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{{short description|Indian horror comedy film series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Aranmanai
| image = Aranmanai movie logo.jpg
| caption = Series logo
| border = no
| director = [[Sundar C.]]
| producer = D. Dinesh Karthik '''(Aranmanai)''' [[Khushbu]] '''(Aranmanai 2)'''
[[Khushbu Sundar]] '''(Aranmanai 3)'''
| writer = '''Dialogues:''' Venkat Raghavan '''(Aranmanai, Aranmanai 2)'''
| screenplay = Sundar C. S.B.Ramadoss
| story = Sundar C.
| starring = [[Hansika Motwani]] [[Sundar C.]] [[Khushbu Sundar]] [[Kovai Sarala]] [[Manobala]] [[Andrea Jeremiah]] [[Chithra Lakshmanan]] [[Vinay Rai]] [[Raai Laxmi]] [[Santhanam (actor)|Santhanam]] [[Siddharth (actor)|Siddharth]] [[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]] [[Poonam Bajwa]] [[Soori (actor)|Soori]] [[Vaibhav Reddy]] [[Radharavi]] [[Arya (actor)|Arya]] [[Raashi Khanna]] [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] [[Yogi Babu]] [[Sakshi Agarwal]] [[Vishakha Singh]] Veronika Arora
| music = '''Original Songs:''' [[Bharathwaj]] '''(Aranmanai)''' [[Hiphop Tamizha]] '''(Aranmanai 2)''' '''Background Score:''' [[Karthik Raja]] '''(Aranmanai)''' Hiphop Tamizha '''(Aranmanai 2)'''
| cinematography = [[U. K. Senthil Kumar]] '''(Aranamanai, Aranmanai 2)'''
| editing = [[Srikanth.N.B]] '''(Aranmanai, Aranmanai 2)'''
| studio = Vision i Medias '''(Aranmanai)''' [[Avni Cinemax]] '''(Aranmanai 2)'''
| distributor = [[Red Giant Movies]] '''(Aranmanai)''' [[Sri Thenandal Films]] '''(Aranmanai, Aranmanai 2)'''
| released = {{Nowrap|''[[Aranmanai|1]]'': {{Start date|2014|9|19|df=y}}}} {{Nowrap|''[[Aranmanai 2|2]]''}}'' : {{Start date|2016|01|29|df=y}}
| country = [[India]]
| language = Tamil
| budget = {{INRConvert|32|c}} ('''2 films''')
| gross = {{INRConvert|61|c}} ('''2 films''')
}}

'''Aranmanai''' ({{trans|[[Palace]]}}) is an Indian [[horror comedy]] film series directed by [[Sundar C.]] that consists of the [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language films, ''[[Aranmanai]]'' (2014), ''[[Aranmanai 2]]'' (2016) and ''Aranmanai 3'' (2021).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2014/may/19/A-Big-Family-House-is-the-Heroine-in-Horror-Comedy-Film-Aranmanai-614706.html | title='A Big Family House is the Heroine in Horror-Comedy Film Aranmanai' | work=New Indian Express | date=19 May 2014 | accessdate=5 August 2019 | author=Gupta, Rinku}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/Aranmanai-2-More-navel-than-novel/article14028623.ece | title=Aranmanai-2 : More navel than novel | work=The Hindu | date=23 September 2016 | accessdate=5 August 2019 | author=Srinivasan, Sudhir}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/sundar-c-return-aranmanai-franchise-third-part-101263 | title=Sundar C. to return to 'Aranmanai' franchise with a third part? | work=News Minute | date=5 May 2019 | accessdate=5 August 2019}}</ref> where [[Hansika Motwani]], [[Sundar C.]], [[Kovai Sarala]], [[Manobala]] and [[Chithra Lakshmanan]] who appear in the first film, appear in the second film and also appear in third film playing different roles while [[Andrea Jeremiah]], [[Vinay Rai]], [[Raai Laxmi]], [[Santhanam (actor)|Santhanam]], [[Siddharth (actor)|Siddharth]], [[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]], [[Poonam Bajwa]], [[Soori (actor)|Soori]], [[Arya (actor)|Arya]], [[Raashi Khanna]], [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]], [[Yogi Babu]], [[Sakshi Agarwal]] playing a lead roles in a respective series.

==Synopsis==
The films are not connected with each other. The films revolves around a family arriving at a place that is haunted by supernatural events.

