''Sakkarai Devan'' is a 1993 Indian

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-language

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film, directed by J. Panneer and produced by A. S. Ibrahim Rawuthar. The film stars

Vijayakanth Narayanan Vijayaraj Alagarswami (born 25 August 1952), better known by his stage name Vijayakanth, is an Indian politician and former actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Leg ...

, Sukanya, Kanaka and M. N. Nambiar.

Plot

Sakkarai Devan makes and sells

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. On a visit to a neighbouring village, he falls in love with Sarasu, on whom the village landlord Vaiga Perumal had already cust his eye. Sarasu widowed brother Vaiyapuri is arrested following an altercation with the landlord over his sister. Dhanam, an orphan, given refuge by Sakkarai, realising her love is one-sided, marries Vaiyapuri. Sakkarai popularity with the villagers and his attempts to unite them against the landlord invite the evil man's ire.

Cast

as Sakkarai Devan * Sukanya as Sarasu * Kanaka as Dhanam * M. N. Nambiar as Vaiyapuri Sarasu's grandfather * Nassar as Vaiyapuri *Mohan Natarajan as Vairaperumal * Thyagu as Ponnambalam *

R. Sundarrajan R. Sundarrajan is an Indian film director, actor, comedian and writer for Tamil language films. Active primarily in the 1980s and the 1990s as a filmmaker, he appeared more often as an actor thereafter. Sundarajan is known for his silver jubi ...

as Appu *

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

as Sakkarai Devan's mother *

Senthil Senthil (born 23 March 1951) is an Indian comedy actor who works in Tamil cinema. He is famous for his comedian roles along with fellow actor Goundamani. The pair dominated the Tamil industry as comedians in the 1980s and 90s.Vadivelu Kumaravadivel Natarajan (born 12 September 1960), known professionally as Vadivelu, is an Indian actor, comedian and playback singer, having acted in supporting and lead roles in Tamil cinema. He gained widespread acclaim in Kollywood in the ...

* C. K. Saraswathi *Baby Monisha as Revathi

Production

''Sakkarai Devan'' marked the directorial debut of J. Panneer, who earlier assisted Aabavanan.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan, 3 June 1943) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, instrumentalist, lyricist and singer, popular for his works in Indian Cinema, prominently in Tamil films. Reputed to be one o ...

Reception

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'' wrote "Despite the story being an oft-repeated one, Panneer's narration is fairly neat and his handling of the subject confident". ''

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'' wrote "Sakkarai Devan should go down well with Vijayakanth's fans".

References

External links

* * 1993 films Indian action drama films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja 1990s Tamil-language films 1993 directorial debut films 1993 action drama films {{1990s-Tamil-film-stub