''Rusi Kanda Poonai'' () is a 1980 Indian

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directed by G. N. Rangarajan. The film stars

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, Sudhakar and

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. It was released on 25 December 1980.

Plot

Saritha and Sudhakar love each other and Ramesh promises Saritha that he will marry her. But later, it is revealed that Sudhakar had already been married and dejected. Saritha leaves the hostel run by Manorama and her Siddha expert husband Suruli Rajan, for her hometown. Sudhakar's marital life was a disaster as they often had quarrels. Eager to meet Saritha, Sudhakar comes to the hostel, but finds she already left. Saritha becomes pregnant and delivers a baby girl and meanwhile, Sudhakar's wife, Y. Vijaya dies in an accident. Saritha was never informed about the delivery of her baby girl and her mother gives the child to the greedy couple M. R. R. Vasu and Gandhimathi and both always torture the girl, in addition to blackmailing Saritha's mother for money to hide the truth of Saritha's daughter's birth. Saritha gets married and has a happy life and is blessed with a daughter. Meanwhile, Sudhakar is in search of Saritha and one day meets him at a beach as her daughter gets almost drowned, but gets saved by him. Saritha avoids speaking with Sudhakar. Meanwhile, M. R. R. R. Vasu blackmails Saritha's mother for money and unable to handle the pressure, she dies revealing the truth to Saritha's daughter. What will happen to Sudhakar, will Saritha's husband find out the truth and what happens to M. R. R. Vasu gets revealed in the climax.

Cast

* Sudhakar * Vijay Babu *

Gandhimathi Gandhimathi (30 August 1940 – 9 September 2011) was an Indian stage and film actress. She acted in over 500 films. Early life Kanthimathi was born in Manamadurai in what was then the Ramanathapuram district of India. She started acting in ...

* Y. Vijaya * Manorama * Suruli Rajan

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works in Indian cinema, predominately in Tamil cinema, Tamil in addition ...

Reception

''Anna'' praised the acting of star cast, Arunachalam's dialogues, Rangarajan's direction and Viswanathan's cinematography but panned Sudhakar's acting and Surulirajan's humour.

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* 1980 drama films 1980 films 1980s Indian films 1980s Tamil-language films Films directed by G. N. Rangarajan Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Films with screenplays by Panchu Arunachalam Indian drama films Tamil-language drama films Tamil-language Indian films {{Improve categories, date=May 2024