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Andha Oru Nimidam
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Wikipedia article
'Andha Oru Nimidam' is a 1985 Tamil-language thriller film directed and written by Major Sundarrajan. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Urvashi while Jayamalini, Thengai Srinivasan and Pandari Bai play supporting roles. The film opened in May 1985 to an average response.
Plot
Kumar (Kamal Haasan), is a lawyer by profession and also actively involved in social work. He falls in love with Vasanthi (Urvashi), a village girl and her grandfather (Srinivaasan) works as house keeper/car driver in Raj Shekhar's (Major Sunderrajan's) house. One day Raj Shekhar murders his friend/partner Madan and cunningly puts the blame on the grandfather who is arrested and put behind bars. He manages to escape from prison one night to kill Raj Shekhar, but is murdered by Raj Shekhar in front of Kumar and Vasanthi instead. Kumar tries his best to prove in court that Raj Shekar is guilty but loses the case as there is no proper proof of Raj Shekar's guilt. Kumar, with the help of Vasanthi start investigating and gathering evidence of the murders of Madan and the grandfather. Kumar's family and his lady love, Vasanthi, are put in danger as he tries to prove Raj Shaekar's guilt. How does Kumar catch the culprit Raj Shekhar? What happenes to the love of Kumar and Vasanthi? The climax reveals all these answers.
Cast
* Kamal Haasan as Kumar
* Urvashi as Vasanthi
* Major Sundarrajan as Rajasekar
* Y. G. Mahendra as Balu
* Thengai Srinivasan as Seenu
* Jayamalini
* Anuradha
* Pandari Bai as Radha
* Venu Arvind as Inspector Raju
* Saleema as Dancer Archana
* Loose Mohan
* Veera Raghavan
* Mahendran
* Raja
Production
Sundarrajan, in addition to directing, also played the main antagonist. A day's production schedule was cancelled because of the assassination of Indira Gandhi.
Release
The film opened in May 1985 to average reviews and performed average at the box office.
Soundtrack
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The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and Tamil lyrics were written by Vairamuthu, Gangai Amaran and Na. Kamarajan. The songs were composed at a place near Aliyar Dam.
References
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