''Thiruppam'' is a 1984 Indian

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-language

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directed by R. Krishnamoorthy and produced by

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. The film stars

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram. Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001), better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, was an Indian actor and film producer. He was mainly active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th centur ...

, Sujatha,

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and

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. A remake of the 1980

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film '' Be-Reham'', it was released on 14 January 1984.

Plot

Sivaji is an on-hands, honest, brave IG of police while Prabhu is an upcoming inspector who aspires to be like Sivaji. Sivaji is now single but was once in love with singer Sujatha who left him and ran away with someone else. Ambika is a press reporter who haunts, taunts and fails trying to bait Sivaji and Prabhu eventually falling in love with the latter. Sujatha is married to Vijayakumar who marries her only to make money off her. He tortures her otherwise which she bears. One day, accidentally, Sujatha meets Sivaji, and he learns that she had left him at the bequest of his father. He also learns that she has a daughter and that her husband tortures her. Her husband, after overhearing a little of their conversation, plans to blackmail Sivaji. She, in rage, kills him in Sivaji's presence. This case becomes the focal point of confrontation between Sivaji, Prabhu and Ambika with Sujatha killing herself during interrogation. Sivaji works hard to hide his association with Sujatha so that he can arrange to help his daughter. In the end, Prabhu and Ambika corner Sivaji with evidence only to find out that he has cancer and has days to live, which is why he chose to spend those days helping the daughter rather than in prison. The two team up and catch a notorious gang with Sivaji dying in the process. Ambika and Prabhu adopt the daughter.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

M. S. Viswanathan Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (24 June 1928 – 14 July 2015), also known as M.S.V., was an Indian music director, singer and actor who predominantly worked in Tamil film industry. Popularly known by the sobriquet "Mellisai Mannar" (), he ...

Critical reception

Jayamanmadhan of ''

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'' praised the acting of Sivaji Ganesan. Balumani of ''Anna'' praised the acting, cinematography, dance, stunts and dialogues.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title 1980s Indian films 1980s police films 1980s Tamil-language films 1984 action films 1984 films Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police Films directed by R. Krishnamoorthy Films produced by K. R. Gangadharan Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Indian action films Indian police films Tamil remakes of Hindi films Tamil-language action films Tamil-language Indian films