Aranmanai (film series)

Indian comedy horror film series

Aranmanai

Series logo

Directed by| Sundar C
Written by|

*     * Venkat Raghavan (1, 2)
* Sundar C (3, 4)

Screenplay by|

* Sundar C
* S.B.Ramadoss
* Venkat Raghavan

Story by| Sundar C
Produced by|

* D. Dinesh Karthik (1)
* Khushbu Sundar (2, 3, 4)
* A. C. Shanmugam (3)
* A. C. S. Arunkumar (3, 4)

Starring| see below
Cinematography|

* U. K. Senthil Kumar (1, 2, 3)
* E. Krishnasamy (4)

Edited by|

* Srikanth.N.B (1, 2)
* Fenny Oliver (3, 4)

Music by|

* Bharadwaj, Karthik Raja (1)
* Hiphop Tamizha (2, 4)
* C. Sathya (3)

Production
companies

* Vision i Medias (1)
* Avni Cinemax (2, 3, 4)

Distributed by|

* Red Giant Movies (1, 3)
* Sri Thenandal Films (1, 2)

Release dates

* 1: 19 September 2014 (2014-09-19)
* 2: 29 January 2016 (2016-01-29)
* 3: 14 October 2021 (2021-10-14)
* 4: 3 May 2024 (2024-05-03)

Running time

| 599 minutes (1–4 films)
Country| India
Language| Tamil

Aranmanai (transl. Palace) is an Indian Tamil-language comedy horror film series created and directed by Sundar C, consisting of Aranmanai (2014), Aranmanai 2 (2016), Aranmanai 3 (2021) and Aranmanai 4 (2024).

## Overview[edit]

The films are not connected with each other. Each film typically revolves around a family at a palace that is haunted by supernatural activity.[1]

All films were successful at the box office, continuing the trend of the comedy horror genre in Kollywood that began with Chandramukhi (2005).[2][3][4]

## Films[edit]

Film  | Director  | Writer(s)  | Producer(s)  | Runtime  | Released

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Aranmanai | Sundar C | Sundar C, S. B. Ramadoss, Venkat Raghavan  | D. Dinesh Karthick  | 161 minutes  | 19 September 2014
Aranmanai 2 | Khushbu Sundar | 136 minutes  | 29 January 2016
Aranmanai 3 | Khushbu Sundar, Sundar C, A. C. S. Arunkumar, A. C. Shanmugam | 156 minutes  | 14 October 2021
Aranmanai 4 | Sundar C, Khushbu Sundar, A. C. S. Arunkumar  | 147 minutes  | 3 May 2024

* 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.[5]
* Aranmanai 2 (2016): Murali returns to his ancestral home along with his fiancée when his father lands in a coma under mysterious circumstances. His life takes a turn when he uncovers his family's dark secrets.[6]
* Aranmanai 3 (2021): Jyothi is haunted by an unknown spirit in her childhood. Years later, when the spirit starts haunting someone close to her, she decides to unearth the spirit's connection with her family.[7]
* Aranmanai 4 (2024): A lawyer tries to discover the truth of his sister's mysterious death, soon he gets caught into the trap of a dangerous demon called Baak.[8]

## Cast[edit]

### Aranmanai[edit]

* Sundar C as Adv. Ravi, Madhavi's brother.
* Vinay Rai as Murali, Madhavi's husband and Selvi's former lover in the past.
* Hansika Motwani as Selvi, a village girl and Murali's former lover in the past who get killed by Ayyanar.
* Andrea Jeremiah as Madhavi, Ravi's sister and Murali's wife who get possessed by Selvi's spirit
* Raai Laxmi as Maya, Sivaraman's daughter and Ravi's love interest
* Santhanam as Paalsamy, A thief who enter the palace by servant.
* Kovai Sarala as Eshwari
* Manobala as Kesavan, Eshwari's husband
* Nithin Sathya as Mulian Kannan, Eshwari's and Kesavan's son
* Meera Krishnan as Lakshmi, Murali's mother
* Chitra Lakshmanan as Sivaraman
* Saravanan as Ayyanar
* Baby Priya as Meena
* Ganeshkar as Nallamuthu
* Swaminathan as Nachimithu
* Akila as Ramya, Selvi's unblood sister
* Yogi Babu as Sagidi, a fortune teller
* Santhana Bharathi as Chairman Paramasivam
* Kadhal Dhandapani as Rangan
* Vichu Vishwanath as Samikannu
* Gowtham Sundararajan as Inspector Ramkumar

