''Unakkaga Piranthen'' () is a 1992 Indian

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-language

romantic drama film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

, written and directed by

Balu Anand Balu Anand (1954 – 3 June 2016) was an Indian actor and director who worked in Tamil-language films (Kollywood). He appeared in over 100 films as an actor and directed several films, such as '' Naane Raja Naane Mandhiri'', '' Annanagar Mudha ...

. The film stars

Prashanth Prashanth Thiagarajan (born 6 April 1973), known professionally as Prashanth, is an Indian actor and businessman, known for his works predominantly in Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil films, he has also appeared in few Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam f ...

and

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. The music was composed by

Deva Deva may refer to: Entertainment * ''Deva'' (1989 film), a 1989 Kannada film * ''Deva'' (1995 film), a 1995 Tamil film * ''Deva'' (2002 film), a 2002 Bengali film * Deva (2007 Telugu film) * ''Deva'' (2017 film), a 2017 Marathi film * Deva ( ...

, while cinematography was handled by Jayanan Vincent. It was produced by Tirupur Mani under

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banner.

Plot

Radha is a Sri Lankan refugee, who has taken shelter in a

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in India. When a camp guard tries to molest her, a local man called Krishnan comes to her rescue. They start meeting frequently and soon fall in love. When refugees are ordered back to Sri Lanka, Radha goes. Unable to bear the separation, Krishna decides to swim to Sri Lanka, but on reaching shore he is arrested by coastal guards who think he is a terrorist. Krishna manages to escape from captivity and find Radha.

Cast

as Krishnan *

as Radha * Sangeeta as Yamini *

Janagaraj Janagaraj is an Indian actor who has appeared in over 200 films predominantly in Tamil cinema as a comedian or in supporting roles. He also starred in few Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi films. Early life Janagaraj was born to Vadivelu and Muthul ...

as Radha's grandfather *

Vijay Krishnaraj Vijay Krishnaraj, also known as R Krishnan, is an Indian actor, writer, director, who is working in Tamil Films and Television industry. He made his debut in Tamil cinema as story writer and dialogue writer of '' Rosappu Ravikkaikari'' film in ...

as a police inspector

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

, with lyrics written by Vaali and Kamakodiyan. For the dubbed Telugu version ''Prema Pujari'', all lyrics were written by

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. ;Tamil ;Telugu

Reception

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'' wrote, "Balu Anand, the director, could have geared up the proceedings a bit as the slackness is obvious on certain portions". C. R. K. of ''

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'' wrote that the film's first half was good, but the director lost grip in the second half and the film became logicless.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, tt10158552 1990s Tamil-language films 1992 films 1992 romantic drama films Films directed by Balu Anand Films scored by Deva (composer) Films set in Sri Lanka Indian romantic drama films