==Films==
*''[[Aranmanai]]'' (2014): A family returns to their hometown to sell their ancestral palace. However, their arrival is marred by supernatural events, and Ravi, a relative of the family, decides to uncover the truth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/aranmanai/aranmanai-review.html|title=Aranmanai (aka) Aranmanai review|website=www.behindwoods.com}}</ref>
*''[[Aranmanai 2]]'' (2016): Murali returns to his ancestral home along with his fiancée as his father lands in a coma under mysterious circumstances. His life takes a turn when he uncovers his family's dark secrets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/aranmanai-2-review-ghosts-laughs-review--qb3qFoddadcic.html|title=Review : Aranmanai 2 Review: Ghosts & laughs (2016)|website=www.sify.com}}</ref>

==Cast==
===''Aranmanai''===
*[[Hansika Motwani]] as Selvi
*[[Sundar C.]] as Ravi
*[[Vinay Rai]] as Murali
*[[Andrea Jeremiah]] as Madhavi
*[[Raai Laxmi]] as Maya
*[[Santhanam (actor)|Santhanam]] as Paalsamy
*[[Kovai Sarala]] as Eshwari
*[[Manobala]] as Eshwari's husband
*[[Nithin Sathya]] as Muliankannan
*
*[[Meera Krishnan]] as Murali's mother
*[[Chithra Lakshmanan]] as Maya's father
*[[Saravanan (actor)|Saravanan]] as Ayyanar
*[[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] as Swamiji

===''Aranmanai 2''===
*[[Hansika Motwani]] as Maya
*[[Sundar C.]] as Ravi
*[[Siddharth (actor)|Siddarth]] as Murali
*[[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]] as Anitha
*[[Poonam Bajwa]] as Manju
*[[Soori (actor)|Soori]] as Devadas & Sandhu Bondhu Naadimuthu
*[[Kovai Sarala]] as Komalam
*[[Manobala]] as Komalam's brother
*[[Vaibhav Reddy]] as Arun
*[[Radharavi]] as Ramesh, Murali and Maya's father
*[[Khushbu Sundar|Khushpu Sundar]] in Special appearance in the Song "Amman"
*[[Subbu Panchu]] as Ramesh, Maya's brother
*[[Vinodhini Vaidyanathan]] as Sandhya, Murali's sister-in-law
*[[Chithra Lakshmanan]] as Anitha's father

==='' Aranmanai 3 ''===
*[[Sundar C.|Sundar C]] as Ravi
*[[Arya (actor)|Arya]] as Murali
*[[Raashi Khanna]]
*[[Andrea Jeremiah]] as Madhavi
*[[Sakshi Agarwal]]
*Veronika Arora
*[[Madhusudhan Rao (actor)|Madhusudan Rao]]
*Ovi Bhandarkar
*[[Khushbu Sundar|Khushpu Sundar]]
*[[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]]
*[[Yogi Babu]]
*[[Chithra Lakshmanan]]
*[[Sampath Raj]]
*[[Manobala]]
*[[Vishakha Singh|Vishaka Singh]] as Suma
*[[Kovai Sarala]]
*[[Amit Bhargav]]
*[[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]] in special appearance
*[[Shankar Mahadevan]] in a special appearance
*[[Vincent Asokan|Vincent Ashokan]]
*Bharath Ram in a special appearance

==Character Identification==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Character(s)
! colspan="3" | Film(s)
|-
! "width:10%;"| ''[[Aranmanai]]'' (2014)
! "width:10%;"| ''[[Aranmanai 2]]'' (2016)
! "width:10%;"| ''[[Aranmanai 3]]'' (2021)
|-
! Spirit
| colspan="2" | [[Hansika Motwani]]
| style="background:lightgrey;" |[[Andrea Jeremiah]]
|-
! Ravi
| colspan="3" | [[Sundar C]]
|-
!Ravi's lover
|[[Raai Laxmi]]
|[[Poonam Bajwa]]
|[[Sakshi Agarwal]]
|-
! Murali
| [[Vinay Rai|Vinay]]
| [[Siddharth (actor)|Siddharth]]
| [[Arya (actor)|Arya]]
|-
! Murali's lover
| [[Andrea Jeremiah]]
| [[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]]
| [[Raashi Khanna]]
|-
!Child Artist(s)
|Priya
|Nithin Manivannan
|Veronika Arora, Ovi Bhandarkar
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Sundar C.}}

[[Category:Indian film series]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy horror films]]
[[Category:Horror film series]]
[[Category:Indian films]]

Aranmanai film series - Revision history

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