Cameo appearances

* Manikka Vinayagam as a devotional singer
* Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram as a devotional singer
* Sivasankar as a devotional singer
* Aarthi as Aarthi

### Aranmanai 2[edit]

* Sundar C as Ravi, Anitha's brother
* Siddharth as Murali, younger brother of Ramesh
* Hansika Motwani as Maya, Arun's wife, Murali's younger sister
* Trisha as Anitha, Murali's fiancée
* Poonam Bajwa as Manju, a nurse, Ravi's love interest
* Soori as Devadas & Sandhu Bondhu Naadimuthu, Devadas's father
* Kovai Sarala as Komalam, Sandhu Bondhu Naadimuthu's ex-lover, a servant
* Manobala as Vera Shekar, Komalam's brother, a servant
* Vinodhini Vaidyanathan as Sandhya, Ramesh's wife
* Nithin Manivannan as Suresh, Ramesh's son
* Radha Ravi as Maya's father
* Subbu Panchu as Ramesh, Maya's eldest brother
* Raj Kapoor as a driver
* Chitra Lakshmanan as Ravi's father
* V. I. S. Jayapalan as Namboothiri, Manju's uncle
* Dhindukal Saravanan as Devadas's assistant
* Thalapathy Dinesh as Namboothiri's assistant
* Vichu Vishwanath as Namboothiri's assistant
* Rahul Thatha as a priest

Cameo appearances

* Vaibhav Reddy as Arun, Maya's husband
* Khushbu Sundar in the song "Amma"
* Hiphop Tamizha in the song "Party with the Pei"

### Aranmanai 3[edit]

* Sundar C as Ravi, Hema's husband, Shalu's father
* Arya as Saravanan, an electrician, Jyothi’s love interest
* Raashii Khanna as Jyothi , Saravanan's love interest, believed to be the daughter of Rajasekhar and Eeshwari
* Veronika Arora as Young Jyothi
* Andrea Jeremiah as "Raani" Eeshwari, Rajasekhar's late wife, Samikannu's love interest
* Sakshi Agarwal as Hema, Ravi's wife, Shalu's mother, Sarala's daughter
* Vivek as Sigamani, a failed politician, Mynavathi's husband and Rajasekhar's brother-in-law
* Yogi Babu as Abhishek, a thief, Saravanan's friend
* Myna Nandhini as Mynavathi, Sigamani's wife, Sarala and Rajasekhar's sister
* Sampath Raj as Rajasekhar, a Zamindar, Sarala's younger brother & Mynavathi's elder brother, Jyothi's adopted father and Eeshwari's husband
* Nalini as Sarala, Rajasekhar and Mynavathi's elder sister, Hema's mother, Ravi's mother-in-law, Shalu's grandmother
* Cell Murugan as Manickam
* Manobala as Pencil, a thief, Abhishek's assistant
* Vela Ramamoorthy as Saamiyaadi, and Eeshwari's lover's father
* Ovi Bhandarkar as Shalu, Sarala's granddaughter, Ravi and Hema's daughter
* Amit Bhargav as Samikannu, Eeshwari's lover, Saamiyaadi's son
* Vincent Ashokan as Durai, a driver, Jyothi’s biological father
* Vichu Vishwanath as Kaali, a gardener
* Kulappulli Leela as Valliamma, a cook
* Sri Ganesh as IAS Collector
* Madhusudan Rao as Vallimalai Swamiji

