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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|1994 film by Ramesh Balakrishnan}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Adharmam<br />
| image = Adharmam.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[Ramesh Balakrishnan]]<br />
| producer = G. Ramesh<br />G. Suresh<br />G. Satheesh<br />
| writer = Ramesh Krishnan<br />N. Chandra Mohan (dialogues)<br />
| starring = [[Murali (Tamil actor)|Murali]]<br />[[Ranjitha]]<br />[[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]]<br />
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
| cinematography = [[V. Manikandan]]<br />
| editing = B. Ramesh<br />
| studio = G. K. Films International<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{film date|df=y|1994|4|14}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Adharmam''''' ({{Translation|Unrighteousness}}) is a 1994 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action film]] directed by [[Ramesh Balakrishnan]]. The film stars [[Murali (Tamil actor)|Murali]], [[Ranjitha]] and [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]]. The film had musical score by [[Ilaiyaraaja]] and was released on 14 April 1994, [[Puthandu]] (Tamil New Year).<ref>{{Cite web |title=அதர்மம் / Adharmam (1994) |url=https://screen4screen.com/yearly-movies/1994/adharmam |access-date=13 October 2021 |website=Screen4Screen |language=en, ta}}</ref> [[V. Manikandan]] debuted as cinematographer from this film.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
{{No plot|date=August 2021}}<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[Murali (Tamil actor)|Murali]] as Arjuna<ref name="Encyclopaedia">{{Cite book |last=Rajadhyaksha |first=Ashish |url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] and [[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |pages=516 |author-link=Ashish Rajadhyaksha |author-link2=Paul Willemen |orig-date=1994}}</ref><br />
* [[Ranjitha]]<br />
* [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as Dharma<ref name="Encyclopaedia" /><br />
* [[Thalaivasal Vijay]]<br />
* [[Vadivelu]]<br />
* V.K.Dhivakaran (VK Sasikala's brother;as inspector) <br />
* [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]]<br />
* [[Thalapathi Dinesh]]<br />
* [[Ajay Rathnam]]<br />
* [[G. M. Sundar]]<br />
* S. N. Lakshmi<br />
* R. P. Viswam<br />
* Janaki<br />
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== Music ==<br />
The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]], while the lyrics were written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] and [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adharmam Tamil Film Audio Cassette by Ilaiyaraja |url=https://mossymart.com/product/adharmam-tamil-film-audio-cassette-by-ilaiyaraja/ |access-date=13 October 2021 |website=Mossymart}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable tracklist"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || "Dharmam Endru" || [[Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || "Muthu Mani" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[S. Janaki]]<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Nooru Vayasu" || Ilaiyaraaja<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Oru Pakkam Oru Nyaayam" || Ilaiyaraaja<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || "Thakathana" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || "Thendral Kaatre" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]]<br />
|-<br />
| 7 || "Vambookara" || [[K. S. Chithra]]<br />
|}<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "Adharmam is a promising debut from Ramesh Krishnan. [..] His screenplay is clearly etched, and there is confidence and seriousness in his approach".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=22 April 1994 |title=Hallowed Criminal |pages=16 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19940422&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=0275897}}<br />
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[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1994 directorial debut films]]<br />
[[Category:1994 films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Ramesh Balakrishnan]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]</div>
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