkSHV0J |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919042913/https://groups.google.com/g/soc.culture.tamil/c/98PBC6XdMIc/m/PyyNQRkSHV0J |archive-date=19 September 2022 |access-date=4 May 2021 |website=[[Google Groups]]}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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Jameshowlett179011 at 05:02, 3 March 2026