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{{Infobox film
| name = Abhirami
| image = Abhirami poster.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Poster
| director = Dilip Kumar
| producer = [[R. B. Choudary]]
| writer = Dilip Kumar
| starring = {{ubl|[[Saravanan (actor)|Saravanan]]|[[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]]|[[Kasthuri (actress)|Kasthuri]]|[[Anju (actress)|Anju]]|[[Vinodhini]]|[[Rohini (actress)|Rohini]]}}
| music = [[Deva (music director)|Deva]]
| cinematography = K. Ramsingh
| editing = B. Baskaren
| distributor =
| studio = [[Super Good Films]]
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1992|11|27}}
| runtime = 145 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Abhirami''''' is a [[Tamil films of 1992|1992]] [[Tamil language]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]], directed by Dilip Kumar, making his directorial debut. The film features [[Saravanan (actor)|Saravanan]], [[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]] and [[Kasthuri (actress)|Kasthuri]] in lead roles, with an ensemble supporting cast including [[Anju (actress)|Anju]], [[Vinodhini]], [[Rohini (actress)|Rohini]], [[Goundamani]] and [[Senthil]]. The film, produced by [[R. B. Choudary]], had musical score by debutant Mano Ranjan and was released on 27 November 1992.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19921127&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Abirami |date=27 November 1992 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |page=4}}</ref>

==Plot==

Abhirami has five daughters including Dhanam ([[Kasthuri (actress)|Kasthuri]]), Rajeshwari ([[Anju (actress)|Anju]]), Maheshwari ([[Vinodhini]]). The eldest Dhanam is a soft-spoken woman who worked as typist, while Rajeshwari is a short-tempered woman, Maheshwari is a carefree teenager and the last two are little girls.

Saravanan ([[Saravanan (actor)|Saravanan]]) is an orphan and jobless youth who is in love with Dhanam ([[Kasthuri (actress)|Kasthuri]]). He lives in a small hotel with his new friend Ramkanth ([[Senthil]]). Saravanan finally finds a decent job in a clothes shop. He then moves with his friend Ramkanth near Dhanam's house. Saravanan slowly becomes one of their well-wishers but Saravanan comes to know that Dhanam will get married soon to someone else. The heartbroken Saravanan doesn't reveal his love and vacates the house.

On the wedding day, Abhirami has an accident and their jewels have been stolen. Saravanan rushes Abhirami to the hospital, he then takes jewels from his boss' daughter Vasanthi ([[Rohini (actress)|Rohini]]) who is a widow. Afterwards, the wedding takes place. After the wedding, Saravanan reveals that Abhirami had died on the way to the hospital. Saravanan doesn't tell the truth for fear that the wedding would stop.

Now, the remaining four girls accept Saravanan as their brother and he decides to live with them. Saravanan and Vasanthi will get married soon.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Saravanan (actor)|Saravanan]] as Saravanan
*[[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]] as Abhirami
*[[Kasthuri (actress)|Kasthuri]] as Dhanam
*[[Anju (actress)|Anju]] as Rajeshwari
*[[Vinodhini]] as Maheshwari
*[[Rohini (actress)|Rohini]] as Vasanthi
*[[Goundamani]] as Singaram
*[[Senthil]] as Ramkanth (Ramasamy)
*[[Vadivukkarasi]] as Lakshmi
*[[C. R. Saraswathi]] as Saroja
*Vijaya Chandrika
*[[Shanmugasundari]]
*Indira Devi
*[[Ra. Sankaran]]
*[[Kumarimuthu]] as conductor
*[[Loose Mohan]]
*Rajavelu
*[[M. R. Krishnamurthy]]
*Haja Shareef
*Chitra Guptan as Ramkanth's uncle
*Bayilvan Ranganathan as Ponnusamy
*[[Swaminathan]]
*[[Omakuchi Narasimhan]] as Arogyam
*[[Pasi Narayanan]]
*Thayir Vadai Desigan as Bheemarajan
*[[Karuppu Subbiah]] as Ramkanth's father
*Marthandan
*Kottai Perumal
*Baby Bhanu
*Baby Bhavani
*[[Nalinikanth (actor)|Nalinikanth]]
*[[V. Gopalakrishnan (actor)|V. Gopalakrishnan]] as doctor
*[[Kanal Kannan]]
*[[Napoleon (actor)|Napoleon]] as Mr. Dhilip Kumar in a guest appearance
*Siva in a guest appearance
*[[Ramesh Khanna]] in a guest appearance
*Dilip Kumar in a cameo appearance
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==

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| name = Abhirami
| type = [[soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Deva (music director)|Deva]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1992
| recorded = 1992
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 24:46
| label =
| producer = [[Deva (music director)|Deva]]
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The film score and the soundtrack were composed by [[film composer]] [[Deva (music director)|Deva]]. The soundtrack, released in 1992, features 7 tracks with lyrics written by Kalidasan, [[Vairamuthu]] and Dilip Kumar.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Track !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Duration
|-
|1 || "Aathadi Chinna Ponnu" || [[Minmini]], Chorus || 4:12
|-
|2 || "Avasarama Romba" || [[S. P. Sailaja]], Chorus || 4:18
|-
|3 || "Ezhai Veetil" <small>(female)</small> || [[Vani Jairam]] || 4:24
|-
|4 || "Ezhai Veetil" <small>(male)</small> || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]] || 0:47
|-
|5 || "Kalaikalin Thaaye" || [[Malaysia Vasudevan]], Sakthi Shanmugam, [[K. S. Chithra]] || 4:50
|-
|6 || "Kanni Thamizho Kamban Kaviyo" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] || 3:33
|-
|7 || "Naam Irukkom" || S. P. Sailaja, Chorus || 2:42
|}

==Reception==
Ayyappa Prasad of ''[[The New Indian Express]]'' gave the film a positive review: "Dilip Kumar has handled the story with finesse" and praised the lead actors.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B39lAAAAIBAJ&pg=999%2C755114 |title=A brother in need |last=Prasad |first=Ayyappa |date=11 December 1992 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |page=7}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:1992 films]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]

Abhirami film - Revision history

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