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directed by T. R. Vijayan. The film stars Vignesh and

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, with R. P. Viswam, Kavitha,

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, newcomer Jayaprabhu, Vandhana and Mandai Seenu playing supporting roles. The film had musical score by Devadevan and was released on 22 September 1995.

Plot

Thupakki Gounder (R. P. Viswam) is a ruthless village chief and a greedy moneylender, every villager are afraid of him and his henchmen. Thupakki Gounder is married to Lakshmi ( Kavitha), and they have a son (

) who is a womanizer and a daughter Bhavani (

) who is studying in the city. He has also an illegitimate son Nagarajan (Jayaprabhu) who works as a blacksmith and Nagarajan wants his father to confess that he is his son in front of the villagers. Pandian ( Vignesh), an angry young man and a jobless graduate, is giving tuition to the uneducated villagers which annoy Thupakki Gounder. But beyond that, Pandian spends time with his jobless friends. Pandian lives with his father Samikannu (Samikannu) and his widow sister Kalyani (Vandhana). Her husband died after two days of marriage, nobody wants to marry her after this tragedy. Bhavani arrives from the city, her father insisted to come in their village. He wants his daughter to provide lessons for the uneducated villagers. Her lessons become way more popular among the villagers than Pandian's lessons. After initial fights between Pandian and Bhavani, both fall in love. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.

Cast

* Vignesh as Pandian *

as Bhavani *R. P. Viswam as Thupakki Gounder * Kavitha as Lakshmi *

as Azhagu *Jayaprabhu as Nagarajan *Vandhana as Kalyani *Mandai Seenu as Mandai *

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*Samikannu as Samikannu *Kavithasri as Padmavati *Vennila as Rasathi *K. Kannan *

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*Dharapuram Rajendran *Dharapuram V. S. Arumugam

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Devadevan. The soundtrack, released in 1995, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by

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, Udhaya Bharathi, Aruvi Radha, Anbuthurai and Mohana Priyan.

References

{{reflist 1990s Tamil-language films Indian drama films