Thangam

Thangam is a Tamil film starring Sathyaraj and Goundamani about the life of a village do-gooder in Tamil Nadu.

Plot

Set in a small town near Coimbatore, ‘Thangam’ portrays two families headed by Rajendranath and Mahadevan respectively. Thangam (Sathyaraj) is the son of Delhi Kumar and Aaruchami (Shanmugaraj) is the son of Mahadevan. Kaalai (Goundamani) is the uncle of Thangam.

Thangam and his sister Bhagyalakshmi (Jayashree) share a special attachment. The sister finds a suitable girl (Megha Nair) for the brother, who tries hard to arrange her marriage in a grand manner.

The two families turn foes because of the local MLA, who is corrupt. The MLA wants to get rid of Rajendranath, who commands respect in the constituency. He gets close to Aaruchami, who is jealous of the respect commanded by Thangam and his family.

The story has many twists and turns. Aaruchami, a compulsive womanizer, woo Thangam’s sister and makes her pregnant. Thangam, who is mad of his sister, makes Aaruchami marry him. Aaruchami commits a murder but Thangam accepts the responsibility and go to the jail to save Aaruchami, to make the marriage of his sister possible.

Thangam (TV series)

Thangam (Tamil: தங்கம்) is an Tamil soap opera on Sun TV. It is a Prime time serial. The show premiered on 30 June 2009. It airs Monday through Friday at 8:30pm. Its cast include Ramya Krishnan, Vijayakumar, Seema, Anuradha and Manju Bhargavi of Sankarabharanam fame, among others. The show is produced by Srinivasa Visuals director by B. Nakkeeran. It had been receiving the highest ratings of Tamil serials and It was credited as the Best Serial and received high praising from viewers. The story revolves around a woman and the challenges she faces among family members and society. The show last aired on 25 January 2013 and ended with 903 episodes.

Plot

Raja Ramachandra Raghunath (Vijayakumar), popularly referred to as Ayya, is the head of Ayyakudi village. His family is famous for its line of kind philanthropists. He has two wives, Naachiyar (Seema) and Subbulakshmi (Manju Bhargavi). He has two sons with Naachiyar, Karthikeyan or Karthik (Pollachi Babu) and Saravanan (Kurunchinathan)and has three daughters with Subbulakshmi, Ganga Devi or Ganga (Ramya Krishnan), Ramaa Devi or Ramaa (Former: Sandra Jose, Present: Shridevi), and Charulatha or Charu (Varnika).