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{{Infobox film
| name = Kadhal Parisu
| image = Kadhal Parisu.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[A. Jagannathan]]
| writer = {{plainlist|
* R. M. Veerapan
* A. L. Narayanan {{small|''(dialogue)''}}
}}
| producer = {{plainlist|
* G. Thyagarajan
* V. Thamizhagan
}}
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Kamal Haasan]]
* [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]]
* [[Radha (actress)|Radha]]
}}

| cinematography = [[B. S. Lokanath]]
| editing = K. R. Krishnan
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| studio = Sathya Movies
| released = {{Film date|1987|01|14|df=yes}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Kadhal Parisu''''' ({{translation|Gift of Love}}) is a 1987 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by [[A. Jagannathan]], starring [[Kamal Haasan]], [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]] and [[Radha (actress)|Radha]] in the lead roles. The film was released on 14 January 1987, [[Pongal (festival)|Pongal]] day and became a commercial success.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 January 2021 |title=ஜனவரி 14ம் தேதியில் வெளியான படங்கள்... |url=https://screen4screen.com/news/14-january-movies |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121042342/https://screen4screen.com/news/14-january-movies |archive-date=21 January 2021 |access-date=7 June 2021 |website=Screen 4 Screen |language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=தீனதயாளன் |first=ப. |date=5 March 2016 |title=அஞ்சலி தேவி: 5. சத்ய சாயீ! |language=ta |work=[[Dinamani]] |url=https://www.dinamani.com/junction/kanavukkannigal/2016/mar/05/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%9E%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF-5.-%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AF-%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%80-1289593.html |url-status=live |access-date=7 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110091949/https://www.dinamani.com/junction/kanavukkannigal/2016/mar/05/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%9E%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF-5.-%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AF-%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%80-1289593.html |archive-date=10 January 2019}}</ref>

== Plot ==
The film starts with Mohan getting released from prison after serving a sentence on a rape charge. Malini and Chitra are sisters and heirs to a wealthy business. Malini looks after the business after their parents died while Chitra is a student. Mohan meets Chitra and soon they fall in love, while Malini has sworn off all men. Malini and Chithra’s uncle is after their wealth.

When Chitra brings Mohan home to meet her sister, Mohan and Malini have a big fight which ends in Malini forbidding Chitra from seeing Mohan. Malini then reveals the reason behind the fight. Years earlier, Mohan and Malini were classmates and lovers. While on a class trip, Malini gives a note to Mohan that asks him to meet her in his room. Malini claims that, that night, Mohan entered her room and they had consensual sex, but Mohan denied it and refused to marry her. So she bought up rape charges against him and sent him to prison.

The truth comes out. During the class trip, Mohan never received the note which fell on Kailash's brother, Anand, who was their classmate. Anand, lusting after Malini, uses this opportunity to enter Malini's room on the pretext of being Mohan and has sex with her. Since Anand disconnected the electricity in her room and the room was very dark, Malini didn't know the difference as she was drugged by Anand because he mixed a pill in her softdrink at the party. Malini shoots Anand for his act and also herself as she cannot live the rest of her life with the guilt. Mohan forgives Malini and Malini allows Chitra to love Mohan. Malini then dies in Mohan's arms.

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Kamal Haasan]] as Mohan
* [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]] as Malini
* [[Radha (actress)|Radha]] as Chitra
*[[Poornam Viswanathan]] as Malini's father
* [[Rajkumar Sethupathi]] as Anand
* [[Jaishankar (actor)|Jaishankar]] as Kailash
* [[Janagaraj]] as Malini's uncle
* [[Delhi Ganesh]] as Inspector
*[[Ravi Raghavendra]] as K. K. Bahadur
* Sivaraman
* Jeevan
* [[Kovai Sarala]] as Kanmani
* [[Disco Shanti]]
* [[Sujitha|Baby Sujitha]]
* [[T. K. S. Natarajan]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 May 2021 |title='என்னடி முனியம்மா' பாடல் மூலம் பிரபலமான நடிகர் டி.கே.எஸ். நடராஜன் காலமானார் |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/667327-singer-tks-natarajan-passes-away.html |access-date=14 May 2021 |website=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |language=ta |archive-date=14 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514023346/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/667327-singer-tks-natarajan-passes-away.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

