''Purusha Lakshanam'' () is a 1993 Indian

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, written and directed by

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from a story by P. Vasu. The film stars

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and

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. It was released on 3 December 1993. The film was remade as '' Bhale Pellam'' in Telugu and in '' Mangalya Bandhana'' in Kannada.

Plot

Nandagopal works as a managing director in a company. Abhirami "Ammu", a carefree college student, falls in love with Nandagopal at first sight, while Anju also loves him, but it is one sided. Finally, Nandagopal accepts to get married with Ammu. Raja was Ammu's classmate and was in love with her, so he wants to take revenge on her. Raja begins to compel Ammu, and challenges to marry her. One day, Raja hugs Ammu in front of Nandagopal, Nandagopal thinks that his wife has an affair with Raja and he expels Ammu. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Cast

Production

P. Vasu wrote the story with

in mind, and she accepted. Though Khusbhu had fever on the first day of shooting, she concealed this from director

to prevent production delays.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

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and lyrics were written by Kalidasan.

Reception

Malini Mannath of ''

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'' wrote "P. Vasu's story gets a serious turn, the director gets a grip .and the film manages to keep the viewers engrossed in the proceedings." K. Vijiyan of ''

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'' praised Khushboo's performance and Ravikumar's direction, saying he "has managed to keep the pace light and full of delightful moments for first three quarters of the movie". ''

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'' wrote that the film was moving at a brisk pace despite having elements like '' thaali'' sentiment and devotional song. K. S. Chithra won the Cinema Express Award for Best Playback Singer (Female) at the

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References

External links

* {{K. S. Ravikumar 1990s Indian films 1990s Tamil-language films 1993 drama films 1993 films Films directed by K. S. Ravikumar Films scored by Deva (composer) Films with screenplays by K. S. Ravikumar Indian drama films Tamil films remade in other languages Tamil-language drama films Tamil-language Indian films