Cameo appearances

* Hariharan as a devotional singer in the song "Theeyaga Thondri"
* Shankar Mahadevan as a devotional singer in the song "Theeyaga Thondri"
* C. Sathya in the song "Theeyaga Thondri"

### Aranmanai 4[edit]

* Sundar C as Adv. Saravanan
* Tamannaah Bhatia as Selvi, Saravanan's younger sister
* Raashii Khanna as Dr Maya
* Ramachandra Raju as the samiyar (transl. sage)
* Santhosh Prathap as Santhosh, Selvi's husband
* Kovai Sarala as Saravanan's aunt
* Yogi Babu as a mestiri (transl. mason)
* VTV Ganesh as the carpenter
* Delhi Ganesh as the zamindar, Maya's grandfather
* Jayaprakash as Varatha Rajan SV, village president
* Fredrick Jhonson as Ravi, Varatha Rajan's son
* Rajendran as Rathnam
* Singampuli as Constable Shakthivel
* Deva Nandha as Shakthi, Selvi's daughter
* Sanjay as Saravanan Jr
* Lollu Sabha Seshu as the zamindar's servant
* Vichu Vishwanath as the money lender
* Yatin Karyekar as the priest
* Namo Narayana as K. Duraipandi
* Kalyani as Selvi, Duraipandi's daughter
* Harsha Harish as the priest’s daughter

Cameo appearance

* K. S. Ravikumar as DSP Jagadeesan
* Khushbu Sundar in the song "Amman"
* Simran in the song "Amman"

## Character identification[edit]

Character(s)  | Film(s)

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Aranmanai
(2014)  | Aranmanai 2
(2016)  | Aranmanai 3
(2021)  | Aranmanai 4
(2024)
Recurring lead  |

Sundar C

Recurring lead's lover  | Raai Laxmi | Poonam Bajwa | Sakshi Agarwal | Raashii Khanna
Male lead  | Vinay Rai | Siddharth | Arya |

Female lead  | Andrea Jeremiah | Trisha | Raashii Khanna |

Spirit  |

Hansika Motwani

| Andrea Jeremiah | Tamannaah Bhatia
Sprit possessed  | Andrea Jeremiah | Trisha, Sundar C  | Arya |

Villain(s)  | Saravanan | Radha Ravi, Subbu Panchu | Sampath Raj, Vincent Asokan | Ramachandra Raju
Comedian(s)  | Santhanam, Kovai Sarala, Manobala | Soori, Manobala, Kovai Sarala | Manobala, Nalini, Yogi Babu, Vivek, Myna Nandhini | Yogi Babu, Kovai Sarala, VTV Ganesh, Singampuli
Child Artist(s)  | Priya  | Nithin Manivannan  | Veronika Arora, Ovi Bhandarkar  | Deva Nandha, Sanjay
Cameo appearances  | Sivasankar, Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram, Manikka Vinayagam | Khushbu Sundar, Hiphop Tamizha | Hariharan, Shankar Mahadevan, C. Sathya | Khusbhu Sundar,  Simran

## Crew[edit]

Occupation  | Film

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Aranmanai
(2014)  | Aranmanai 2
(2016)  | Aranmanai 3
(2021)  | Aranmanai 4
(2024)
Director  |

Sundar C

Producer(s)  | D. Dinesh Karthick  | Khushbu Sundar | Khushbu Sundar, Sundar C, A. C. S. Arunkumar, A. C. Shanmugam | Khushbu Sundar, Sundar C, A. C. S. Arunkumar
Screenplay  | Sundar C, S. B. Ramadoss  | Sundar C, Venkat Raghavan
Writer(s)  | Venkat Raghavan  | Venkat Raghavan, Sundar C  | Sundar C, Venkat Raghavan, S. B. Ramadass
Cinematography  |

U. K. Senthil Kumar

| E. Krishnasamy
Editor  | N. B. Srikanth | Fenny Oliver
Composer(s)  | Bharadwaj, Karthik Raja (score) | Hiphop Tamizha | C. Sathya | Hiphop Tamizha
Studio(s)  | Vision i Medias  | Avni Cinemax | Avni Cinemax, Benzz Media (P) Ltd.

