Aranmanai
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Directed by	Sundar C.
Written by	Dialogues: Venkat Raghavan *(Aranmanai, Aranmanai* 2) SundarC (Aranmanai 3, Aranmanai 4)**
Screenplay by	Sundar C. S.B.Ramadoss Venkat Raghavan
Story by	Sundar C.
Produced by	D. Dinesh Karthik *(Aranmanai)* Khushbu *(Aranmanai* 2, Aranmanai 3), Aranmanai 4)**
Starring	Sundar C. Hansika Motwani Khushbu Sundar Andrea Jeremiah Kovai Sarala Manobala Chitra Lakshmanan Vinay Rai Raai Laxmi Santhanam Siddharth Trisha Poonam Bajwa Soori Vaibhav Reddy Radharavi Arya Raashii Khanna Vivek Yogi Babu Sakshi Agarwal Sampath Raj Nalini Amit Bhargav Tamannaah Bhatia Santhosh Prathap Delhi Ganesh Jayaprakash Ramachandra Raju Rajendran VTV Ganesh Singampuli Namo Narayana
Cinematography	U. K. Senthil Kumar E Krishnasamy *(Aranmanai* 4)**
Edited by	Srikanth.N.B *(Aranmanai, Aranmanai* 2) Fenny Oliver (Aranmanai 3) (Aranmanai 4)**
Music by	Original Songs: *(Aranmanai)* Bharadwaj, Karthik Raja *(Aranmanai* 2) Hiphop Tamizha (Aranmanai 3) C. Sathya (Aranmanai 4)** Hiphop Tamizha
Production companies	Vision i Medias *(Aranmanai)* Avni Cinemax *(Aranmanai* 2, Aranmanai 3, Aranmanai 4)**
Distributed by	Red Giant Movies *(Aranmanai)* Sri Thenandal Films *(Aranmanai, Aranmanai* 2)** Red Giant Movies (Aranmanai 3)
Release dates	1: 19 September 2014 (2014-09-19) 2: 29 January 2016 (2016-01-29) 3: 14 October 2021 (2021-10-14) 4: 2024
Running time	452 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹60 crore (US$7.5 million) (3 films)
Box office	₹214 crore (US$27 million) (3 films)

Aranmanai (transl. Mansion) is an Indian Tamil-language horror comedy film series directed by Sundar C., Aranmanai (2014), Aranmanai 2 (2016) and Aranmanai 3 (2021).^[1]^[2]^[3] where Sundar C., Hansika , Manobala and Chitra Lakshmanan who appear in the first film, appear in the second film and also appear in third film playing different roles while Andrea Jeremiah, Vinay Rai, Raai Laxmi, Santhanam, Siddharth, Trisha, Poonam Bajwa, Soori, Arya, Raashii Khanna, Vivek, Nalini, Yogi Babu, Sakshi Agarwal playing a lead roles in a respective series. All films were successful at the box office, continuing the trend of the comedy-horror genre in Kollywood that began with Chandramukhi (2005).

Synopsis

The films are not connected with each other. Each film typically revolves around a Zamindar family at a palace that is haunted by supernatural events.^[4]

Films

Film	Release date	Director	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Runtime	Status
Aranmanai	19 September 2014	Sundar C.	Sundar C S.B.Ramadoss Venkat Raghavan	D. Dinesh Karthick	161 minutes	Released
Aranmanai 2	29 January 2016		Sundar C S.B.Ramadoss Venkat Raghavan	Khushbu	136 minutes
Aranmanai 3	14 October 2021		Sundar C	Khushbu Sundar C A.C.S. Arunkumar A.C. Shanmugam	156 minutes
Aranmanai 4 †	2024		Sundar C	Khushbu A.C.S. Arunkumar	TBA	Awaiting for release

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): The film stars Sundar C, Raashii Khanna, Tamannaah Bhatia, Kovai Sarala and Ramachandra Raju in prominent roles.

Cast

Aranmanai

Sundar C. as Ravi
Hansika Motwani as Selvi
Vinay Rai as Murali
Andrea Jeremiah as Madhavi
Raai Laxmi as Maya
Santhanam as Paalsamy
Kovai Sarala as Eshwari
Manobala as Eshwari's husband
Nithin Sathya as Muliankannan
Meera Krishnan as Murali's mother
Chitra Lakshmanan as Maya's father
Saravanan as Ayyanar
Kota Srinivasa Rao as Swamiji

