''Thaimel Aanai'' () is a 1988 Indian
Tamil
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-language
action film
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, directed by
L. Raja and produced by
AVM Productions
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. The film stars
Arjun Sarja
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and
Raghuvaran
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. It was released on 13 April 1988. This film was dubbed in Telugu as ''Kondaveeti Siva''. The film is a remake of
Bengali
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film ''
Pratikaar'' (1987). Before the film's release,
Rajinikanth
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made a special appearance regarding eye donation and its awareness.
Plot
''Thaimel Aanai'' is the story of a son's revenge on the killers of his mother and sister, but his friend, who is now a police officer, does not like someone taking the law into his hands. The villains kidnap Vinod's family. Raja storms the hideout of the villains along with Vinod and rescues Vinod's family by fighting with the villains, killing the goons who destroyed his family in the process. But Raja succumbs to the injuries he received during the fight. The film ends with Vinod carrying the corpse of Raja and walking away along with his family.
Cast
Soundtrack
The soundtrack consist of nine songs composed by
Chandrabose. Among which 2 unpublished works at the time of the release of the soundtrack, "Chinna Kanna Chella Kanna", S. P. Balasubrahmanyam's version and K. S. Chitra's sad version (or slow version). Lyrics were written by
Vairamuthu
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.
Tamil Tracklist
Reception
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The Indian Express
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'' wrote, "Like a merry-go-round the film keeps spinning about in a whirl all geared to one end of satisfying the audience in an entertainment made-to-order exercise".
References
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1980s Indian films
1980s masala films
1980s Tamil-language films
1988 action films
1988 films
AVM Productions films
Films directed by L. Raja
Films scored by Chandrabose (composer)
Indian action films
Tamil-language Indian films
Tamil remakes of Bengali films