''Kaaval Nilayam'' () is a 1991

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crime film directed by

Senthilnathan Senthilnathan Jambulingam is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and television actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and serials, based in Chennai. He is best known for his action-masala films. As of 2013, he has directed mo ...

. The film stars

Sarath Kumar Sarathkumar Ramanathan (born 14 July 1954) is an Indian actor, politician, filmmaker, and singer. He has acted in more than 130 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. He has won two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards S ...

and Anandaraj. The film, produced by F. C. Vijayakumar, had musical score by

Shankar–Ganesh Shankar–Ganesh is an Indian music director duo who has worked on Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada movies for around 50 years. Career They started as assistants to Tamil music composers M. S. Viswanathan and T. K. Ramamoorthy in 1964 an ...

and was released on 11 May 1991.

Plot

Raja ( Anandaraj), a rowdy, escapes from police officers and he is accommodated by a prostitute. Vijay (

), an honest police officer, is transferred to a new area. Vijay lives happily with his wife Aarthi (

Gautami Gautami Tadimalla (born 2 July 1969), known mononymously as Gautami, is an Indian actress and politician who has worked mainly in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films in addition to Hindi, and Kannada films. She was one of the leading South India ...

) and his daughter Sowmiya. Soon, Raja crosses Vijay's path. In the past, Raja and Vijay were friends. Raja, Vijay and Aarthi trained hard for becoming police officers. While Raja was an orphan, Vijay was from a police family. The honest police officer Ravi (

Jaishankar Jaishankar (12 July 1938 – 3 June 2000) was an Indian actor known for his work in Tamil cinema. He was a very popular lead actor in the 1960s and 70s. He was credited onscreen with title of ''Makkal Kalaingnar'' (people's artiste) or '' ...

), Vijay's brother, clashed with the corrupt politician Andhavar ( M. N. Nambiar) and he was killed by Andhavar. Andhavar's son (

Ajay Ratnam Ajay Rathnam is an Indian actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil language, Tamil films and serials. He is known for his supporting and negative roles and has acted in over 300 movies. Standing at 6 ft 4 in (193 cm), Rathnam is one of the t ...

) is involved in drugging and filming young women. Vijay and Raja took different ways to fight against Andhavar.

Cast

as Inspector Vijay * Anandaraj as Raja * M. N. Nambiar as Andhavar *

as Aarthi *

as Ravi * K. R. Vijaya as Ravi's wife *

Janagaraj Janagaraj is an Indian actor who has appeared in over 200 films predominantly in Tamil cinema as a comedian or in supporting roles. He also starred in few Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi films. Early life Janagaraj was born to Vadivelu and Muthu ...

as Murali * Senthil as Harichandran *Senthilnathan *

Charuhasan S. Charuhasan (born 5 January 1931) is an Indian actor, director and retired lawyer who has acted in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi films. He won the National Film Award for Best ActorSubha J Rao,Entertainment for a cause, The Hind ...

* V. Gopalakrishnan as D.G.P Gopalakrishnan *

Delhi Ganesh Delhi Ganesh is an Indian actor who mostly acts in supporting roles in Tamil cinema and serials. He has acted in more than 400 films from 1976 to present. Before films, he was a member of the Delhi-based theatre troupe, ''Dakshina Bharata Natak ...

Shanmugasundaram Shanmugasundaram was an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil films. He began his career as an actor by starring in '' Ratha Thilagam'' (1963) and '' Karnan'' (1964), and continued his career for seven decades. He is also a dubbing artist. He ...

*Krishnamoorthy *

Ajay Rathnam Ajay Rathnam is an Indian actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil films and serials. He is known for his supporting and negative roles and has acted in over 300 movies. Standing at 6 ft 4 in (193 cm), Rathnam is one of the tallest actors in ...

as Andhavar's son *Jacky *

Idichapuli Selvaraj Idichapuli Selvaraj ( – 30 January 2012) was a veteran Tamil comedy actor. He acted in more than five hundred films. He acted along with lot of actors. He also worked as an assistant director for the M. G. Ramachandran films like ''Idhayakkani ...

as Selvaraj *M.L.A Thangaraj as Pichakannu *

Kamala Kamesh Kamala Kamesh is an Indian actress in Tamil movies. She was one of the prominent supporting actress in late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s in Tamil movies. She has acted nearly 480 movies in Tamil. She is often seen in all of Visu's movies. Biography ...

as Murali's mother *Baby Sowmiya as Sowmiya *Aandal

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by

. The soundtrack, released in 1991, features 4 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali, Muthulingam, Piraisoodan and Shankar-Ganesh.

References

{{reflist 1991 films 1990s Tamil-language films Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police Films directed by Senthilnathan