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{{short description|1997 film by Sundar C.}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Janakiraman
| image = Janakiraman poster.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Sundar C.]]
| producer = Malar K. Balu<br/>K. Dhandapani
| writer = [[K. Selva Bharathy]] (dialogues)
| story = [[K. Selva Bharathy]]
| screenplay = [[Sundar C.]]
| based_on =
| starring = [[R. Sarathkumar|Sarathkumar]]<br />[[Nagma]]<br />[[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]]
| narrator =
| music = [[Sirpy]]
| cinematography = [[U. K. Senthil Kumar]]
| editing = [[P. Sai Suresh]]
| distributor =
| studio = Malar Films
| released = {{film date|df=y|1997|10|31}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Janakiraman''''' is a 1997 [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[comedy drama]] film directed by Sundar C. The film features [[R. Sarathkumar|Sarathkumar]] and [[Nagma]] whilst [[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]], [[Goundamani]] and [[Manivannan]] play supporting roles. The film was one among 1997 Deepavali releases and became a commercial success as well.

==Plot==
Janakiraman (Sarathkumar) and his brother (Goundamani) are nephews of R. Sundarrajan, Sunderajan is an devotee of Lord Hanuman and trains the two brothers to live as bachelors and not to interact with girls.

Meanwhile, Manivannan, who plays another uncle, wants to get his two daughters married to the two brothers. So when Sunderajan goes out of town, Manivannan dresses up as Hanuman and comes to Janakiraman's bedroom and advices him to get married. He even tells him that the girl will arrive at Hanuman temple wearing the outfits of a colour he had suggested.

Mani then gets his daughters to dress up according to the colour combination however Janakiraman gets confused switches the colour combination of the blouse and meets Indhu (Nagma) instead.

Indhu is not happy living with her sisters because her two brothers-in-law (Anandaraj and Ponnambalam) want to marry her as their second wife to grab her property. So Janakiraman and Indhu plans to get married; and on the wedding day Anandaraj sets up a duplicate bride (to be switched with Indhu) Meanwhile, Mani arranges the marriage of one of his daughter with Janakiraman (with the same idea as Anandaraj) to be held on the same day and in the same wedding hall as Janakiraman and Indhu's wedding. So all the four girls (Indhu, Mani's two daughters, and the duplicate bride) wear exactly similar sarees, their faces covered with hanging flowers, get switched. The confusion somehow brings Janakiraman and Indhu together and they get married; which disappoints Manivannan and Anandaraj.

Janakiraman and Indhu's life is short-lived after a woman named Gayathri (Rambha) arrives and claims to be Janakiraman's first wife. Indhu believes it to be true and assumes Janaki for betraying her. After much confusion when confronted by Janaki, Gayathri narrates her real reason for her act.

During her childhood, her mother was forced to indulged in prostitution for money but she falls ill in her old age. In order to cure her mother, she had to accept Anandraj's order to wreak havoc in Janaki's life by pretending as his wife. In the climax, Indhu and Gayatri gets abducted by the villains and will be saved by Janaki.

Gayathri whose mother's health is cured leaves the place. Sundarrajan who had been a bachelor till then marries a Malayalam-speaking woman.

==Cast==
*[[R. Sarathkumar|Sarathkumar]] as Janakiraman
*[[Nagma]] as Indhu
*[[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]] as Gayathri
*[[Ponnambalam (actor)|Ponnambalam]]
*[[R. Sundarrajan (director)|R. Sundarrajan]]
*[[Anandaraj]]
*[[Manivannan]]
*[[Goundamani]]
*[[Senthil]]
*[[Roopa Sree]] as Lalitha

==Production==
Portions of the film were shot in Gobichettipalayam, Erode. During the making of the film, it was alleged that Sarath Kumar and Nagma were seeing each other. Furthermore, it was alleged that Nagma and Rambha were uncomfortable with each other's presence in the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz-2.htm |title=A-Z (II) |accessdate=27 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128025921/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz-2.htm |archivedate=28 January 2015 |website=Indolink Tamil}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sandya |title=Tamil Movie News |url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/News/98/Mar/news3.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430054302/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/News/98/Mar/news3.htm |archive-date=30 April 2016 |access-date=17 July 2016 |website=Indolink}}</ref>

==Music==
The music was composed by [[Sirpy]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/janaki-raman/ifbMKPXh6IE_ |title=Janaki Raman songs |website=JioSaavn |access-date=3 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://gaana.com/album/janaki-raman-tamil-1998 |title=Janaki Raman songs |website=Gaana |access-date=3 July 2019}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics
|-
| 1 || "Hawaliya Hawaliya" || Sanjeev Adwani, [[Sowmya Raoh]] || rowspan=5|[[Palani Bharathi]]
|-
| 2 || "Hey Cha Cha Kadalicha" || [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], Nirmala
|-
| 3 || "Kadal Solla Varthai" || Hariharan, [[Sujatha Mohan|Sujatha]]
|-
| 4 || "Pottu Mela Pottu" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Anuradha Sriram]]
|-
| 5 || "Yenadi Kanne" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], Sujatha, Sirpy, Joseph
|}

==Reception==
''Indolink Tamil'' wrote "this movie has plenty of laughs and fast pacing music. Both Sundar C. and Sirpy have done an excellent job. They should be credited for their work."<ref>{{Cite web |title=JanakiRaman |website=Indolink |url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Reviews/articles/janakiraman.htm |date=15 October 1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401094340/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Reviews/articles/janakiraman.htm |archive-date=1 April 2012 |access-date=29 October 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Sundar C.}}

[[Category:1997 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Sundar C.]]
[[Category:Indian comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Sirpy]]
[[Category:1997 comedy-drama films]]

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