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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Dravidan<br />
| image = Dravidan (1989).jpg<br />
| caption = Official poster<br />
| director = [[R. Krishnamoorthy]]<br />
| producer = [[Suresh Balaje]]<br />
| writer = A. L. Narayanan (dialogues)<br />
| screenplay = <br />
| story = [[T. Damodaran]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| based_on = <br />
| starring = [[Sathyaraj]]<br />[[Sunitha (actress)|Vidhyashree]]<br />[[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]]<br /> [[Suparna Anand]]<br />
| music = [[M.S.Viswanathan]]<br />
| cinematography = Babu<br />
| editing = Bhaskaran<br />
| studio = <br />
| distributor = Suresh Arts<br />
| released = 28 October 1989<br />
| runtime = 145 mins<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''Dravidan''' is a 1989 Tamil film directed by [[R. Krishnamoorthy]], starring [[Sathyaraj]], [[Sunitha (actress)|Vidhyashree]] and [[Suparna Anand]].<ref>http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/filmography.cgi?name=dhravidan</ref> This was Sathyaraj's 99th film. It was released on a Diwali day along with his 100th film [[Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai]]. The film was the remake of Malayalam blockbuster ''[[Aryan (1988 film)|Aryan]]'' starring [[Mohanlal]] directed by [[Priyadarshan]].<ref>http://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/34110/cinema/Kollywood/Mohanlal-movies-and-their-remakes.htm</ref> The film generated hype and curiosity as two of his movies got released on the same festival day. The film received widely negative reviews and fail to repeat success achieved by original one.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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*[[Sathyaraj]]<br />
*[[Sunitha (actress)|Vidhyashree]]<br />
*[[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]]<br />
*[[Suparna Anand]]<br />
*[[Jaishankar]]<br />
*[[Sharat Saxena]]<br />
*[[Jaiganesh]]<br />
*[[Goga Kapoor]]<br />
*[[Nalinikanth (actor)|Nalinikanth]] <br />
*[[Harish Kumar (actor)|Hareesh]]<br />
*[[Monisha Unni]]<br />
*[[Nizhalgal Ravi]]<br />
*[[S. S. Chandran]]<br />
*[[J. V. Somayajulu|Somayajulu]]<br />
*[[Vijayakumar (Malayalam actor)|Vijayakumar]]<br />
*[[Vinu Chakravarthy]]<br />
*[[Rajyalakshmi]]<br />
*[[Devilalitha]]<br />
*[[Srividya]]<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
Soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.<ref>https://bollywoodvinyl.in/collections/kannada-malayalam-telugu-tamil-lps/products/dravidan-1989-tamil-bollywood-vinyl-lp</ref><br />
*"Yen Indha Kelvi" - [[T. M. Soundararajan]]<br />
*"Dhool Kelappudhu" - [[Vani Jairam]]<br />
*"Anbe Vaa" - [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], Suja Radhakrishnan<br />
*"Netriyil" - [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam|SPB]], Sunandha<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
The film was a critical as well as commercial failure at the box office.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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[[Category:1989 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian action films]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Malayalam films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]<br />
[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1989 action films]]<br />
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