Avvai Shanmugi

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Avvai Shanmugi

1996

2h 40m

7.0(28 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

A divorced husband desperately misses his daughter. In order to be with her, he takes up a job in his father-in-law's house. The only catch is that the job is that of a female governess.

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Cast & Crew

26 members

Acting

Kamal Haasan

Avvai Shanmugi / Pandiyan

Acting

Meena

Janaki

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Gemini Ganesan

Vishwanathan Iyer

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Nagesh

Joseph

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Manivannan

Mudaliyar

Acting

Nassar

Basha

Acting

Delhi Ganesh

Sethuram Iyer

Acting

Heera Rajgopal

Rathna

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Rani

Kousi

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Baby Anne

Bharathi

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Bayilvan Ranganathan

Unknown Role

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Idichapuli Selvaraj

Unknown Role

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Kavithalaya Krishnan

Lawyer

Sound

S. P. Balasubramaniam

Dr. Subbu

Crew

Raghuram

Self

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Writing

Crazy Mohan

Interviewer

Acting

Ramesh Aravind

Self

Acting

R. Neelakantan

Judge

Acting

Vaiyapuri

Flower decorator

Acting

Ramesh Khanna

Film director

Crew

Kanal Kannan

Rogue

Directing

K. S. Ravikumar

Spectator

Acting

Uma Bharani

Janaki (voice)

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Savitha Reddy

Rathna (voice)

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Kovai Senthil

(Uncredited)

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Crew

Peter Hein

Fighter (uncredited)

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