''Parambarai'' () is a 1996 Indian

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, directed by

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, starring

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and Roja. The film was released on 15 January 1996, and did fairly well at the box-office.

Plot

Paramasivam and his father have been in feud for several years. In the past, Paramasivam saw his mother murdered by Maragatham but his father thought that she died because of her illness. His father later married Maragatham so Paramasivam left his father's house and lived with his grandmother. Back to the present, Paramasivam falls in love with Paruvatham, sister of a ruthless landlord Kumarasamy who dislikes Paramasivam. Later, Paramasivam marries Paruvatham to which Kumarasamy decides to revenge Paramasivam by marrying his half-sister Parimila, daughter of Maragatham. Maragatham who is always jealous of Paramasivam's fame among villagers and her daughter affection towards him decides to kill him by joining hands with Kumarasamy who asks for an offer to marry her daughter which she accepts. Instead of Paramasivam, Kumarasamy's goons kills his grandmother for which he decides to kills him. Beside the failure of Paramasivam's murder Kumarasamy demands his marriage with Parimila to Maragatham who betrays him. Later a conflict happens between them where Kumarasamy won and order his goons to kill her with her husband and tries to rape Parimila where Paramasivam enters and rescue all even Maragatham who killed his mother.The movie ends by reunion of Paramasivam with his father and forgiving Maragatham.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

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, with lyrics by Kalidasan.

Reception

The film was a major commercial success. ''

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'' criticised the film for missing Ravikumar's signature directing style. ''

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'' wrote "Director K.S. Ravikumar reshuffles ''

Cheran Pandian ''Cheran Pandian'' is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar, from a story by Erode Soundar. The film stars Vijayakumar, Sarathkumar, Anand Babu and Sreeja. It was released on 31 May 1991, emerged ...

'' and '' Naatamai'' formats to present a theme that runs on expected lines in Malar Films ''Paramparai'' where Prabhu is teamed with Roja for the first time, his lucky producer K. Balu of ''

Chinna Thambi ''Chinna Thambi'' () is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language romantic musical drama film written and directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Prabhu as the titular character, an uneducated village simpleton and Khushbu as Nandini, a homeschooled wealthy gi ...

,'' making the village-based movie" and praised the performances of Prabhu, Roja and Ashok Kumar's cinematography.

References

External links

* {{K. S. Ravikumar 1990s Indian films 1990s Tamil-language films 1996 drama films 1996 films Films directed by K. S. Ravikumar Films scored by Deva (composer) Films with screenplays by K. S. Ravikumar Indian drama films Tamil-language Indian films