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{{Infobox film
| name = Galatta Ganapathy
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = Karthik Kumar
| producer = R. Radhakrishnan
| writer = Ram Selva <small>(dialogues)</small>
| screenplay = Karthik Kumar
| story = Ram Selva
| starring = [[Pandiarajan]]<br>[[Sanghavi]]
| music = [[Soundaryan]]
| cinematography = Ravisundaram
| editing = Mahavishnu<br>Mazhaidasan
| distributor =
| studio = Maruthi Films
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2003|09|26}}
| runtime = 140 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Galatta Ganapathy''''' is a [[Tamil films of 2003|2003]] [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[comedy film]] directed by Karthik Kumar. The film features [[Pandiarajan]] and [[Sanghavi]] in lead roles, with [[Venniradai Moorthy]], [[Vinu Chakravarthy]], [[Vadivukkarasi]], [[Chitti Babu (Tamil actor)|Chitti Babu]], [[Sethu Vinayagam]], [[Keerthana (Tamil actress)|Keerthana]], [[Pandu (actor)|Pandu]] and [[Mahanadi Shankar]] playing supporting roles. The film, [[produced]] by R. [[Radhakrishnan Nagar|Radhakrishnan]], had musical score by [[Soundaryan]] and was released on 26 September 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/programmes/galatta-ganapathy/params/tvprogramme/programmeid-30000000549671494/channelid-10000000013470000/starttime-201804060700|title=Galatta Ganapathy on KTV|accessdate=14 May 2018|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.woodsdeck.com/movies/3584-galatta-ganapathy-2003|title=Galatta Ganapathy Tamil Movie|accessdate=14 May 2018|publisher=woodsdeck.com}}</ref>

==Plot==

Ganapathy ([[Pandiarajan]]) and Veerappan ([[Chitti Babu (Tamil actor)|Chitti Babu]]) are police constables in a village, they force the shopkeepers and the criminals to give them bribes. Veerappan is married to the greedy wife Muthulakshmi (Lekhasri) while Ganapathy is a single man. Ganapathy's mother Annapoorani ([[Vadivukkarasi]]) earns a living by renting her brother's houses, her brother left her his fortune and vanished. Annapoorani is arrogant and greedy, she makes everyone's life a living hell. Her docile husband Sundaram ([[Venniradai Moorthy]]) does any other sort of domestic work, her elder son Jagan (Jagan) is living away from his wife, Ganapathy has to give his entire salary to his mother and her daughter Abi (Sujibala) is afraid of her.

Ganapathy then falls under the spell of Nandhini ([[Sanghavi]]), who was new to the village. He even stalks her to reveal his love, Nandhini eventually reciprocates his love. During a mass-marriage function, organised by the police, Ganapathy is forced by his superiors to marry Nandhini. Ganapathy comes along with Nandhini following their wedding, Annapoorani asks a dowry of 5 lakh of rupees and Nandhini accepts to pay later. The next day, to everyone's surprise, Nandhini takes charge as a [[sub-inspector]] at the village police station, she is an honest and upright police officer who fights against bribery. Nandhini then files a dowry harassment case against her mother.

Thereafter, Nandhini confronts Annapoorani on multiple occasions. In the meantime, Sundaram left the home and decides to work as a cycle rickshaw puller. Abi (Sujibala) falls in love with her college mate Raja (Raja). Annapoorani then received money from the village bigwig Periyavar and tried to frame Nandhini for corruption, thus the anti-corruption bureau arrests Nandhini. One day, Annapoorani's brother (Sethu Vinayagam) comes back from pilgrimage and drives his sister out of his house. With her daughter, Annapoorani ends up on the street, Periyavar and his henchmen then kidnap her daughter. Nandhini and Ganapathy beat up Periyavar and his henchmen, and save Abi. Annapoorani then realises her mistakes. Therefore, Jagan gets back together with his wife, Abi marries her lover Raja, Sundaram comes back home while Nandhini and Ganapathy decide to finally consummate their marriage.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Pandiarajan]] as Ganapathy
*[[Sanghavi]] as Nandhini
*[[Venniradai Moorthy]] as Sundaram
*[[Vinu Chakravarthy]] as Pazhani
*[[Vadivukkarasi]] as Annapoorani
*[[Chitti Babu (Tamil actor)|Chitti Babu]] as Veerappan
*[[Sethu Vinayagam]] as Annapoorani's brother
*[[Keerthana (Tamil actress)|Keerthana]] as Jagan's wife
*[[Pandu (actor)|Pandu]] as Muthuramalingam
*[[Mahanadi Shankar]] as Periyavar
*Sempuli Jagan as Ekambaram
*[[Bonda Mani]] as Sundar Raj
*Lekhasri as Muthulakshmi
*Jagan as Jagan
*Raja as Raja
*Sujibala as Abi
*[[Vellai Subbaiah]]
*Dhadha Muthukumar as Liquor Smuggler
*Sivaram Gandhi
*Benjamin
*Vijay Ganesh
*Junior Silk in a special appearance
{{colend}}

==Production==
[[Venniradai Moorthy]], [[Chitti Babu (Tamil actor)|Chitti Babu]] and [[Pandu (actor)|Pandu]] were selected to act in this comedy film, with [[Pandiarajan]] playing the role of a police constable. After pairing with [[Ravali]] in ''[[Anbu Thollai]]'', Pandiarajan wanted to pair again with her but the film director Karthik Kumar had chosen [[Sanghavi]] to play the female lead role.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tamil.filmibeat.com/heroines/sangavi1.html|title=Sanghavi to pair with Pandiarajan in Galatta Ganapathi|language=Tamil|date=5 February 2004|accessdate=14 May 2018|publisher=filmibeat.com}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
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| name = Galatta Ganapathy
| type = [[soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Soundaryan]]
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| released = 2003
| recorded = 2003
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| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 22:07
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| producer = Soundaryan
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The film score and the soundtrack were composed by [[film composer]] [[Soundaryan]]. The soundtrack, released in 2003, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by [[Piraisoodan]], Muthu Vijayan, Ilaya Kamban and Manipriyan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mio.to/album/Galatta+Ganapathi+(2003)|title=Galatta Ganapathi (2003) - Soundaryan|accessdate=14 May 2018|publisher=mio.to}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/in/album/galatta-ganapathi-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1339012431|title=Galatta Ganapathi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP by Soundaryan|accessdate=14 May 2018|publisher=itunes.apple.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saavn.com/s/album/tamil/Galatta-Ganapathi-2003/fmF6I4P,Ybo_|title=Galatta Ganapathi songs|accessdate=14 May 2018|publisher=saavn.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Track !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Duration
|-
|1 || "Kannimaikkum Nerathilay" || Krishnaraj || 4:29
|-
|2 || "Vikkal Eduthukichuda" || [[Sriram Parthasarathy]], [[Pop Shalini]] || 4:16
|-
|3 || "Pondicherry" || [[Anuradha Sriram]] || 4:32
|-
|4 || "Amma Appa Vilaiyaatu" || Prasanna Rao, Srivarthini || 4:46
|-
|5 || "Neelangaray Anajlay" || [[Manikka Vinayagam]], Srivarthini || 4:04
|}

==References==
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[[Category:2003 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:2000s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]
[[Category:2003 comedy films]]

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Muskit Gergous at 15:13, 24 January 2023