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{{short description|1993 film by G. B. Vijay}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Kalaignan
| image = Kalaignan poster.jpg
| border = no
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = G. B. Vijay
| producer = [[Ramkumar Ganesan]]
| writer = G. B Vijay
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Kamal Haasan]]
* [[Farheen|Bindiya]]
}}
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = [[Jayanan Vincent]]
| editing = R. Mohanraj
| studio = [[Sivaji Productions]]
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1993|04|14|df=y}}
| runtime = 143 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Kalaignan''''' ({{Translation|Artist}}) is a 1993 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[thriller film]] written and directed by G. B. Vijay and produced by [[Ramkumar Ganesan]]. It stars [[Kamal Haasan]] and [[Farheen|Bindiya]] while [[Ooha|Sivaranjani]], Sindhuja, [[Nirmalamma]] and [[Chi. Guru Dutt]] play supporting roles. The film was initially titled'' Indrajit'', but later retitled ''Kalaignan''. It was released on 14 April 1993, [[Puthandu]].

== Plot ==
Inderjeet is a [[Tamils|Tamil]] pop singer based in [[Bangalore]] with a large female following. When a back-up dancer, Sandhya, in Inderjeet's group, is murdered under mysterious circumstances, the police suspect Inderjeet, but they have no evidence linking him to the crime. Meanwhile, Sandhya's sister Divya arrives at her aunt Dr. Prabhavathy's house to find out the truth about Sandhya's death. She gets off on the wrong foot with Inderjeet. She talks to his manager, Harichandra Prasad, and other musicians who all have differing opinions about Sandhya.

While investigating, Divya stages an attack in a bar, getting Inderjeet to save her and takes her to his concert. At the end of the concert, Jennifer, a fan, gets on stage and kisses him. That night, Jennifer is killed by someone wearing Inderjeet's coat. With no better evidence, the police keep a closer eye on Inderjeet and warn Divya that Inderjeet is a possible suspect in Sandhya's death. Divya stages a kidnapping to test Inderjeet's knife skills (all the women murdered were skilfully cut by the murderer). But the next day, Inderjeet sees Divya with the bandaged kidnapper walking out of the hospital and realises that she was faking her love.

He comes clean to her about Sandhya. She was an unstable substance abuser who had a thing for him, but he did not reciprocate. She had threatened to commit suicide if he did not reciprocate. He managed to save her and that was the last he had seen of her. The killer, who has pictures that look incriminating, has been blackmailing him into coming to the murder scenes just minutes after the murders. Divya believes him and falls for him.

In the course of a long cat-and-mouse sequence between the killer and Inderjeet, the killer is revealed to be Harichandra Prasad the manager, who attacks Dr. Prabhavathy but she survives. Inderjeet finds similar clothing in his closet, and later finds a secret room filled with photographs of the victims. The killer then kidnaps Divya and tells Inderjeet to come to an abandoned house with the photographs. His motive is revealed to be jealousy of the women who lusted after Inderjeet and ignored him.

In the course of a giant chase and fight scene, the killer is killed, Inderjeet's name is cleared, and everyone lives happily ever after.

== Cast ==
* [[Kamal Haasan]] as Inderjeet
* [[Farheen|Bindiya]] as Divya
* [[Ooha|Sivaranjani]] as Sandhya
* Sindhuja as Inderjeet's fan
*[[Chi Guru Dutt]] as Dr. Harichandra Prasad
*[[Nirmalamma]] as Dr. Prabhavathy
*[[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as Devananthan
*[[Ashok Rao]] as Gangadharan
*[[Chinni Jayanth]] as Inderjeet's assistant
*[[R. S. Shivaji]] as Inderjeet's assistant
*[[Kazan Khan]] as Anwar
*[[Mohan Raman]] as Psychiatrist
*Yuvasri as Inderjeet's mother

