Kanaga Shanmugan P. L. Sundar Rajan Thamizhazhagan Ratha Veerannan
Story by
Peter Selvakumar
Produced by
Thamizhazhagan G. Thyagarajan
Starring
Rajinikanth Radhika
Cinematography
Viswam Natarajan
Edited by
K. R. Krishnan
Music by
Shankar–Ganesh
Production company
Sathya Movies
Release date
1 October 1982 (1982-10-01)
Running time
134 minutes
Country
India
Language
Tamil
Moondru Mugam (transl. Three Faces) is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by A. Jagannathan. The film stars Rajinikanth in three distinct roles as Alex Pandian, Arun and John. The film was a blockbuster and ran for 250 days in theatres. Rajinikanth won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for Best Actor.[1]
The film was remade in Hindi as John Jani Janardhan (1984) with Rajinikanth reprising his roles,[2] in Telugu as Mugguru Monagallu (1983) and in Kannada as Gedda Maga (1983).[3]
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MoondruMugam (transl. Three Faces) is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by A. Jagannathan. The film stars Rajinikanth in three distinct...
Neerum Neruppum (1971), where he played dual roles, Rajinikanth-starrer MoondruMugam (1982), and Kamal Haasan's Apoorva Sagodharargal (1989; Appu Raja in...
full-length comedy film. He played triple roles in the 1982 Tamil film MoondruMugam, which earned him a special prize at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards...
stardom and gave him the action hero image. He starred in triple role in MoondruMugam (1982), which earned him a special prize at the Tamil Nadu State Film...
Hindi films. Her dance numbers and bold performances in films such as MoondruMugam made her the ultimate symbol of sensuality in South Indian cinema. Her...
had earlier collaborated with Rajinikanth in Ranuva Veeran (1981), MoondruMugam (1982), Thanga Magan (1983), Oorkavalan (1987) and Panakkaran (1990)...
August 2023 – via Google News Archive. "Rajinikanth turns 67: More than moondrumugam". The New Indian Express. 11 December 2017. Archived from the original...
was titled as Alex Pandiyan named after Rajinikanth's character from MoondruMugam. Karthi described Alex Pandian as a masala film since, like other films...
2021. Ramachandran 2014, pp. 111–112. "Rajinikanth turns 67: More than moondrumugam". The New Indian Express. 11 December 2017. Archived from the original...
Edition "Gautham Menon On Writing For Ajith In Yennai Arindhal And The MoondruMugam Homage In The Film". Film Companion. 8 May 2018. Archived from the original...
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