==Production==
The film was launched at Prasad Studios. The scenes of Haasan and Ambika were shot on that day with V. Thamilazhagan clapping the shot and R. M. Veerappan switching on the camera. The song "Hey Unnai Thane" was shot in a set inside [[AVM Studios]].<ref>{{cite news|work=Anna|language=ta|access-date=9 July 2025|via=[[Endangered Archives Programme]]|url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP372-6-23-10-170|page=4|date=20 April 1986|title=காதல் மழையில் கமல்-ராதா }}</ref> An emotional scene of Haasan and Ambika was shot at Revathi Studios.<ref>{{cite news|work=Anna|language=ta|access-date=12 July 2025|url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP372-6-23-10-243|date=6 July 1986|page=3|via=[[Endangered Archives Programme]]|title=வீடிழந்த கமலுக்கு ராதா செய்த உதவி }}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kadhal Parisu (1987) |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0000073 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224183300/http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0000073 |archive-date=24 December 2013 |access-date=27 December 2013 |website=[[Raaga.com]] |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kaadhal Parisu (1987)Tamil Super Hit Film LP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja |url=https://dmcvinyl.com/collection/kaadhal-parisu1987-by-ilayaraja/ |access-date=27 February 2022 |website=Disco Music Center |language=en-US |archive-date=27 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227125025/https://dmcvinyl.com/collection/kaadhal-parisu1987-by-ilayaraja/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The song "Purakkale Purakkale" was originally composed and picturised for [[Bharathiraja]]'s shelved film ''Top Tucker''.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hzGsoxKR6Y |title=மக்கள் திலகம் எம்.ஜி.ஆரின் பெருந்தண்மை - Bhagyaraj {{!}} Life History of Bharathiraja: Ep 61 |date=18 November 2020 |language=ta |publisher=En Iniya Tamil Makkale |time=7:20 to 8:00 |time-caption=From |access-date=27 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227171913/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hzGsoxKR6Y |archive-date=27 December 2022 |url-status=live |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 26:37
| title1 = Hey Unnai Thaane Nee Endha
| note1 =
| extra1 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[S. Janaki]]
| lyrics1 = [[Vairamuthu]]
| length1 = 4:36
| title2 = Jaathi Illai
| note2 =
| extra2 = [[Malaysia Vasudevan]]
| lyrics2 = [[Gangai Amaran]]
| length2 = 4:23
| title3 = Kaadhal Maharaani Kavidhai
| note3 =
| extra3 = S. P. Balasubramanyam, S. Janaki
| lyrics3 = [[Muthulingam (poet)|Muthulingam]]
| length3 = 4:28
| title4 = Kanalukkul Meen Pidithen
| note4 =
| extra4 = [[P. Susheela]]
| lyrics4 = [[Na. Kamarasan]]
| length4 = 4:33
| title5 = Koo Koo Endru Kuyil Koovaadho
| note5 =
| extra5 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki
| lyrics5 = [[Pulamaipithan]]
| length5 = 4:26
| title6 = Puraakale Puraakale
| note6 =
| extra6 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[K. S. Chithra]]
| lyrics6 = Vairamuthu
| length6 = 4:11
}}
The movie was dubbed into Telugu as Kedi
{{Track listing
|extra_column= Singer(s)
|title1 = Jaathi Eandhi
|extra1 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
|title2 = Kanule Palikene
|extra2 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[S. Janaki]]
|title3 = Koo Koo Koyile
|extra3 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[S. P. Sailaja]]
|title4 = Hey Ninne Ninee
|extra4 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[S. Janaki]]
|title5 = Amavasa Nisilo
|extra5 = [[S. Janaki]]
}}

== Reception ==
[[Subha (writers)|Jayamanmadhan]] of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' wrote that though the film had Haasan, Ambika, Radha, songs, dance, fights and chasing among others, it lacked completion.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=ஜெயமன்மதன் |author-link=Subha (writers) |date=8 February 1987 |title=காதல் பரிசு |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1987/feb/08-02-1987/p38.jpg |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |language=ta |page=38 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220730033919/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1987/feb/08-02-1987/p38.jpg |archive-date=30 July 2022 |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
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{{A. Jagannathan}}

[[Category:1987 Indian films]]
[[Category:1987 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1987 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by A. Jagannathan]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

Kadhal Parisu - Revision history

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