{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Thaimel Aanai | image = Thaimel Aanai.jpg | caption = DVD cover | director = L. Raja | screenplay = Karaikudi Narayanan | story = Prabhat Roy | starring = Arjun<br />Saroja Devi<br />Raghuvaran<br />Ranjini | producer = M. Saravanan<br />M. Balasubramanian<br />M. S. Guhan | music = Chandrabose | cinematography = K. S. Selvaraj | editing = R. Vittal<br />S. B. Mohan | studio = AVM Productions | distributor = Anandha | released = {{Film date|df=y|1988|4|13|ref1=}} | country = India | language = Tamil }}
'''''Thaimel Aanai''''' ({{Translation|Mother's order}}) is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language action film, directed by L. Raja and produced by AVM Productions. The film stars Arjun and Raghuvaran. It was released on 13 April 1988. This film was dubbed in Telugu as ''Kondaveeti Siva''. The film is a remake of Bengali film ''Pratikaar'' (1987).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Arunachalam |first=Param |title=BollySwar: 1991–2000 |publisher=Mavrix Infotech |isbn=978-81-938482-1-0 |pages=116}}</ref> Before the film's release, Rajinikanth made a special appearance regarding eye donation and its awareness.
==Plot== {{more plot|date=August 2023}} ''Thaimel Aanai'' is the story of a son's revenge on the killers of his mother and sister, but his friend, who is now a police officer, does not like someone taking the law into his hands. The villains kidnap Vinod's family. Raja storms the hideout of the villains along with Vinod and rescues Vinod's family by fighting with the villains, killing the goons who destroyed his family in the process. But Raja succumbs to the injuries he received during the fight. The film ends with Vinod carrying the corpse of Raja and walking away along with his family.
==Cast== {{cast listing| *Arjun as Raja *Raghuvaran as Vinod *Saroja Devi as Vijaya and Raja's mother *Ranjini as Meena *Madhuri as Vinod's wife *Vani Viswanath as Vijaya *C. L. Anandan *Kishmu as Chakkara *Jai Ganesh as Devaraj *Y. Gee. Mahendra as Punyakodi *Senthil as a fisherman of Rangukuppam *S. S. Chandran as Picha *K. K. Soundar as Padma's father *Babitha as Padma *Idichapuli Selvaraj as Kannaiyya *Kumarimuthu as a fisherman of Rangukuppam *Omakuchi Narasimhan as a director *Bayilvan Ranganathan as Chakkara's henchman *Kullamani as a fisherman of Rangukuppam *Thavakalai as a fisherman of Rangukuppam *Anandaraj as Johny *Azhagu as Dhilip *Naveen as Chakkara's henchman *Master Meenuraj as Babu *Master Jai Krishna as young Raja *Master Biju as young Vinod *Baby Vijaya as young Vijaya }}
==Production== The film was launched at AVM Studios. The scenes of Arjun, Ranjini, Raghuvaran and Madhuri were shot on first day.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP372-6-23-11-148|title=தாய்மேல் ஆணை: படபிடிப்பு துவக்கம் |work=Anna|language=ta|access-date=20 July 2025|date=17 September 1987|page=4|via=Endangered Archives Programme}}</ref> ==Soundtrack== The soundtrack consist of nine songs composed by Chandrabose. Among which 2 unpublished works at the time of the release of the soundtrack, "Chinna Kanna Chella Kanna", S. P. Balasubrahmanyam's version and K. S. Chitra's sad version (or slow version). Lyrics were written by Vairamuthu.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thaimel Aanai (1988) |url=https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/Thaimel-Aanai-songs-T0003244 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028200228/https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/thaimel-aanai-songs-T0003244 |archive-date=28 October 2020 |access-date=9 March 2019 |website=Raaga.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Thaai Mel Aanai Tamil Film LP VInyl Record by Chandrabose |url=https://macsendisk.com/product/thaai-mel-aanai-tamil-film-lp-vinyl-record-by-chandrabose/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202153013/https://macsendisk.com/product/thaai-mel-aanai-tamil-film-lp-vinyl-record-by-chandrabose/ |archive-date=2 February 2023 |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=Macsendisk}}</ref>
'''Tamil Tracklist''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! Song !! Singers !! Length (min:sec) |- | "Vaaika Varabukulla Vayasupulla" || Malaysia Vasudevan, Vani Jairam and Chorus ||04:43 |- | "Chinna Kanna Chella Kanna" || K. S. Chitra ||04:24 |- | "Sangu Chakra Sami Vanthu" || Malaysia Vasudevan, S. P. Sailaja and Chorus ||04:55 |- | "Poona Poora Vittitu Avana" || Malaysia Vasudevan, S. P. Sailaja and Chorus ||04:24 |- | "Hey Mallikai Poo Poothirukku" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki and Chorus ||04:06 |- | "Yentha Kadai Solla" || K. J. Yesudas, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and M. S. Rajeswari ||04:16 |- | "Poona Poora Vittitu Avana" (Reprise) || Malaysia Vasudevan, S. P. Sailaja and Chorus ||04:24 |- | "Chinna Kanna Chella Kanna" || K. J. Yesudas ||03:46 |- | "Chinna Kanna Chella Kanna" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam ||04:24 |- | "Chinna Kanna Chella Kanna" (Sad) || K. S. Chitra ||04:14 |}
==Reception== ''The Indian Express'' wrote, "Like a merry-go-round the film keeps spinning about in a whirl all geared to one end of satisfying the audience in an entertainment made-to-order exercise".<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 April 1988 |title=Thaai Mel Aanai |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19880429&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=11 January 2019 |work=The Indian Express |pages=5 |via=Google News Archive}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{IMDb title|3325444}}
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Category:1988 Indian films Category:1980s masala films Category:1988 Tamil-language films Category:1988 action films Category:1988 films Category:AVM Productions films Category:Films directed by L. Raja Category:Films scored by Chandrabose (composer) Category:Indian action films Category:Tamil-language Indian films Category:Tamil remakes of Bengali films