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''Watchman Vadivel'' is a 1994 Indian
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, directed by A. Jagannathan. The film stars
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, Sujatha,
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and Kasthuri. It is a remake of the Telugu film ''Surigaadu''.


Plot

Vadivel works as a watchman in a club. His wife Saro is a housewife. Both are doting parents to their only son, Raja who is a college student. What the couple does not know is that their son is someone who dreams of living a rich life and has no qualms about lying. He lies to his house owner who also has a mechanic shed that he would marry his daughter in due course and takes a different car everyday to college. In college, he makes everyone believe that he is rich and his parents are NRI. He dates Radha, daughter of a millionaire, based on the lie. They eventually get married without him even inviting his parents. Radha relents when she finds out the truth but takes it in her stride as she too was greedy for the wealth and status which makes her unqualified to judge him. She, however, decides to respect her in-laws. With a change of heart, Raja and Radha invite Vadivel and Saro to live with them. They too concede so that they can be with their son and grandson eventually. However, Raja and his father-in-law, gradually transform the couple to watchman and cook of the house getting rid of their servants. In due course, they get insulted and leave the house. They are in for a shock when they find that their house and the land has been taken over by Raja who has built an apartment their and sold the same. The whole change of heart was a ruse. Meanwhile, Saro has developed heart disease and needs treatment. With all avenues closed, Vadivel sues Raja for him to payback all the money he took from them saying that since Raja never ever declared that Vadivel is his father in presence of anyone, he cannot claim that the money came as a duty of a parent. If Raja were to claim the parentage, he needs to do his duty of saving his mother's life. The judge understands the situation, makes him pay for the same with the threat of going to prison. Saro's life is saved but they both shun Raja and Vadivel returns to work vowing to trust and care about only himself and his wife.


Cast


Production

This was Sivakumar's 175th film as an actor.


Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by
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. Lyrics were written by Vaali.


Reception

''Watchman Vadivel'' was released on 22 July 1994. K. Vijiyan of ''
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'' wrote, "Parents with ungrateful or troublesome children will love this movie".


References


External links

* {{A. Jagannathan 1990s Indian films 1990s Tamil-language films 1994 drama films 1994 films Films directed by A. Jagannathan Films scored by Deva (composer) Indian drama films Tamil remakes of Telugu films Tamil-language Indian films Tamil-language drama films