## Music[edit]

### Aranmanai[edit]

Track listingNo.| Title| Lyrics| Singer(s)| Length

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1.| "Katthi Parvakkaari"| Annamalai| Karthik, Surmukhi Raman| 4:34
2.| "Peeche Peeche"| Pa. Vijay| M. M. Manasi, Surmukhi Raman, Monisha| 4:24
3.| "Petromax Light"| Pa. Vijay| Velmurugan, Hariharasudhan| 4:52
4.| "Sonnathu Sonnathu"| Pa. Vijay| Harini, Sadhana Sargam| 4:58
5.| "Unnaye Enniye"| Piraisoodan| Ananthu, Mukesh Mohamed, MLR Karthikeyan| 6:00
Total length:| 24:48

### Aranmanai 2[edit]

No.| Title| Lyrics| Singer(s)| Length

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1.| "Party With The Pei"| Hiphop Tamizha| Hiphop Tamizha, Kharesma Ravichandran| 3:35
2.| "Maayaa Maayaa"| Vivek| Kailash Kher, Padmalatha| 4:20
3.| "Poraadaa Poraadaa"| Hiphop Tamizha| Hiphop Tamizha| 3:38
4.| "Kuchi Mittai"| Hiphop Tamizha| Anthony Daasan| 4:12
5.| "Amma" (the Amman song)| Piraisoodan| Malathi Lakshman, Hiphop Tamizha, Vishnupriya Ravi, Anthony Daasan| 4:40
6.| "Aranmanai 2" (Instrumental)|  | Hiphop Tamizha| 2:31
Total length:| 22:56

### Aranmanai 3[edit]

Track listingNo.| Title| Lyrics| Singer(s)| Length

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1.| "Ratatapata"| Arivu| Arivu, Ranina Reddy| 3:24
2.| "Rasavaachiye"| Mohan Rajan| Sid Sriram| 3:24
3.| "Lojakku Mojakku"| Mohan Rajan| Mukesh Mohamed| 3:38
4.| "Sengaandhale"| Pa. Vijay| Reema| 4:59
5.| "Theeyaga Thondri"| Nattu Raja Durai| Shankar Mahadevan, Hariharan| 4:47
Total length:| 20:11

### Aranmanai 4[edit]

Track listingNo.| Title| Lyrics| Singer(s)| Length

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1.| "Achacho"| Vignesh Srikanth| Kharesma Ravichandran, Srinisha Jayaseelan| 3:13
2.| "Jo Jo"| Ko Sesha| Meenakshi Ilayaraja| 3:26
3.| "Amman"| Muthamil| Aruna Ravindran, V. M. Mahalingam| 4:41
4.| "Oyile Oyile"| Ko Sesha| Kaushik Krish, Snigdha Chandra| 2:38
5.| "Ghost Theme"|  | Hiphop Tamizha| 2:35
Total length:| 16:33

## Home media[edit]

Films  | Satellite Rights  | Digital Rights  | Ref.

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Aranmanai | Sun TV | Sun NXT | [citation needed]
Aranmanai 2 | Sun TV  | Sun NXT  | [9]
Aranmanai 3 | Kalaignar TV | ZEE5 | [10]
Aranmanai 4 |  | Disney+ Hotstar | [11]

## Dubbed releases[edit]

Original release  | Hindi release  | Telugu release  | Ref.

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Aranmanai | Rajmahal | Chandrakala | [12]
19 September 2014  | 5 September 2014  | 19 December 2014
Aranmanai 2 | Rajmahal 2 | Kalavathi | [13]

29 January 2016

Aranmanai 3 | Aranmanai 3 | Anthahpuram | [14]

14 October 2021

| 31 Deccember 2021
Aranmanai 4 | Aranmanai 4 | Baak | [15][16]
3 May 2024  | 31 May 2024  | 3 May 2024

## Box office[edit]

Films  | Budget  | Box office  | Ref.

