Sundara Kandam

Sundara Kandam (Sundara Kanda) is 1992 Tamil comedy movie directed by K. Bhagyaraj. The movie's name is adaption from the title of fifth major division or 'Kaandam' of Indian Epic Ramayanam. The film was remade in Hindi as Andaz with Anil Kapoor. It was also remade in Telugu and Kannada as Sundarakanda with Venkatesh and Shivarajkumar respectively. Mammootty starrer Malayalam film Mazhayethum Munpe was partially inspired from this film.

Shanmugamani (K. Bhagyaraj) arrives as a Tamil language teacher to a school. He is an alumnus of the same school, from where he studied very well despite his poor background and got STATE FIRST in his+2 exams. He is fooled by the students of twelfth standard headed by a brilliant but mischievous student Priya. Shanmugamani is irritated by her indicipline and finds fault for whatever she does. But this does not stop Priya to crack pranks on him. There is also a student in the same class, who studied in school with shanmugamani, and has not yet passes +2. Priya's classmates create a fake love letter written by Priya and keeps it in Shanmugamani's desk. Shanmugamani misunderstands that, it is also one of the pranks of Priya and warns her and gives the letter to her. But Priya considers that he wrote the love letter and falls in love with him. Priya's classmates repeat the mischief again and again and Shangmugamani misunderstands it as Priya's mischief and complaints to Headmaster because of which Priya is suspended without any chance to defend herself.

Later on, Shanmugamani understands that there is no fault with Priya and apologizes her. Priya who also finds the truth insists since both their honours has been spoiled in the school it is better both can get into love and marry. Scared by her acts Shangmugamani keeps away from her. But Priya does not lose her heart and she chases to win his love. But Shanmugamani insists that it is not a good ethic for a teacher to fall in love with his student and reveals that he is not willing to marry her. Priya seeks TC from her school and discontinues her studies and pressures that she is not his student anymore and he can marry her. Yet Shanmugamani does not yield to her. Priya shifts to her friend's home as a paying guest which is next to Shanmugamani's house and makes her full-time job to love him. Unable to resist her torture Shanmugamani marries a girl named Deivanai (Bhanupriya) from an orphanage which shocks Priya.