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{{Infobox film
| name = Kazhugumalai Kallan
| image = KazhugumalaiKallanfilm.jpg
| caption = LP Vinyl Records Cover
| director = [[Rajashekar (director)|Rajashekar]]
| producer = [[Rama Narayanan]]<br />Vijaya Lakshmi
| starring = [[Charan Raj]]<br />[[Rekha (South Indian actress)|Rekha]]
| music = [[Chandrabose (composer)|Chandrabose]]
| studio = Karpaga Vinayaga Film Circuit
| released = {{Film date|1988|3|23|df=y}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Kazhugumalai Kallan''''' ({{translation|The Dacoit of Kazhugumalai}}) is a 1988 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action film]] directed by [[Rajashekar (director)|Rajashekar]]. The film stars [[Charan Raj]] and [[Rekha (South Indian actress)|Rekha]]. It was released on 23 March 1988.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kazhugumalai Kallan (1988) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/kazhugumalai-kallan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022061330/https://screen4screen.com/movies/kazhugumalai-kallan |archive-date=22 October 2021 |access-date=22 October 2021 |website=Screen4Screen}}</ref>

== Plot ==
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== Cast ==
* [[Charan Raj]]
* [[Rekha (South Indian actress)|Rekha]]
* [[Disco Shanti]]
* Marthandan as Amavasa<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 January 2020 |title=சினிமா ஆசை இருந்தாலும் பொருளாதாரத்தையும் யோசிக்கணும் : ‛சின்னதம்பி' மார்த்தாண்டன் |url=https://m.dinamalar.com/cinema_detail.php?id=84637 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308123346/https://m.dinamalar.com/cinema_detail.php?id=84637 |archive-date=8 March 2020 |access-date=22 October 2021 |website=[[Dinamalar]] |language=ta}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Chandrabose (composer)|Chandrabose]], with lyrics by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kazhugumalai Kallan (1988) |url=https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/kazhugumalai-kallan-songs-T0003903 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215221623/https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/kazhugumalai-kallan-songs-T0003903 |archive-date=15 February 2020 |access-date=22 October 2021 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kazhugu Malai Kallan (1988) Tamil Super Hit Film LP Vinyl Record by Chandrabose |url=https://dmcvinyl.com/collection/kazhugu-malai-kallan-by-chandrabose/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022061331/https://dmcvinyl.com/collection/kazhugu-malai-kallan-by-chandrabose/ |archive-date=22 October 2021 |access-date=22 October 2021 |website=Disco Music Center}}</ref> This is the feature film debut for Prabhakar, a devotional singer.<ref>{{Cite news |last=ரவிக்குமார் |first=வா. |date=10 December 2020 |title=பக்தி இசையால் உள்ளத்தை உருக்கும் குரல் |language=ta |work=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/anantha-jothi/610110-devotional-music.html |url-status=live |access-date=22 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210100052/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/anantha-jothi/610110-devotional-music.html |archive-date=10 December 2020}}</ref>
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Uchimalayil Ooriruka
| extra1 = [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[Vani Jairam]]
| length1 = 4:28
| title2 = Kaatiputtan Thanidhan
| extra2 = [[Malaysia Vasudevan]]
| length2 = 4:01
| title3 = Nanbargale Nanbargale
| extra3 = Prabhakar
| length3 = 4:34
| title4 = Kalyaana Ponnu
| extra4 = Malaysia Vasudevan, [[S. P. Sailaja]]
| length4 = 4:22
| title5 = Oorpesum Ulagam Pesum
| extra5 = Malaysia Vasudevan
| length5 = 3:56
}}

== Reception ==
Jayamanmadhan of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' appreciated the film for being a return to form for director Rajashekar after a long time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ஜெயமன்மதன் |date=10 April 1988 |title=கழுகுமலை கள்ளன் |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1988/apr/10-04-1988/p53.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022060210/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1988/apr/10-04-1988/p53.jpg |archive-date=22 October 2021 |access-date=22 October 2021 |website=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=53 |language=ta}}</ref> ''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "The idea that was latent in the plot [...] is not exploited well by the director", adding, It's only Rekha [...] who puts some effort and feeling and some expression into her role.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kazhugumalai Kallan |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19880401&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=1 April 1988 |page=5}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1988 films]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:Indian action films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]

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