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Aranmanai

| ₹12 crore  | ₹22 crore  | [17]

Aranmanai 2

| —  | ₹16.08 crore[a] | [18]

Aranmanai 3

| —  | ₹15 crore[a] | [19]

Aranmanai 4

| —  | ₹100 crore  | [20]

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ a b Final figure not available

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Tamil Box Office Collection 2021 Report [Hit, Profit & Loss]". Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
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3. ^ Srinivasan, Sudhir (23 September 2016). "Aranmanai-2 : More navel than novel". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
4. ^ Bureau, N. T. (18 January 2020). "Sundar C gets ready for Aranmanai 3". News Today | First with the news. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
5. ^ "Aranmanai (aka) Aranmanai review". behindwoods.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
6. ^ "Review : Aranmanai 2 Review: Ghosts & laughs (2016)". Sify. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016.
7. ^ "Aranmanai 3 review: A torturous horror comedy that goes on and on". The News Minute. 14 October 2021. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
8. ^ Features, C. E. (12 April 2024). "First single 'Achacho' from Aranmanai 4 to release on April 14". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 12 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
9. ^ "தீபாவளி திரிஷா கொண்டாட்டம்: சன்டிவியில் அரண்மனை 2, கலைஞரில் நாயகி..." Filmibeat. Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
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11. ^ Krishna, Gayathri (2 June 2024). "Aranmanai 4 OTT release – Here's where you can stream the Sundar C-starrer horror thriller soon". OTTPlay. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
12. ^ "Trailer: Hansika's Chandrakala". The Times of India. 8 December 2014. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
13. ^ "Kalavathi Movie: Showtimes, Review, Songs, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos". The Times of India. 29 January 2016. Archived from the original on 8 July 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
14. ^ "Arya, Raashii Khanna's horror comedy Aranmanai 3 to be dubbed into Telugu as Anthahpuram". OTTPlay. Archived from the original on 10 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
15. ^ "Telugu trailer of Tamannaah Bhatia and Raashi Khanna's Baak unveiled | Latest Telugu cinema news | Movie reviews | OTT Updates, OTT". 123telugu.com. 28 April 2024. Archived from the original on 29 April 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
16. ^ "Aranmanai 4 Hindi Dubbed to Release on this Date". Film Companion. 27 May 2024. Archived from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
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* v
* t
* e

Filmography of Sundar C

As a director|

| Aranmanai series|

* Aranmanai (2014)
* Aranmanai 2 (2016)
* Aranmanai 3 (2021)
* Aranmanai 4 (2024)

|

* Murai Maman (1995)
* Murai Mappillai (1996)
* Ullathai Allitha (1996)
* Mettukudi (1996)
* Arunachalam (1997)
* Janakiraman (1997)
* Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar (1998)
* Unnai Thedi (1999)
* Suyamvaram (1999)
* Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga (1999)
* Azhagarsamy (2000)
* Kannan Varuvaan (2000)
* Unnai Kann Theduthey (2000)
* Ullam Kollai Poguthae (2001)
* Rishi (2001)
* Azhagana Naatkal (2001)
* Anbe Sivam (2003)
* Winner (2003)
* Giri (2004)
* Chinna (2005)
* London (2005)
* Thaka Thimi Tha (2005)
* Rendu (2006)
* Nagaram Marupakkam (2010)
* Kalakalappu (2012)
* Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru (2013)
* Aambala (2015)
* Kalakalappu 2 (2018)
* Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven (2019)
* Action (2019)
* Coffee with Kadhal (2022)
* Madha Gaja Raja (unreleased)

As a producer|

* Meesaya Murukku (2017)
* Natpe Thunai (2019)
* Naan Sirithal (2020)
* Naanga Romba Busy (2020)
* Pattampoochi (2022)

See also|

* Avni Cinemax

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