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| Directed by | G. N. Rangarajan[1] |
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| Written by | Panchu Arunachalam |
| Produced by | Mrs. R.Shantha |
| Starring | Template:Plainlist |
| Cinematography | N. K. Viswanathan |
| Edited by | K. R. Ramalingam |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja[2]
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil
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Kadal Meengal (Template:Lit) is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by G. N. Rangarajan, starring Kamal Haasan, Sujatha, Nagesh and Swapna.[3] It was a remake of the Malayalam movie Meen. The movie was a Superhit at the box office. Kamal Haasan plays a father-son dual role in this movie. This movie was dubbed in Telugu-language as Rangoon Raja and Hindi as Baap bete.[4][5]
Plot
Selvanayakam a.k.a. Selvam (Kamal Haasan) is a poor but hard-working fisherman who is in love with Bhagyam (Sujatha) from the same fishing hamlet. After a tiff with the locals, Selvam moves to a neighbouring village for fishing and is feared dead during a cyclone. Selvam returns alive after a while and unable to find Bhagyam, marries another woman. Bhagyam has borne his child but lives in isolation away from the life of Selvam who has grown to be a rich businessman. After several years, Bhagyam's son Rajan (the younger Kamal Haasan) finds out about his father whom he despises for having deserted his mother. He vengefully joins his father's rivals and enters into a long confrontation with his father in business and in personal life as well. Nisha (Swapna), is Rajan's love interest while Ambika plays his step-sister's role.
Cast
- Kamal Haasan as Selvanayakam and Rajan
- Sujatha as Bhagyam[6]
- Nagesh as Peter
- Swapna as Nisha
- Ambika as Selvanayakam 's Daughter
- Suman as Sekhar
- K. A. Thangavelu as Mudhaliyar
- Sangili Murugan as Dhanakodi
- Thengai Srinivasan as Sivaanandham
- Sukumari as Annaporani
- Nizhalgal Ravi as Ravi
- G. Srinivasan as Nachimuthu
- K. Kannan as Vadivelu
- V. Gopalakrishnan
- A. R. Srinivasan
- Pandu as Vadivelu's Colleague
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and lyrics were written by Kannadasan, Panchu Arunachalam and Gangai Amaran.
References
- ↑ Kadal Meengal. IMDb(5 June 1981).
- ↑ Kadal Meengal. Oosai.
- ↑ Kadal Meengal LP Records. musicalaya. Retrieved 2014-01-17.
- ↑ Baap Bete (1983) | Hindi Movie Review, Songs, Trailer, Videos - Bollywood MuVyz.
- ↑ Kamal Data Sundar.
- ↑ We will miss you, Sujatha. The Hindu(9 April 2011). Retrieved 28 September 2020.