''Thaai Naadu'' () is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language film, written and directed by

R. Aravindraj R. Aravindraj is an Indian film director and screenwriter who has worked on Tamil films. He rose to fame after making the thriller film '' Oomai Vizhigal'' (1986) featuring Vijayakanth and has continued to make films in a similar genre. Career ...

. The film stars

Sathyaraj Rangaraj Subbiah (born 3 October 1954), professionally known as Sathyaraj, is an Indian actor, producer, director and a media personality who has predominantly appeares in Tamil cinema and Telugu Cinema. His 240 films also include works in Mala ...

and Raadhika. It was released on 16 February 1989.

Plot

In the 60s... A military officer (Sathyaraj) is accused, inequitably, of giving intelligence to the enemy, during an operation, code named Day Break. He is later murdered, before he can bring out the truth. The murder was made up as a suicide by the criminals. Four of his subordinates are suspected, his comrades-in-arms (the traitors of the story) who said they were his friends. The name of the serviceman is banished forever and his family was delivered to the vindication of the people, who set on fire their place of residence, in reprisal. His son (played also by Sathyaraj), informed of his origins, starts an investigation of his father, to wash his honour and find the real culprits... The film has an intuitive story line with

enacting a dual role. The role of an army officer was appreciated by the critics.

Cast

as Albert, alias Anandhan & Brigadier (Three stars) Tamizhmani, father of Anandhan * Raadhika as Julie *

M. N. Nambiar Manjeri Narayanan Nambiar (7 March 1919 – 19 November 2008) was an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Tamil cinema, known mostly for his villain roles in an eight decade long career. He has also appeared in a few Malayalam films. ...

as Saleem Bhai *

Jaishankar Jaishankar (12 July 1938 – 3 June 2000) was an Indian actor known for his work in Tamil cinema. He was a very popular lead actor in the 1960s and 70s. He was credited onscreen with title of ''Makkal Kalaingnar'' (people's artiste) or '' ...

as Christopher, Photographer officer *

Captain Raju Raju Daniel (27 June 1950 – 17 September 2018), better known by his stage name Captain Raju, was an Indian army officer and Indian actor. He acted in more than 600 films in various languages, including Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kan ...

as Ramoji alias Colonel Ramasundhar *

Srividya Srividya (24 July 1953 – 19 October 2006), also known as Sreevidya, was an Indian actress best known for her work predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil films, along with few Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. In a career spanning for 40 years, ...

as Meenatchi Amma, mother of Anandhan * Janagaraj as Samuel * Nassar as S.K.T. alias Major S. Krishna Tulasi * Kitty as Lieutenant Colonel Prithiviraj * Krishnamoorthi as Raja * Logu * John * Ilavarasan as advocat Pandhiyan * Kokila as Ramiya, Anandhan's sister & advocat Pandhiyan's wife * P. R. Varalakshmi as a sister * "Hemnag" Babu

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Manoj–Gyan Manoj–Gyan was an Indian musical duo consisting of composers Manoj Bhatnagar and Gyan Varma. In the 1980s, the two collaboratively composed music for a few Hindi-language as well as Tamil-language films. Manoj hails from the state of Uttar P ...

, with lyrics by Aabavanan.

Reception

The Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Limited, Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, ...

'' wrote, "A routine story of revenge flashily told with the script adopting a zig-zag course to hide away the cliches".

References

External links

* {{IMDb title 1980s Tamil-language films 1989 films Films about military personnel Films directed by R. Aravindraj Films scored by Manoj–Gyan Indian Army in films Tamil films remade in other languages