Aranmanai 2

Sundar C. as Ravi
Siddarth as Murali
Hansika Motwani as Maya
Trisha as Anitha
Poonam Bajwa as Manju
Soori as Devadas & Sandhu Bondhu Naadimuthu
Kovai Sarala as Komalam
Manobala as Komalam's brother
Vaibhav Reddy as Arun
Radharavi as Ramesh, Murali and Maya's father
Khushbu in Special appearance in the Song "Amman"
Subbu Panchu as Ramesh, Maya's brother
Vinodhini Vaidyanathan as Sandhya, Murali's sister-in-law
Chitra Lakshmanan as Anitha's father

Aranmanai 3

Sundar C. as Ravi
Arya as Saravanan
Raashii Khanna as Jyothi
Andrea Jeremiah as Eeshwari (Raani)
Sakshi Agarwal as Hema
Vivek as Sigamani
Ovi Bhandarkar as Shalu
Nalini as Tik Tok Sarala
Madhusudan Rao as Vallimalai Swamiji
Myna Nandhini as Mynavathi
Veronika Arora as Young Jyothi
Yogi Babu as Abhishek
Sampath Raj as Rajasekhar
Vichu Vishwanath as Kaali
Manobala as Pencil
Amit Bhargav as Eeshwari's lover
Hariharan in a special appearance
Shankar Mahadevan in a special appearance
Vincent Ashokan as Durai
C. Sathya in a Cameo appearance

Aranmanai 4

Character identification

Character(s)	Film(s)
Character(s)	Aranmanai (2014)	Aranmanai 2 (2016)	Aranmanai 3 (2021)	Aranmanai 4 † (2024)
Ravi	Sundar C
Ravi's lover	Raai Laxmi	Poonam Bajwa	Sakshi Agarwal	TBA
Male Lead(s)	Vinay Rai	Siddharth	Arya	Santhosh Prathap
Female lead(s)	Andrea Jeremiah	Trisha	Raashii Khanna
Spirit(s)	Hansika Motwani		Andrea Jeremiah, Amit Bhargav	Tamannaah Bhatia
Sprit possessed	Andrea Jeremiah	Trisha, Sundar C	Arya	TBA
Villain(s)	Saravanan	Radha Ravi, Subbu Panchu	Sampath Raj, Vincent Ashokan	Ramachandra Raju
Comedian(s)	Santhanam, Kovai Sarala, Manobala	Soori, Manobala, Kovai Sarala	Vivek, Nalini, Myna Nandhini, Yogi Babu, Manobala	Yogi Babu, Kovai Sarala, Rajendran, VTV Ganesh Singampuli
Child Artist(s)	Priya	Nithin Manivannan	Ovi Bhandarkar, Veronika Arora,	TBA

Crew

Occupation	Film
Occupation	Aranmanai (2014)	Aranmanai 2 (2016)	Aranmanai 3 (2021)	Aranmanai 4 (2024)
Director	Sundar C.
Producer	D. Dinesh Karthick	Khushbu	Khushbu Sundar C A.C.S. Arunkumar A.C. Shanmugam	Khushbu
Screenplay	Sundar C. S.B.Ramadoss		Sundar C
Writer	Venkat Raghavan	Venkat Raghavan Sundar C.	Sundar C
Cinematography	U. K. Senthil Kumar			E Krishnasamy
Editor	Srikanth N.B.		Fenny Oliver
Composer(s)	Bharadwaj Karthik Raja (score)	Hiphop Tamizha	C. Sathya	Hiphop Tamizha
Studio	Vision i Medias	Avni Cinemax	Avni Cinemax Benzz Media (P) Ltd.

Home media

Films	Satellite Rights	Digital Rights
Aranmanai	Sun TV	Sun NXT
Aranmanai 2	Sun TV	Sun NXT
Aranmanai 3	Kalaignar TV	ZEE 5
Aranmanai 4 †	TBA	TBA

References

^ Gupta, Rinku (19 May 2014). "'A Big Family House is the Heroine in Horror-Comedy Film Aranmanai'". New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "Tamil Box Office Collection 2021 Report [Hit, Profit & Loss]". Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
^ "Aranmanai (aka) Aranmanai review". www.behindwoods.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
^ "Review : Aranmanai 2 Review: Ghosts & laughs (2016)". Sify. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016.
^ "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.

v t e Filmography of Sundar C.
As a director	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) Aranmanai (2014) Aambala (2015) Aranmanai 2 (2016) Kalakalappu 2 (2018) Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven (2019) Action (2019) Aranmanai 3 (2021) Coffee with Kadhal (2022)
As a producer	Meesaya Murukku (2017) Natpe Thunai (2019) Naan Sirithal (2020) Naanga Romba Busy (2020) Pattampoochi (2022)
See also	Avni Cinemax Aranmanai (film series)