== Production ==
The film was initially titled ''Indrajit'', but was later retitled ''Kalaignan''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 October 1992 |title=Of film gods, devotees and the rage |page=7 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RpBlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=u54NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1621%2C3435798}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 September 2016 |title=கமல் நடிப்பில் உருவான துரோகி, டாப் டக்கர் படங்கள் என்ன ஆனது என தெரியுமா? |url=http://www.vikatan.com/cinema/tamil-cinema/news/68572-tamil-movies-that-changed-their-titles-when-they-were-released.art |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122154725/http://www.vikatan.com/cinema/tamil-cinema/news/68572-tamil-movies-that-changed-their-titles-when-they-were-released.art |archive-date=22 November 2016 |access-date=22 November 2016 |website=[[Ananda Vikatan]]}}</ref> G. B. Vijay was associate director for [[Pratap Pothen]] and worked with Kamal Haasan in 1989 film ''[[Vettri Vizhaa]]'' which was directed by Pratap and produced by [[Sivaji Productions]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 September 2008 |title=Shifting stance |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.hindu.com/cp/2008/09/05/stories/2008090550010100.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=22 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908070942/http://www.hindu.com/cp/2008/09/05/stories/2008090550010100.htm |archive-date=8 September 2008}}</ref> While filming an action sequence in a subway, Haasan's spine was struck by a speeding car; this resulted in a dislocated jaw, cracked nose and three fractures, but Haasan eventually recovered.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jha |first=Subhash K. |date=15 September 2016 |title=Kamal Haasan finally back from injury |work=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/150916/kamal-haasan-finally-back-from-injury.html |url-status=live |access-date=17 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105092221/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/150916/kamal-haasan-finally-back-from-injury.html |archive-date=5 January 2017}}</ref> Farheen, also known as Bindiya, was offered the film around the same time as ''Baazigar'', but refused that film to accept this.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 August 2015 |title=The Year Ahead |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/the-year-ahead-114592 |url-status=live |access-date=18 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019153446/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/the-year-ahead-114592 |archive-date=19 October 2020}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Kalaignan
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1993
| recorded =
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| genre = [[Soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 26:48
| label =
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| producer =
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}}
The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]] and lyrics were written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kalaignan |url=https://gaana.com/album/kalaignan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422080633/https://gaana.com/album/kalaignan |archive-date=22 April 2021 |access-date=22 April 2021 |website=[[Gaana.com]]}}</ref> The song "Endhan Nenjil" is set in the [[Carnatic raga]] known as Nalinakanthi,{{sfn|Sundararaman|2007|p=129}} and "Dillu Baru Jaane" is set in [[Dheerashankarabharanam|Sankarabharanam]].{{sfn|Sundararaman|2007|p=127}}

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 26:48
| title1 = Edekku Muddakanna
| extra1 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
| lyrics1 = [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
| length1 = 5:48
| title2 = Kalaignan Kattu Kaval
| extra2 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
| lyrics2 = Vaali
| length2 = 5:37
| title3 = Kokkarako Kozhi
| extra3 = [[Kamal Haasan]]
| lyrics3 = Vaali
| length3 = 5:06
| title4 = Dillu Baru Jaane
| extra4 = [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[K. S. Chithra]]
| lyrics4 = Vaali
| length4 = 5:40
| title5 = Endhan Nenjil
| extra5 = [[K. J. Yesudas]], [[S. Janaki]]
| lyrics5 = Vaali
| length5 = 4:37
}}

== Release and reception ==
''Kalaignan'' was released on 14 April 1993, [[Puthandu]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 April 1993 |title=Kalaignan |page=19 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19930414&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sundaram |first=Nandhu |date=15 April 2018 |title=From Kalaignan to Chandramukhi, charting movies released on Vishu and the break in tradition with no releases this year |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/from-kalaignan-to-chandramukhi-charting-movies-released-on-vishu-and-the-break-in-tradition-with-no-releases-this-year-4432781.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902143537/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/from-kalaignan-to-chandramukhi-charting-movies-released-on-vishu-and-the-break-in-tradition-with-no-releases-this-year-4432781.html |archive-date=2 September 2018 |access-date=22 April 2021 |website=[[Firstpost]]}}</ref> Ayyappa Prasad of ''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "A mixture of ''[[Sakalakala Vallavan|Sakala Kala Vallavan]]'' and ''[[Sigappu Rojakkal]]'', the director has used every trick in the book to make the film a slick presentation" but that he went "overboard in the climax".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Prasad |first=Ayyappa |date=23 April 1993 |title=Full marks |page=7 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8odlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tJ4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1971%2C652141 |url-status=live |access-date=22 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422080607/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8odlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tJ4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1971%2C652141 |archive-date=22 April 2021}}</ref> G. B. Vijay later moved away from directing feature films and apprenticed under [[Rajiv Menon]] as an ad film maker. He played a pivotal role in mentoring [[Gautham Menon]], while he went on to write the dialogues for ''[[Minsara Kanavu]]'' (1997).<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 March 2001 |title=Talk of the town |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/03/21/stories/0421401x.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=22 April 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125211832/http://www.hindu.com/2001/03/21/stories/0421401x.htm |archive-date=25 January 2013}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite book |last=Sundararaman |title=Raga Chintamani: A Guide to Carnatic Ragas Through Tamil Film Music |publisher=Pichhamal Chintamani |year=2007 |edition=2nd |oclc=295034757 |orig-year=2005}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0317796}}

[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1993 films]]
[[Category:1993 thriller films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:Films set in Bangalore]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian thriller films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]

Kalaignan - Revision history

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