Mahaan Kanakku

Mahaan Kanakku (transl. Saint's calculations), previously known as Gandhi Kanakku (transl. Gandhi's calculations), is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Sampath Arumugam, an assistant to Sasi.^[1] The film stars Ramana and Reecha Sinha in her debut. The music was composed by A. K. Rishal Sai.

Mahaan Kanakku
Film poster
Directed by	Sampath Arumugam
Written by	Sampath Arumugam
Produced by	G. P. S.
Starring	Ramana Reecha Sinha
Cinematography	Karthik
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Music by	A K Rishal Sai
Production company	Pooja Film International
Distributed by	Ayngaran International
Release date	30 December 2011 (2011-12-30)
Running time	149 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

The film released on 30 December 2011. Devadarshini won the Norway Tamil Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actress.^[2]

Cast

• Ramana as Jeeva
• Reecha Sinha as Anjali
• Srinath as Professor Varadharajan
• Devadarshini as Janaki
• Saravana Subbiah as Auditor
• Sathish as Mandotharan, Jeeva's friend
• TSK as Jeeva's friend
• Lollu Sabha Jeeva as Gopi
• Manobala as Traffic Police Officer
• S. N. Lakshmi as Orphanage Caretaker
• A. Venkatesh as Math Teacher
• Suresh Urs as CEO Suresh
• Sabitha Anand
• Charmila
• Neethiyin Kural C. R. Bhaskaran as Jeeva's lawyer
• Karthik as Opposition Lawyer
• Neelu
• Muthukaalai
• Caroline Ritika as Janaki and Varadharajan's daughter
• Anna Hazare (archival footage)

Production

The film began production under the title Gandhi Kanakku.^[3] The title was later changed to Mahaan Kanakku after a case was filed against the name, as the title demeaned Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.^[4] Editor Suresh Urs forayed into acting through this film.^[5]

Reception

Behindwoods gave this film two out of five stars stating that "While movies like Ethan briefly touched upon the banking problem, Mahaan Kanakku goes for the throat and gets it".^[6] A critic from Filmibeat wrote that "Although there are minor flaws, they need not be overstated as this film should be taken as a valid awareness effort".^[7] A critic from Maalai Malar wrote that "Borrowing lakhs of lakhs from beggars is an interesting activity. It is a trademark to hold revenge films with a smile on the face of a hurt heart. For the eyes bored of love stories, the social problem was portrayed in a compelling screen story".^[8]