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{{Infobox film<br />
| image = Ethir Kaatru.jpg<br />
| caption = Title card<br />
| director = [[Muktha S. Sundar]]<br />
| screenplay = [[Muktha Srinivasan]]<br />
| story = [[Subha (writers)|Subha]]<br />
| producer = Muktha Srinivasan<br />
| starring = {{ubl|[[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]]|[[Kanaka (actress)|Kanaka]]}}<br />
| cinematography = Mukta S. Sundar<br />
| editing = P. Mohanraj<br />
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
| studio = Muktha Films<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1990|12|07}}<br />
| runtime = 140 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Ethir Kaatru''''' ({{Translation|Headwind}}) is a 1990 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[thriller film]], directed by [[Muktha S. Sundar]] and produced by [[Muktha Srinivasan]]. The film stars [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]] and [[Kanaka (actress)|Kanaka]]. It was released on 7 December 1990.<ref>{{Cite web |title=எதிர் காற்று / Ethir Kaatru (1990) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/ethir-kaatru |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307070131/https://screen4screen.com/movies/ethir-kaatru |archive-date=7 March 2022 |access-date=7 March 2022 |website=Screen 4 Screen |language=}}</ref> The film is based on the Malayalam film ''[[Artham]]'', which is in turn based on the Tamil novel ''Ethir Kaatru'', written by [[Subha (writers)|Subha]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Francis |first=Alfred |date=28 July 2021 |title=32 Years of Artham: Sathyan Anthikkad classics you must not miss |url=https://www.ottplay.com/listicle/32-years-of-artham-sathyan-anthikkad-classics-you-must-not-miss/650fc3c128184ssics-you-must-not-miss%2F650fc3c128184+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230831104551/https://www.ottplay.com/listicle/32-years-of-artham-sathyan-anthikkad-classics-you-must-not-miss/650fc3c128184 |archive-date=31 August 2023 |access-date=31 August 2023 |website=[[OTTPlay]]}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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Ram Narendran, a rich orphan youth, decides to end his life. Waiting on the railway track, he sees another man there who tries to jump on the railway track and Ram Narendran saves him. This person is Jana, he lives with his parents and his little sister Geetha. Jana was a jobless youth and he got a job as a manager in a [[chit fund]] company with the help of Madhavan, a family friend, and paid a big amount to join the company. Later, the company ripped off his clients; Madhavan cheated him. The clients threatened the innocent Jana and they put pressure on him to pay them back. Angered, Jana killed Madhavan, so he decides to commit suicide.<br />
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Ram Narendran decides to surrender instead of him and goes to the jail voluntarily. Jana has a guilty conscience and he appoints S. Chandrasekaran, a lawyer, to bail Narendran out of jail. However, Ram Narendran would rather sacrifice his life without goals than Jana's life. Later, Jana meets Devaraj, the chit fund company's head, and his partners: Maasi, a politician's cousin, and a police officer's son. Jana challenges Devaraj to punish them. The next day, Jana's dead body is found on a railway track.<br />
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Chandrasekaran publishes Ram Narendran's book and it turns out to be a huge success. Anita, a journalist, tries to meet him. Anita and S. Chandrasekaran bail Ram Narendran out of jail. Ram Narendran cannot accept that Jana committed suicide, so Anita and Ram Narendran start to investigate Jana's mysterious death.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{Cast listing|*[[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]] as Ram Narendran<br />
*[[Kanaka (actress)|Kanaka]] as Journalist Anita<br />
*[[Anand Babu]] as Jana (Janardan)<br />
*[[V. K. Ramasamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]] as Advocate S. Chandrasekaran<br />
*[[Chithra (actress)|Chithra]] as Geetha, Jana's sister<br />
*[[Anandaraj]] as Devaraj, Owner of Chit Fund Company<br />
*[[J. Livingston|Livingston]] as Maasi, Brother in law of a minister<br />
*Crazy Venkatesh as son of DSP and an acquaintance of Maasi and Devaraj<br />
*[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as the landlady of S. Chandrasekaran<br />
*[[Ra. Sankaran]] as Jana's father<br />
*[[M. N. Rajam]] as Jana's mother<br />
*Vathiyar Raman as Francis<br />
*[[Vennira Aadai Moorthy]]<br />
*[[V. Gopalakrishnan (actor)|V. Gopalakrishnan]]<br />
*[[Oru Viral Krishna Rao]]<br />
*[[Santhana Bharathi]] as Minister Azhagesan<br />
*[[Delhi Ganesh]] as Sundaramoorthy, Anita's editor<br />
*[[Kavithalayaa Krishnan]] as Kamala Kannan (KK)<br />
*[[LIC Narasimhan]]<br />
*[[K. Natraj]] as Anita's Newspaper company owner<br />
* Writer [[S. Ramakrishnan]] in one scene.}}<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethir Kaatru (1990) |url=https://mio.to/album/Ethir+Kaatru+%281990%29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105103022/https://mio.to/album/Ethir+Kaatru+%281990%29 |archive-date=5 January 2022 |access-date=7 March 2022 |website=Music India Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethir Kaatru |url=https://avdigital.in/products/ethir-kaatru |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616143840/https://avdigital.in/products/ethir-kaatru |archive-date=16 June 2021 |access-date=7 March 2022 |website=AVDigital}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! Song !! Singer(s) !! Lyrics !! Duration<br />
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| "Ingu Irukkum" || [[Uma Ramanan]] || rowspan=2|[[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || 4:56<br />
|-<br />
| "Koondai Vittu" || [[K. J. Yesudas]] || 4:43<br />
|-<br />
| "Nee Ulla Poranthu" || [[Malaysia Vasudevan]] || [[Ilaiyaraaja]] || 4:48<br />
|-<br />
| "Raja Illa" || [[Arunmozhi]], [[Uma Ramanan]] || [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || 4:57<br />
|-<br />
| "Saamiyaaraa Ponavanukku" || [[Ilaiyaraaja]] || [[Ilaiyaraaja]] || 4:25<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* {{Rotten Tomatoes}}<br />
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[[Category:1990 thriller films]]<br />
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[[Category:Films based on Tamil novels]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Muktha S. Sundar]]<br />
[[Category:Films produced by Muktha Srinivasan]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Muktha Srinivasan]]<br />
[[Category:Indian thriller films]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Malayalam films]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]<br />
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