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Kadal Meengal
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Kadal Meengal
| image = Kadal Meengal.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = G. N. Rangarajan
| screenplay = Panchu Arunachalam
| story = T. Damodaran
| producer = R. Shantha
| starring =
| cinematography = N. K. Viswanathan
| editing = K. R. Ramalingam
| music = Ilaiyaraaja
| studio = K. R. G. Art Productions
| released =
| runtime = 137 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'Kadal Meengal' is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by G. N. Rangarajan, starring Kamal Haasan, Sujatha, Nagesh and Swapna. It is a remake of the 1980 Malayalam film 'Meen', and also draws inspiration from the Hindi film 'Trishul' (1978). The film revolves around a man seeking revenge on his father for abandoning his wife. It was released on 5 June 1981.
Plot
Selvanayakam alias is a poor but hard-working fisherman who is in love with Bhagyam 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 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.
Cast
*Kamal Haasan as Selvanayakam and Rajan (dual role)
*Sujatha as Bhagyam
*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
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