''Sonthakkaran'' () is a 1989 Indian

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-language action film, directed by L. Raja and produced by M. Saravanan, M. Balasubramanian & M. S. Guhan. The film was dubbed into

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''Kondaveeti Dada''. The film stars Arjun and

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, while

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, Madhuri,

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and S. S. Chandran portray pivotal roles. The film was released on 16 June 1989 and was commercially successful upon release.

Plot

Rajadurai ( Arjun) arrests Yuvaraj ( Nassar) for raping a woman and killing an old man. Chalapathi Rao (

) father of Yuvaraj gets Rajadurai trapped in false rape charge and he loses his job. Yuvaraj comes back from the Jail to take revenge against Rajadurai.

Cast

Arjun Sarja Srinivasa "Arjun" Sarja is an Indian actor, producer, and director who works predominantly in the Tamil film industry, in addition to Kannada and Telugu languages as well. Referred to by the media and his fans as "Action King" for his roles in ...

as Rajadurai "Raja" *

as Rekha *

as Chelladurai * Madhuri as Lakshmi *

as Chalapathi Rao * S. S. Chandran as Singaram *

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as Yuvaraj *

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as a resident of Bharath Nagar *

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as Vasu *

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as Sudha *Master Vimal as young Rajadurai *Master Suresh as young Chelladurai *Master Charan as Babu * G. Srinivasan as Rajadurai and Chelladurai's father *

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as a bus conductor *Yuvasree as a victim of Yuvaraj *Kumaresan as Vasu's friend *

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as a police inspector *Premi as bus conductor's wife *

Ennathe Kannaiah Ennathe Kannaiah (1925 - 7 August 2012) was a comedian who appeared in Tamil-language films. In the Ravichandran-Jayalalita starrer Naan, as he spoke his dialogues, he frequently used the word Ennathe and this became his nickname. Decades later, ...

as Chelladurai's farm worker *

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as Sathya *

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as Chalapathi Rao's assistant * Jeeva as Ravayya *Azhagu as RKV *

Thideer Kannaiah ''Thideer'' Kannaiah was an Indian film and stage actor. He has acted in more than 500 films. His debut film was Aval Oru Thodarkathai. He is notable for his comedian roles along with actors Goundamani and Vadivelu. While he was in the drama, ...

as Chelladurai and Sudha's servant *K. Rajan as a resident of Bharath Nagar

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Chandrabose and Lyrics were written by

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. All songs were chartbusters during the time of release.

References

External links

* * 1989 films 1980s Tamil-language films Indian action films Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police AVM Productions films Indian multilingual films 1980s masala films Films with screenplays by V. C. Guhanathan 1989 action films 1989 multilingual films Films directed by L. Raja Films scored by Chandrabose (composer) {{1980s-Tamil-film-stub