Avvai Shanmugi

Avvai Shanmugi

1996•2h 40m•7.0/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.0/10(28)

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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Production

Sree Mahalakshmi Combines

Language

TA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan

Avvai Shanmugi / Pandiyan

Meena

Meena

Janaki

Gemini Ganesan

Gemini Ganesan

Vishwanathan Iyer

Nagesh

Nagesh

Joseph

Manivannan

Manivannan

Mudaliyar

Nassar

Nassar

Basha

Delhi Ganesh

Delhi Ganesh

Sethuram Iyer

Heera Rajgopal

Heera Rajgopal

Rathna

Rani

Rani

Kousi

Baby Anne

Bharathi

Bayilvan Ranganathan

Bayilvan Ranganathan

Idichapuli Selvaraj

Kavithalaya Krishnan

Kavithalaya Krishnan

Lawyer

S. P. Balasubramaniam

S. P. Balasubramaniam

Dr. Subbu

Raghuram

Self

Crazy Mohan

Crazy Mohan

Interviewer

Ramesh Aravind

Ramesh Aravind

Self

R. Neelakantan

R. Neelakantan

Judge

Vaiyapuri

Vaiyapuri

Flower decorator

Ramesh Khanna

Ramesh Khanna

Film director

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