''Lorry Driver Rajakannu'' is a 1981 Indian

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-language film, directed by

A. C. Tirulokchandar A. C. Thirulokachandar (11 June 1930 – 15 June 2016), also known as A. C. Tirulokchandar, was an Indian film director and screenwriter who worked mainly in Tamil films from the 1960s to 1988. He also directed a few films in Hindi and Telugu. ...

. The film stars

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Gan ...

and

Sripriya Sripriya is an Indian actress, film director and politician from Tamil Nadu. She has acted in over 300 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi languages. She has also directed films in Tamil, Kannada and Telugu languages, includi ...

. It is a remake of the Telugu film ''

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''. The film was released on 3 July 1981.

Plot

Rajakannu is a lorry driver whose only family is his blind sister, Meena. He always stands up for what's right and goes out of his way to assist others. He helps fellow driver Ramu and earns a devoted friend. Rajakannu falls for the short-tempered food stall owner Kannamma. Meena also becomes engaged to marry inspector Shankar. In the midst of this, Rajakannu is arrested after being implicated in a smuggling ring run by Jaganath and his son Kamal. With the help of Ramu, Kanamma and his lorry cleaner Periyathambi, he attempts to clear his name and bring the true criminals to justice.

Cast

as Rajakannu *

as Kannamma *

M. N. Nambiar Manjeri Narayanan Nambiar (7 March 1919 – 19 November 2008) was an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Tamil cinema, known mostly for his villain roles in an eight decade long career. He has also appeared in a few Malayalam films. ...

as Jaganath *

Major Sundararajan Srinivasan Sundarrajan (17 March 1925 – 28 February 2003), popularly known as Major Sundarrajan, was an Indian actor and director who performed predominantly in Tamil language films and plays. He was well known for his sophisticated and ...

as Ramu *

Sathyakala Sathyakala is an Indian actress in South Indian movies. She was a prominent lead actress during the late 1970s and 1980s in Malayalam films. She had acted in few Tamil films as well. Now she is busy with Tamil telefilms and soap operas. Bi ...

as Meena *

Suruli Rajan Suruli Rajan was a Tamil film comedian/character artiste. He was a recipient of Tamil Nadu State Government's Best Comedian Award for the year 1981–82. Biography Suruli Rajan was born in 1938 in Periyakulam, near Theni. His father ''Ponna ...

as Periyathambi *

Jaiganesh Jai Ganesh (1946 – 11 February 2001) was an Indian Tamil film actor. He had supporting roles in the films '' Aval Oru Thodar Kathai'' and ''Attukara Alamelu'', among others. His most popular roles have been as a supporting actor or as a vill ...

as Shankar * Kanchana as Seetha * Manorama as Paapa *

Jayamalini Jayamalini (or Jaya Malini) is an Indian actress who has acted in more than 500 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi movies. Career She was introduced to Tollywood in 1975 by Vittalacharya in the movie he produced, ''Aadadani Adrustam' ...

Ceylon Manohar Ceylon Manohar ( ta, சிலோன் மனோகர்) ( – 22 January 2018), popular name of A. E. Manoharan (Anthony Pillai Emmanuel Manoharan) also known as Surangani Manohar ( ta, சுராங்கனி மனோகர் ), was ...

*Prem Anand as Kamal *Haalam

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by

M. S. Viswanathan Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (24 June 1928 – 14 July 2015), also known as M.S.V., was an Indian music director, singer and actor who predominantly worked in Tamil film industry. He was popularly known as ''Mellisai Mannar''. He compose ...

Reception

Sindhu and Jeeva, reviewing for ''

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'', criticised the film for being formulaic and lacking newness.

References

External links

* {{A. C. Tirulokchandar 1980s Tamil-language films 1981 films Films directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Tamil remakes of Telugu films Trucker films