Michael Madana Kama Rajan

Synopsis

The film also feature a large ensemble cast alongside Kamal Haasan, Urvasi, Rupini, Kushboo played the female leads, while Manorama, Delhi Ganesh, Nassar, Venniradai Moorthy, SN Lakshmi, Jayabharathi, R. N. Jayagopal, Nagesh, Praveen Kumar and Santhana Bharathi playing other significant roles. The film was a blockbuster and completed 175-day run at the box office.

The film tells a story of quadruplets, Michael, Mathanagopal, Kameshwaran, and Raju, all played by Kamal Haasan. Kamal distinguished each of those characters with his body language and language lingo. Michael has a husky voice and an aggressive demeanor, Mathana has a British accent with a sophisticated upper-class personality, Kameshwaran speaks Palakkad Tamil and has a naive, childish personality while Raju speaks Madras Tamil and has an outgoing, cheerful personality; all in keeping with their diverse upbringing as per the plot. The character played by an actress Urvashi was well received by the audience and still considered as one of the best comic role played ever by a heroine. The film was dubbed in Telugu as Michael Mathana Kama Raju.

• Kamal Haasan as Michael, Madhanagopal, Kameshwaran and Subramaniam Raju
• Urvashi as Thiripurasundari
• Rupini as Chakku Bai
• Kushboo as Shalini Shivaraman
• R. N. K. Prasad as Venugopal
• Jayabharathi as Sushila
• R. N. Jayagopal as Nandagopal
• Nassar as Ramgopal
• Manorama as Ganga Bai
• Delhi Ganesh as Palakkad Mani Iyer
• Venniradai Moorthy as Shivaraman
• S. N. Lakshmi as Thiripurasundari’s grandmother
• Nagesh as Avinashi
• Praveen Kumar as Bheem
• Santhana Bharathi as Michael’s foster father
• Singeetam Srinivasa Rao as Travelling Singer
• Crazy Mohan as Shop Owner
• Ponnambalam as Assassin
• Crazy Venkatesh as Assassin
• R. S. Shivaji
• Typist Gopu
• Mayilsamy
• Pradeep Shakthi
• Usilai Mani