''Karmegham'' () is a 2002 Indian

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action drama film directed by S. P. Rajkumar. The film stars

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, and Abhirami.

Plot

Karmegham returns to his village after serving in the army for long. He finds that the villagers still live in the shackles of old customs and traditions. They work as slavts them. Maheswari, a doctor, falls in love with Karmegham. Later through his mother, Karmegham learns that Radha Ravi is his father and then it becomes a father-son conflict. Karmegham stood with the villagers and opposed his father and brother Shakthi. His sister, Mangai, loves a poor villager but Sakthi and his father are against her love. Sakthi kills her sister's lover, his sister goes mad and Karmegham calls the police. His brother escapes but the police shot him in an encounter. Karmegham gets married with Maheswari. Karmegham kills his father to save at least his village.es to a feudal landlord who exploi

Cast

Production

The film was shot at Gobichettipalayam.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Vidyasagar.

Reception

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'' described the film as an "Old wine in new bottle" and wrote, "It is an old style tearjerker that lacks any freshness either by way of incidents or narration". Malini Mannath of ''Chennai Online'' wrote that "there is not much freshness here, the style reminding one of films of a couple of decades back. In fact, take away Mammootty, and there is not much to boast about in the film".

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* * {{S. P. Rajkumar 2000s Indian films 2000s Tamil-language films 2002 action drama films 2002 films Films directed by S. P. Rajkumar Films scored by Vidyasagar (composer) Films shot in Gobichettipalayam Indian action drama films Tamil-language action drama films Tamil-language Indian films