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-language film directed by

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. The film stars

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and

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. The film, produced by Mohan Natarajan and V. Shanmugam, had musical score by Deva and was released on 10 June 1994.

Plot

The film begins with Siva escaping from jail, Siva is a convict who failed to kill the politician R. K. twice. At the transfer of power, R. K. will take oath as the new chief minister of Tamil Nadu, so he deploys heavy security to protect him from Siva. Before that, Siva manages to kidnap R. K. and hauled him to a television station. Siva tells his past to the audience and the reason behind the kidnapping.

Cast

as Siva *

as Krishnaveni *

as Selvamani (guest appearance) *

as Seetha Lakshmi * Rajan P. Dev as R. K. (Rajakumar) *Mohan Natarajan as Mahadevan *

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*Chitti as Police inspector * Priya *Sempuli Jagan * R. N. K. Prasad as President of India * Mohan V. Ram as Governor of Tamil Nadu *Shari *Raviraj *

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in a special appearance

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Deva. The soundtrack, released in 1994, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Kamakodiyan and

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Reception

K. Vijiyan of ''

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'' labelled the film as "fast-paced political tale", and Malini Mannath of ''

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'' described the film as "a fairly engrossing entertainer despite its flaws". The film failed at the box office.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title 1990s masala films 1990s political comedy films 1990s satirical films 1990s Tamil-language films 1994 films Films scored by Deva (composer) Indian political comedy films Indian political satire films Indian satirical films